Difference between revisions of "Dalinar Kholin"

A year later, Dalinar was brought into a vision by Odium, in which he set the terms of their contest of champions--one champion for each side would make it to the top of Urithiru unharmed by either side, and fight to the death. If Dalinar's champion won, Odium would retreat to the kingdoms that he had conquered<!-- for a thousand years? i can't remember-->, giving control of Thaylenah, Herdaz, and Alethkar to the coalition. If Odium won, he would remain in the Rosharan system, but he would gain Dalinar's soul to transform into a Fused.{{book ref|sa4|112}}

Dalinar often has a strained relationship with Evi, partially because their marriage was political. He does love her, but felt that he was too good for him. Evi hates the way Dalinar kills so many people without mercy, and they often get into fights which often leave Evi in tears. Dalinar tries to evade the topic of his killing whenever he can, but avoiding the argument just makes it worse. Evi cares deeply for Dalinar despite her dislike of violence, and burns prayers constantly for both him and those he slays.{{book ref|sa3|71}} When Dalinar is about to march on the [[Rathalas|Rift]] and destroy it, Evi sneaks into the city to try find a peaceful solution through diplomacy. Dalinar kills all the messengers that come out from the Rift, and thus doesn’t realize that Evi is in the city. After he burns the city alive, Evi along with it, he realizes what has happened and is racked with guilt and grief, and is haunted by both her screams and the screams of the Rifters, likely from the ssame effect that caused Szeth to hear voices.{{book ref|sa3|76}}{{wob ref|2671}} His grief drives him to visit the [[Nightwatcher]], and his curse is to forget Evi and everything about her. He completely forgets her for several years, unable to hear anyone speak her name or see any pictures of her.{{book ref|sa3|114}} Over time, he eventually gaining his memories of her back.{{book ref|sa3|76}}