Difference between revisions of "Adolin Kholin"

|image=Adolin.jpg

|abilities={{tag+|Shardbearer}}

|family=[[House Kholin]]

|ancestors=[[Sadees]]

|spouse=[[Shallan]]

|born={{Rosharan date|1150}}{{book ref|sa1|12}}

|residence=Urithiru

|groups={{tag+|army|Kholin}}

Adolin, Dalinar and Renarin by Tara Spruit.jpg | <center><small>by {{a|taratjah}}</small></center> With [[Dalinar]] and [[Renarin]]

Adolin sketches by Tara Spruit.jpg | <center><small>by {{a|taratjah}}</small></center> Sketches

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== History ==

=== Early Life (1150-1167)===

==== Birth (1150) ====

 

Days later Adolin goes to find his father at the Gallery of Maps. When he asks how the meeting with Highprince [[Roion]] went Dalinar informs him that it did not go as well as they had hoped. Adolin quotes some scripture to Dalinar's surprise and Adolin reveals that he is courting [[Malasha Seveks]] now after things went rocky with Janala.{{book ref|twok|18}} Adolin asks his father if he plans to approach the rest of the highprinces and Dalinar indicates that he does. Adolin then informs his father that Sadeas is asking for permission to enter their warcamp to continue the investigation and tells his father that he thinks Sadeas is going to move against them as he is in an ideal position to shift blame for the assassination attempt on House Kholin. Dalinar points out that denying Sadeas's authority would make them look guilty but that he also trusts Sadeas because of advice the visions gave him. Adolin is not pleased to hear this and point blank accuses his father of betting the future of their house on his visions. Dalinar denies this and promises that if Sadeas did make a move he wouldn't stand by and watch. This is not enough for Adolin.{{book ref|twok|25}}

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| You aren't well, father, […] We need to stop tiptoeing around it! You need to stop making up increasingly irrational explanations to reason away your lapses! I know it's hard to accept, but sometimes, people get old. Sometimes, the mind stops working right.

After his victory in the duel with Resi{{book ref|twok|58}}, Adolin goes to his father and tells him that he understands why they follow the Codes now and that he absolutely must not abdicate. Dalinar, amused, tells Adolin that he has convinced him and this shocks Adolin who is rarely allowed to win arguments with his father. Dalinar tells Adolin that he will draft an order that gives Adolin the right to depose him if he grows mentally unstable. Adolin says he is alright with this so long as they do not tell Sadeas. Dalinar asks Adolin to at least try to believe Sadeas can change, even if he doesn't trust him. Adolin still believes Sadeas is manipulating his father. Dalinar also asks Adolin to make sure that it is only King's Guard soldiers loyal to him that are guarding Elhokar's rooms as he believes there is something fishy going on. They enter Dalinar's chambers for the highstorm, where Navani and Renarin are waiting. After the highstorm Adolin and the rest of the Kholin's discover that Dalinar's has been speaking the [[Dawnchant]] during his episodes which means the visions are absolutely not delusions.{{book ref|twok|60}}

 

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As they ready to make an assault on the Tower some days later Adolin effects that he is happy he was proven wrong and resolves to trust his father. When he goes out to meet his father they find Sadeas, who should already be on the move as speed in assaulting the Tower is imperative. Sadeas says that they need to confer given the particular difficulties the Tower presents. If they can trap and kill the ten thousand Parshendi they always commit to assaults they can change the tide of the war. Adolin finds himself agreeing with Sadeas's assessment. Sadeas gets Dalinar to commit eight thousand troops and to using his faster bridges now that he has a new method of using them.{{book ref|twok|64}} When they arrive at the southern staging plateau Adolin is the one who directs the troops.{{book ref|twok|65}}

 

When Kaladin makes the decision to turn back to save the Kholin army, Dalinar notices the returning bridge. Adolin at first thinks it is a trick but they both decide to punch through the Parshendi with the army to have one chance of saving their men, no matter how slim that chance is.{{book ref|twok|67}} When Kaladin finds Adolin he orders him to make his soldiers retreat. Adolin stubbornly refuses to at first, desperate to save his father who is battling [[Eshonai]] but Kaladin tells Adolin that if he falls his men will have nothing. Adolin can barely walk as it is. He finally orders Captainlord Malan to go with Kaladin to save his father. {{book ref|twok|68}} When returning from the battle Adolin gives his father his gauntlet because of the two of them Adolin is younger and if either of the two of them were to go without part of their Shardplate it should be him. When they arrive, Navani and Renarin are waiting for them in Sadeas's warcamp. Renarin hugs his father and greets Adolin by pounding on his Shardplate while grinning. The brothers are both a bit uncomfortable when Navani and Dalinar embrace. They are soon encountered by Sadeas's hostile troops. Dalinar tells Adolin not to summon his blade When Dalinar offers up his Shardblade in a trade for the [[bridgemen]] Adolin objects but is overruled.{{book ref|twok|69}}

 

==== Disarming the Shardbearers ====

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At the training grounds Adolin and Kaladin's dislike for one another only grows. Adolin tells Kaladin he doesn't trust him and that even though Kaladin's job is to keep him alive, he can take care of himself and Kaladin should instead spend his time keeping Renarin safe. Adolin has brought Renarin to the training grounds to petition Zahel to train him.{{book ref|wor|16}} When Zahel tests Kaladin's ability to protect Renarin, Adolin joins in, deliberately provoking Kaladin. The two fight and in the end, after he throws Kaladin off him, Zahel chews him out for fighting an unarmed sparring partner the way he did. {{book ref|wor|18}}

 

 

==== The Return of the Assassin in White ====

After Eshonai's messenger's arrival and confirmation of the meeting place, Kaladin wants to evacuate the palace, as he feels it is unsafe, even though the highstorm is just ending. As they move to do so, [[Szeth]] arrives. Dalinar sends Renarin with Elhokar to protect him while he, Adolin and Kaladin face off against the Assassin in White, not knowing that he is there to kill Dalinar. Adolin wants to take on the assassin himself, but Dalinar says they'll fight him together. During the fight Adolin gets Lashed to the ceiling by Szeth and later falls when the stormlight runs out, landing on his shoulder and is removed from the fight, appearing unconscious to Kaladin. {{book ref|wor|32}} After the fight, Adolin seems to doubt Kaladin's account of how he survived. He is particularly curious as to why Kaladin's arm seems fine but the sleeve is cut after the arm had been cut by Szeth's blade. {{book ref|wor|33}} The next day, Adolin reflects on the night's encounter more and finds Kaladin to have been suspiciously effective against Szeth. After watching the Soulcasters create a new windbreak he grills Kadash, the supervising ardent, about the Radiants and tells him to do more research into them. {{book ref|wor|35}}

 

 

Adolin and Shallan meet and flirt for a while before Adolin is sent away by his father. Dalinar reveals to Shallan while Adolin is away that the reason he agreed to the causal betrothal of his son was to make Adolin seem unavailable to those who would manipulate him for political gain. She has to persuade him, Navani and Adolin to turn the causal into a full betrothal. At the meeting, Dalinar tells the gathered Highprinces that Adolin will win their shards from them, which they take to be a joke. {{book ref|wor|38}}

While at the training grounds, Adolin and Kaladin come to a silent understanding that they both need to train harder if they were going to best the Assassin in White when he inevitably returns. When Shallan arrives, Adolin assumes she is there to watch him. After taunting Kaladin a little, Adolin reveals, when asked, that he doesn't mind being betrothed, hoping that the formality of the arrangement will keep it from falling apart. When Shallan ignores Adolin, it's Kaladin's turn to mock Adolin. When Adolin asks Shallan if she needs him to pose so she can sketch his plate and blade for her records she declines, saying his mother's sketches were more than adequate. {{book ref|wor|44}} Later Adolin, leading the Kholin army, wins a plateau run alongside [[Bethab]]'s army. {{book ref|wor|46}}

 

==== Courting Shallan Davar ====

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Before the duel, Adolin goes through his rituals, burning the prayer Shallan wrote for him and praying himself. Navani expresses her worry, particularly over the terms that the duel shall end with surrender rather than breaking the shardplate. When Renarin does his check that Adolin has followed his routine, they discover that Adolin's mother's chain is missing. This momentarily throws Adolin off balance, though he starts to recover as they put on his plate. When his opponents enter the ring, there are four of them rather than the two that Adolin had assumed. Instead of forfeiting, Adolin signals for the duel to commence. He recognizes the three Shardbearers Relis brought with him: Elit, [[Abrobadar]] and Jakamav. {{book ref|wor|56}}

 

Setting out for the Parshendi's settlement, Adolin rides with Shallan and her guards. {{book ref|wor|76}} Adolin purposefully gave her one of his slower horses to ride because she told him she had little experience riding. {{book ref|wor|77}} He is also present at Dalinar's interrogation of Rlain, who reveals there is something wrong with the Parshendi, though he does not know their plans. {{book ref|wor|79}}

 

Adolin delivers the news that the Parshendi number at least ten thousand to the Highprinces before the battle. {{book ref|wor|80}} At the start of the battle, Dalinar commands Adolin to take his force and stop the Parshendi's singing at all costs. He's accompanied by [[Skar]] and [[Drehy]] of Bridge Four as his guards. When Adolin crosses the bridge to engage the Parshendi, they summon up lightning and kill Sureblood, knocking Adolin from his saddle. He grieves for a moment over the Ryshadium before charging back into the battle and commanding his troops. He discovers that the Parshendi's lightning acts like naural lightning and will often miss targets by going into the ground. He also discovers that their lightning does not affect Shardplate. {{book ref|wor|81}}

 

While exploring, Adolin reflects on his relationship with Shallan and how it has changed with the revelation that she was a Radiant, which has shaken his sense of self. Getting too far ahead of the rest of his party, Adolin investigates some voices he hears and stumbles across Sadeas with a scouting party of his own. Adolin remains hidden until the others have left and tries to sneak away but his boot scrapes and draws Sadeas's attention. As the two talk, Sadeas reveals his plan to undermine Dalinar by saying the Kholins had contacted the Parshendi and the two had put on a convincing show. Sadeas doesn't believe this but it is the lie he'll tell others.

 

Adolin asks Sadeas why he is the way he is and Sadeas tells Adolin that an army cannot have two generals and it has to be him or Dalinar who goes. Adolin says it doesn't have to be that way, but Sadeas reiterates that it must and that he will take everything Dalinar has. Adolin finally snaps and attacks Sadeas. The two wrestle and Adolin manages to stab Sadeas through the eye and into his brain with a knife, killing him. Adolin ditches [[Oathbringer]], which materialized at Sadeas's death, out the window and into one of the planters. He cuts his bloody cuffs off and erases the chalk marks that indicated he had been in the vicinity. He returns to his scouting party and pretends he had been with them the whole time. {{book ref|wor|89}}

 

 

== Relationships ==

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== Abilities and Attributes ==

=== Ryshadium ===

{{for|Sureblood}}