Adolin Kholin
Dalinar's elder son in his early twenties. Carries inherited blue-painted Shardplate and a Blade; impatient, fond of dueling and pretty women, fiercely protective of his father's fading reputation. SA:WoK:Ch 12
Presence
appears mentioned absent
Known facts
- girth-evidence-inconclusiveHas visited three more leatherworkers and finds the consensus thin — the strap was worn before the cut, and the cut itself might have been natural wear-and-tear rather than a knife. The only evidence for the assassination theory dissolves on closer look.SA:WoK:Ch 21
- first-confronts-father-about-visionsIn the Gallery of Maps after Roion leaves, accuses Dalinar in a near-shout of weakening — of letting the visions, the book, and the Codes become a rationalization for the house's fading reputation. Says aloud what nobody else has dared: "Sometimes, the simple answers are the right ones, Father. The king's strap just wore out. And you're seeing things that aren't there."SA:WoK:Ch 24
- must-not-abdicate-after-dawnchantHearing the Dawnchant proof aloud, Adolin reverses his entire argument. His father absolutely cannot abdicate now, *no matter what we discover with the visions*. Something larger than the Kholin princedom is in play; Dalinar is the only person who can hear it.SA:WoK:Ch 60
Appearances
- SA:WoK:Ch 12 Riding at the front of the Kholin procession in inherited blue Shardplate; given column command when Elhokar challenges Dalinar to the rock-spire race
- SA:WoK:Ch 13 Rides Sureblood into the fight, slices legs, gets thrown by a claw and his breastplate cracks, then shears the leg that finally topples the beast
- SA:WoK:Ch 15 Oversees the cleanup, takes the casualty report and the cut strap from Dalinar
- SA:WoK:Ch 17 Brings the cut strap to Avaran and Yis with Janala in tow; hears horns calling Sadeas to a chrysalis Dalinar declines to chase
- SA:WoK:Ch 21 Walks the feast basin with his father; reports the dead-end leatherwork investigation
- SA:WoK:Ch 24 Confronts his father in the empty Gallery — practically shouting before catching himself
- SA:WoK:Ch 28 Stands beside Dalinar in Plate through the bridge tests, the camp inspection, and the spanreed call
- SA:WoK:Ch 52 Paces and argues for the first time that he NEEDS his father not to step down
- SA:WoK:Ch 58 Reclines and reluctantly accepts the plan — *I have a serious loathing of being wrong*
- SA:WoK:Ch 60 Reverses his argument: his father must not abdicate now
- SA:WoK:Ch 61 Present in the sitting room before leaving Dalinar and Navani alone
- SA:WoK:Ch 63 Receives the mobilisation order — *Let's end this war*
- SA:WoK:Ch 64 Climbs up beside his father, sees the bridges going, whispers *Oh no*
- SA:WoK:Ch 65 Slaps his visor on beside his father; charges with him into the closing ranks
- SA:WoK:Ch 67 Alive on the staging plateau with the rescued Kholin army
- SA:WoK:Ch 69 Wants Sadeas dead; quietly horrified at his father's restraint
- SA:WoK:Ch 73 Skeptical; chooses trust regardless
- SA:WoK:Ch 75 Kneels over Dalinar in the wreckage of the top room
Related
- relatedDalinar Kholin — Elder son; rides at the column's front and increasingly takes command in his father's name SA:WoK:Ch 12
- relatedSureblood — Adolin's white Ryshadium SA:WoK:Ch 13
- relatedJanala — Walking out together this week — Janala wants concessions from his father on the Codes SA:WoK:Ch 17
- mentionsDalinar's Visions — Names them aloud as part of his father's rationalization SA:WoK:Ch 24
- relatedDalinar Kholin — First open break — Adolin says the words he has held back for months SA:WoK:Ch 24
- foreshadowsDalinar Kholin — Abdication-in-favor-of will be announced at a feast within the week SA:WoK:Ch 28
Thread
- SA:WoK:Ch 12edgerelated: Dalinar Kholin — Elder son; rides at the column's front and increasingly takes command in his father's name
- SA:WoK:Ch 12introIntroduced as “Adolin Kholin”
- SA:WoK:Ch 13edgerelated: Sureblood — Adolin's white Ryshadium
- SA:WoK:Ch 17edgerelated: Janala — Walking out together this week — Janala wants concessions from his father on the Codes
- SA:WoK:Ch 21factgirth-evidence-inconclusive: Has visited three more leatherworkers and finds the consensus thin — the strap was worn before the cut, and the cut itself might have been natural wear-and-tear rather than a knife. The only evidence for the assassination theory dissolves on closer look.
- SA:WoK:Ch 24edgementions: Dalinar's Visions — Names them aloud as part of his father's rationalization
- SA:WoK:Ch 24edgerelated: Dalinar Kholin — First open break — Adolin says the words he has held back for months
- SA:WoK:Ch 24factfirst-confronts-father-about-visions: In the Gallery of Maps after Roion leaves, accuses Dalinar in a near-shout of weakening — of letting the visions, the book, and the Codes become a rationalization for the house's fading reputation. Says aloud what nobody else has dared: "Sometimes, the simple answers are the right ones, Father. The king's strap just wore out. And you're seeing things that aren't there."
- SA:WoK:Ch 28edgeforeshadows: Dalinar Kholin — Abdication-in-favor-of will be announced at a feast within the week
- SA:WoK:Ch 60factmust-not-abdicate-after-dawnchant: Hearing the Dawnchant proof aloud, Adolin reverses his entire argument. His father absolutely cannot abdicate now, *no matter what we discover with the visions*. Something larger than the Kholin princedom is in play; Dalinar is the only person who can hear it.
Backreferences
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 12
- factRyshadium
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 13
- factDalinar Kholin
- factSureblood
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 15
- factElhokar Kholin
- factDalinar's Forgotten Wife
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 17
- factJanala
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 18
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 21
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 24
- factDalinar Kholin
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 26
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 28
- factDalinar Kholin
- factDalinar Kholin
- factDanlan
- factMalasha
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 46
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 52
- factDalinar Kholin
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 58
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 60
- factAdolin Kholin
- factNavani Kholin
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 61
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 63
- factDalinar Kholin
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 64
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 65
- factDalinar Kholin
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 67
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 69
- factDalinar Kholin
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 73
- factDalinar Kholin
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 75