Torol Sadeas

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Torol Sadeas
por Shuravf
Familia Cónyuge Ialai Ancestros Sadees
Nacido en	1123
Fallecido	Jesesach 1174
Capacidades	Portador de esquirlada
Títulos	Alto príncipe de Alezkar, Alto Príncipe de la Información (renunciado)
Grupo	Ejército de Sadeas
Nacionalidad	de Alezkar
Mundo natal	Roshar
Universo	Cosmere

“We’re two old whitespines who both want a kingdom. It's him or me. We’ve been pointed that way since Gavilar died. ”

—Sadeas about Dalinar

Torol Sadeas es un alto príncipe alezi de Roshar. A través de un número de batallas exitosas al lado de Gavilar y Dalinar Kholin, se convirtió en uno de los hombres más poderosos del reino. Conocido por su crueldad y brutalidad, Sadeas es un competente maestro de la política; junto con su mujer Ialai, se encargan de la gente inconveniente. Manda sobre uno de los dos ejércitos más significativos en las Llanuras Quebradas, el otro siendo el ejército de Dalinar Kholin.

Como alto príncipe de información, fue capaz de manipular al rey y a los otros altos príncipes. Fue capaz de superar a Dalinar, incluso después de ser culpado abiertamente de traición. Posee tanto una armadura esquirlada como la hoja esquirlada de Dalinar, Juramentada.

Es asesinado por Adolin Kholin pocos días después de llegar a Urithiru.

Apariencia y personalidad

por Marie Seeberger

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Torol Sadeas es un hombre de ojos claros. Tiene una cabeza bulbosa, pelo rizo, y cara sonrojada. Sus colores de principado son el verde y el blanco, pero su armadura esquirlada está pintada de rojo. Está decorada, incluyendo borlas en su yelmo.

Sadeas es y siempre ha sido un hombre bruto y cruel. No tiene compasión y disfruta chuleándose y presumiendo. Sacrificará a gente sin dudar para conseguir sus objetivos; esto fue su patrón durante la guerra de Gavilar para unificar Alezkar y más tarde con sus hombres del puente en las Llanuras Quebradas.

Es competente en política y estrategia. Su matrimonio con Ialai es fuerte debido a que ella también es muy buena en conspiraciones, intriga, y maquinaciones. Dirigen su principado con esos mismos valores, y su campamento de guerra lo refleja.

Antes del asesinato de Gavilar, Sadeas y Dalinar eran muy buenos amigos. Mantienen su respeto por las habilidades del otro y son cordiales entre ellos durante un tiempo tras el cambio de Dalinar con su visita a la Vigilante Nocturna, pero Sadeas desea en secreto superar a Dalinar de cualquier manera y piensa que deshacerse de él es lo mejor para Alezkar.

Sadeas no cree en los Códigos y está convencido de que la compasión y la diplomacia son signos de debilidad. Cree que la muerte de Gavilar Kholin es evidencia de que los Códigos llevan a la ruina. Esta es una de las razones principales para que traicione a Dalinar.

Historia

por Marie Seeberger

Con Ialai y los Kholin en un festín diplomático

Unificación de Alezkar

Torol Sadeas era el amigo más cercano de Gavilar y Dalinar Kholin durante la unificación de Alezkar. Él y Gavilar planeaban juntos, discutiendo estrategia y la dirección de la guerra. La casa Sadeas era uno de los tres reinos que luchaban junto a los Kholin.

Era instrumental empujando a la alianza a una brutalidad mayor. No se avergonzaba de su frialdad y era conocido por pavonearse de su crueldad, lo que incluía colgar las cabezas de los altos príncipes muertos y sus oficiales. Abiertamente disfrutaba del saqueo de las ciudades caídas.

Sadeas era muy competente en política desde sus años jóvenes. Hablaba persuasivamente para ganar nuevos aliados; si no estaba convencido de su lealtad total, encontraba formas "alezi" de deshacerse de ellos. Su mujer, Ialai Sadeas, era conocida entre sus amigos por ocurrírsele ardides elaborados para deshacerse de aliados problemáticos.

La Grieta

“I have no interest in being king—it’s a job with little praise and even less amusement. I mean for this kingdom to stand for centuries. ”

—Sadeas to Dalinar

Durante los tiempos de una Alezkar unificada, Sadeas disfrutaba de participar en la política, especialmente con el poder que tenía bajo Gavilar. Ayudó a planear tácticas para mantener poder y estabilidad, manteniendo la guerra y el miedo como sus armas más importantes, mientras Gavilar adaptaba un liderazgo más político. Esta diferencia fue clave para las decisiones que llevaron a la destrucción de la Grieta.

Tanalan, hijo del viejo Tanalan que fue asesinado por Dalinar diez años antes, dirigía Rathalas. Ahora un jóven líder, retuvo un intenso desprecio hacia Dalinar a pesar de la misericordia que le mostró cuando era pequeño, y dirigió a su gente a la rebelión contra los Kholin. Gavilar había probado la diplomacia y el miedo indirecto (mandando a Dalinar a Herdaz), pero falló. Eventualmente, tuvo que acceder a mandar un ejército y tomar la ciudad por la fuerza.

Dalinar lideró al ejército para tomar la Grieta. Sin embargo, tras un argumento convincente de Evi, intentó convencer a Tanalan para que se rindiese sin matar a nadie. Tanalan ofreció un pacto donde daría los nombres de los traidores que le habían ayudado a ascender, a cambio de no violencia. Acusó a Sadeas de traidor. Dalinar siguió a la caravana abandonando la Grieta y cayó en una trampa, haciendo que se diera cuenta de que Tanalan, y no Sadeas, le había traicionado. Cuando Dalinar volvió al campamento, encontró que su ejército pensaba que estaba muerto. Él y Sadeas decidieron retrasar el envío de la noticia de su supervivencia a Gavilar y no solo atacar, si no destruir completamente la Grieta. Lo hacen, y en el proceso, Evi es accidentalmente asesinada.

Sadeas tergiversó las noticias de la destrucción de la Grieta para la ventaja del rey. Dijo que era lamentable que los de la Grieta hubiesen forzado a los Kholin a actuar tras matar a la mujer de Dalinar, y que era desafortunado que la ciudad se hubiese incendiado durante la pelea. Continuó siendo un partidario cercano de Gavilar y su reinado, así como un aliado. Durante la noche del asesinato de Gavilar, Sadeas actuó como señuelo en un intento de alejar a Szeth para que el rey pudiese escapar. Como resultado, fue el primer alto príncipe en ofrecer lealtad a Elhokar cuando convocó una guerra contra los parshendi para vengar a su padre.

La Guerra de la Venganza

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Glifo de Sadeas

Durante su tiempo en los campamentos de guerra, Sadeas participó en una cacería en las Llanuras Quebradas con Dalinar, Renarin, Adolin, y el rey Elhokar. Cuando llegaron a la meseta donde las preparaciones para la caza se estaban haciendo, un abismoide apareció en la meseta con todos los cortesanos y escribas en vez de en la meseta más pequeña donde se suponía que iba a tener lugar la cacería. Dalinar, Adolin, y Elhokar inmediatamente fueron a por el abismoide, esperando matarlo antes de que pudiese matar a ningún presente. Sadeas usó su granarco a distancia para debilitarlo mientras Dalinar y Adolin fueron a pur sus piernas, y Elhokar lo distraía. En algún momento de la batalla, las tiras de la silla de montar de Elhokar se rompieron, tirándole al suelo. Para salvarle de ser aplastado, Dalinar cogió la pinza que lo hubiese aplastado con la fuerza aumentada por su armadura esquirlada. Adolin continuó cortando sus patas hasta que el abismoide fue incapaz de soportar su propio peso, entonces Elhokar invocó su espada esquirlada de nuevo y la usó para matarlo, y recolectar su gema corazón.

De vuelta en el pabellón en las Llanuras, Elhokar remarcó a Dalinar que Sadeas había ganado tres gemas corazón en las últimas semanas, reprendiéndole que Dalinar no había ganado ninguna en ese tiempo. Ambos Elhokar y Sadeas hicieron uso del tópico de remarcar muchos de los logros de Sadeas, lo que Dalinar cuestiona, especialmente la acción de mandar hombres de los puentes desprotegidos contra los parshendi. Mientras Elhokar apuntó que el personal del puente de Sadeas eran más eficientes que el de Dalinar, y que aunque fuese por lo que era capaz de ganar tantas gemas corazón, Dalinar opinaba que el método de Sadeas desperdiciaba vidas. Sadeas, sin embargo, sentía que la dependencia de Dalinar de las ruedas para maniobrar sus puentes era tonta.

Sadeas, con la mentalidad de la mayoría de alezi, no podía conciliar cómo Dalinar podía tener cosas más importantes a las que atender que la guerra de la venganza por Gavilar. Mientras Dalinar tenía una postura más moralista, una manera muy poco alezi de pensar, a Sadeas solo le preocupaba la eficiencia y los resultados. Desde este momento, la discusión empeoró hasta que Sadeas insultó a los hijos de Dalinar, lo que se apaciguó solo por su mutua priorización de la seguridad del rey, no permitiendo que su rivalidad descendiese hasta el conflicto.

Sadeas y Dalinar planearon manipular al alto príncipe Vamah para que usase más de los moldeadores de almas de Elhokar, probando que los dos podían trabajar juntos para interés del rey. Dalinar le contó a Adolin que Sadeas había jurado proteger a Elhokar a cualquier precio.

Dalinar investigó la circunferencia del corte en la tira de la silla de montar del rey, pero en un festín particular del rey, Elhokar anunció que debido al reciente intento de asesinato con la silla de montar, hacía a Sadeas el Alto Príncipe de la Información para que lo investigase. Esto fue para provocar a Dalinar, ya que Elhokar creía que no se estaba tomando la investigación en serio. Sadeas supo de la petición de Dalinar de ser Alto Príncipe de la Guerra, y esta fue la manera de superar a Dalinar.

Highprince of Information

“Bah. Nobody would really believe that you tried to kill the king. They’d gossip, but they wouldn’t believe it.”

—Sadeas to Dalinar

In his new position, Sadeas investigated the cut girth strap. Dalinar was insistent that Sadeas reveal the results of the investigation at another of Elhokar's feasts, though Adolin was convinced Sadeas would use the opportunity to incriminate Dalinar and turn the other Brightlords against him. This conviction was punctuated by Sadeas beginning by saying to Dalinar, “You demanded this, old friend.”

Even Dalinar himself was tense at Sadeas' proclamation, given for all in attendance to hear. He had the strap sent to three different leather-workers, all of whom concluded the strap had been cut – the leather was relatively new, as shown by its lack of flaking and cracking, and the tear too even. To answer when it was cut, Sadeas interviewed many on the hunt and they all reported the same oddity: Dalinar and Elhokar storming off to the rock formation alone. This presented a problem, a problem that Sadeas discovered in the king's Plate: eight of the ten sapphires used to infuse the king's plate had been damaged. When Adolin (who still thought Sadeas suspected Dalinar) protested, Sadeas noted how highly improbable this would be, since a simple fall from horseback wearing full Plate would not cause sufficient strain; even after a battle, only two or three sapphires usually needed replacing. Someone, therefore, must have sabotaged the Plate.

Next, Sadeas brought out one of the grooms in the king's employ, asking him to repeat what he told Sadeas in private. The groom confirmed the saddle had been checked over in Dalinar's camp, but also noted that the horse was wearing a different saddle on the way to Dalinar's camp after the groom had himself outfitted the horse with Elhokar's favorite saddle. Sadeas proclaimed that, in his personal opinion, the strap had been cut in Dalinar's camp to cast suspicion on Dalinar, and that Dalinar had no hand in the plot. This shocked both Adolin and Dalinar, both on their toes waiting for Sadeas to accuse Dalinar. Despite their rivalry, Sadeas did not want to claim a victory so easily.

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Riding away from the Tower

Betrayal

“That honor of yours is going to get you killed, Dalinar. ”

—Sadeas

Right after being vindicated, Dalinar proposed that he and Sadeas try a joint plateau assault to combine the speed of Sadeas' army with the strength of Dalinar's. Sadeas agreed only after they agreed on the division of spoils, ceding any Blades which might be won to Sadeas while Dalinar would keep any Plate. They tested the tactics successfully in several battles, though the Parshendi sent a second army straight at Sadeas' banner during one of the battles and forced Dalinar to rush to his aid.

Later, Sadeas and Dalinar sat with Elhokar while watching Adolin duel. As the three of them talked, Dalinar outlined why he would choose to leave the war--but not abandon the Vengeance Pact--at the Shattered Plains, Sadeas asked to listen to The Way of Kings sometime, and Dalinar agreed to try using Sadeas' mobile bridges in place of his chull-drawn ones in their joint assaults.

One day, a chasmfiend was spotted on the Tower, a plateau close to Parshendi territory on which the Alethi had never been victorious. Sadeas rode over to Dalinar's camp to plot strategy, convincing Dalinar that the battle could be used to decimate the Parshendi's ability to wage war, all the while really setting up Dalinar to be in a vulnerable position. As they approached the Tower, they could see the Parshendi had not yet extracted the gemheart from the chrysalis. Sadeas wanted to attack the Tower together, placing all forty bridges in a single wave. Dalinar refused, citing the Codes again and saying he would attack only after Sadeas had made a landing point for Dalinar's borrowed bridge crews.

The plan worked well for a time. Sadeas managed to get his forces across the bridges and onto the Tower, carving out a landing platform for Dalinar to follow. The two forces were separated by the Parshendi, Sadeas to the west and Dalinar on the eastern edge, fighting inward. When another Parshendi force appeared behind Dalinar, Sadeas retreated to the northern plateau, pulling the eight bridge crews he'd lent to the Kholin army with him and abandoning Dalinar and his army.

por Marie Seeberger

Receiving Oathbringer from Dalinar

Upon Sadeas' return to camp, he was met by Navani. Acting regretful, he told her he had to be the harbinger of grave news; he offered his condolences and claimed he did all he could to save Dalinar but was himself ultimately overwhelmed by the Parshendi and forced back. Sadeas declared that Dalinar was both a friend and an ally, asserting that he would seek vengeance for Dalinar's death. He watched Navani ink and burn a large thath glyph shortly before a runner quietly announced Dalinar's approach.

Sadeas attempted to reconcile with Dalinar, offering an apology that Dalinar accepted publicly. However, the two moved close so no one could overhear them and Dalinar asked for an explanation. Sadeas claimed he was upholding his oath: “Protect Elhokar. Protect this kingdom.” He thought Elhokar was being influenced by Dalinar's insistence on the Codes, worrying that the king talked of retreating from the Plains, as Dalinar had wanted. Sadeas saw Dalinar as a threat to the kingdom and, despite their old friendship, admitted that he just wanted Dalinar gone.

Before leaving, Dalinar asked Sadeas to give him the members of Bridge Four to fulfill a promise he had made to Kaladin. Sadeas refused the initial offers, asserting that he would not give up the bridgemen for a thousand broams each. Dalinar then summoned his Shardblade and drove it point-first in the earth before Sadeas, offering his Blade in exchange for every bridgeman in Sadeas' camp. Sadeas, shocked, nevertheless agreed and gained the Blade he had always desired.

After the Battle of the Tower

“I'm not meant for this, love. This stupid game on the plateaus. It sated me at first, but I’m growing to loathe it. I want war, Ialai.”

—Sadeas

After the Battle of the Tower, Sadeas was despondent about obtaining Oathbringer and bemoaned how it didn't quench his thirst for bloodshed. At one point, he stuck it into a table point-first, staring at it in awe. When Ialai came into the room and complained about the table, he told her how he intended to force the Alethi soldiers back into a full-out war instead of a prolonged game of chasing down gemhearts. He began plotting with her, instructing her to send more spies into Dalinar's warcamp and to prepare for any other steps which might be required, including assassinating him.

After a failed plateau assault on the Shattered Plains, Adolin spoke to Jakamav about his attempts at winning Shardblades and Shardplate through duels and his frustration at how no one would rise to his challenge. Jakamav told him that Sadeas, in order to stop Dalinar's plans, had been making offers and promises to Shardbearers in return for them turning down Adolin's challenges; he suggested Eranniv as one who might be more interested in fame than Sadeas' offers.

Sadeas began to undermine both Dalinar and Elhokar by using his swift bridge crews to go on plateau runs when it was not his turn in the rotation, arriving before the scheduled parties and then triumphantly throwing the harvested gemheart at their feet before leaving. This later developed into him simply pretending the gemheart had been lost, but secretly keeping it; his motive was purely to further push the throne's authority.

Sadeas and his wife were present at the duel between Adolin and Eranniv. He spent the duration speaking with Ialai about their plots and about Dalinar's attempts to unite the Highprinces.

Later, Sadeas was at the same winehouse that Adolin and Shallan visited together. While waiting out the highstorm in the safety of the lighteyes' bunker, Sadeas approached Adolin and began goading him about the Battle of the Tower and how he intended to do away with both Elhokar and Adolin. Sadeas wore uncut gems along his clothes from one of the gemhearts he had won earlier but which he had claimed to have lost.

After Adolin won his duel with the four Shardbearers, Sadeas was forced to accept his boon of a challenge. However, due to Kaladin interrupting, Adolin only successfully sought a challenge; Sadeas left before he could pin down a time. As such, Sadeas took the liberty of accepting the duel for a year from the date. He put on an air of control and mirth, but in secret was terrified to see that Adolin was becoming another Blackthorn.

On the last day before the weeping, Sadeas and his wife took a ride, supposedly for pleasure but in fact to gauge the extent of Sebarial's warcamp's industry. He spoke with his wife about Dalinar and Elhokar. Ialai believed they should seize the opportunity to attempt a coup on the Pinnacle, but Sadeas thought it wouldn't be necessary and also pointed out the failure of their last assassin. Sadeas was stunned to see Highprince Aladar join with Dalinar's forces; he thought on the events for a while before ultimately deciding that it did not matter, as those on the expedition would all die on the Shattered Plains. Instead, he felt that he and his wife must set about deciding who would take the places of the doomed Highprinces.

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Sadeas being killed by Adolin Kholin

Death and Aftermath

“I will take this from him. This city, these discoveries. It’s just a setback. ”

—Sadeas' last words

Surprisingly, Dalinar's call to the Alethi warcamps was answered by Sadeas as quickly as it was by Aladar and Roion. Sadeas personally made his way to Urithiru with his wife.

They were exploring the tower when Adolin came upon Sadeas alone. Sadeas taunted Adolin by expressing the next round of rumors he planned to spread about Dalinar: the presence of a parshman in his personal guard was proof of how he had managed to get the Parshendi to cooperate with him in the ruse of the Battle of Narak. Adolin's restraint finally broke, and after a brief struggle, he stabbed his side-knife through the Highprince's eye. When Oathbringer coalesced, Adolin threw it out the window and then proceeded to get rid of any other evidence that he had been there before rejoining his scouting party.

Men of Bridge Four found the body, and Sadeas' guards immediately accused them of the murder. Though the blood was dry, confirming that the death had happened days ago, the division between the camps increased; many continued to blame Dalinar for his death.

Shortly after the murder, the corpse of Vedekar Perel was found; the curious connection between the victims was that they had died of identical wounds. It was later discovered that this second kill was made by the unmade Re-Shephir, the Midnight Mother, who was copying acts of violence in Urithiru.

While several people, including Sebarial, saw Sadeas' death as one less problem for the new alliance, Dalinar was very affected by the event and asked Adolin to investigate the assassination. Adolin struggled with guilt over what he had done and confessed his actions first to Shallan and later to Dalinar himself.

After Torol's death, Ialai named Highmarshal Amaram regent and heir to the house title, making him Highprince Sadeas. In doing this, she cemented a division with the Kholins that continued until Radiant killed her, roughly a year after the Battle of Thaylen Field.

Trivia

• His name's similarity to the word "sadist" was not a coincidence, but it was more of a subconscious choice by Brandon than one that he was aware of.
• In a draft of Words of Radiance, Adolin did not kill Sadeas. When Brandon decided to have Amaram survive Iyatil's assassination attempt, he decided that Sadeas had to die instead.
• Sadeas would get along well with Rayse.
• If he were in the place of Straff Venture, he would make far better use of Zane.

Notes

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