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|Perhaps the liar here is me—lying to tell myself I could do this, that I could be a fraction of the man my father was.
|Elhokar
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'''Elhokar Kholin''' is the king of [[Alethkar]] on [[Roshar]], and the nephew of [[Dalinar]].{{book ref|sa1|12}}
[[File:Elokhar Framed Portrait by Grant Hansen.png |thumb|left|150px| <center><small>by {{a|Grant M. Hansen}}</small></center>]]
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| I '''will''' figure this out. I will be a king to be remembered.
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Elhokar is Alethi, with tan skin and epicanthic folds over green eyes.{{wob ref|11453}}{{ref|group=fn|name=eyes|text=In ''The Way of Kings'' Elhokar is described as having yellow eyes. For ''Words of Radiance'' however Brandon changes them to green, so that they would match the color of Gavilar's to emphasize the family resemblance between father and son.}} He keeps himself clean-shaven. His face is considered very handsome, with full lips, a broad forehead, and a firm chin. He bears some resemblance to his father, though Elhokar has fewer scars than [[Gavilar]] did.{{book ref|sa1|12}}
== Attributes and Abilities ==
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| I see their faces in mirrors. Symbols, twisted, inhuman.
| Elhokar Kholin{{book ref|sa1|58}}
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By the time of his death, Elhokar is a buddying [[Surgebinder]] of the [[Order of Lightweavers]], although he passes away before he can finish stating the First Ideal.{{book ref|sa3|84}} In the months or years leading up to his death, he's been seeing [[Cryptic]]s, in their [[Shadesmar]] form, in mirrors.{{book ref|sa1|58}} He seems to have also spotted a [[Physical Realm|Physical]] form of a Cryptic at some point -- possibly the spren that intended to bond with him.{{book ref|sa3|74}}
He's a Shardbearer, with both a [[Shardblade]] and [[Shardplate]]. His Blade is called [[Sunraiser]]; it's long and thin, with a large crossguard and the ten basic [[glyph]]s etched up the sides of the blade.{{book ref|sa1|13}}{{book ref|sa1|12}} He also owns several other sets of Plate and Blade, including [[Gavilar]]'s [[Firestorm]] and his Shardplate. Those are often loaned out for training and duels to [[lighteyes]] that don't have their own.{{book ref|sa2|16}}{{file ref|Shardplate.jpeg|pre=[[Shallan's sketchbook]] - |Shard sketches}}
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He has a fondness for maps; he's constructed a massive gallery of them in the [[Pinnacle]], often studies them, and even draws his own when necessary.{{book ref|sa1|24}}{{book ref|sa3|67}}
▲| Shallan Davar{{book ref|sa1|45}}
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== Development ==
As a character, Elhokar is almost as old as [[Dalinar]], and the two had always been nephew and uncle. In the earliest story featuring him, Elhokar, along with proto-Jasnah, is kidnapped when the proto-Gavilar is killed, leaving Jared (the early version of Dalinar) to take the reins of the kingdom. After the prince and the princess are rescued, Jared retains control, taking the time to teach Elhokar how to be a proper ruler.{{bws ref|its-here-2|It's Here|post|pre|date=2010-8-31}}
The next known incarnation of Elhokar appears in ''[[The Way of Kings Prime]]'', the first draft of what would become [[The Stormlight Archive]]. There, Elhokar participates in the same battle as Merin (proto-[[Kaladin]]). Sheneras, the eldest of Dalinar's three sons (since written out) dies to protect him, and when that is not enough, Merin steps in and saves his life, winning Shards in the process.{{book ref|wok'|1}} This version of Elhokar is already established as a bad king; at the end of ''The Way of Kings Prime'', Dalinar is forced to kill him. Brandon, however, decided to leave him alive for a short while, deciding that the interplay between the two would be more interesting.{{wob ref|11552}}
Nonetheless, Elhokar had always been intended to die, even if the circumstances around his death changed.{{wob ref|9273}} In the final version of the story, Brandon killed him off in order to showcase [[Moash]]'s descent into villainy.{{wob ref|12645}}
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