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== History ==
Sometime before {{Rosharan date|1174}}, Kabsal joined the [[Ghostbloods]] and went under coverundercover as an [[ardent]] in the [[Palanaeum]]. He pretends to pursue romantic involvement with [[Shallan Davar]] during her time in [[Kharbranth]] with the goal of assassinating her mentor and teacher [[Jasnah Kholin]], a well-known atheist.{{book ref|sa1|70}} Shallan at first suspects he is trying to convert Jasnah, and then later believes he seeks to prevent Shallan from becoming an atheist. He claims to have found proof of the [[Almighty]]'s existence, which he demonstrates through [[cymatics]] by playing notes next to a metal plate with salt on it. As the notes are played the salt takes the shapes different cities from the [[Silver Kingdoms]]. Jasnah sees the demonstration, knows what Kabsal is doing, and asks him to make the shape of [[Urithiru]]. She is unwelcoming, claiming that is what Kabsal expects, and if she had been welcoming he would have been surprised and suspicious.{{book ref|sa1|33}}
Kabsal visited Shallan often in the Palanaeum where she and Jasnah spent most of their time. He brought poisoned bread for Jasnah on all of his visits. After Shallan expressed a fondness for jam and Jasnah a dislike for it, he started bringing jam that contained an antidote for the poison on each visit.
He and Shallan share a passion for jam, and he often brings jam to the library where Jasnah and Shallan spend most of their time. When Shallan is in the hospital talking to Jasnah, he brings poisoned bread with jam as the antidote, knowing that Jasnah doesn't like jam and will only eat the bread. Jasnah discovers this, and [[soulcast]]s the bread. She also saves Shallan by soulcasting her blood to remove the poison from it.{{book ref|sa1|70}} Kabsal is not, in fact, an ardent, but instead a member of the [[Ghostbloods]].{{book ref|sa1|74}} Kabsal is killed by the poison in the assassination attempt.{{book ref|sa1|48}}
While visiting Shallan in the hospital, Kabsal succeeds in getting Jasnah to eat the bread. However, Jasnah [[Soulcasting|soulcasts]] both bread and jam out of caution, causing Kabsal and Shallan to fall ill without the antidote in the jam. Kabsul quickly dies{{book ref|sa1|48}}, but Jasnah is able to save Shallan's life by soulcasting her blood to remove the poison from it.{{book ref|sa1|70}}
After the assassination attempt, Jasnah investigates Kabsal and finds that he is not an ardent, but instead a member of the [[Ghostbloods]].{{book ref|sa1|74}}
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