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==== Dalinar Reaches Out ====
Dalinar and Sadeas worked in tandem to strongarm another Highprince, [[Vamah]], into using the king's [[Soulcaster|Soulcasters]], ensuring that Vamah must depend on Elhokar's resources to continue in the war. Though Adolin was suspicious of Sadeas, who could be unkind at times, Dalinar knew that Sadeas held the good of Alethkar as his top priority as much as he did. It was situations like this that Dalinar knew that he could trust Sadeas in his goal of uniting the highprinces. Dalinar continued to try and use other means to convince - or manipulate - the other highprinces to follow Elhokar.
Dalinar promised Renarin that he would give him a set of [[Shardplate]] as soon as he had one to spare.
==== Battle of the Tower ====
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Dalinar and Sadeas set out on their joint expedition. They used Sadeas' method of crossing chasms, a point of contention between them because Dalinar thought they wasted too many lives. When they started fighting the Parshendi on a distant plateau, Sadeas pulled his troops and bridges out, leaving Dalinar, Adolin, and the whole Kholin army surrounded by the Parshendi, stranded with no way out. Adolin yelled that he had told Dalinar not to trust Sadeas and Dalinar agreed. They were fighting a losing battle, waiting until they died. Dalinar squared off against the Parshendi Shardbearer, but he was losing. ▼
|Well, you've shown me something today, Sadeas – shown it to me by the very act of trying to remove me. . . You've shown me that I'm still a threat.
|Dalinar to Sadeas after the [[Battle of the Tower]]{{book ref|sa1|69}}
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{{image|Fervent Prayer by Antti Hakosaari.jpg|width=200px|Navani praying for Dalinar while she waits for news from the battle|side=left}}
▲Dalinar and Sadeas set out on their joint expedition. They used Sadeas' method of crossing chasms, a point of contention between them because Dalinar thought they wasted too many lives. When they started fighting the Parshendi on a distant plateau, Sadeas pulled his troops and bridges out, leaving Dalinar, Adolin, and the whole Kholin army surrounded by the Parshendi, stranded with no way out. Adolin yelled that he had told Dalinar not to trust Sadeas and Dalinar agreed. They were fighting a losing battle, waiting until they died. Dalinar squared off against the Parshendi Shardbearer, but he was losing.
Things were looking hopeless for them when a single bridge crew, [[Bridge Four]], led by [[Kaladin]], returned and saved them. The bridge offered the army a way off of the plateau and Kaladin was able to fight off enough of the Parshendi to allow Dalinar, Adolin, and the remains of the Kholin army to escape.{{book ref|sa1|66}}{{book ref|sa1|67}}{{book ref|sa1|68}} Dalinar promised Kaladin that he would free him and his crew from Sadeas.{{book ref|sa1|68}} They all returned to the warcamp to confront Sadeas.
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When Sadeas refused to sell the bridgemen to Dalinar, Dalinar offered his Shardblade, [[Oathbringer]], in payment instead. Sadeas accepted.{{book ref|sa1|69}} Dalinar appointed Kaladin as the captain of all the bridgemen who would be trained as soldiers to replenish the Kholin army.{{book ref|sa1|73}} Bridge Four was appointed as the honour guard for Dalinar and his family. Dalinar also gave Kaladin his cloak, to mark him as a Kholin soldier and even part of his family.{{book ref|sa1|73}} Dalinar also gave his son [[Renarin]] his Shardplate.{{book ref|sa1|69}} By relinquishing both of his Shards, Dalinar kept his promises to Kaladin and Renarin, proving himself to be an honorable man.
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==== The Start ====
{{image|Dalinar visions.jpg|width=200px|Dalinar and Navani in a highstorm|side=right}}▼
Dalinar started planning, in his capacity as [[Highprince of War]], to unify Alethkar and refound the [[Knights Radiant]].{{book ref|sa2|4}} Navani had begun staying with him while he had his visions so she could record them and translate what Dalinar said. After such a vision, Dalinar went to bed, and when he woke up the next morning, he found glyphs scratched onto his wall: ''Sixty-two days. Death follows.''
Kaladin, as Dalinar's bodyguard, was embarrassed that someone managed to sneak into Dalinar's room and write such a threatening message. Dalinar didn't blame Kaladin in the least, and made note that he trusted Kaladin significantly.{{book ref|sa2|4}} He sent Kaladin away, assuring him that this message was a small matter. Navani wondered why Dalinar seemed to know what it meant, and Dalinar responded that it simply meant he had very little time. Dalinar didn't tell anyone that he suspected he'd somehow written those glyphs himself without knowing it.{{book ref|sa2|8}}
Though Dalinar didn't want to send Adolin to meet the Parshendi, Adolin argued that Dalinar was the most important man around. Dalinar could not be risked.{{book ref|sa2|51}} Adolin met the Parshendi Shardbearer, [[Eshonai]], and pretended to be Dalinar. He communicated with Dalinar from a distance via [[spanreed]] so that his answers would sound like his father. Eshonai made clear that the Parshendi would not deal for peace, and would make an assault on the Alethi later. Though this meant Dalinar had a lot of work to do to get an army together that could face the Parshendi, his conscience was clear. He told Adolin to win more duelling matches, to gather as many Shards as possible before this battle with the Parshendi.{{book ref|sa2|51}}
{{image|The Impossible Odds by Randy Vargas.jpg|Adolin and Kaladin in the arena|side=right|height=300px}}
As part of his preparations, Dalinar publicly announced that he was refounding the [[Knights Radiant]] and placed Brightlord [[Amaram]] at their head.{{book ref|sa2|55}}
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