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=== Unification of Alethkar ===
[[Dalinar Kholin]] remembers the beginning of the war as he and Gavilar wanting "stuff" that others had and fighting to get the "stuff". Though Gavilar never refuted that beginning; by the battle on Rathalas, he was looking to build a Kingdom and wanted it to mean something. {{book ref|sa3|19}}. This seems to be connected to the birth of his first child [[Jasnah]] .{{book ref|sa3|11}}.
 
Gavilar, Sadeas and Dalinar led the war. Gavilar claimed the throne and his main role was making alliances; [[Torol Sadeas]] dealt with problems and Dalinar used won battles. {{book ref|sa3|19}}. It is implied that the war was won after several years of a very bloody war.
 
Gavilar was more inclined for a strategy that would turn each High Prince against each other. However, Sadeas pulled him towards brutality. {{book ref|sa3|11}}. He does not seem to be concerned if his troops participated on village robbery and pillaging. {{book ref|sa3|26}}.
The last battle was against High Prince Kalandor who was pushed into battle by pillaging of their villages and killing all peacemakers .{{book ref|sa3|26}}.
 
It was at the end of the war when Gavilar started talking of the "Codes of war". It is implied that he started having Honor’sHonor's visions given by the Stormfather. {{book ref|sa3|19}}
 
=== Ruling Alethkar ===
In approximately {{Rosharan date|1165}} Gavilar and Dalinar made an expedition to the south of the Shattered Plains where they found a group of "parshmen" living on their own. At first they couldn't believe parshmen could live on their own, but they found that these parshmen were friendly, curious and learned the Alethi language quite easily. Gavilar's stormwardens began calling them "Parshendi."
 
Though Gavilar never had been the 'scholarly type,', and for a reason that has not yet been discovered, he grew more and more fascinated by the Parshendi. Despite Dalinar's attempts to return to Alethkar, Gavilar wanted to stay on the Shattered Plains to learn more about the Parshendi.{{book ref|sa1|45}}
 
Gavilar's officers thought the Parshendi were savages, but Gavilar thought the Parshendi were "an enclave of memories. A window into the past."{{book ref|sa3|Prologue}} He believed bringing back the Parshendi's old gods would benefit both the Parshendi and the humans, despite [[Eshonai]]'s insistence that the Parshendi abandoned their gods. Even while witnessing her horror, he believed the Parshendi would be pleased that the Alethi were "allies" in seeking the return of their old gods.
At the end of his life, he believed he was being watched.{{book ref|sa3|Prologue}}
 
At Gavilar’sGavilar's holy interment, he was called by the Ardant "Gaviar the Majestic" "First King of Alethkar under the new Kholin Dynasty, thirty-second highprince of the Kholin princedom, heir of the Sunmaker and blessed by the Almighty". His body was soulcasted and turned into a sculpture .{{book ref|sa3|105}}.
 
=== Legacy ===
A number of works about Gavilar's life exist, including "Gavilar's Account",{{book ref|sa1|36}}, dictated by Gavilar to Jasnah a year before his murder, "King Gavilar Kholin, A Biography"{{book ref|sa1|45}} by Navani, and "Matain's account.".{{book ref|sa1|45}}
 
The Alethi fought the [[War of Reckoning]] to avenge his death.
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