[OB] King of the Shattered Plains

[Varenus]

Hello everyone,

Here is a fun little idea I had, Highprince Hatham and the other princes who stayed on the Shattered Plains make a big fuss about uniting under Dalinar and demand that one of them(Hatham) be made king of the Shattered plains. I thought of this when reading the Elhokar's and Dalinar's exchange where Dalinar is made Highking. Elhokar tells Dalinar that he has authority in Urithiru and on the Shattered Plains, but is Elhokar really in a position to give Dalinar that authority? Sure he is king, but what real power does he hold over the highprines? How many supporters does he have in the warcamps presently? Not much and far too few. Mean while Hatham has been making a killing off Dalinar, all his opponents have been shipped to Urithiru, and there are still gemhearts to harvest(before they go void anyway?). I forget who said it (Shallan?), but it is mentioned in WoR that the Shattered Plains could have become the new seat of Alethi power. All the advantages are free for Hatham to seize, Elhokar even left him a nice, kingly palace to stay at. Thoughts?

[lastofus]

5 hours ago, Varenus said:

Hello everyone,

Here is a fun little idea I had, Highprince Hatham and the other princes who stayed on the Shattered Plains make a big fuss about uniting under Dalinar and demand that one of them(Hatham) be made king of the Shattered plains. I thought of this when reading the Elhokar's and Dalinar's exchange where Dalinar is made Highking. Elhokar tells Dalinar that he has authority in Urithiru and on the Shattered Plains, but is Elhokar really in a position to give Dalinar that authority? Sure he is king, but what real power does he hold over the highprines? How many supporters does he have in the warcamps presently? Not much and far too few. Mean while Hatham has been making a killing off Dalinar, all his opponents have been shipped to Urithiru, and there are still gemhearts to harvest(before they go void anyway?). I forget who said it (Shallan?), but it is mentioned in WoR that the Shattered Plains could have become the new seat of Alethi power. All the advantages are free for Hatham to seize, Elhokar even left him a nice, kingly palace to stay at. Thoughts?

The shattered plain was conquered in the name of Elhokar. All highprinces were summoned for it and each fought in it, gaining recognition and multiple gemhearts. King can bestow it to whomever he wants and Dalinar, being the one who initiated the final attack can be the prime target.

Aladar and Sebarial already have some positions thanks to Dalinar (You know that Elhokar would agree to it). I don't know what happened to Roion's heir, but he can be given something too. 

But none of the other highprinces participated in the final battle: Hatham, Vamah, Thanadal, Bethab, Ruthar, (deceased) Sadeas. So they cannot, by Alethi rule, protest against it.

5 hours ago, Varenus said:

I forget who said it (Shallan?), but it is mentioned in WoR that the Shattered Plains could have become the new seat of Alethi power. All the advantages are free for Hatham to seize, Elhokar even left him a nice, kingly palace to stay at. Thoughts?

Shattered plain (meaning the warcamps) was the center of Alethi power at a time. If you remember there were many delegates from foreign lands in Elhokar's parties. But that war is over, everyone is either moving to Urithiru, staying in their warcamps to farm gemhearts, or getting back home. We don't yet know which is which. But the main thing is Elhokar, Dalinar and the rest of the ruling party are now in Urithiru,and Elhokar wants to get back to Kholinar (his previous seat of power).

[Toaster Retribution he/him]

Hatham is in Urithiru. He left the Warcamps.