Elhokar Kholin
The Alethi king's son and heir. Holds the high table in his father's absence on the night of the assassination, in conversation with two companions, one Azish, one Alethi. SA:WoK:Prologue
Presence
appears mentioned absent
Known facts
- paranoia-and-recklessnessTwenty-seven and king. Laughs at the Parshendi threat on the plateaus and challenges Dalinar to bareheaded races up rock spires, but lies awake at night terrified of assassination.SA:WoK:Ch 12
- suspects-girth-cutHolds up the snapped saddle girth and tells Dalinar he knew it — someone is trying to kill him. He suspects someone present on the hunt. Dalinar hands the strap to Adolin to take to leatherworkers.SA:WoK:Ch 15
- thinks-dalinar-grows-weakTells his uncle bluntly that he is growing weak — his fits during highstorms, his fixation on Gavilar's last words, his deference to that book that supposedly says lighteyes should serve darkeyes. Suspicion flickers across his face when Dalinar argues for the Highprince of War.SA:WoK:Ch 17
- girth-was-an-accident-maybeThe leatherworkers Avaran and Yis confirm the saddle girth was sliced — but Avaran believes a loose buckle could have done the cutting unaided. Dalinar's ledger investigation finds no spies whispering and no one in the king's service suddenly rich. Maybe a coincidence, maybe not.SA:WoK:Ch 17
- appoints-sadeas-highprince-of-informationStands at the feast and announces that he has appointed Brightlord Torol Sadeas Highprince of Information — charged with unearthing the truth of the cut girth — without warning Dalinar beforehand. Sadeas suggested the appointment to Elhokar as a less threatening warm-up for the Highprince of War revival Dalinar asked for.SA:WoK:Ch 21
Appearances
- SA:WoK:Prologue (present)
- SA:WoK:Ch 12 Bareheaded and golden-armored, challenging Dalinar up the forty-foot rock spire and leaping back down from the top
- SA:WoK:Ch 13 Charges the chasmfiend with Sunraiser; falls beneath its claw and is saved by Dalinar; later plunges the Blade through the dead beast's chest
- SA:WoK:Ch 15 Sits in the pavilion warmed by ruby heat-fabrials, then confronts Dalinar with the strap
- SA:WoK:Ch 17 Receives Dalinar in the palace, calls him weak, declines and conditions the Highprince of War proposal
- SA:WoK:Ch 21 Stands and appoints Sadeas Highprince of Information on the spot
Related
- relatedNavani Kholin — Mother to the king and to Jasnah; widow of Gavilar SA:WoK:Ch 12
- relatedSunraiser — His Blade — long and thin, glyph-etched SA:WoK:Ch 13
- mentionsDalinar Kholin — Suspects his uncle's strength is failing; sees it in the way Dalinar agrees with insults instead of dueling for them SA:WoK:Ch 17
Thread
- SA:WoK:PrologueintroIntroduced as “Elhokar Kholin”
- SA:WoK:Ch 12edgerelated: Navani Kholin — Mother to the king and to Jasnah; widow of Gavilar
- SA:WoK:Ch 12factparanoia-and-recklessness: Twenty-seven and king. Laughs at the Parshendi threat on the plateaus and challenges Dalinar to bareheaded races up rock spires, but lies awake at night terrified of assassination.
- SA:WoK:Ch 13edgerelated: Sunraiser — His Blade — long and thin, glyph-etched
- SA:WoK:Ch 15factsuspects-girth-cut: Holds up the snapped saddle girth and tells Dalinar he knew it — someone is trying to kill him. He suspects someone present on the hunt. Dalinar hands the strap to Adolin to take to leatherworkers.
- SA:WoK:Ch 17edgementions: Dalinar Kholin — Suspects his uncle's strength is failing; sees it in the way Dalinar agrees with insults instead of dueling for them
- SA:WoK:Ch 17factthinks-dalinar-grows-weak: Tells his uncle bluntly that he is growing weak — his fits during highstorms, his fixation on Gavilar's last words, his deference to that book that supposedly says lighteyes should serve darkeyes. Suspicion flickers across his face when Dalinar argues for the Highprince of War.
- SA:WoK:Ch 17factgirth-was-an-accident-maybe: The leatherworkers Avaran and Yis confirm the saddle girth was sliced — but Avaran believes a loose buckle could have done the cutting unaided. Dalinar's ledger investigation finds no spies whispering and no one in the king's service suddenly rich. Maybe a coincidence, maybe not.
- SA:WoK:Ch 21factappoints-sadeas-highprince-of-information: Stands at the feast and announces that he has appointed Brightlord Torol Sadeas Highprince of Information — charged with unearthing the truth of the cut girth — without warning Dalinar beforehand. Sadeas suggested the appointment to Elhokar as a less threatening warm-up for the Highprince of War revival Dalinar asked for.
Backreferences
- summarySA:WoK:Prologue
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 12
- factSadeas
- factNavani Kholin
- factCobalt Guard
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 13
- factDalinar Kholin
- factShardblade
- factSunraiser
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 15
- factQueen Aesudan
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 17
- factDalinar Kholin
- factElhokar Kholin
- factThe Way of Kings
- factRuthar
- factHighprince of War
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 21
- factSadeas
- factNavani Kholin
- factThe Feast Basin
- factHighprince of Information
- factThe Gallery of Maps
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 26
- factDalinar Kholin
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 28
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 61
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 63
- factNavani Kholin
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 65
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 69
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 70
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 71
- summarySA:WoK:Epilogue