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'''Lin Davar''' is a lighteyed [[Veden]] on [[Roshar]].
== Appearance and Personality ==
He was first married to [[Shallan's mother]]. Together, the two of them had [[Helaran]], [[Balat]], [[Wikim]], [[Jushu]], and [[Shallan]]. When Shallan was eleven, he walked into his wife and her friend trying to kill Shallan for being a [[surgebinder]]. He managed to cut the friend, but eventually got pinned down as Shallan used her [[shardblade]] to kill both her mother and her mother's friend. Lin let everyone believe he'd killed his wife in order to protect Shallan, but the secret drove him to becoming violent and volatile.{{book ref|sa2|88}} ▼
Lin Davar is a large, tall man. He doesn't care about the latest trends when determining what to wear, instead keeping an unfashionable beard and style of clothes. HIs clothes wouldn't look out of place in his grandfather's generation, wearing an [[ulatu]], a tight shirt, and a robe. Lin is controlling of his family and household. When he feels they are not obeying him, he lashes out in an bestial rage.{{book ref|sa2|19}}
== History ==
▲He was first married to [[Shallan's mother]]. Together, the two of them had [[Helaran]], [[Balat]], [[Wikim]], [[Jushu]], and [[Shallan]]. When Shallan was eleven, he walked into his wife and her friend trying to kill Shallan for being a [[surgebinder]]. He managed to cut the friend, but eventually got pinned down as Shallan used her [[shardblade]] to kill both her mother and her mother's friend. In the panicked aftermath, Lin locked the shardblade into his strongbox, forgetting it would immediately disappear.{{book ref|sa2|88}} He picked up Shallan and comforted her by singing her a childhood lullaby and promising to protect her.{{book ref|sa2|10}} To keep his promise, Lin let everyone believe he'd killed his wife in order to protect Shallan, but the secret drove him to becoming violent and volatile.{{book ref|sa2|88}}
[[File: Helaran sketches.jpg|thumb|left|200px|<center><small>by [[User: Sheep]]</small></center>Confronting Helaran]]
In the months after the murders, Lin tried to maintain control of his house with increasing difficulty. He tried to stop Helaran from leaving the house to join his [[Skybreakers|friends]], but Helaran held him off by summoning his own shardblade, the existence of which came as a shock to Lin. Lin tried to explain the circumstances around their mother's death, but Helaran refused to listen. Helaran threatened to kill Lin, but Shallan spoke up for the first time in five months, begging him not to. Lin was spared with a threat, and Helaran left Lin to remain in charge while he left. In a fit of rage, Lin smashed a table and chairs in rage.{{book ref|sa2|19}} Relations in the household became more strained over the next months. Screaming was a common occurrence. During Helaran's visits, the two men avoided each other. Lin also began hosting feasts more frequently.{{book ref|sa2|27}}
From notes and maps found after his death and from letters he was receiving Balat surmised that his father was making a play for the title of high prince, and was supported by some powerful men, namely the [[Ghostbloods]].{{book ref|sa1|29}}
He was somehow influenced by [[Odium]].{{wob ref|6201}}
== Notes ==
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