Da
| Da | |||||||
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| Nacido en | c. 1091[1] | ||||||
| Fallecido | c. 1166[1] | ||||||
| Oficio | Silversmith | ||||||
| Residencia | Kholinar | ||||||
| Mundo natal | Roshar | ||||||
| Universo | Cosmere | ||||||
“You should know about ... why I am the way I am. My grandparents were the only family I ever knew. Parents died when I was a child. Ana and Da, they raised me. The king ... he killed them. ”
—Moash a Kaladin[1]
Da es un platero de Kholinar en Roshar. Es el abuelo de Moash.[1]
Atributos y habilidades
Da y su esposa Ana eran del segundo nahn, un rango alto en el sistema de castas de los ojos oscuros. Tenían su propia tienda de plata en Kholinar,[2][3] y eran considerados importantes entre los ojos oscuros.[1] No está claro si Da era su nombre de pila o un apodo utilizado por Moash.
Historia
Poco después del nacimiento del nieto de Ana y Da, sus padres murieron. Ana y Da lo acogieron y lo criaron; Da le dio el nombre de Moash.[1][4] El nombre de "Moash" tiene su origen en los cantores antiguos, pero no se sabe si Da era consciente de este hecho.[4] Moash se convirtió en un joven grande y confiado. Llegó a sentirse fuera de lugar en Kholinar y no le interesaba aprender el oficio de platero; su pasión por los viajes lo llevó a dejar la ciudad para trabajar en caravanas.[1][5] Ana y Da animaron a Moash a buscar su propio camino.[5]
Alrededor del 1166, mientras Moash estaba fuera, un arrogante ojos claros llamado Toralin Roshone se sintió frustrado porque la platería de Ana y Da competía con una de sus propias tiendas. Roshone tenía relación con el heredero al trono, el principe Elhokar Kholin y solicitó su "favor".[2] Con Gavilar y Dalinar fuera, en las Llanuras Quebradas, Elhokar foolishly acquiesced to his friends's request and had the couple jailed on trumped-up charges. However, Elhokar did not realize that high-ranking darkeyes were full citizens with a right to trial. He knew that if the case moved forward to the magistrates, his corrupt act would be exposed, so he left them in the dungeon and intentionally ignored their paperwork. Ana and Da, who were around seventy-five years old at the time, died in the palace dungeons still awaiting trial. Moash did not learn of their deaths until he returned from his caravan months later.[1]
Legado
When Dalinar returned from the Plains, he learned that Ana and Da had died because of Elhokar and Roshone's actions in what became a scandal known as the "Roshone affair". Dalinar argued for a relatively severe punishment, but Elhokar appealed to Gavilar for mercy, and Roshone was instead exiled from Kholinar to become the citylord of Hearthstone. Although Roshone was sent away so he "couldn't do any more harm", he antagonized the citizens of his new town, including Kaladin's family. Kaladin was outraged when he learned of the circumstances of Roshone's exile.[2]
Moash considered Ana and Da to be his only family, and believed their kindness got them killed. The pain of losing them shaped his personality and changed the trajectory of his life.[1][5] Rumors about the Roshone affair spread, and Moash directly blamed Elhokar for his grandparents' deaths.[6] His hatred of Elhokar caused him to participate in an assassination attempt that was narrowly thwarted by Kaladin.[6][7] He eventually took his vengeance on Elhokar, killing him during the Siege of Kholinar.[7] Moash also knew of Roshone's involvement in imprisoning his grandparents,[6] and later killed him as well.[8] Although Kaladin vehemently disagreed with Moash's quest for blood, he was sympathetic about the plight of Ana and Da, and thought about them on several occasions.[2]