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Thirty-four years ago
Dalinar is charging across a burning field with his elites. The enemy has taken shelter in a town to the north and they set fire to the fields to prevent Dalinar from flanking them. Dalinar charges through the fire anyway so he can use a tactic
They go farther down the street until they see more fighting soldiers. Dalinar order [[Thakka]] to raid the houses and round up the families inside. Then he is hit with a black arrow. Thakka jumps in front of his brightlord, but Dalinar pushes him away. He wants to see where the arrow came from. A second arrow is fired, but Dalinar dodges it and calls for horses. They charge back around the town and climb the slope from where the arrows came. When they arrive, Dalinar is hit with another arrow while he gallops for the [[Teleb|archer]]. The attacker tries to flee, but is kicked down. Dalinar notices a blue tattoo on his cheek. He deduces that the man is a assassin, set there specifically to kill him. He then marvels about the 400-yard shot the man made and prompts him to do it again. The archer plants another arrow in a body 400 yards away. Dalinar welcomes him into his elites. The archer is reluctant, but Dalinar says that he can choose to be killed or to join him and name his price. The archer tries to protect the life of his highprince, but Dalinar says that that’s too late. The archer is horrified, but Dalinar proposes that their armies will refrain from looting the town if he joins them. The archer sullenly agrees. Once they reached the town again, Dalinar sends orders to stop the looting and then finds [[Torol Sadeas]] who has executed the local highprince and his officers. Sadeas asked what happened to Dalinar. He also tells him they lost the highprince’s son, so he might build a resistance. Dalinar informs him that he killed the son. He tells Sadeas to bring him something to drink and a pair of surgeons and to stop looting the town. He tells him that he promised it to his newest recruit. Sadeas is exasperated at this at first, but then sees how he can turn it around as a symbol that they are not without mercy. Sadeas says that they need to get Dalinar some shards, because he embarrasses them with his competence, even without shardplate and blade. Dalinar returns to the camp. He is done living for today and would have to wait for the next opportunity.
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