Gavilar Kholin
King of Alethkar. A square-jawed, dark-bearded swordsman with pale green eyes. On the night his treaty with the Parshendi is celebrated, he is hunted by an assassin in white through his own palace. SA:WoK:Prologue
Presence
appears mentioned absent
Known facts
- deathGavilar was murdered five years before the events of this chapter; the king has since pursued vengeance against the Parshendi on the Shattered Plains.SA:WoK:Ch 1
- always-finds-someone-to-fightEven Lirin — who insists Roshar needs surgeons more than soldiers — concedes that King Gavilar always finds someone for the kingdom to fight.SA:WoK:Ch 10
Appearances
- SA:WoK:Prologue (present)
Related
- fulfillsThe Vengeance Pact — The Vengeance Pact unites the highprinces in a war on the Parshendi to answer Gavilar's assassination. SA:WoK:Ch 4
- fulfillsSzeth-son-son-Vallano — Reflects on the night five years before when he was sent — for the first time — to kill loudly and be seen SA:WoK:I-3
Thread
- SA:WoK:PrologueintroIntroduced as “Gavilar Kholin”
- SA:WoK:Ch 1factdeath: Gavilar was murdered five years before the events of this chapter; the king has since pursued vengeance against the Parshendi on the Shattered Plains.
- SA:WoK:Ch 4edgefulfills: The Vengeance Pact — The Vengeance Pact unites the highprinces in a war on the Parshendi to answer Gavilar's assassination.
- SA:WoK:Ch 10factalways-finds-someone-to-fight: Even Lirin — who insists Roshar needs surgeons more than soldiers — concedes that King Gavilar always finds someone for the kingdom to fight.
- SA:WoK:I-3edgefulfills: Szeth-son-son-Vallano — Reflects on the night five years before when he was sent — for the first time — to kill loudly and be seen
Backreferences
- summarySA:WoK:Prologue
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 1
- factGavilar Kholin
- summarySA:WoK:I-3
- factSzeth-son-son-Vallano
- factSzeth-son-son-Vallano
- factOathstone
- factNavani Kholin
- factThe Blackthorn
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 15
- factDalinar Kholin
- factThe Way of Kings
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 17
- factElhokar Kholin
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 21
- factDalinar Kholin
- factNavani Kholin
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 24
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 26
- factDalinar Kholin
- factThe Way of Kings
- factLitima
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 28
- factDalinar Kholin
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 36
- factThe Parshendi
- factNatans
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 52
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 58
- factDalinar Kholin
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 65
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 68