Difference between revisions of "Taravangian"

One of the DiagramsDiagram's interpretationinterpretations resultsresulted in the request to kill Dalinar, and Taravangian sendssent Szeth to kill him. During the [[Battle of Narak]], Szeth goeswent after him but iswas beaten by [[Kaladin]]. Shortly after, Szeth discovered he was not [[Truthless]], and forsakesforsook his [[Oathstone]], breaking his allegiance with Taravangian. After this failure, Taravangian decided to move closer to Dalinar. He iswas the first king to unite with Dalinar.{{book ref|sa3|12}} When he findsfound out no other king would be part of the [[coalition of monarchs|coalition]], he recommendsrecommended invasion.{{book ref|sa3|24}} After his surprise at Dalinar's negotiation strategy, he agreed to follow him and eventually moved with him to [[Urithiru]].{{book ref|sa3|58}}

While he pretendspretended to work with Dalinar, he secretly plotsplotted to gain political advantage.: Hehe burstsburst the market by sending supplies via Jah Keved,; he hashad his [[Knight Radiant]] [[Malata]] working the [[Oathgate]],; and he sendssent merchant ships to Thaylen City with healers.{{book ref|sa3|29}} He sharesshared their knowledge in [[fabrial]]s with [[Navani]],{{book ref|sa3|96}} and letslet them know of technology that will create [[half-shardsshard]]s.{{book ref|sa3|65}} After having a relatively brilliant day, he decided that the best action was to take Dalinar's place on the coalition and afterwards push for its collapse. He believed this would make [[Odium]] meet his agreements and save "what he can, abandon the rest."{{book ref|sa3|i|5}} Though he was dismissed or not needed in the war councils where the defenses for Jah Keved were being planned, he was plotting to find secrets that would destroy Dalinar. He sent his Radiant's spren, [[Spark]], to spy on him, and, along with his scholars and other Diagram followers, was able to succeed. During a meeting with all the other kingdoms' representatives in which they determined the enemy would strike Thaylen City, he struck against the highprince by leaking three facts:

1) [[Elhokar]] had sworn to Dalinar as High King, and though this was an Alethi political tactic, some other kingdoms felt threatened that Dalinar would ask the same from them. This erodeseroded Fen's faith in the coalition, though she staysstayed with Dalinar because she would prefer him to lead than the Voidbringers.

2) Dalinar had a vision in which Odium threatensthreatened to destroy the world. This causescaused conflict concerning the use of powers that can't be controlled, in this case, Dalinar's. This causescaused [[Yanagawn]] to break off the alliance.

3) The translation of the [[Dawnchant]] provesproved that the original [[Voidbringers]] were humans, putting the war's legitimacy in question and giving Taravangian an excuse to "lose faith" in the war effort.

These revelations were enough to destroy most of the coalition, with only the [[Fen|Thaylen queen]] staying with Dalinar.{{book ref|sa3|111}}