3,207
edits
Difference between revisions of "Taravangian"
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Added some WOB's
LadyLameness (talk | contribs) (History added for Kharbranth/SA1. Internal Wiki links added. General formatting) |
LadyLameness (talk | contribs) (Added some WOB's) |
||
|
The "illness" referred above was really 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.
These fluctuations will cause him to spend some days crying and having compassion for everyone around him, but unable to have intelligent conversations,{{book ref|sa3|107}} and other days he would be brilliant but would easily talk of killing singing children.{{book ref|sa3|i|5}}
Taravangian is a pragmatic man who considers his duty as taking the responsibility of doing whatever it takes to have a "better world". He has two quotes that show this: "Someone must stain their souls so others may live. Society offers us up to trudge through dirty waters so others may be clean."{{book ref|sa3|86}} The other is when he is asked on what he would do if there are four men and you are sure three are guilty but not sure who is the innocent he replies "To prevent murder to happen again … I must hang them and weep."{{book ref|sa3|28}}
Jasnah recommended that the king and his staff move to the end of the hall to be out of range, however, Taravangian refused, and told her that he would not leave his granddaughter to go through the ordeal alone. The Alethi princess soulcast the stone into smoke, freeing the king's granddaughter along with the child's nursemaids and several palace servants. Taravangian offered to hold a feast as a way of thanking Jasnah, however, the princess declined, and instead request to be taken directly to the Palanaeum so she could begin her study.{{book ref|sa1|5}}
The incident with Taravangian's granddaughter had been deliberately planned by the king. He suspected Jasnah was using means to soulcast that did not include the use of the fabrial she carried and intentionally engineered a scenario where he could observe her work. Despite his ulterior motives, he was concern for his granddaughters wellbeing and did not want her to be harmed, despite putting her in a dangerous situation.{{wob ref|3242|Supanova 2017 - Sydney|2017-06-16}}{{wob ref|8070|The Way of Kings Annotations|2017-09-08}}{{wob ref|3242|Supanova 2017 - Sydney|2017-06-16}}
Weeks later, Taravangian joined [[Shallan]] and Jasnah for lunch on their balcony in the [[Palanaeum|Veil]]. In response to Jasnah's enquiry, he reported that his granddaughter had recovered from her ordeal, though now avoided the narrower passageways of the Conclave incase of a repeat incident. Curious, he asked the princess where she had acquired her soulcaster, however Jasnah declined to answer, telling him that her secrets were her own. Taravangian acknowledged her refusal and turned the subject towards Shallan and her artistic skills which had earned her quite the reputation in the Conclave and Palace. Shallan was all to happy to fulfil the king's request for a portrait, of which he intended to give as a gift to his granddaughter. ▼
▲Weeks later, Taravangian joined [[Shallan]] and Jasnah for lunch on their balcony in the [[Palanaeum|Veil]]. In response to Jasnah's enquiry, he reported that his granddaughter had recovered from her ordeal, though now avoided the narrower passageways of the Conclave incase of a repeat incident. Curious, he asked the princess where she had acquired her soulcaster, however Jasnah declined to answer, telling him that her secrets were her own. Taravangian acknowledged her refusal and turned the subject towards Shallan and her artistic skills which had earned her quite the reputation in the Conclave and Palace. Shallan was all to happy to fulfil the king's request for a portrait, of which he intended to give as a gift to his granddaughter.{{book ref|sa1|29}}
While Shallan drew, the king struck up conversation again with Jasnah, this time about religion and the Jasnah's lack of faith. He had trouble understanding how she could differentiate between right and wrong when what was right was a dictate of the [[Almighty]]. Right and wrong, Jasnah argued, shouldn't be subject to the will of an unseen being. To her, morality and human will were as independent from religion as mathematics. Taravangian ultimately disagreed with the scholar, though he did admire the efficiency of her arguments. Jasnah explained that she had no intention of trying to convert him to her belief's unlike those in the Ardentia who tried to convert her.{{book ref|sa1|29}}
Taravangian has surprising knowledge of the [[Shin]] and the Shin language, which is rare outside of [[Shinovar]].{{book ref|sa1|71}} He also knows [[women's script]] and has solved [[Fabrisan|Fabrisan's Conundrum]].
He is responsible for Dalinar's knowledge of giving a spren what they want to capture them. This is key for his victory at the battle of [[Thaylen City]].{{book ref|sa3|100}}
== Relationships ==
== Trivia ==
* What happens to Taravangian increases multiple types of intelligence, not just raw 'processing power'. Someone tapping enough feruchemical zinc could achieve something similar but not quite the same.{{wob ref|3845}}
* Taravangian was blind in the original draft of Way of Kings Prime. Brandon removed this part of Taravangian's character as he thought he had done it poorly. {{wob ref|1320|Firefight Seattle UBooks signing|2015-01-06}} {{wob ref|4204|2013-01-01}}
== Notes ==
| |||