Editing Lamaril

|profession={{cat tag|soldiers|Bridge Captain}}

|died=c. {{Rosharan date|1173|8|5}}{{book ref|sa1|34}}

|residence=Alethi warcamps

|introduced=[[The Way of Kings]]

Brightlord '''Lamaril''' was a captain in the [[:Category: Sadeas army|Sadeas army]] on the [[Shattered Plains]] on [[Roshar]]. He oversaw [[Torol Sadeas]]'s [[bridge crew]]s.{{book ref|sa1|17}}

==Appearance and Personality==

Lamaril is a tall, slim [[lighteyes]]. Although he is not a large man, his angular body implies that he is not weak. He wears a beard with a square cut. His clothing includes a forest-green cloak, one of the colors of House Sadeas.{{book ref|sa1|30}}

He is a cruel person who casually threatens his inferiors and causes them to fear him.{{book ref|sa1|30}} He has no regard for the lives of darkeyed soldiers.{{book ref|sa1|30}}{{book ref|sa1|32}} His primary concerns during his tenure as a captain appear to be enriching himself and staying in Sadeas's good graces.{{book ref|sa1|30}}{{book ref|sa1|32}} [[Sylphrena]] does not like him.{{book ref|sa1|32}}

==Attributes and Abilities==

Lamaril is a landless lighteyes of a very low [[dahn]]; he is referred to as a "near-darkeyes" by Brightlady [[Hashal]].{{book ref|sa1|30}}{{book ref|sa1|43}}

He acted as [[Gaz]]'s immediate superior{{book ref|sa1|17}} and blackmailed Gaz for an unknown reason.{{book ref|sa1|30}} Gaz paid Lamaril as much as he could but was not able to satisfy his debt.{{book ref|sa1|30}}

==History==

After [[Kaladin]]'s arrival at the [[Shattered Plains]] in {{Rosharan date|1173}}, he quickly noticed that Lamaril did not pay much attention to the bridge crews. This allowed [[Bridge Four]] to rescue their wounded after a battle instead of taking the mandatory approach of leaving them for dead.{{book ref|sa1|17}} However, Lamaril found out about Kaladin's actions and asked Sadeas to execute him. Sadeas instead decided to let the wounded men stay, but withhold their pay and food to demonstrate why they were not a good use of the army's resources.{{book ref|sa1|21}}

Lamaril soon recognized that Kaladin's ambition was dangerous to his army's status quo, and told Gaz that he needed to eliminate Kaladin. Gaz was hesitant, as Kaladin had been giving him small bribes that he used towards his debt to Lamaril, but suggested assassinating him. Lamaril told him that he could not make a martyr of Kaladin and that he needed to die in battle instead.{{book ref|sa1|32}}

Prior to the army's next plateau assault, Lamaril and Gaz were seen speaking on the battlefield. Gaz gave the other bridge crews new members despite Bridge Four's dwindling numbers, leaving them barely enough men to carry their bridge. Bridge Four was then placed at the head of a Sadeas army assault on the [[Tower (Roshar)|Tower]], a large plateau that was particularly well-defended by the [[Parshendi]].{{book ref|sa1|32}} Kaladin successfully led Bridge Four in a new "side carry" technique to block the Parshendi arrows, but their actions unwittingly caused the assault to fail. The Parshendi simply targeted the other bridge crews instead, who disastrously attempted to copy the new technique without any practice.{{book ref|sa1|32}} Lamaril was angry, but Kaladin convinced him that if he were executed, it would look like Lamaril was trying to hide his endorsement of the failed side carry technique, since the soldiers saw him speaking to Gaz immediately before the battle. Lamaril instead had Kaladin severely beaten, and he and Gaz stole the [[sphere]]s from his pouch.{{book ref|sa1|32}}{{book ref|sa1|34}}

Sadeas did not accept Lamaril's attempts to blame the debacle on Kaladin and Gaz, and held Lamaril accountable since he was the ranking lighteyes involved. Sadeas personally executed him in the first hour after returning to the warcamp.{{book ref|sa1|34}} He was replaced by Brightlord [[Matal]]; Matal's wife, Brightlady [[Hashal]], had a very low opinion of Lamaril and his performance running the bridge crews.{{book ref|sa1|43}}

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