Difference between revisions of "Alethkar"

Under this system, the ten [[highprince]]s acted as Kingskings of their own lands, with no unifying government. The [[Sunmaker]] united the highprinces{{ref|b|twok|c|24}} and stopped the [[Hierocracy]], but eventually the government split again. Later, in approximately 1158, [[Gavilar Kholin]]--inspired by the Sunmaker--sought to conquer and unite the highprinces, which he achieved by about 1163. He was then crowned Kingking and his brother [[Dalinar Kholin]] became Highprincehighprince to the [[House Kholin|Kholin]] Princedom.

When Gavilar was assassinated{{ref|b|sa1|prologue}} by the [[Parshendi]] in 1167, his son [[Elhokar Kholin]] became Kingking and declared war on the Parshendi. Each of the highprinces joined the [[Vengeance Pact]], and they went to the [[Shattered Plains]] to besiege the Parshendi in the [[War of Reckoning]]. The siege took much longer than was expected, and was still active by 1173.

The Alethi culture was divided into two major castes, the [[lighteyes]] and [[darkeyes]]. The distinction between the two was the coloring of the person's eyes, the lighteyes standing as the upper class, and darkeyes as the working/lower class, each of these classes were further divided in rank according to their [[dahn]] (in the case of lighteyes) or their [[nahn]] (in the case of Darkeyesdarkeyes). There were many ways in which you could improve your ranking and it was hereditary. Many darkeyes volunteered to become soldiers due for the chance to increase their rank and that of their children.

Most of the Alethi were [[Vorin]], followers of the [[Almighty]]. The priests of Vorinism were called [[Ardentardent]]s and were divided into monasteries and [[Devotary|Devotaries]]. Vorinism had a large impact on the culture of Alethkar. Alethi each chose a profession and an attribute of the Almighty to emulate: a [[Calling]] and a Glory. These could be changed during life but it was generally frowned upon culturally. [[Soulcasting]] was considered sacred to the Alethi and so only the Ardentsardents were permitted to use Soulcasting [[fabrial]]s.

* [[Kholinar]] - Capital Citycity of Alethkar