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== History ==
{{image|Davar family by zoethatcher art.jpg|side=right|width=300px|The whole Davar family}}
He was first married to [[Shallan's mother]]. Together, the two of them had [[Helaran]], [[Balat]], [[Wikim]], [[Jushu]], and [[Shallan]]. When Shallan was eleven, he walked into his wife and her friend trying to kill Shallan for being a [[Surgebinder]]. He managed to cut the friend, but eventually got pinned down as Shallan used her [[Shardblade]] to kill both her mother and her mother's friend. In the panicked aftermath, Lin locked the Shardblade into his strongbox, not realizing that it would disappear.{{book ref|sa2|88}} He picked up Shallan and comforted her by singing her a childhood lullaby called [[Sleep My Baby Dear]] and promising to protect her.{{book ref|sa2|10}} To keep his promise, Lin let everyone believe he'd killed his wife in order to protect Shallan, but the secret drove him to becoming violent and volatile.{{book ref|sa2|88}} It is likely that Helaran's hatred of him contributed to it as well, since Lin loved Helaran more than any of his other sons.
In the months after the murders, Lin tried to maintain control of his house with increasing difficulty. He tried to stop Helaran from leaving the house to join his [[Skybreakers|friends]], but Helaran held him off by summoning his own Shardblade, the existence of which came as a shock to Lin. Lin tried to explain the circumstances around their mother's death, but Helaran refused to listen. Helaran threatened to kill Lin, but Shallan spoke up for the first time in five months, begging him not to. Lin was spared with a threat, and Helaran left Lin to remain in charge while he left. In a fit of rage, Lin smashed a table and chairs.{{book ref|sa2|19}} Relations in the household became more strained over the next months. Screaming was a common occurrence. During Helaran's visits, the two men avoided each other. Lin also began hosting feasts more frequently.{{book ref|sa2|27}} The feasts he held disguised the truth of the Davar family finances. They were close to financial ruin.{{book ref|sa2|39}}
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