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→The War of Reckoning ({{rosharan date|1167}} - {{rosharan date|1173}})
(→The Hierocracy and Sadees the Sunmaker ({{rosharan date|673}} - ???): Think this is more accurate, as the Sunmaker was around 673, and he ended the Heirocracy. So makes more sense to place the end closer to around the time of the War of Loss.) |
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The siege took much longer than was expected, and was still active by {{Rosharan date|1173}}.
==== Battle of the Tower ({{Rosharan date|1173|9|6|4}}) ====▼
On {{Rosharan date|1173|9|6|4}}, Highprince Sadaes set up a battle on the [[Tower (Roshar)|Tower]] as a trap to murder Dalinar Kholin. The motivation for this was his anger at Dalinar attempting to shift the focus of the war from the harvesting of gemhearts back to the attacking of Parshendi military forces.{{cite}}{{expand}}
The battle led to the decimation of Dalinar Kholin's army, he arrived at the battle with 8000 men, but returned with only 2,653 men, coming out at 5347 fatalities.{{book ref|sa1|69}} It also led to Dalinar successfully attempting to gain the title of Highprince of War in order to insure more authority to manage the war directly, in response to Sadaes' betrayal.{{book ref|sa1|69}}
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▲==== Battle of the Tower ({{Rosharan date|1173|9|6|4}}) ====
==== Attempted Assassination of Dalinar ({{Rosharan date|1173|10|2|5}}) ====
==== Attempted Peace Talks ====
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