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La dama brillante '''Ialai Sadeas''' es una noble [[alezi]] [[ojos claros]] de [[Roshar]]. Estuvo casada con el [[alto príncipe]] [[Torol Sadeas]] y estuvo asociada con los [[Hijos de Honor]].{{book ref|sa4|7}}

 

{{image|House-Sadeas-Torol-Ialai.jpg|width=250px|side=left|Ialai and Torol Sadeas}}

She is short, squat, and curvaceous, with a large bust and a slender neck.{{book ref|sa1|54}}{{book ref|sa3|19}}{{book ref|sa3|21}}{{book ref|sa2|5}}{{book ref|sa2|38}} She has a wide mouth, thick lips, and green eyes.{{book ref|sa2|5}}{{book ref|sa3|21}}{{book ref|sa2|38}} She has black hair, although she reportedly has partial foreign ancestry and dyes her hair black to appear fully Alethi.{{book ref|sa1|54}} She wears dresses in the latest Alethi fashions.{{book ref|sa4|7}} Towards the end of her life, after several stressful events, she takes on a gaunt, haggard appearance.{{book ref|sa4|7}}{{book ref|sa4|12}}

Ialai has been known to be underhanded since her youth.{{book ref|sa3|19}} She is constantly assessing every person and situation, looking for weaknesses to exploit.{{book ref|sa3|21}} [[Jasnah Kholin]] believes that Ialai is as shrewd as Torol,{{book ref|sa2|38}} and the pair constantly scheme against their political rivals.{{book ref|sa2|29}} Ialai and Torol are so self-serving and unprincipled that [[Mraize]] believes them to be wholly unpredictable.{{book ref|sa3|22}}

 

Ialai runs the best network of spies and informants in the warcamps at the Shattered Plains, and is able to keep it a closely-guarded secret.{{book ref|sa2|5}} Her network also includes assassins.{{book ref|sa2|58}} As the wife of a Highprince, she regularly attends notable events in Alethkar such as duels, feasts, and even military meetings, giving her personal access to a wide range of information and members of the nobility.{{book ref|sa1|54}}{{book ref|sa2|29}}{{book ref|sa3|75}}

 

After Torol's death, Ialai continued to run a spy network in Urithiru and then the Shattered Plains, even learning bits and pieces about the activities of the [[Ghostbloods]];{{book ref|sa4|9}}{{book ref|sa4|13}} she is among the few Rosharans at the time that are aware of [[Shadesmar]] and civilizations on other planets.{{book ref|sa4|13}} She remains adept at seizing power when it is available for the taking.{{book ref|sa3|27}}{{book ref|sa4|6}}

 

{{image|Diplomacy by Marie Seeberger.jpg|width=400px|side=right|A young Ialai (far left), at a feast with Torol, Gavilar, Navani, and Dalinar}}

Ialai married Highprince Torol Sadeas prior to the unification of Alethkar and immediately became involved in Alethi politics. At a feast in {{Rosharan date|1143}}, Ialai tried to persuade Dalinar to enter into a political marriage with [[Evi]], despite her assessment of Evi as "vapid".{{book ref|sa3|19}} After Dalinar and Evi were married, Ialai and [[Navani]] often tried to convince Evi to be more assertive.{{book ref|sa3|52}} As the wives of two influential Highprinces who were often away in battle, Ialai and Navani often worked together in Kholinar during this time in order to maintain a stable kingdom.{{book ref|sa3|96}} [[Gavilar]] had no issues leveraging Ialai's schemes to eliminate political rivals.{{book ref|sa3|19}}

Ialai was also present when Torol won a [[King's Boon]] from Gavilar and subsequently defeated [[Yenev]] in a duel.{{book ref|sa2|55}}

 

During the [[War of Reckoning]], Ialai lived in the Sadeas warcamp on the [[Shattered Plains]]. When [[Shallan Davar]] arrived to the warcamps with news of Jasnah's presumed death, Ialai haughtily asked her about the succession in [[Jah Keved]].{{book ref|sa2|38}}

 

Amaram and the Sadeas army joined [[Odium]]'s forces during the [[Battle of Thaylen Field]],{{book ref|sa3|115}} but were ultimately defeated by the [[Knights Radiant]] and their allies.{{book ref|sa3|120}} Amaram was killed, and Ialai left Urithiru in disgrace.{{book ref|sa3|122}}

 

After Amaram's death, Ialai returned to the warcamps at the Shattered Plains; Mraize did not accompany her there.{{book ref|sa4|8}} Soon after her arrival, [[Thanadal]] was assassinated and [[Vamah]] fled, leaving her in control of the local economy.{{book ref|sa4|6}} She also became the leader of the [[Sons of Honor]], learning some secrets that she had not previously been privy to.{{book ref|sa4|7}} However, due to the loss of both Gavilar and Amaram, there was little she could do to help them recover their previous influence. She retained some followers who referred to her as the true queen of Alethkar, but the group operated more like a cult. Still, Dalinar had some concerns about letting Ialai operate unchecked with an [[Oathgate]] nearby. The other Alethi assumed that Ialai was also behind Thanadal's death. [[Shallan]] was sent to infiltrate Ialai's group, using her powers to disguise herself as a merchant named [[Chanasha]].{{book ref|sa4|4}} She was eventually able to trick Ialai's followers into taking her through a secret tunnel to a fortress near the former Sadeas lumberyards where Ialai was living.{{book ref|sa4|6}} She was sleeping in a small closet-like room and refused to leave the fortress.{{book ref|sa4|8}}

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Ialai's death confused Shallan, and she assumed that a spy among her team, possibly another Ghostblood, had killed her.{{book ref|sa4|13}} Her attempts to find the spy were fruitless, and Radiant later admitted that she had taken over Shallan's psyche and administered the poison in an attempt to protect Shallan's mental health. Shallan subsequently regained her memories of killing Ialai.{{book ref|sa4|93}}

 

===Torol Sadeas===

{{image|Sadeas_and_ialai.jpg|width=250px|side=right|Ialai and Torol Sadeas}}

Torol was intrigued by Ialai's blasphemous name when he first met her.{{book ref|sa2|29}} It is likely that she and Torol were very young when they were married; at a feast around the year {{Rosharan date|1143}} when Torol was approximately twenty years old, he and Ialai were already husband and wife.{{book ref|sa3|19}} He notes that she has never been considered a beauty and is not aging particularly gracefully, but he has always been attracted to her "dangerous" personality.{{book ref|sa2|5}} The couple often fondly scratch each other's backs.{{book ref|sa2|5}}{{book ref|sa2|29}} Ialai and Torol are like-minded and regularly share information about the politics, personalities, and happenings of Alethkar.{{book ref|sa2|5}} They collaborate on schemes to increase their personal wealth and influence, typically with little regard for the welfare of others.{{book ref|sa2|29}} Ialai was distraught when Torol was murdered.{{book ref|sa3|22}}

 

====Dalinar====

Ialai and Dalinar seemed to have a cordial relationship in their youth, during Gavilar's unification war. Ialai served as a matchmaker of sorts for Dalinar's political marriage to Evi{{book ref|sa3|19}} and she even joked with Dalinar on occasion.{{book ref|sa3|19}} However, the Sadeas's thirst for power eventually turned them against Dalinar. This led to them plotting against him{{book ref|sa2|29}} and eventually becoming outright enemies; they attempted to defame and even assassinate him.{{book ref|sa2|67}}{{book ref|sa2|76}} After Torol was killed, Ialai redoubled her efforts to plot against Dalinar. She did not believe that Dalinar killed Torol, but she defied his authority and sabotaged his coalition.{{book ref|sa3|27}}{{book ref|sa3|96}} She continued to undermine him at every opportunity.{{book ref|sa4|7}}

After the [[Battle of Narak]], [[Mraize]] and the Ghostbloods keep a close eye on Ialai because of her unpredictable nature. Mraize infiltrated her inner circle through unknown means and was present for some of her important meetings in Urithiru.{{book ref|sa3|22}}{{book ref|sa3|96}} Mraize did not accompany Ialai back to the Shattered Plains after she left Urithiru in disgrace.{{book ref|sa4|8}} Ialai apparently realized Mraize's true nature at some point, and subsequently lived in fear of the Ghostbloods until her death.{{book ref|sa4|7}}

 

*Brandon noted that the rise and fall of Ialai's mini-empire when she returned to the Shattered Plains could have been a major thread in a ''Stormlight Archive'' novel, but by the time it occurred in the overall story arc, he wanted to move on from the earlier group of antagonists that Ialai represented (and whom had already been defeated). Ialai's story had the potential for exciting political intrigue, but it did not fit into the narrative of an expanding war epic.{{wob ref|14162}}{{wob ref|14113}}

 

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