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Balat Davar

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small-killingsEases the constant ache of his broken leg and his father's old shadow by pulling animals — small crabs, songlings, anything caught — apart leg by leg. Never people; just animals.SA:WoK:I-2
broken-legTwenty-three years old and walking with a cane; the surgeon nearly amputated. The latent ache never goes.SA:WoK:I-2
father-renames-eldestWith Helaran gone and presumed lost, Brightlord Davar begins calling Balat by the Veden eldest-son honorific Nan — as though his second son had become his first.SA:WoR:Ch 39
leg-shattered-by-brightlord-davar-with-an-iron-pokerAfter Balat tries and fails to wound their father with his sword, Brightlord Davar hammers his thigh with an iron poker until it is a bloody mess — the kind of wound from which a man does not walk right again.SA:WoR:Ch 73

SA:WoR:Ch 61 Argues across the high table for Eylita, calls Father a murderer, finally breaks the embargo on Helaran's name.
SA:WoR:Ch 61 Sits over the dead pups and asks Shallan to leave Jah Keved with him and Eylita.
SA:WoR:Ch 39 Newly being called Nan Balat by his father, catches the Tavinar daughter's eye across the room and grins at Shallan's puns; clutches the arms of his chair to stand when Redin calls for testimony, then sinks back, terrified of what his father will do.
SA:WoR:Ch 45 Watches the axehound fights in the gambling pavilion; reads Eylita's note and leaves at once to meet her.
SA:WoR:Ch 48 Reads Shallan's sketchbook in the garden and blushes through the love-jokes.
SA:WoR:Ch 48 Will not act in front of Mill, then hands Shallan his belt-knife once she has decided to go after the carriage.
SA:WoR:Ch 65 On a bench in the dark garden, surrounded by torn-off cremling claws; agrees to take Malise and Eylita and run for Helaran.
SA:WoR:Ch 73 Tries and fails to stand against their father with a sword during the highstorm; loses his sword, takes the iron-poker beating, ends the chapter with a leg that may never carry him right again.

relatedShallan Davar — Brother to her; sent her off as the only one who could pass close enough to Jasnah Kholin to steal the Soulcaster SA:WoK:I-2
relatedHelaran Davar — Younger brother to Nan Helaran, who alone stood up to their father SA:WoK:I-2
mentionsThe Three-Diamond Faction — Tattooed visitor implies the Soulcaster must be returned — they will not accept a broken one SA:WoK:Ch 29

Previously known as: balat-davar

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