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King Gavilar was murdered[[Assassination of Gavilar|assassinated]] in the palace by [[Szeth]] during a peace celebration with the [[Listenerslisteners]].{{book ref|sa1|prologue}} Following that, his descendantson, king [[Elhokar Kholin|Elhokar]], moved to the [[Pinnacle]] on the [[Shattered Plains]], so as to be closer to the fighting there. Queen [[Aesudan]] - and, later, princePrince [[Gavinor]] - remained at the Palace, along with the widowed queen [[Navani Kholin]], as Aesudan was managing the kingdom in her husband's absence.

After the riots, the queen recalled her guard into the palace, and appears to have fallen fully under the influence of both Ashertmarn and [[Yelig-Narnar]]. Anyone to enter the palace would never return, either killed by the Queen's Guard or subsumed by Ashertmarn, while the spren of the [[Oathgate]] beneath the Monastery Dais were subverted by [[Sja-anat]]. During that period, the [[Cult of Moments]] held feasts in the Monastery Dais. A portion of the Palace Guard resisted the lure of the Unmade and were locked in a room. After their release, they claimed that time seemed to pass differently for them, feeling it has only been a few days, not a few weeks, since the riots.{{book ref|sa3|84}}

The strike team led by [[Elhokar Kholin]] tried and failed to re-take the Palace from the queen.{{book ref|sa3|85}} After the king's death and [[Kholinar]]'s fall, the [[Fused]] appear to have made the Palace the centre of their operations in the city, and began to dig it out from under the rubble in search of the [[Design|Cryptic]] that was supposed to bond Elhokar.{{book ref|sa3|epilogue}}{{wob Itsref|10817}} further[[Hoid]] fatefinds isher unknownfirst sothough, farsaving and then later bonding her.{{wob ref|10746}}