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'''Taravangian''' is the king of [[Kharbranth]]{{book ref|sa1|3}} and [[Jah Keved]]
== Appearance and Personality ==
|Taravangian to Dalinar{{book ref|sa3|86}}
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=== Appearance ===
Taravangian is an aged man with a wispy white beard,{{book ref|sa1|3}} which he shaves during the [[True Desolation]].{{book ref|sa3|24}} He has pale grey eyes and an open, kindly face.{{book ref|sa1|3}} He is described as having a “liver-spotted head.”{{book ref|sa3|59}} He lives with perpetual aches in his body and other symptoms of old age. Before he Ascended as Vessel of Odium, he was in his 70s in Rosharan years.{{wob ref|11590}}
=== Personality ===
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}} ▼
▲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,
Taravangian is a pragmatic man who considers it his duty to do whatever it takes to make a better world. When he poses a moral dilemma, asking what to do if three of four men are guilty of murder and one is unsure which is innocent, he says "To prevent murder to happen again … I must hang them and weep."{{book ref|sa3|28}} He believes religion fills gaps and brings a sense of comfort which prevents understanding. He trusts only the Diagram, which is the result of his raw intelligence.{{book ref|sa3|i|5}}▼
He is a very manipulative man, always putting up an act in public, especially when trying to gain information or prove his theories.{{book ref|sa1|5}}{{wob ref|8070}} One such act is him putting on a farce of reduced mental capacity due to a nuchal cord all his life, despite that said reduced capacity was never actually present.{{book ref|sa3|i|5}}
▲Taravangian is a pragmatic man who considers it his duty to do whatever it takes to make a better world.
He considers himself a sort of martyr, who bears responsibility and stains his soul so that others don't have to, even if it ruins him. This is what he feels is the responsibility of a king.{{book ref|sa3|86}}
But despite his willingness to sacrifice others, he refuses to let his family and his people be harmed if he could potentially stop it; trying to come to a compromise with Odium that let both survive.{{book ref|sa3|122}} However, on his least empathetic of days, he can often order deaths casually and without a single care, even if it provides no measurable benefit to society.{{book ref|sa3|i|5}}
He believes religion fills gaps and brings a sense of comfort which prevents understanding. He trusts only the Diagram, which is the result of his raw intelligence.{{book ref|sa3|i|5}}
On his most emotional of days, he can be completely incoherent to the extent he finds it difficult to think. During these days, he tends to despise himself for his own self-professed stupidity, enough to bring himself to tears.{{book ref|sa4|113}} He also tends to cry for the sake of others.{{book ref|sa3|107}}
He can be rather judgmental against other nations and cultures, such as considering the [[Marati]] to be little more than barbarians.{{book ref|sa3|24}}
== Attributes and Abilities ==
== History ==
=== Background ===
When Taravangian was born, the surgeon said
He was childhood friends with [[Adrotagia]] and his nickname was Vargo.{{book ref|sa2|i|14}}
Taravangian met [[Battar]], a Herald posing as an [[ardent]] named Dova, who said that the True Desolation was close.
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