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He is a [[Shardbearer]], owning both a [[Shardblade]] and a [[Shardplate]], which he inherited from his mother's side of the family on his 16th birthday.{{ref|b|sa1|c|12}}
He has a white stallion, a [[Ryshadium]] horse named [[Sureblood]],{{ref|b|twok|c|26}} one of only a dozen Ryshadium in all the Alethi warcamps on the [[Shattered Plains]].
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{{quote|This might be our last fight together […] I appreciate what you’ve done for me. I know you’d do it for anyone who held you, but I still appreciate it.|Adolin to his Shardblade {{ref|b|sa2|c|14}}}}
Adolin has a series of traditions he performs before any duel he fights. While in the preparation room, which is used primarily for meditation, he talks to his unnamed blade before continuing on to the staging room where his armourers help him into his Shardplate. [[Navani]] normally paints a glyphward for him though by his final duel he has move to having [[Shallan]] paint them for him. Finally [[Renarin]] will check to make sure Adolin has eaten chicken at some point before the duel and that he has their mother’s chain on his person. {{ref|b|sa2|c|14}} Navani passes these off as superstitions which Adolin denies. However before his final duel, when he forgot his mother’s chain, both he and Renarin appear visually shaken. By the time his armourers have finished though he seems mostly recovered. {{ref|b|sa2|c|56}}
Adolin has employed various Shardblade Stances in his duels, though he relies most heavily on [[Windstance]], and diverse tactics. Against [[Salinor Eved]] he switches to using [[Ironstance]] as well as employing elements of hand to hand combat for a rather brutal display, much to the ire of Highjudge [[Istow]]. {{ref|b|sa2|c|14}} While fighting against [[Eranniv]] [[Sadeas]] notes that Adolin is fighting far below his own capacity {{ref|b|sa2|c|29}}, making it seem like a close fight. Against [[Elit Ruthar]] Adolin employs Windstance again, focusing on precision while implementing a tactic of exhausting Elit’s plate of stormlight until it can no longer move. {{ref|b|sa2|c|53}}
In the final duel against Elit, [[Relis Ruthar]], [[Adrobadar]] and [[Jakamav]] Adolin relies most heavily on Windstance, as it is the most effective against multiple many opponents. At one point he backs himself up against a wall to protect his back. {{ref|b|sa2|c|56}} Once [[Kaladin]] joins the duel he remarks that two opponents actually seem like an even match for Adolin. {{ref|b|sa2|c|57}} By the end of the duel Adolin is pinned beneath Jakamav and holding him in a wrestling grip.
Adolin is good enough a duellist that Dalinar uses him as a key part in his plan to discipline the Highprinces by taking away their Shards in duels. {{ref|b|sa2|c|5}} It can be argued that Adolin is actually the most skilled duellist on the Shattered Plains given that he is both capable of winning a fight while hiding his true level of skill and being an even match against two men. Sadeas remarks that Adolin is growing into the Blackthorn, a man who conquered Alethkar with his skill and power, and that thought terrifies him. {{ref|b|sa2|c|58}}
== Calling ==
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