Difference between revisions of "Dalinar Kholin"

Years later, Dalinar's reaction to his memories of what happened at the Rift was to drink. Immediately after and even years later, Dalinar can hear the screams of Evi and the people of Rathalas, burning.{{book ref|sa3|88}} Dalinar's dependence on alcohol was very serious, to the point that his family sometimes hid his alcohol from him, and he was reduced to asking it from strangers.

 

==== Gavilar's Change and the Discovery of the Parshendi ====

In the years after the reunification of Alethkar, Gavilar began to lose his thirst for battle. He had started reading a book called [[The Way of Kings (in-world)|''The Way of Kings'']], trying to convince Dalinar and his other Highprinces to be peaceful and to follow the [[Alethi Codes of War]].{{book ref|sa1|18}} Like the other Highprinces, Dalinar resisted his brother's ideas, finding them unpalatable and strange – even un-Alethi. To try and change Gavilar's mind, Dalinar convinced him to go an expedition, a hunt for a chasmfiend. He suggested this hoping to remind Gavilar of the good times in their youth, to reawaken his brother's fighting spirit.{{book ref|sa1|28}}