Difference between revisions of "Renarin Kholin"

|family=[[House Kholin]]

|ancestors=[[Dalinar's father]], [[Sadees]]

|born={{Rosharan date|1154}}{{book ref|sa1|12}}

|abilities={{tag+|truthwatcher}}, {{tag+|Voidbinder}}{{wob ref|8461}}, {{tag+|Shardbearer}}

|bonded=[[Glys]]

|groups={{tag|Knights Radiant}} <small>([[Order of Truthwatchers|Truthwatchers]])</small><br/>{{tag|Bridge Four}}, {{tag+|army|Kholin}}

|nation=Alethkar

|world=Roshar

|universe=[[Cosmere]]

}}

{{quote

|Renarin Kholin{{book ref|sa1|18}}

}}

 

== Appearance and Personality ==

 

=== Personality ===

 

Despite his subdued personality, Renarin has courage and wants to be useful, even in situations where he does not have experience or extensive training.{{book ref|sa1|15}} Renarin values the lives of his family over his own, and is willing to put himself in great danger if it might help the people he loves.{{book ref|sa2|56}}

 

 

 

{{image|Renarin and child.jpg|side=right|width=300px|Renarin using [[Illumination]]}}

{{quote

|I don't think I’m a Radiant, Jasnah. I don’t know what I am.

After giving his [[Shardblade]] to [[Torol Sadeas]] in exchange for the [[bridgemen]], Dalinar gives his [[Shardplate]] to Renarin,{{book ref|sa1|69}} and Adolin later gives him the Shardblade he wins in his duel with [[Salinor Eved]].{{book ref|sa2|14}} [[Zahel]] trains him how to use his Shards properly. Renarin also trains as a member of Bridge Four under Kaladin's leadership, though it is unclear if he is trained with or carries a spear. Renarin uses the Shardblade Adolin gave him only under great duress or when asked directly, because, as a manifestation of his [[Nahel bond]], he hears the screams of the Blade's dead spren whenever he holds it. After the [[Battle of Narak]], he returns the Shardblade Adolin gave him, as he learns to manifest Glys as a Shardblade and can use him instead.{{book ref|sa3|10}}

 

=== Surgebinding ===

{{quote

|Navani on Renarin's Illumination{{book ref|sa4|6}}

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=== Other Abilities ===

{{image|Small Bottle by ToastSamurai.png|side=left|width=200px|Young Renarin trying to help his drunken [[Dalinar|father]]}}

=== Early Life (1154-1167) ===

 

 

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}}

During the [[Battle of Thaylen Field]] Renarin sat in the temple of [[Pailiah]] seeing visions of the future, which manifested as panes of stained glass combining and melting together.{{book ref|sa3|115}}{{book ref|sa3|117}} Jasnah realized that something was not right with him and came to the temple intending to kill him and end the threat he, as a corrupted Radiant, posed to the rest of mankind. When she saw Glys floating in the air above Renarin's back she compared it to the sketch [[Jochi]] had given her and concluded that Renarin was not an actual Truthwatcher. She summoned [[Ivory]] as a Shardblade and prepared herself to do what she thought was necessary.{{book ref|sa3|115}}

 

 

While she stood over him, Renarin watched his father give in and become Odium's champion.{{book ref|sa3|116}} He saw himself coming to the city with Dalinar and the betrayal that happened at the meeting. He saw himself kneeling in another pane of glass as Jasnah killed him, burning his eyes out.{{book ref|sa3|117}} Renarin accepted his impending death, thinking that it would be better to die than to live in a world where Dalinar Kholin, the Blackthorn, was Odium's champion. He whispered out loud that Dalinar had fallen and was no more. As Jasnah moved in to strike Renarin turned to look at her and nodded. Jasnah saw his tear streaked face and hesitated. She dismissed her Blade and embraced her cousin. She told him that they would find a way to fix what was wrong with him and that everything would be fine in the end. Seeing that Jasnah was not going to kill him, as his vision had foretold would happen, Renarin realized that his visions were not always accurate and that sometimes they were wrong.{{book ref|sa3|118}}

 

When they had reached a quieter area outside the [[Laqqi|village]], Renarin resummoned the vision so he could describe what he had seen with greater accuracy. He told Dalinar that he appeared in the vision in stark white Shardplate and was pierced by a black arrow, facing away from the image of Odium, who was depicted as a yellow and white light spreading to eternity. Renarin told Dalinar that he thought the vision was saying that Dalinar would keep on fighting small battles and never be given the chance to have an actual confrontation with Odium. He said that Odium had no reason to ever commit to an actual contest of champions, and would instead delay their confrontation indefinitely. Dalinar told Renarin that Odium had agreed to have the contest, but Renarin replied that since they had not agreed to a definite date and terms Odium would be able to push it off for as long as he wanted to. They then discussed how Odium's future sight was similar to Renarin's, in that they both only saw possibilities, not definite outcomes.{{book ref|sa4|54}}

 

{{sidequote

|If I'm a blessing, Father, how can we reject the others? How can we condemn the one who made them? Sja-anat isn’t human, and doesn’t think like one, but I believe she is trying to find a path toward peace between singers and humans. In her own way.

|Renarin to Dalinar{{book ref|sa4|54}}

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At Glys's prompting Renarin asked Dalinar what he thought about additional Radiants bonding corrupted spren, since that would increase their access to future sight. Dalinar told him that he would have to consider it since he was not comfortable yet with the idea of Sja-anat corrupting more spren. Dalinar told Renarin that he should talk to him if he has any more visions, since he also had some experience with seeing visions. Glys asked Renarin who would be good fit for another spren like himself, and Renarin recommended Rlain.{{book ref|sa4|54}}

 

 

== Relationships ==

 

=== Evi ===

 

{{image|Renarin and Rlain by rspixart.jpg|side=right|width=300px|Renarin with [[Rlain]]}}

== Trivia ==

* In the original draft of [[The Way of Kings Prime|''The Way of Kings'' Prime]], Renarin was the one who wrote the [[Diagram (literature)|Diagram]].{{wob ref|842}}

* The scene with Jasnah and Renarin at the end of ''[[Oathbringer]]'' is [[Brandon]]'s favorite scene in the book.{{wob ref|11475}}

 

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