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=== Early Life and the War to Unify Alethkar (1120 – 1166) ===
==== Childhood ====
Dalinar was born in about {{Rosharan date|1120}},{{wob ref|5569}}, the second son to the Kholin princedom in Alethkar. His mother died when he was young and he was primarily raised by a parshman nurse.{{wob ref|11297}}{{book ref|sa1|26}} In his youth, Dalinar deeply respected his elder brother [[Gavilar Kholin|Gavilar]], and although envious of him at times,{{book ref|sa1|18}} he follows his brother into a war to unite Alethkar under the Kholin banner.
 
In his youth, Dalinar had feelings for [[Navani]], but he realized that Gavilar was also interested in her. For Gavilar's sake, he steps aside. Later, Navani admitted to having an interest in Dalinar during this time, but since Gavilar was the one who chased her, she chose to accept his proposal.
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Dalinar is one of Brandon's oldest characters. He appeared in Brandon's first book, written when he was fifteen; there, he was named '''Jared'''. Like Dalinar, Jared was a younger brother to a well-liked king who was eventually assassinated; unlike Dalinar, Jared takes over the reins of the kingdom and takes his time to mold his nephew into a proper ruler, as the proto-[[Elhokar]] character (alongside proto-[[Jasnah]]) is initially kidnapped by the same assassins.{{bws ref|its-here-2|It's Here|post|pre|date=2010-8-31}} While the story itself was canned, Brandon took Jared with him further, into ''[[Dragonsteel Prime|Dragonsteel]]'', where he participated in the [[Shattered Plains]] plot that would eventually be moved to ''[[The Stormlight Archive]]''.{{wob ref|8838}}
 
The next known incarnation of Dalinar is '''Dalenar''', in [[The Way of Kings Prime|''The Way of Kings'' Prime]]. Like Jared before him, Dalenar loses his older brother to assassins, although it seems he doesn't become the next king himself. Dalenar has three sons: Sheneres, Aredor (who would eventually become [[Adolin]]), and [[Renarin]], with Sheneres dying at the start of the book while trying to protect the king.{{book ref|wok'|1}} At the end of the ''Way of Kings'' Prime, Dalenar is forced to kill Elhokar for the greater good; Brandon eventually took that out, having decided that Dalenar trying to help his nephew would make the plot more interesting.{{wob ref|11552}}
== Notes ==
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