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{{character
|image=The Mink by Marie Seeberger.jpeg
|aliases=The Mink
|#profession=Soldier
|world=Roshar
|universe=[[Cosmere]]
|first appeared=[[Oathbringer]]
}}
{{update|sa4}}
{{for|Mink (Alcatraz)|the [[Mokia]]n advisor}}
|One of the Mink's bodyguards, on his habit of disappearing randomly{{book ref|sa4|2}}
}}
'''Dieno enne Calah''' (Old Herdazian for "Dieno the Mink," with "enne" being an honorific implying greatness),{{book ref|sa4|1}} often known as '''the Mink''', is a general in command of a group of soldiers and refugees at the [[Alethkar|Alethi]]-[[Herdaz]]ian border after the initial [[singer]] occupation of Alethkar.
== Appearance and Personality ==
== Attributes and Abilities ==
{{quote
|You don't survive like the Mink has without learning to wiggle out of situations others could never escape.
|A Herdazian soldier discussing [[Dieno enne Calah]]'s evasiveness{{book ref|sa4|2}}
}}
He is an excellent battlefield general. He defended Herdaz for one year against the singers' invasion, despite the lack of allies and resources.{{book ref|sa4|17}} He takes over most of the actual field commanding from [[Dalinar]] after joining the coalition,{{book ref|sa4|47}} and successfully reclaimed [[Emul]].
He is an escape artist who is fond of testing his skills against the best manacles that his officers can find.{{book ref|sa3|i|10}} He was able to avoid detection by the [[Fused]],{{book ref|sa4|1}} and is said to have escaped various situations under nearly impossible circumstances.{{book ref|sa4|2}}
He is not afraid of heights.{{book ref|sa4|47}}
He is one of the few non-ardent men from a Vorin kingdom who can read.{{book ref|sa4|50}}
== History ==
{{image|Mink by triflingshadows.jpg|side=right|width=250px}}
At some point in his life, the general was chained at a beach somewhere near the Alethi-Herdazian border where an enormous [[greatshell]] nicknamed "the hog" resides. He was able to unshackle himself in under a minute and escape being eaten by the creature. It is unclear whether he was there as a prisoner condemned to be fed to the hog, or he simply wanted to test his skills at escaping.{{book ref|sa3|i|10}}
His son and wife were killed
At one point, the soldiers in the general's company catch [[Sheler]], an Alethi soldier, harassing and stealing from the local populace. As punishment, the general gives Sheler three options: death by the sword (doled out by the women he harassed), having his knees smashed with a hammer and left for the [[highstorm]], or wrestling "the hog."{{book ref|sa3|i|10}}
After [[Jasnah Kholin]]'s duel with [[Ruthar]], Dalinar noted that, in contrast to the others in the room, the general appeared amused by the whole thing, and half expected him to start clapping.{{book ref|sa4|50}}
==Trivia==
*In the Rosharan ecosystem, minks tend to scavenge and skulk in the shadows,{{book ref|sa1|3}}{{book ref|sa4|i|5}} and they are colloquially used as a metaphor for sneaky or secretive people.{{book ref|sa3|10}} In the game of [[pieces]], the player who takes the role of the mink controls hidden information that the other players cannot see.{{book ref|sa3|40}} This cultural view of minks is presumably the source of Dieno's nickname, although this has not been explicitly confirmed.
== Notes ==
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