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{{character
|merge-family=y
|relatives=[[Meridas Amaram]] <small>(cousin)</small>{{book ref|sa3|i|10}}
|profession={{cat tag|soldiers|Military commander}}
|groups={{tag+|army|Amaram's}}
|world=Roshar
|universe=[[Cosmere]]
|first appeared=[[Oathbringer]]
|books=[[The Stormlight Archive]]
}}
Brightlord '''Sheler''' is a commander in [[Meridas Amaram]]'s army from [[Alethkar]] on [[Roshar]].{{book ref|sa1|67}}
 
== History ==
In {{Rosharan date|1168}},{{book ref|sa1|46}} Sheler commandscommanded a company fighting for [[Sadeas princedom]] in [[Meridas Amaram]]'s army during a battle with [[Hallaw]]'s forces.{{book ref|sa1|46}}{{book ref|sa1|67}} A group of his soldiers became outnumbered while defending a hilltop and were suffering heavy casualties, but Sheler ordered them to stand their ground.{{book ref|sa1|67}}{{book ref|sa4|108}} One of his squadleaders, [[Varth]], sacrificessacrificed several messenger boys as a distraction, including [[Tien]].{{book ref|sa1|67}} Sheler was presumably acting on orders from Amaram, who wanted Hallaw's forces to bunch up so that he could ride in with his cavalry and rout them; he placed his own glory above the lives of his men.{{book ref|sa1|67}}{{book ref|sa4|108}}
 
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Sheler later moves to the border to fight the Herdazians, and he learns their language over time.{{book ref|sa3|i|10}} Using the invasion of his homeland as an excuse, he robs and murders Herdazian civilians, and abuses their women.{{book ref|sa3|i|10}} He is taken captive by a [[Herdazian general]] and demands the "right of ransom", but the general tells him that he forfeited that right by committing war crimes.{{book ref|sa3|i|10}} Instead, Sheler is given three options for punishment: beheading by the women that he abused, being tortured with a hammer and hung from a cliff with no protection from the [[highstorm]], or wrestling "the hog".{{book ref|sa3|i|10}} He chooses to fight the hog, assuming it is a pig, and begins to formulate plans to seek vengeance on the Herdazians for humiliating him.{{book ref|sa3|i|10}} He is doused in a foul-smelling oil and left shackled on the beach as the Herdazians use a horn to summon the hog, which is actually a huge sea creature with enormous claws.{{book ref|sa3|i|10}} Sheler sees the creature break the surface of the ocean while the Herdazians place wagers on how long he will survive; his ultimate fate is unknown.{{book ref|sa3|i|10}}
 
== Quotes ==
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