Difference between revisions of "Dalinar Kholin"
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He admits that he is a hypocrite, but believes that sometimes a hypocrite is simply a person in the process of changing, and feels that that interpretation applies to himself.{{book ref|sa3|38}}
He follows the Alethi Codes of War with an ardent zeal, due to a variety of reasons; he does not believe that one gains from following the codes, but that it stops oneself from becoming that which they loathe; he also feels a deep guilt for not following them on the night of Gavilar's assassination, and blames his death on himself.{{book ref|sa1|66}} These codes have deeply influence the way that he leads, such as his belief that a leader should never order his followers to do anything that he would not himself do.{{book ref|sa1|65}} His belief in the inherent goodness of the Codes was enough that, once he became the Highprince of War, he attempted to enforce the Codes on all warcamps on the Shattered Plains.{{book ref|sa1|69}}
He deeply values human life, far more than even Oathbringer. Due to this belief, he once traded Oathbringer for a group of darkeyed slaves, and considered it to be a bargain.{{book ref|sa1|69}}▼
▲He deeply values human life, far more than even Oathbringer. Due to this belief, he once traded Oathbringer for a group of darkeyed slaves, and considered it to be a bargain.{{book ref|sa1|69}} The value that he ascribes to human life, even to that of darkeyed slaves, has led him to refuse to use bridge crews in his army during the War of Reckoning.{{book ref|sa1|6}}
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