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===Battle at the Rift (1163)===
After failing to secure Rathalas through political means, Gavilar orders Dalinar and Sadeas to return to the rift and confront Tanalan directly and quell the rebellion.{{book ref|sa3|66}} The Kholin army arrives before that of Sadeas and shortly before Dalinar's arrival on the battlefield, an armed convoy
Dalinar, at his wife's request for mercy, meets Tanalan on the battlefield, offering him a final chance to submit to the King and save his city from destruction.{{book ref|sa3|71}} Tanalan
Tanalan sends an envoy to negotiate with the armies, after [[Evi]] Kholin steals away into the city to attempt to convince him to surrender.{{book ref|sa3|76}} The messengers are killed before they arrive at the camp and Dalinar orders the gates to be breached and the city to be
▲Tanalan sends an envoy to negotiate with the armies, after [[Evi]] Kholin steals away into the city to attempt to convince him to surrender.{{book ref|sa3|76}} The messengers are killed before they arrive at the camp and Dalinar orders the gates to be breached and the city to be burnt. Tanalan is pulled from the burning city by Dalinar's men as he attempts to reach his trapped family, who shortly afterwards are killed when the palace collapses.{{book ref|sa3|76}} Tanalan dies by asphyxiation after telling Dalinar that Evi had been imprisoned in the hidden room that had housed him and his mother all those years ago and would now be dead by Dalinar's hand.{{book ref|sa3|76}}
== Notes ==
<references /><!-- sa3: 11, 36, 49, 66, 71, 75, 76 -->
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