Gavilar Kholin

The Kholin highprince who, with his brother Dalinar, forced the other Alethi princes to accept him as the first king of a united Alethkar. He married Navani, held to a policy of words over war at Rathalas, and grew thoughtful about the Codes of War late in life. Szeth killed him at a feast, and his death set off the Vengeance Pact.

1. Navani chooses Gavilar over Dalinar, and Gavilar marries her; they have Jasnah and Elhokar. source
2. Gavilar and Dalinar fight side by side until the other nine highprinces concede, and Gavilar is crowned king of Alethkar. source
3. Dalinar stops a server's knife attack on Gavilar at a meal and kills the assassin. source
4. Gavilar tells Dalinar to leave the rebels at Rathalas to diplomacy, unwilling to risk a split in the kingdom. source
5. With Dalinar buried by a landslide and thought lost, Gavilar's standing orders to besiege Rathalas stand. source

1. Szeth kills Gavilar on the night of a feast, and Gavilar presses a dark sphere on him and sends a dying message for Dalinar, written in his blood. source

1. Gavilar is Soulcast into a statue and set in the royal catacombs beneath Kholinar with the earlier Kholin monarchs. source

1. It emerges that Nale arranged the killing, fearing that what Gavilar had learned would bring Odium back, and that Venli was told to steer Szeth to the task. source

Allied with

Dalinar Kholin, Torol Sadeas

Mate of

Navani Kholin

Parent of

Jasnah Kholin, Elhokar Kholin

Rules

Alethkar