Difference between revisions of "Evi Kholin"

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| Enjoy the moment. Close your eyes and contemplate what the One has given you. Seek the peace of oblivion, and bask in the joy of your own sensation.

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'''Evi Kholin''' wasis [[Dalinar Kholin]]'s latefirst wife, and the mother of [[Adolin]] and [[Renarin]].{{book ref|sa3|16}}

| Must everything be fighting to you?

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Evi was anis exceptionally tall woman, almost as tall as an [[Alethi]]. She wasis willowy and somewhat frail, with a small chest.{{book ref|sa3|19}} Her hair wereis pale blonde and her skin is light golden,{{book ref|sa3|36}} though notneither are true [[Iri]]ali gold,{{wob ref|13842}} and she hadhas matching [[lighteyes|light]] yellow eyes.{{book ref|sa3|24}}

Evi wasis a calm woman, often shying away from conflict. She wasis a dedicated to pacifism,pacifist and often strovetries to convince her husband to behave more peacefully and reject the warlike ways of his kinsmen.{{book ref|sa3|26}} She enjoyedenjoys the moments of calm between the two of them, and could be truly happy then.{{book ref|sa3|36}} Though peaceful, Evi wasis dedicated to her convictions. Even shortly before the end of her life, she was still dedicatedtries to convincingconvince Dalinar that violence doesn't always need to be the answer.{{book ref|sa3|71}}

Evi's time among the Alethi lefthas caused her largelyto be jaded and critical. The contest of wittiness betwenbetween the women mademakes her feel stupid; she critiquedcritiques the Alethi's supposed piety, noting that they wereare only ever devout when it suitedsuits their desire to wage war. She tries to assimilate into the [[Vorin]] culture with mixed results, but does not let herself forget her origin.{{book ref|sa3|66}} After her death, [[Navani]] would claim that everyone loved her, but Evi's own experiences run contrary to that observation.{{book ref|sa1|64}}{{book ref|sa3|66}}

Although she and Dalinar wereare poorly matched, she nonetheless strovestrives to make their relationship work. She tried to assimilate into the Vorin culture, if with mixed results, and endured anything life could throw at her, but did not let herself forget where she came from.{{book ref|sa3|66}} She also refusedrefuses to let her frustration with Dalinar's darker nature show to her children, having told them that their father wasis an excellent man and officer.{{book ref|sa3|94}} Eventually, she seems to have comecomes to truly care for him, although she wasis keenly aware that he diddoes not reciprocate her feelings to the same extent.{{book ref|sa3|75}} Adolin likely gotinherited his emotional sensibility from her.{{book ref|sa3|122}}

She wasis a devout follower of [[Iri]] religion, theand beliefbelieves in the One. Though she absorbedabsorbs many Vorin customs upon her marriage, including the worship of the [[Herald]]s, she continuedcontinues to treat the One as the highest deity.{{book ref|sa3|26}} She also respectedrespects the [[Nightwatcher]] as an aspect of the One, consideringand itbelieves thehe entitycan thatbe shouldcontacted bethrough visiteddealings towith petitionthe himNightwatcher.{{book ref|sa3|36}}

By the year {{Rosharan date|1150}}, sheEvi and Dalinar were no longer at war, but rather at their home in Kholin lands. It was in 1150 that she gave birth to her first son, [[Adolin]].{{book ref|sa3|49}} Shortly thereafter, Dalinar would depart for the border wars with [[Herdaz]] and [[Jah Keved]], leaving Evi to raise the boy on her own for the next five years. HeDalinar would return to hervisit several times; it was after one of those visits that sheEvi gave birth to another child. As Dalinar didn't answer her letters asking for a name, she eventually called the boy [[Renarin]], composing his name in an attempt to mimic Alethi patterns. Her intent was for the nameit to mean "Re, born unto Nar" (as in, Dalinar), although it came out as "one who is born unto himself".{{book ref|sa3|52}} Evi told Renarin the [[myth of Parasaphi and Nadris]] when he was young.{{book ref|sa1|61}}

=== War and deathDeath ===

| No one actually cares about religion here. Oh, they make sure to point out how superior their beliefs are to mine. But who actually ever worries about the Heralds, other than to swear by their names? You bring ardents to battle merely to Soulcast rocks into grain. That way, you don't have to stop '''killing''' each other long enough to find something to eat.

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Although outwardly, it appeared that she and Dalinar were a loving couple, by {{Rosharan date|1163}} the two of them were more at odds than ever. Evi wanted the killing to end, and for themthe family to return to Alethkar and rest; Dalinar sought to continue making war. This culminated in a major fight between them, which ended with Evi breaking into tears. In an attempt to console her, Dalinar promised that after quelling the new rebellion in [[Rathalas]], the familythey would goreturn to Kholinar for at least a homeyear.{{book ref|sa3|66}} Moreover, to respect her wishes to be more peaceful, he initially tried bargaining with [[Tanalan]].{{book ref|sa3|71}}

Unfortunately, this was not to be. Tanalan betrayed Dalinar, buryingattempting to kill him underafter asending pilehim out to investigate rumors of rubblea [[highprince]] that had betrayed [[Gavilar]]. When Dalinar returned after digging himself out of a deep pile of rubble, Evi was already beginning to mourn him, and grew even more distressed when he began his plan to take revenge, leading to him ordering his men to escort her out of the command tent andto somewhere safe.{{book ref|sa3|75}} UnbeknowstUnbeknownst to him, she snuck out and camewent to the city to plead with Tanalan for peace. The young highprince arresteddetained her in his former safehouse, now turned city prison. When Dalinar set flame to the Rift, Evi died in the flames, with Dalinar finding out far too late to even attempt saving her.{{book ref|sa3|76}}

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Evi's body was recovered from the rubble,ruins to be given a proper burial. Dalinar created a story to mitigate her act of sneakingeveryone's outconjectures, claiming that she was kidnapped by Tanalan's men and that the Rift was burned in retribution for this.{{book ref|sa3|76}} The story would later change, with [[Torol Sadeas]], who was fighting alongside Dalinar at the time, taking the blame for burning the city.{{book ref|sa3|96}} Both Dalinar and Sadeas were publicly censured by kingKing [[Gavilar]] for the loss of Rathalas.{{book ref|sa3|88}}

Dalinar would later begin to hear the voices of all those he's had killed, with Evi being the loudest among them. This drove him to drink heavily, slowlywithdrawing fadingfrom public life.{{book ref|sa3|88}} Eventually, he visited the [[Nightwatcher]], following Evi's stories of her, and asked her for forgiveness for his part in Evi's death. InsteadAs the Nightwatcher was incapable of understanding his request, [[Cultivation]] intervened and took away all hisof Dalinar's memories of his wife.{{book ref|sa3|114}}

From then on out, Dalinar remembersremembered nothing of Evi, even her name -- whenever someone else sayssaid it, he hearsheard only the rushing of the wind, and sometimes he hashad troublestrouble remembering that he had ever been married in the first place.{{book ref|sa3sa1|18}}{{book ref|sa1|51}} Those memories beginbegan to return shortly after the beginning of the [[True Desolation]].{{book ref|sa3|16}} Eventually, Dalinar remembersremembered Rathalas as well, leadingsending him back into a brief stint of alcoholism as Evi's voice returnsreturned to haunt him.{{book ref|sa3|100}} [[Odium]] triestried to use this to tempt him into becoming his champion, although Dalinar failsfailed to give in. At thisthat point, he hearsheard a voice that might belong to Evi, telling him that she forgivesforgave him. This iswas the final push he needsneeded to open [[Honor's Perpendicularity]] during the [[Battle of Thaylen Field]].{{book ref|sa3|119}} After these events, as Dalinar had more and more time to recall his rediscovered memories of his late wife, he realized that he needed the memories and even felt that the memories were "comfortable" to him.{{book ref|sa4|50}} He also wrote and eventually began releasing portions of ''[[Oathbringer (in-world)|Oathbringer, My Glory and My Shame]]'', including in it an open confession of what he had done; many people were terribly shocked to learn what he had done.{{book ref|sa3|122}}{{book ref|sa4|12}}

Adolin, in contrast, hashad warm memories of his mother. He getsgot his "western sensibilities", including his penchant for snuggling and morehis greater than usual emotional intelligence, from her.{{book ref|sa3|122}} He also keepskept a memento of her, her chain, which he considersconsidered to be his lucky charm, always making sure to keep it in his pocket for an important duelduels.{{book ref|sa3|14}} When he discovered the truth behind the burning of Rathalas, Adolin tried to rationalize his father's actions by attributing them to the influence of the [[Thrill]] and to Dalinar being a different man in general at that time. However, he nursed a deep-seated fury towards his father on his mother's behalf despite these attempts.{{book ref|sa4|21}}