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'''Rathalas''', also known as the '''Rift''', was a city in in the northern part of the [[Eastern Crownlands]] near central [[Alethkar]]. The city was burnt to the ground in 1163 and has not since been rebuilt. The people of Rathalas are sometimes referred to as '''Rifters''' and have a distinct nasally accent.{{book ref|sa3|11}}
==Geography==
Rathalas was a tiered city built on struts up the side of chasm walls. It could be accessed from both the plains above and the canyon mouth below the city.{{book ref|sa3|76}}
Rathalas is on the eastern shore of the [[Sea of Spears]], and is near the [[Thanadal princedom|Thanadal]] and [[Kholin princedom]]s.{{map ref|Alethkar}} It is situated close to the spren city of [[Celebrant]] within the [[Shadesmar|Cognitive Realm]].{{map ref|Sea of Lost Lights}} Somewhere to the south-east is the waystop Vedelliar, however it is unknown whether this town is within the Eastern Crownlands or [[Unclaimed Hills]].{{book ref|sa3|71}}
The city resided within a deep chasm that narrows
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===Unification of Alethkar (1141)===
Rathalas was besieged by [[Gavilar]] Kholin during his campaign to unite the princedoms of Alethkar. During the attack, [[Dalinar]] Kholin seeks out and kills Brightlord [[Tanalan's father|Tanalan]], winning himself the [[shardblade]], [[Oathbringer (Shardblade)|Oathbringer]]. Although he has instructions to kill Tanalan's [[Tanalan|heir]], Dalinar spares the boys life and he and his [[Tanalan's mother|mother]] flee.
===Rebellion of Rathalas (1151—1163)===
Years later, Tanalan's son (with whom he shares a name), returns to Rathalas and demands the return of his fathers blade. The reappearance of Tanalan destabilises the area leading to the threat of rebellion within the entire region of the Eastern Crownlands. Gavilar attempts to quell the region through political means, however is ultimately unsuccessful, due in part to encouragement of rebellion from at least one of the other highprinces.
===Destruction of Rathalas (1163)===
After eleven years of failed negotiations between Gavilar and [[Tanalan]], Dalinar and [[Torol Sadeas|Sadeas]] returned to the Rift to end the rebellion. Against his nature and at the behest of his wife, Dalinar offered Tanalan a final chance to submit to the King and save his city. Tanalan seemingly accepts Dalinar's truce, offering him information in return on the highprince who had supported the rebellion and naming Sadeas as traitor. Dalinar, believing that one of Sadeas' shardbearers had recently left the city, follows in pursuit only to fall into a trap set by Tanalan, who hoped to seperate Dalinar from the Kholin army and kill him. Dalinar returns to Rathalas after the attempt on his life fails and orders the city razed to the ground and its people slaughtered, to set an example.
[[Evi]] Kholin is killed during the battle, after secretly travelling to the city to plead with them to surrender. In order to hide the true nature of her death and as well to justify the destruction of the city, a narrative is constructed that claims Evi was assassinated leading to ensuing slaughter.
==Notable Citizens==
*Brightlord Tanalan (son)
*Brightlord Tanalan (father)
*Tanalan's mother
== Notes ==
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