Difference between revisions of "Alethkar"

Later, in approximately {{Rosharan date|1158}}, [[Gavilar Kholin]]--inspired by the Sunmaker--sought to conquer and unite the highprinces, which he achieved by about {{Rosharan date|1163}}. He was then crowned king and his brother [[Dalinar Kholin]] became highprince to the [[House Kholin|Kholin]] Princedom. Hower, due to the lineage of each Princedom back to the Sunmaker and his sons, the Highprinces are loathe to surrender their autonomous power, even partially, to a supreme ruler and the integrity and unity of Gavilar's kingdom is, therefore, questionable, as evidenced by the ferocity with which the Highprinces resisted his military approach to unification and continued to strain against his rule. The most severe instance of this was the rebellion in [[Rathalas]], where Gavilar eventually had to send troops led by [[Dalinar]] and [[Sadeas]] in order to quench the revolt, as political means had resulted in a failure.▼

When Gavilar was assassinated{{book ref|sa1|prologue}} by the [[Parshendi]] in {{Rosharan date|1167}}, his son [[Elhokar Kholin]] became king 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 {{Rosharan date|1173}}. It eventually ended when the Parshendi summoned the [[Everstorm]] and thus began the [[True Desolation]] during the [[Battle of Narak]], following which Highprinces [[Dalinar]], [[Aladar]] and [[Sebarial]], along with their remaining forces, took refuge in [[Urithiru]], while others remained on the [[Shattered Plains]], slowly taking over the abandoned warcamps of those who left and consolidating their power base there.▼