Difference between revisions of "Adolin Kholin"

Adolin is present with Shallan at the feast when Navani's recordings of Dalinar's visions are exposed. {{book ref|wor|67}} Adolin manages to roll out an entire strike force and his father to accompany Shallan so she can study a chasmfiend chrysalis. Adolin and Kaladin discuss the Assassin in White as they go, deciding that they can slow him with arrows if he attacks out here on the plains. Kaladin tells Adolin that Szeth can heal himself and thus he should always go for the kill when fighting him. Adolin also awkwardly tries and fails to get Kaladin to reveal his secret, but when Kaladin asks him if he trusts him, Adolin says he does.

When Shallan comes over to them, she kisses Adolin's cheek, much to his surprise, as Alethi are not so publicly affectionate. When she rhetorically asks why the moss is growing weird on a rock, he replies that it's because of alcohol in an attempt at being funny. Shallan asks Adolin to slay the moss for her and he bemusedly does so, cutting the top of the rock off with his Shardblade and, then leaves Kaladin to watch over her as he goes to get something to drink. While he's gone he lets the darkeyed waterboys try on his Shardplate helmet. Later, when the carpenter destroys the bridge, Adolin ran to try to stop him and grabbed his father but was unable to save Shallan or Kaladin who fell into the chasms. {{book ref|wor|68}}

When Adolin learns that Shallan is alive, he rushes to her apartments. Though he initiates the hug, the first time he's ever initiated any physical affection, Shallan is the one who initiates the kiss. When Shallan asks where he'd been, he tells her he was delivering his father's ultimatum to finish the [[Vengeance Pact]] to the other high princesHighprinces. Dalinar thought it would keep Adolin occupied while grieving over Shallan. Adolin promises he'll never let anything happen to Shallan again and she tells him she appreciates his concern, but does not want that from him. While confused about this, he backs her up when Navani promises something similar. {{book ref|wor|75}}

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}}