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|groups={{tag|Dalinar's elites}} <small>(former)</small>{{citebook ref|sa3|3}}, {{tag+|army|Kholin}}

'''Teleb''' wasis a lighteyed officer and [[Shardbearer]] in [[Dalinar]]'s warcamp on [[Roshar]].{{book ref|sa1|26}}

HeTeleb wasis straight-backed and hadhas light-green eyes. He hadhas long hair and a blue tattoo on his cheek, marking him as an [[Oldblood]]. He wasis married to [[Kalami]].{{book ref|sa1|26}} and He wasis described as being as literal as rocks.{{book ref|sa1|28}}

Teleb wasis a highly skilled archer, able to consistently hit targets from 400 yards. His archery was enough to impress Dalinar Kholin to the extent that Teleb was granted a place among Dalinar's elites, despite being on the side of the enemy.{{book ref|sa3|3}}

Teleb also ownedowns both Blade and Plate when hewhile servedserving Dalinar at the Shattered Plains, and wasis presumably competent when it camecomes to utilizing them. In addition, he also heldholds a position of command in the Kholin army, and wasis thus most likely a competent leader as well.

Dalinar recruited Teleb as one of his elites when he attacked TelebsTeleb's home. Teleb was assigned by his brightlord [[Yezriar]] to assassinate Dalinar and shot him with an arrow from 400 yards away. Dalinar was impressed by this feat and promptly gave Teleb the choice of joining his army, which he agreed to in exchange for sparing his town beingfrom sparedpillaging.{{book ref|sa3|3}} Teleb and Dalinar grew close, so much so that he was given use of pillaging[[Adolin]]'s Plate, the Shards that Evi had brought with her, until Adolin was old enough to use it himself.{{book ref|sa3|352}} He proved his worth by shooting the soldiers in Rathalas that tried to drop Dalinar in the rift[[Rift]].{{book ref|sa3|11}} The next time the army was attacking the Rift, Dalinar went to investigate [[Tanalan]]'s report of one of the highprinces just leaving Rathalas in a caravan and left Teleb in charge of the army.{{book ref|sa3|71}} Teleb tried to talk Dalinar out of burning the city, but not very strongly, and he was disregarded.{{book ref|sa3|76}}

HeIn the [[Warcamp|warcamps]] during the time of the [[Vengeance Pact]], he was Dalinar's highofficer on duty when a chasmfiend was detected crawling up on a plateau only two hours away. When Dalinar decided to march, Telebhe washad sentTeleb send for [[Adolin]].{{book ref|sa1|26}}

Teleb also suggested to Dalinar to think about using man-carried bridges to reach a contested plateau faster, but not using them for the assault itself. Though Dalinar hesitated about this idea, he told Teleb he may train one bridge crew for this purpose.{{book ref|sa1|26}} Because the [[chull]]-drawn bridges would be needed for the assault furthermore, Teleb tried to design a new kind of bridge. but hisHis first attempt failed andbecause the bridge didn't stand the weight of the chulls.{{book ref|sa1|28}}