Difference between revisions of "Renarin Kholin"
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Renarin grew up with his family in [[Kholinar]] as the second son of the highprince. He was born while his father, Dalinar, was away on a military campaign against the [[Veden]]s. [[Evi]] asked Dalinar via [[spanreed]] request for a name, but received no reply, and so she named her son herself. ''Renarin'' was a combination of the Riran name Re, and the Alethi words ''Nar'' ("like unto," final syllable in "Dalinar") and ''In'' ("to be born unto"), which she intended to mean "Re, born unto Dalinar."{{book ref|sa3|52}} When Dalinar learned of this, he disliked the name, interpreting it as ''Like one who was born unto himself''.{{book ref|sa3|52}} Curiously, Evi's translation proved similar to Sja-Anat's later title for him, "Son of Thorns."{{book ref|sa4|111}}
Renarin is slightly on the autistic spectrum{{wob ref|7099}}, and developed a "blood weakness", epilepsy, as a child.{{book ref|sa2|41}} His epilepsy made him unfit for combat, unlike his brother who had been undergoing sword training from the age of six.{{book ref|sa2|26}} His mother told him the [[myth of Parasaphi and Nadris]] when he was young.{{book ref|sa1|61}}
After Evi's death Renarin would often burn incense in his rooms. This smell reminded Dalinar of Evi and would often drive him further into his addiction.{{book ref|sa3|88}} When Dalinar was in the depths of his alcoholism Renarin used the [[spheres]] Gavilar gave him to buy bottles of wine for his father.{{book ref|sa3|94}} Renarin was bullied as a child, which often angered Adolin.{{book ref|sa4|34}}
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