Difference between revisions of "Aesudan Kholin"

|image=Corrupted Aesudan by Marie Seeberger.jpg

|spouse=[[Elhokar Kholin|Elhokar]]

|relatives=[[Hesina]],{{wob ref|10909}}, [[Kaladin]], [[Tien]], [[Oroden]]

Aesudan marriesmarried [[Elhokar Kholin]] some time before his ascension to the throne of [[Alethkar]]. Little of her life prior to that iswas known. As a princess of Alethkar, she attendsattended the treaty signing feast with the [[Parshendi]] on the night that King [[Gavilar Kholin]] iswas assassinated by [[Szeth]].{{book ref|sa2|prologue}} On that same night, prior to the king's death, [[Jasnah Kholin]] meets with [[Liss]], an assassin that she had hired as one of Aesudan's maids. For unknown reasons, Jasnah instructs Liss to observe Aesudan and report back on her actions, but not to assassinate her unless Jasnah orders it. Ultimately Jasnah decides against that, but her reasoning remains unclear. Elhokar later states that his sister had spoken out against his decision to marry Aesudan in the past, and that she'd claimed Aesudan was too power-hungry. Elhokar, however, just took it for strength.

When Elhokar ascendsascended to the throne of Alethkar, he iswas immediately forced to leave [[Kholinar]] to fulfill the terms of the [[Vengeance Pact]] in what is to becomebecame known as the [[War of Reckoning]]. This leavesleft Aesudan ruling as regent on the throne of Alethkar.{{book ref|sa1|15}} The king's mother, [[Navani Kholin]], remainsremained behind to advise Aesudan in her duties. However, Navani makesmade the judgement that Aesudan is sufficiently skilled to rule on her own, and leavesleft her for the [[Shattered Plains]].{{book ref|sa1|22}}

However, either Navani makesmade a crucial misjudgment or the [[Unmade]] corrupted Aesudan after Navani's departure, because Aesudan inadvertently beginsbegan to turn the populace against herself.{{book ref|sa2|i|12}} She throwsthrew lavish feasts, reveling in excess, and allowsallowed food sent in by starving farmers for the soldiers on the Shattered Plains to simply rot away. She also cancelscanceled the [[Beggar's Feast]]s. This iswas perhaps due in part to her sycophantic [[ardent]]s who simply telltold her that she iswas always on the right path. However, one of the ardents assigned to her retinue, a young woman named [[Pai]], refusesrefused to look past the queen's flaws and performsperformed an act of civil disobedience. She goeswent before the Common Throne of the [[People's Hall]] and inksinked the [[glyphs]] of the [[Ten fools|ten foolish attributes]] before the Throne, as well as a paragraph belowbeside each glyph, explaining how Aesudan exemplifiesexemplified each of these traits, denouncing not only the queen but the government itself. Pai iswas executed, but [[Kholinar]] eruptserupted in riots the next day.{{book ref|sa2|interlude|12}}

Following the summoning of the [[Everstorm]] and the rallying of a [[Voidbringer]] army, Kholinar iswas surrounded by [[Fused]] and [[Singerssingers]], who useused spren[[Secretspren#Voidspren|secretpren]] to locate and punish any use of [[fabrial|fabrials]]s, preventing communication via [[spanreed]].{{book ref|sa3|69}} [[Elhokar]], [[Kaladin]], [[Adolin Kholin]] and [[Shallan Davar]], alongside their [[spren]], arewere sent by [[Dalinar Kholin]] to infiltrate the city and save Aesudan and Gavinor Kholin. They talked with Adolin's tailor [[GavinorYokska]], who explained what happened in the city in the intervening time. Aesudan had the [[Palace Guard]] retreat into the palace and the City watch to barricade into their barracks. At some point during the riots, the queen send out proclamations declaring all parshmen to be Voidbringers and ordered their execution. When a group of [[lighteyes]], including [[Kaves Kholin]], went to the palace to challenge the queen, they never came back.{{book ref|sa3|62}}

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* Due to the fact that Elhokar cannot use Aesudan as a scribe while he is on the Shattered Plains and she is at home, Brightness [[Lalai]], [[Torol Sadeas]]'s cousin, serves as a stand-in.{{book ref|sa1|28}}

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