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===War of Reckoning===
After the assassination of Gavilar, Elhokar vows to avenge his father by waging war against the Parshendi, who claimed responsibility for the king's death. He makes the highprinces swear to the [[Vengeance Pact]] to help him in his conquest, thereby managing to keep his kingdom together for now. Due to Elhokar's youth and paranoia his ability to rule was questioned by those under his rule and he maintained a weakened authority over the ten Highprinces. The King's paranoia stemmed from the assassination of his father and he feared that he would meet the same fate, although he overcompensated on the battlefield and often acted recklessly to the dismay of his family and guards.{{book ref|sa1|12}} This paranoia was furthered by his ability to see strange creatures (almost certainly [[cryptic|Cryptics]]) in mirrors.{{book ref|sa1|58}}
At some point Elhokar lead an expedition including Dalinar, Sadeas, Adolin, Renarin and many other lighteyes and a thousand soldiers on to the shattered plains for a greatshell hunt. When they close on the hunting grounds, the king galloped of in his shardplate to a rock formation with a good vantage. Dalinar was forced to chase after him. At the summit, they discussed Elhokar's fear of assassination. When the huntmaster placed the bait one plateau over, the Chasmfiend climbed onto the viewing plateau.{{book ref|sa1|12}} Elhokar lead the assault on the creature together with Dalinar. He went to distract the beast so the others could fight it. Suddenly his saddle girth broke, and Elhokar fell to the ground. Dalinar urged him to get away from the fight, but Elhokar charged the Chasmfiend instead. In the skirmish, the king got knocked of his feet by the beast. Only the timely arrival of Dalinar, who caught the beast's claw, saved his life. Glory spren appeared when Elhokar held the captured gemheart up.{{book ref|sa1|13}}
Elhokar's deep fear of assassination caused him to fake an assassination attempt on his own life by cutting the girth strap on his saddle,{{book ref|sa1|13}}{{book ref|sa1|69}} in order to trigger an investigation on those who wish him dead. Although this rash action placed suspicion on his uncle Dalinar, this method did yield results as it was found that weakened gemstones were placed in his Shardplate by an unknown individual.{{book ref|sa1|54}}▼
▲Later it became clear that Elhokar's deep fear of assassination had caused him to fake an assassination attempt on his own life by cutting the girth strap on his saddle,{{book ref|sa1|13}}{{book ref|sa1|69}} in order to trigger an investigation on those who wish him dead. Although this rash action placed suspicion on his uncle Dalinar, this method did yield results as it was found that weakened gemstones were placed in his Shardplate by an unknown individual.{{book ref|sa1|54}}
He was almost assassinated by [[Moash]] and [[Graves]] on multiple occasions. When [[Moash]] comes into the palace to kill Elhokar, he is saved by Kaladin who then speaks the third ideal of the [[Windrunners]].{{expand|needs more info of the events leading up to this and its aftermath, like the whole Lopen thing}}
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