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(Added little trivia bit, about how Brandon didn’t want to give him much screen-time.) |
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|spouse=[[Vivenna's mother]]
|children=[[Vivenna]], [[Ridger]], [[Fafen]], [[Siri]]
|relatives=[[Denth]]{{wob ref|12648}}, [[Shashara]]{{wob ref|12648}}
|titles=King of [[Idris]]
|abilities=[[Royal Locks]]
Described as old,{{book ref|wb|5}} Dedelin wears simple, austere clothing despite being the King of [[Idris]]. He has the [[Royal Locks]] and usually keeps his hair black, though his control of his emotions is imperfect and sometimes a tinge of the red of anger or the white of fear will appear.{{book ref|wb|1}}
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
== History ==
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More than twenty years before the events of the [[Pahn Kahl rebellion]], Dedelin made a treaty with the Hallandren Court to keep it from invading Idris. This treaty said that he must send his daughter to marry the God King of Hallandren when Vivenna reached her twenty-second birthday. But although she was raised, educated, and trained for this purpose, he could not bring himself to let her go and decided to send Siri instead.{{book ref|wb|1}}▼
|If we send her, Yarda, we send her to her death.
|Dedelin speaking with [[Yarda]], one of his generals{{book ref|wb|1}}
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▲More than twenty years before the events of the [[Pahn Kahl rebellion]], Dedelin made a treaty with the Hallandren Court to keep it from invading Idris. This treaty said that he must send his daughter to marry the God King of Hallandren when Vivenna reached her twenty-second birthday. But although she was raised, educated, and trained for this purpose, he could not bring himself to let her go and decided to send [[Siri]] instead.{{book ref|wb|1}}
== Relationships ==
Dedelin's children are
=== Vivenna ===
Dedelin hesitates to send Vivenna to Hallandren, and though he thinks that he is doing the best thing for Idris, he still
=== Siri ===
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}}
== Trivia ==
* Brandon purposefully didn’t have Dedelin shown very much, as he didn’t want people to think he was a main character.{{wob ref|6027}}
== Notes ==
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