Difference between revisions of "Renarin Kholin"

Renarin does not like the fact that he is an unusual kind of Surgebinder, and wishes that he could be like the other ordinary Radiants. He keeps his true abilities secret from others because he believes that, due to the cultural bias against seeing the future, he would be cast out and distrusted if people knew what he is able to do.{{book ref|sa4|54}}

 

{{image|Renarin and child.jpg|side=right|width=300px|Renarin using [[Illumination]]}}

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|I don't think I’m a Radiant, Jasnah. I don’t know what I am.

After giving his [[Shardblade]] to [[Torol Sadeas]] in exchange for the [[bridgemen]], Dalinar gives his [[Shardplate]] to Renarin,{{book ref|sa1|69}} and Adolin later gives him the Shardblade he wins in his duel with [[Salinor Eved]].{{book ref|sa2|14}} [[Zahel]] trains him how to use his Shards properly. Renarin also trains as a member of Bridge Four under Kaladin's leadership, though it is unclear if he is trained with or carries a spear. Renarin uses the Shardblade Adolin gave him only under great duress or when asked directly, because, as a manifestation of his [[Nahel bond]], he hears the screams of the Blade's dead spren whenever he holds it. After the [[Battle of Narak]], he returns the Shardblade Adolin gave him, as he learns to manifest Glys as a Shardblade and can use him instead.{{book ref|sa3|10}}

 

{{image|Renarin by Gar leyva.jpeg|side=left|width=300px|Renarin with [[Glys]]}}

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|Renarin couldn't do that. He could only summon lights, and they did strange, unnatural things sometimes.…