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|titles=King of [[Kharbranth]], King of [[Jah Keved]]{{book ref|sa2|i|12}}
|aliases=Vargo
|groups={{tag|Diagram (group)|cat=Diagram|text=Diagram}}
|'residence=[[Kharbranth]] (palace), {{tag|Urithiru|cat=Resident of Urithiru}}<!-- renting a room & plotting everyone's demise -->
|nation=Kharbranth
 
{{sidequote
| Someone must bear the responsibility, someone must be dragged down by it, ruined by it. Someone must stain their souls so others may live. Society offers us up to trudge through dirty waters so others may be clean.
| Taravangian to Dalinar{{book ref|sa3|86}}|left|250px|
|side=left
|size=250px
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He is popular among many for providing free access to city hospitals funded by an admittance fee to the [[Palanaeum]],{{book ref|sa1|7}} and he is known to visit the hospitals on a weekly basis.{{book ref|sa1|48}} Ruling Kharbranth with the help of a council,{{book ref|sa3|12}} he has been quiet and humble for his entire life, leading many people to believe he is slow witted.{{book ref|sa3|16}} People who know him better know he had a keen intelligence until his "illness" 5 years before the [[Battle of Thaylen Field]].{{book ref|sa3|21}} The illness is a consequence of a visit to the [[Nightwatcher]] who granted him great intelligence and great compassion, but cursed him to never have them at the same time. As a result, he wakes up every morning with a fluctuation of both. On some days, he cries and has compassion for everyone around him, while unable to have intelligent conversations,{{book ref|sa3|107}} while on others he is brilliant, yet easily speaks of killing singing children.{{book ref|sa3|i|5}}

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