Difference between revisions of "Dedelin"

|relatives=[[Denth]]{{wob ref|12648}}, [[Shashara]]{{wob ref|12648}}

He worships [[Austrism|Austre]], God of Colors, and considers the [[God King]] and the other [[Returned]] to be abominations. In accordance with these beliefs, he considers [[Awakening]] and the owning of Breath other than one's own to be wrong.{{book ref|wb|1}}

He is an astute ruler and capable of putting the good of his kingdom before his own personal wishes and beliefs: he sends his daughter to honor the treaty with [[Hallandren]], and he funds the purchasing of [[BioChromatic Breath|Breaths]] despite his [[Austrism]]-given convictions. He is also shown to be thoughtful and decisive as he ponders over the political and military implications of the treaty and seeks council; however, once his mind is made up, he acts decisively and cannot be persuaded to renege on his position. He is also a man of passion, however controlled, as seen in his streaks of red anger and the way he allows his love of [[Vivenna]] to dictate his response to the treaty.{{book ref|wb|1}}

PriorA to thefew timeweeks whenbefore he sent Siri to [[T'Telir]], Dedelin sent [[Lemex]] there as his spymaster. He agreed to send Lemex funds to purchase Breath in order to further his role as an information source, since Lemex would need sufficient amounts of Breath to gain access to the Court of Gods. However, Dedelin was unaware that Lemex was already embezzling money from him.{{book ref|wb|17}}

Dedelin's children are [[Vivenna]], [[Ridger]], [[Fafen]], and [[Siri]]. His chief friend and trusted military adviser is General [[Yarda]].{{book ref|wb|1}} His wife has been dead for over a decade, a result of a riding accident.{{wob ref|6031}}

Dedelin hesitates to send Vivenna to Hallandren, and though he thinks that he is doing the best thing for Idris, he still hasis biasesbiased and does love Vivenna more, partially because Vivenna reminds him of his wife.{{wob ref|6031}} Early on, he remarks that Vivenna is twice as devout as he is and has far more control over her hair than he does. {{book ref|wb|1}} This is a clear example of the way Dedelin treats Vivenna differently than Siri, which in turn affects both his and Vivenna's relationship with the youngest royal.{{book ref|wb|1}}

Dedelin doesn't like it when Siri goes off on her own instead of attending her tutoring sessions, and often reprimands her firmly when she skips them. Siri's perception of herself is based around the way Dedelin views Vivenna, and how he praises her control, the total opposite of Siri {{book ref|wb|1}} ThisThough alsoDedelin affectsdisapproves Siri'sof relationshipmany with Vivenna, since she thinks that she can never live up to her sister, and she doesn't care that she doesn't in some ways.of Siri's remarkactions, abouthe nobodystill doingloves anything better than Vivenna shows thather. {{bookwob ref|wb|26031}} She'sSiri is sarcastic about her actions and their implications, contradicts Dedelin constantly, unlike Vivenna.{{book ref|wb|2}}