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'''Aesudan Kholin'''
== History ==
=== Early Life ===
Aesudan
At some point, Aesudan also
=== War of Reckoning ===
When Elhokar
However, either Navani makes a crucial misjudgment or for some reason does not care, because Aesudan inadvertently begins to turn the populace against herself.{{book ref|sa2|i|12}} She throws lavish feasts, reveling in excess, and allows food sent in by starving farmers for the soldiers on the Shattered Plains to simply rot away. She also cancels the [[Beggar's Feast]]s. This is perhaps due in part to her sycophantic [[ardent]]s who simply tell her that she is always on the right path. However, one of the ardents assigned to her retinue, a young woman named [[Pai]], refuses to look past the queen's flaws and performs an act of civil disobedience. She goes before the Common Throne of the [[People's Hall]] and inks the [[glyphs]] of the [[Ten fools|ten foolish attributes]] before the Throne, as well as a paragraph below each glyph, explaining how Aesudan exemplifies each of these traits, denouncing not only the queen but the government itself. Pai is executed, but Kholinar erupts in riots the next day.
== Personality ==
According to Navani, Aesudan
For some reason, Aesudan is under the impression that the [[Almighty]] is displeased with her.{{book ref|sa2|i|12}} In order to gain his goodwill, she surrounds herself with many ardents, to whom she provides a vast array of luxuries: the finest foods, art, horseback riding, and leisure time. In return, the ardents promise her that living her life of wastefulness is the right thing to do, leading to an even greater disconnect between her and her people.
== Trivia ==
*If Dalinar had chosen to abdicate his title of highprince, he would have returned to Alethkar to aid Aesudan by leading the fighting against [[Reshi]] and [[Veden]] border incursions.{{book ref|sa1|52}}
*Due to the fact that Elhokar
*The [[Ghostbloods]] believe that [[Bordin]], one of Dalinar's most trusted servants, is left behind in Alethkar to spy on Aesudan.{{book ref|sa2|c|63}}
== Notes ==
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