Difference between revisions of "Siege of Kholinar"

When Dalinar's task force arrived in Kholinar, they hid at the house of Adolin's tailor. Shallan and Kaladin went to send a message to the queen but when Shallan tried to enter the castle she was stabbed by a soldier and feigned death to escape. The members of the task force split up. Elhokar arranged to meet up with the other remaining lighteyed nobles to attempt to win them over to their cause, and Adolin became his bodyguard. Shallan and most of her espionage group stole food and gave it to the poor (she was later labeled the "Swiftspren") in order to infiltrate the [[Cult of Moments]], a group of fanatics influenced by [[Unmade|Ashertmarn]] who had taken control of the Oathgate platform. Unfortunately, Shallan later learned that the food she was giving out was being collected by a gang of criminals, who then killed one of the people she gave food. Shallan suffered a mental breakdown after realizing that the people she was trying to help had been hurt by her actions, but she recovered after [[Hoid|Wit]] told her the story of [[The Girl Who Looked Up]]. Kaladin joined the [[Kholinar Wall Guard]] so that he could find out more information about the group (particularly its leader, Highmarshal Azure) and how they were providing food for the city. He was surprised to discover that Highmarshal Azure was female, he then spent several days with the Wall Guard. Later during a raid on the wall, Kaladin killed a Fused. Azure then showed him how she was procuring food -- in an underground chamber with aluminum walls used to prevent the screamers from sensing the Soulcasters who were making food. Kaladin then convinced the Wall Guard to help storm the palace with the rest of Dalinar's team. When the team began the attack the voidbringers began their full assultassault on the city to prevent the team from bringing reinforcements from the Southgate. Several important events occurred while they were storming the palace.{{expand}}