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==== Chasmfiend Hunt ====
Several years after the start of the war, in {{Rosharan date|1173}}, 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 closed on the hunting grounds, the king galloped
During the march back, Elhokar discussed the war with Dalinar and Sadeas. As Dalinar has not won any gemhearts recently, the king encouraged him to start using faster bridges like Sadeas's. The king asked Dalinar to look into his saddle strap. Although Dalinar ensured him that he took the investigation very seriously, the king kept expressing that he felt Dalinar doubted him.{{book ref|sa1|15}}
A while later at another of the kings feasts, Sadeas proclaimed in front of Elhokar and the assembled lighteyes the results of his investigation. He had concluded that Dalinar was not involved but someone had tried to use him as a scapegoat. Also an unknown individual had placed weakened gemstones in the king's Shardplate.{{book ref|sa1|54}}
Elhokar went to watch the duels, accompanied by Sadeas and Dalinar. Dalinar and Sadeas discussed [[The Way of Kings (in-world)|''The Way of Kings'']], with Dalinar quoting one of the stories from memory while Elhokar mostly watched the duels. When the duel between Adolin and Resi began, they all paid attention. Elhokar remarked that Adolin was very good, better than Gavilar or even Dalinar. After the duel, the discussion focused on the war. Elhokar accused Dalinar of continuously making references to peace, while claiming to have given up the argument for abandoning the war. The king pressed on, and Dalinar confessed that if he would have had the power he would have taken the armies back to Alethkar. Elhokar then started to question who was behind Gavilar's assassination, was it really the Parshendi, or was someone using them as a distraction. He mentioned real villains in his own camp, that he saw their faces in mirrors.
Talk turned to the joint plateau assaults done by Dalinar and Sadeas, who argue about the use of the different types of bridges. Elhokar suggested a compromise where Dalinar used Sadeas's bridges for the march and only would join the battle after Sadeas had cleared a foothold. Dalinar reluctantly agreed.{{book ref|sa1|58}}
{{image|Elokhar by Grant Hansen.jpg|width=200px|side=right|Drinking}}
After Sadeas's betrayal at the [[Battle of the Tower]], Dalinar came to visit Elhokar in his sitting room. Elhokar started talking but Dalinar interrupted him by kicking him in the chest while still wearing his shardplate. When the king shouted for his guards, no one responded. Dalinar overpowered the king and pointed out that the guards were his men. Elhokar then admitted
==== Assassination Attempts ====
After the storm, Elhokar went outside on his balcony. The part of the railing he leaned against gave out and the king was hanging from the railing. His guards could rescue him just in time. On investigation, Kaladin and Dalinar noticed the railing had been cut by a shardblade and the mortar had been chipped away. Afterwards, Elhokar insisted that Dalinar put Kaladin in charge of his guards.{{book ref|sa2|23}}
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|He's come for me. I always knew he would. Like he came for Father...
|Elhokar whimpered when being towed away by his guards on Szeth's arrival{{book ref|sa2|32}}
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In the next storm, the king was sheltering in his palace again. Kaladin had dozed off for a second. When he woke up he insisted something was wrong and they needed to get the king to safety. The king disagreed as did Adolin. A moment later Dalinar woke from his vision, and agreed to follow Kal's instincts and leave. They quickly organized a retreat through the kitchens. Suddenly the corridor ahead was dark and they noticed a hole in the wall and a body on the ground. In the corridor stood the [[Assassin in White]]. Dalinar ordered Renarin to protect the king and take him back out while Dalinar, Adolin and Kaladin confronted the Assassin in White. During the fight the assassin said he did not come for Elhokar but for Dalinar. It ended when Kaladin pushed himself and the assassin out of the hole in the wall, plummeting into the air.{{book ref|sa2|32}}
When Kaladin made his way back into the palace, Elhokar was the first to accept his story on how he survived the fall with the assassin. He praised Kaladin for alerting them to the danger. When Navani asked why the assassin had come, Elhokar said he came to claim him. Neither Dalinar nor Kaladin corrected him. A bit later, the king went into his bedroom to get more wine. On the door he found a new series of glyphs with a countdown.{{book ref|sa2|33}}
Elhokar and Dalinar talk with [[Bordin]] who had brought a
==== Persuading the Highprinces ====
When Dalinar, Shallan and Adolin lead the expedition onto the Shattered plains during the weeping, Elhokar stayed behind. He went to the barrack of Bridge Four to meet Kaladin, who was recovering from his ordeal in the chasms. He chastised Kal for having made excuses for not coming to the king when requested. After sending away the guards, Elhokar asked Kaladin about being a hero and how to know what to do. He asks directly if Kaladin finds him a bad king, to which the reply was "yes". Elhokar then admitted that he had ruined the plan after the duel, and not Kaladin.{{book ref|sa2|80}}
During the night, Kaladin came to the palace with the intend to warn the king about the assassination plans from [[Graves]] and his group. He noticed the guards were Graves's man and took them out. He then found the king laying drunkenly on a couch. He tried to evacuate the king, who was barely able to walk. One of the 'guards' managed to plunge his knife into Elhokar's side. Kaladin quickly bandaged the wound, and they continued their escape. In the hallway, the king slumped to the ground and then [[Moash]] and Graves arrived, both with blade and plate.{{book ref|sa2|82}} Kaladin fought them, and swore the third ideal of the [[Windrunners]] in the process.{{book ref|sa2|84}}
After Kaladin had saved him, Elhokar went into hiding and was given shelter by [[Lopen]] and his family. Lopen's mother forced the king to eat more as he looked
=== The True Desolation ({{Rosharan date|1174}}) ===
As a character, Elhokar is almost as old as [[Dalinar]], and the two had always been nephew and uncle. In the earliest story featuring him, Elhokar, along with proto-Jasnah, is kidnapped when the proto-Gavilar is killed, leaving Jared (the early version of Dalinar) to take the reins of the kingdom. After the prince and the princess are rescued, Jared retains control, taking the time to teach Elhokar how to be a proper ruler.{{bws ref|its-here-2|It's Here|post|pre|date=2010-8-31}}
The next known incarnation of Elhokar appears in
Nonetheless, Elhokar had always been intended to die, even if the circumstances around his death changed.{{wob ref|9273}} In the final version of the story, Brandon killed him off in order to showcase [[Moash]]'s descent into villainy.{{wob ref|12645}}
== Notes ==
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|prev=[[Gavilar Kholin]]
|this=c. {{Rosharan date|1167|10}} to c. {{Rosharan date|1174|2|missing-date=?}}
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