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| name = Elhokar Kholin<br />
| title = King of Alethkar; Brightlord<br />
| house = [[Lightweavers]] (nascent); [[House Kholin]]<br />
| race = Alethi<br />
| status = Deceased<br />
| region = [[Alethkar]]; [[Shattered Plains]]; [[Kholinar]]<br />
| born = Alethkar<br />
| died = Kholinar (Oathbringer), murdered by [[Moash]]<br />
| weapon = [[Shardblade]]; [[Shardplate]]<br />
| fate = Killed by [[Moash]] in the very moment he spoke his first Radiant Ideal<br />
| quote = I want to be a good king. A good man.<br />
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'''Elhokar Kholin''' is a character in [[The Stormlight Archive]] by [[Brandon Sanderson]]. The son of King [[Gavilar Kholin]] and [[Navani Kholin]], and nephew of [[Dalinar Kholin]], Elhokar inherited the throne of [[Alethkar]] after his father's assassination. Insecure, suspicious, and painfully aware of his own inadequacy, he struggled to fill his father's shoes -- but in his final days began a genuine turn toward becoming a better man and a [[Lightweavers|Lightweaver]] of the [[Knights Radiant]], only to be murdered before he could complete the journey.<br />
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Elhokar's arc is a quiet tragedy: a flawed, frightened king who finally grasped what he needed to change just as his chance to do so was cut short.<br />
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== Background ==<br />
Elhokar became king of [[Alethkar]] when [[Szeth]], the Assassin in White, murdered his father [[Gavilar Kholin]]. Thrust onto the throne, he proved an anxious and ineffective ruler, prone to paranoia and poor judgment, leaning heavily on his uncle [[Dalinar Kholin]] while resenting the dependence. He prosecuted the War of Reckoning on the [[Shattered Plains]] in pursuit of vengeance for his father.<br />
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== Biography ==<br />
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=== The Way of Kings and Words of Radiance ===<br />
On the [[Shattered Plains]], Elhokar's insecurity and incompetence repeatedly endanger himself and others. He becomes convinced (sometimes wrongly, sometimes not) that assassins are stalking him. [[Kaladin]], assigned to protect him, comes to despise the king as the embodiment of lighteyed entitlement. A [[Ghostbloods]]-linked plot, briefly involving [[Moash]] and [[Kaladin]], targets Elhokar's life before Kaladin turns against it. By the end, a chastened Elhokar asks Kaladin to teach him how to be a better leader.<br />
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=== Oathbringer ===<br />
Seeking to redeem himself, Elhokar leads an expedition to retake the occupied capital of [[Kholinar]] from the [[Voidbringers]] and the Cult of Moments. There, humbled and earnest, he begins to bond a [[Cryptic]] and to become a [[Lightweavers|Lightweaver]]. In a heartbreaking scene, as he stammers out his first Ideal -- wanting to protect his son and his people -- [[Moash]] runs him through with a spear, killing him at the very threshold of becoming a [[Knights Radiant|Radiant]].<br />
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== Character ==<br />
Elhokar was insecure, defensive, and often foolish, but not cruel; his failures sprang from fear and a desperate desire to measure up to his father and uncle. His final arc reveals real humility and the genuine desire to be "a good king, a good man." His murder mid-oath stands as one of the series' most poignant moments, a redemption interrupted.<br />
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== Powers and abilities ==<br />
Elhokar was a Shardbearer, wielding a [[Shardblade]] and [[Shardplate]] inherited as king. In his final days he began bonding a [[Cryptic]] spren on the path to becoming a [[Lightweavers|Lightweaver]], which would have granted him the Surges of Illumination and Transformation -- but he was killed before he could speak the First Ideal and access those powers.<br />
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== Relationships ==<br />
* '''[[Gavilar Kholin]]''' -- his assassinated father, whose legacy he could not match.<br />
* '''[[Dalinar Kholin]]''' -- his uncle and protector, on whom he depended and resented.<br />
* '''[[Navani Kholin]]''' -- his mother.<br />
* '''[[Jasnah Kholin]]''' -- his sister, who succeeds him as ruler.<br />
* '''[[Kaladin]]''' -- his reluctant bodyguard, who came to pity him.<br />
* '''[[Moash]]''' -- his murderer.<br />
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== Quotes ==<br />
<blockquote>''I want to be a good king. A good man.''</blockquote><br />
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<blockquote>''I... I've been wrong, haven't I? About so many things.''</blockquote><br />
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