Dieno enne Calah
also known as Dieno
Leader of the Herdazian resistance — *enne* an honorific implying greatness — and the man Kaladin's coalition has asked Lirin to slip into Hearthstone under the Fused's noses. Short, missing a tooth, sun-leathered enough to pass for Azish, with old manacle scars on his wrists; the killer comes in the unassuming package. SA:RoW:Ch 1
Known facts
- resistance-collapsedHeld against an enemy who finally committed to crushing Herdaz two months ago; the resistance has now collapsed, and he is among the cloaked refugees Lirin processes at the Hearthstone gate.SA:RoW:Ch 1
- recommends-emul-not-alethkarReading the projection map in minutes, the Mink tells the coalition they must not march on Alethkar — not with Taravangian at their back, not against the enemy's entrenched footing in the captured homeland, not on a two-front war. Instead they should consolidate at the enemy's weakest pinch and crush them out of Emul, landlocked and isolated from their allies in Iri and Alethkar.SA:RoW:Ch 17
- given-command-of-coalition-militaryDalinar formally hands operational command of the coalition military to the Mink so that he himself can step away to spiritual matters — the Oathpact, the Heralds, and the contract with Odium Jasnah and Wit are preparing.SA:RoW:Ch 101
- collects-promised-strike-on-herdazHaving read the same kingdoms-by-capital loophole as Odium did, the Mink calls in Dalinar's old oath to retake Herdaz. He asks for fifty Windrunners to ferry his two-hundred-strong personal army to the western border and assault the capital ahead of the eight-day deadline; over Jasnah's strenuous objection that this is one of the ten fools' moves, Dalinar keeps the oath.SA:WaT:Ch 21
- failed-the-herdaz-rescue-and-was-capturedHad the Windrunners land his troops two days' march from the Herdazian capital and led them through caves he had played in as a boy — until repeated cave-ins (almost certainly Everstorm work) forced them into open country, where a bright moon and a waiting army ended the rescue before he reached the city. Captured the same night and brought to a coastal outpost for execution.SA:WaT:I-17
- slips-his-bonds-at-the-headsmans-blockSlips a quick contortion out of the ropes at his own beheading by talking the Herdazian judiciary into entertaining a mallet instead of an axe — and by the time the headsman looks away, he is over the platform's edge and under it, threading between beams the bulkier warforms cannot navigate.SA:WaT:I-17
- rescued-from-the-fort-by-a-city-sized-greatshellTrapped on the seaward battlement of the coastal fort, on the verge of a fifty-foot suicide jump on the eve of Dalinar's contest, is saved by the arrival of a city-sized greatshell that walks out of the fog and dwarfs the fort.SA:WaT:I-17
Events
- SA:RoW:Ch 2 Has already wriggled out the loose plank of the shed by the time Kaladin arrives to greet him — *He likes to see if he can do it without us noticing.*
- SA:RoW:Ch 16 Arrives at the upper meeting chamber in plain Herdazian dress, having lost Adolin five times that day, and immediately scopes the wall vent as Shallan explains the room's security.
- SA:RoW:Ch 17 Steps into the projection, asks the cruel question about southern troop placements, names Taravangian as the *one watching your back*, and counsels Dalinar against an Alethkar offensive in favor of crushing the enemy in Emul.
- SA:RoW:Ch 47 Roped to Dalinar on the same platform; reads the line by sight, orders the harrying horse strike that breaks the Veden flank, and afterwards tells Dalinar the Veden effort cost more than its tactical payoff — *something about this smells wrong.*
- SA:RoW:Ch 50 Confirmed as prosecutor of the Emul campaign at Dalinar's request; takes Jasnah's suggestions on the war map with grace, reads her draft anti-trial law as *unexciting*, and grins through the duel as if at a stage show.
- SA:RoW:Ch 64 Finds Jasnah outside the command tent in the dark, throwing sparks from his Herdazian sparkflicker; commends her for going onto the line, summarises the day as a step forward without rout, and warns her not to read casualty reports the night of a battle.
- SA:RoW:Ch 98 Falls in beside Dalinar on the field to deliver the strategic assessment that Emul is essentially won, then heads off to celebrate with his Herdazian freedom fighters.
Backreferences
- summarySA:RoW:Ch 1
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- factDieno enne Calah
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- factDrunmu Basin
- summarySA:RoW:Ch 98
- factThe Emul Offensive
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- factDieno enne Calah
- factPeople of Tu Bayla
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- factKzal
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- factThe Shattered Plains
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- factBridge Four
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- factThe Collaborator Judiciary
- factThe Rescue Greatshell
- summarySA:WaT:Ch 139