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When Elhokar ascends to the throne of Alethkar, he immediately is forced to leave [[Kholinar]] to fulfill the terms of the [[Vengeance Pact]] in what is to become known as the [[War of Reckoning]]. As her son is still an infant,{{book ref|sa2|1}} this leaves Aesudan ruling as regent on the throne of Alethkar.{{book ref|sa1|15}} The king's mother, [[Navani Kholin]] remains behind to advise Aesudan in her duties. However, Navani makes the judgement that Aesudan is is sufficiently skilled to rule on her own, and leaves her for the Shattered Plains.{{book ref|sa1|22}}
However, either Navani makes a crucial misjudgment, the Unmade corrupted Aesudan after Navani's departure, or for some reason does not care, because Aesudan inadvertently begins to turn the populace against herself.{{book ref|sa2|i|12}} She throws lavish feasts, reveling in excess, and allows food sent in by starving farmers for the soldiers on the Shattered Plains to simply rot away. She also cancels the [[Beggar's Feast]]s. This is perhaps due in part to her sycophantic [[ardent]]s who simply tell her that she is always on the right path. However, one of the ardents assigned to her retinue, a young woman named [[Pai]], refuses to look past the queen's flaws and performs an act of civil disobedience. She goes before the Common Throne of the [[People's Hall]] and inks the [[glyphs]] of the [[Ten fools|ten foolish attributes]] before the Throne, as well as a paragraph below each glyph, explaining how Aesudan exemplifies each of these traits, denouncing not only the queen but the government itself. Pai is executed, but Kholinar erupts in riots the next day.
=== The Siege on Kholinar ===
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