Difference between revisions of "Adolin Kholin"

Adolin took charge of the expedition of Urithiru, creating maps of the city.{{book ref|sa2|87}} Adolin and Shallan met, and Shallan said she will not let her status as a Radiant cause awkwardness between them. They kissed and Adolin promised to stop being awkward if she stopedstopped being irresistible. When he left, he informed her that Pattern has chosen her room and told the guards that no one is to disturb her.{{book ref|sa2|88}}

Adolin supervised the workforce that was unloading good at Urithiru. They use a huge room, four stories high, to become the new market place. His wrists were still hurting from the [[Battle of Narak]]. He was summoned by his father when Sadeas' body was discovered.{{book ref|sa3|2}} Adolin keeptkept quiet about his involvement and was put in charge of training the Alethi armies. Shortly after, he attended Dalinar's wedding.{{book ref|sa3|4}} Adolin was very disturbed when a second murder happened in exactly the same way a few days later. He was put in charge of the investigation by Dalinar.{{book ref|sa3|9}}

The Kholin cavalry are housed on the ground floor of Urithiru with an outside field for [[Gallant]], Dalinar's Ryshadium. Adolin went to visit the horse and talked with him, as Dalinar hadn't been giving his attention to his mount. Adolin reminisced about the good times he had with Sureblood. He was still mourning the loss of his Ryshadium. Renarin came by looking for Adolin. Renarin explained how he wanted to give his Shards back to Adolin as the sword screamdscreamed when he touched it. The Kholin brothers talked about Renarin's emerging Radiant powers. Renarin expressed his fear that he would hurt someone, which Adolin dismissed. In response Renarin healed Adolin's wrist.{{book ref|sa3|10}}

A little time later Adolin visited Shallan in her room bringing food. She was still in her underwear and uncovered safehand as she was recovering from her 'scouting' party and had slept in. After some commotion Shallan let Adolin into her room and formalyformally introduced patternPattern to him. They had a lengthy and flirty talk while Pattern acted as chaperone.{{book ref|sa3|13}} They discussed the murders Adolin was set to investigate, and Adolin offered Shallan to teach her how to use her Shardblade.{{book ref|sa3|15}}

At his next visit to Shallan, Adolin waited outside until he could enter. He quickly noticed the jug of Horneater white and wondered what Shallan had been up to. While they walked to Ialai Sadeas to speak about the murders, Adolin advised Shallan to find a purpose for her 'honor' guards. Ialai had no useful information but pointed Adolin to the Kholin troops. She asked him to send a report of his findings to her investigator, Meridas Amaram.{{book ref|sa2|22}}

Adolin attended a big conference with Dalinar, Kaladin, Elokhar, the highprinces, and other dignitaries. When Ialai entered and named Amaram the regent to the Sadeas princedom, Adolin got very angry. Dalinar sent Adloin away and Shallan followed him. During the conversation that followsfollowed, Adolin revealsrevealed to Shallan that it was Kaladin who killed her brother Helaran.{{book ref|sa3|27}}

Kaladin flew the small expedition to [[Kholinar]], including Elhokar, Shallan and Adolin. Adolin supported Kaladin when he advised the king to approach the city with caution. The team landed outside the city and approaches the city using lightwoven disguises. The Wall Guard was not letting anyone in, but the team used a moment of distraction to sneak in. Adolin lead the team his suggested hide out: [[Yokska|his tailor]]'s.{{book ref|sa3|61}} Adolin and Elhokar attended several parties to contact the remaining local lighteyes and gain the support of their private house guards. When Kaladin was infiltrating the Wall Guard, Adolin acted as his handler, signaling to Kaladin to continue undercover.{{book ref|sa3|73}} During the next highstorm, Adolin, Shallan, and Kaladin sheltered in a wine-house where they planned their next moves. Afterwards, Shallan and Adolin shared an intimate moment, and he got to browse through her sketchbook.{{book ref|sa3|77}}

After all their reconnaissance, the group decided their only option is to storm the palace with the help of the Wall Guard and private house guards. While preparing for the assault, Adolin talked again to his sword about how he needed her, and how she used to be alive and his intention to use her for something good this day. Adolin, Azure, and Elhokar lead the charge on the front steps of the palace and used their Shardblades to cut open the doors into the palace. When alerted by an officer, Adolin found and freed the remaining loyal Palace Guard troops, who were locked up. After they secured the eastern gallery, Adolin leadslead the group that cleared the way for Shallan towards the Oathgate platform.{{book Havingref|sa3|83}} After Ashertmarn fled, Adolin left Shallan to open the Oathgate, Adolinand went to the Sunwalk with Skar and Drehy wentto backrescue in theKaladin and pulledElhokar; outthey Kaladinarrived after Elhokar's hasdeath, fallenbut were able to save Kaladin.{{book Whenref|sa3|84}} As he lookedreturned overto the cityOathgate, he camegot toa good look at Kholinar, realizerealized that the city, his home, was lost, and ordered a retreat. When Shallan told him that the Oathgate was trapped, and Adolin realized they had no other options and ordered hereher to engage it anyway,{{book transportingref|sa3|85}} resulting in them being transported to [[Shadesmar]].{{book ref|sa3|8387}}

Adolin, Shallan, Kaladin, Azure, Syl, Pattern, and the deadeye representing Adolin's sword found themselves in Shadesmar.{{book ref|sa3|87}} Shallan used a lot of Stormlight to create makeshift platforms in the bead ocean to get the group to land representing the river near Kholinar in the Physical Realm. Adolin felt useless, as he hashad no skillskills to help the group.{{book ref|sa3|89}} The next morning, Adolin woke up and started with a morning kata, being joined bywhich Kaladin and Azure both joined.{{book ref|sa3|93}} They followed the pennisulapeninsula to the lighthouse at the end, from where they caught a ship sailed by [[Reachers]] to Celebrant.{{book ref|sa3|97}} Just before disembarking in Celebrant, Adolin had a conversation with Azure about duty, royalty, and Azure's view that sometimes the best way to do your duty is to let someone else carry it.{{book ref|sa3|101}}

In Celebrant theThe group split, andin Celebrant; Adolin went with Kaladin and Syl to change money and buy supplies. Quickly theThe group soon discovered that the city was under control of the Fused. They narrowly escapeescaped when Syl surrendered herself to a ship of honorspren.{{book ref|sa3|102}} The honorspren sailed south-west, letting the group move freely on deck except Syl who was kept captive. During the trip, Adolin had a long talk with Shallan and they both revealed some of their secrets.; Adolin confessed to her that he was the one who killed Sadeas and Shallan talked about her problems with her other identities. Shortly afterthereafter, they spotspoted eight Fused in pursuit of the ship.{{book ref|sa3|108}} They were close to [[Longbrow's Straits]], here a land area, with Thaylen City on the other side. Using the bead of a room, Adolin, Shallan, Kaladin, and their spren sneakedsnuck into the bead ocean while the honorspren and Azure held off the Fused. The group had an exhausting hike across the land to get to the Thaylen City Oathgate, only to find it guarded.{{book ref|sa3|110}}{{book ref|sa3|112}}

The group attacked the Oathgate in an attempt to get back to the Physical Realm.{{book ref|sa3|115}} Adolin lead Pattern, Syl, Maya and twenty of Shallan's illusions to distract two of the guarding fusedFused. He acted randomly to blend in with the illusions, but one of the fusedFused spotted him anyway. Adolin fought the fusedFused and got rammed through by a lance to the stomach. He only survived because Maya suddenly attacked the fusedFused allowing Adolin to flee.{{book ref|sa3|117}} Dalinar then opened [[Honor's Perpendicularity]], allowing Adolin, along with Shallan and Kaladin, to return to the Physical Realm.{{book ref|sa3|119}}

After he stepped through Honor's Perpendicularity, Renarin healed Adolin's wound.{{book ref|sa3|119}} Not having gotten a specific task from Dalinar, Adolin decided to try and help the soldiers within the city. He teamed up with [[Kdralk]] to free Navani on the wall and informed her of Elhokar's death. He helped organize the city's resistance, then went to go help fight the [[thunderclast]]s. During the fight he heard [[Maya]] speak to him, telling him her name and her approval of his actions. Adolin stopped to rescue a boy in a building during the fight. [[Hrdalm]] found him and helped distract the thunderclast by taking hits with his Shardplate. The thunderclast nearly killed him, but he managed to summon Maya in seven heartbeats instead of the usual ten, saving his life. Renarin found Adolin, healed him again and forced him to leave because he didn't have Plate, so Adolin gave Maya to Hrdalm to temporarily use instead.{{book ref|sa3|120}} After the battle, he found Shallan to make sure she was all right. She was, and he offered to step aside for Shallan and Kaladin to be together. Shallan said she was choosing him instead. She told him she could be anyone for him, but Adolin replied insistently he doesn't want anyone, he wants Shallan.{{book ref|sa3|121}}

Soon after the battle, Dalinar approached Adolin about becoming king of Alethkar, with Gavinor named as his heir. He refused and admitedadmitted to Sadeas’Sadeas' murder, though he did agree to become the new Kholin highprince. Adolin and Shallan decided to quickly get married.{{book ref|sa3|122}}