Difference between revisions of "Rathalas"

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Years later, Tanalan's son (with whom he shares a name), returns to Rathalas and demands the return of his fathers blade.{{book ref|sa3|36}} The reappearance of Tanalan destabilises the area leading to the threat of rebellion within the entire region of the Eastern Crownlands.{{book ref|sa3|36}} Gavilar attempts to quell the region through political means, however is ultimately unsuccessful, due in part to support of the rebellion from at least one of the other highprinces.{{book ref|sa3|66}}

 

=== Destruction of Rathalas (1163) ===

After twelve years of failed negotiations between Gavilar and [[Tanalan]], Dalinar and [[Torol Sadeas|Sadeas]] returned to the Rift to end the rebellion. Against his nature and at the behest of his wife, Dalinar offered Tanalan a final chance to submit to the King and save his city.{{book ref|sa3|71}} Tanalan seemingly accepts Dalinar's truce, offering him information in return on the highprince who had supported the rebellion and naming Sadeas as traitor.{{book ref|sa3|71}} Dalinar, believing that one of Sadeas' shardbearers had recently left the city, follows in pursuit only to fall into a trap set by Tanalan, who hoped to seperate Dalinar from the Kholin army and kill him.{{book ref|sa3|75}} Dalinar returns to Rathalas after the attempt on his life fails and orders the city razed to the ground and its people slaughtered, to set an example.{{book ref|sa3|76}} During the battle, Tanalan is killed by Dalinar after he watches his family die.{{book ref|sa3|76}}