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'''General Khal''' is the highest ranking general in the [[:Category: Kholin army| Kholin army]] on [[Roshar]].{{book ref|sa2|5}}

General Khal has yellow eyes and stands with a straight back.{{book ref|sa2|5}} He is bald and and appears limber. Khal is a cautious man, and has his doubts about the strength of the Alethi Thronethrone. As a veteran of combat, he has an understanding of how conflict and terrible situations can unite men.{{book ref|sa2|51}} AAlso a seasoned commander, Khal is experienced in matters of war and advises Dalinar on a variety of other issues as well.{{book ref|sa2|5}}{{book ref|sa2|51}} General Khal's [[dahn]] is uncertain at present, but as a [[Shardbearer]] he is at least of the fourth dahn.{{book ref|sa2|66}}

Nothing is known of General Khal's early life, or how he ascended to his current rank. At some point during his life, Khal married a woman named [[Teshav]],{{book ref|sa2|5}} who gave birth to their three boys: [[Halam]], [[Aratin]], and [[Meleran]].{{book ref|sa2|81}}{{book ref|sa3|69}} He served as a general in the Kholin army during the [[War of Reckoning]] on the [[Shattered Plains]].{{book ref|sa2|5}} General Khal was in charge of all of the patrols of the [[Alethi]] territory in the Shattered Plains. It is uncertain whether or not he participated in the [[Battle of the Tower]], but afterwards he was the seniormost commander remaining in all of Dalinar's army. As a result, Khal's patrol responsibilities were given to [[Kaladin Stormblessed]] and his men, and Khal moved on to more pressing duties.{{book ref|sa2|5}}

For the rest of the war, General Khal served as one of Dalinar's most trusted advisors. He and his wife attended Dalinar's meeting with King [[Elhokar Kholin]], where they plotted their plan to discredit Highprince [[Torol Sadeas]] and remove him from power.{{book ref|sa2|5}} Khal counseled against directly opposing the other highprinces, believing they had enough strength to ignore the authority of the the Thronethrone. He also worried that the highprinces would refuse the dueling challenges and that Adolin might lose the fights. Khal felt that the plan was too chaotic and had too many ways it could possibly fail. Despite Khal's urging, Dalinar went ahead with his plan.{{book ref|sa2|5}}

As Dalinar settled into his role as [[Highprince of War]], he moved away from directly commanding armies, choosing rather to send his elder son, [[Adolin Kholin]] to lead them, with the aid of General Khal.{{book ref|sa2|8}} After the attempt on Dalinar's life by the [[Assassin in White, [[Szeth-son-son-Vallano]], Khal guarded the room in which the highprinces met to discuss the attack.{{book ref|sa2|37}} He wore Adolin's [[Shardplate]] and had command of a strike force that was prepared to enter the meeting room at any moment to dispatch the assassin.{{book ref|sa2|37}}

As the war dragged on, Khal continued to advise Dalinar in matters of both war and politics, including during Adolin's meeting with a [[Parshendi]] [[Shardbearer]], [[Eshonai]].{{book ref|sa2|51}} When Adolin successfully dueled four Shardbearers at once with the help of [[Renarin Kholin]] and Kaladin, General Khal received both Plate and a [[Shardblade|Blade]].{{book ref|sa2|66}} As a Shardbearer, Khal was able to join the ranks of the nobility and so he attended the feast at which it became clear that Sadeas had leaked copies of [[Dalinar's visions]].{{book ref|sa2|67}}

WhenGeneral Khal accompanied Dalinar when he chose to lead a war party onto the Plains themselves, General Khal accompanied him.{{book ref|sa2|80}} As the number of skirmishes with the Parshendi increased during the trip, General Khal predicted that they were attempting to draw the armies off-course.{{book ref|sa2|80}} When Dalinarthey realizedreached that[[Narak]] and realized the Parshendithreat werethat they faced now consisted of [[Voidbringersstormform]]s and attacked them insummoning the [[Battle of NarakEverstorm]], General Khal helped himDalinar lead the armies from the command tent.{{book ref|sa2|81}} He lent his Shards to his [[Halam Khal|son]], now a captain, to bolster the troops fighting on [[Roion]]'s front.{{book ref|sa2|83}} Khal helped to direct the armies to the [[Oathgate]] when the armies evacuated to [[Urithiru]] at the conclusion of the [[Battle of Narak|battle]].{{book ref|sa2|85}} The general was wounded during the course of the battle, but he kept the fact a secret until the retreat was complete. He was placed on leave until he recuperated.{{book ref|sa3|2}}

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