Editing Sadees

|descendants=[[Alethi]] [[highprince]]s

|titles=King of Alethkar, The Sunmaker

|abilities={{tag+|Shardbearer}}

|nation=Alethkar

|world=Roshar

|universe=[[Cosmere]]

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{{quote

| All wars are games. The greatest kind, with the pieces lost real lives, the prizes captured making for real wealth! This is the life for which men exist. To fight, to kill, to win.

| The Sunmaker{{book ref|sa1|24}}

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'''Sadees''', also known as the '''Sunmaker''', is an ancient king of [[Alethkar]] on [[Roshar]] who reigned about five hundred years before the [[True Desolation]],{{wob ref|9655}} and was the first to unify the kingdom after the fall of [[Alethela]].{{book ref|sa1|24}}

Little of the Sunmaker's personality is known. He is an ambitious man, constantly going above and beyond on tasks others thought impossible.{{book ref|sa3|19}} He is a lover of battle and considers it to be a great game.{{book ref|sa1|24}} There is a streak of cruelty to his conquests, with Sadees killing thousands to achieve his dream of a unified Roshar.{{book ref|sa3|42}} He is insane and has a tendency to kill even ordinary citizens in his conquest, such as in the genocide he instituted against the Azish people.{{book ref|sa3|42}}{{book ref|sa3|65}}

He has little tolerance for other cultures, claiming that the Azish were uncivilized since they did not use [[lighteyes|eye color]] as a basis for their social hierarchy.{{book ref|sa3|65}}

Nothing is known of the Sunmaker's physical appearance, beyond the fact that he refused to wear a crown.{{book ref|sa3|49}} The man wielded a hooked [[Shardblade]] known as [[Oathbringer (Shardblade) | Oathbringer]].{{book ref|sa3|11}}

With the Hierocracy defeated, the Sunmaker turned his attention to a conquest of all of Roshar.{{book ref|sa3|2}} He began with a conquest of [[Herdaz]], which he successfully completed.{{book ref|sa3|19}} However, this was not enough for him, and he turned his attention west. It is uncertain whether he conquered [[Jah Keved]], or if that kingdom even existed at that point. What is known is that he conquered his way to [[Azir]] in western Roshar,{{book ref|sa3|42}} then under the rule of Prime Aqasix [[Snoxil]].{{book ref|sa3|65}} Upon reaching Azir, the Sunmaker claimed that as the Azish did not properly respect eye color they needed to be conquered and civilized.{{book ref|sa3|65}} He sacked the capital of [[Azimir]] and took the kingdom easily, more easily than he had assumed.{{book ref|sa3|42}} Unable to leave a city behind with a force of fighting men, Sadees instituted a policy of genocide against the Azish. He issued arbitrary decrees, such as ordering all men with hair beyond a certain length be executed. Other times he ordered each of his soldiers to kill a specific number of captives each day. It is said that the highstorms blew up piles of skulls in [[Zawfix]]. During his time in Azir, Sadees had one in ten people in Azir killed. As his conquest continued, Sadees suddenly fell ill with an unknown disease and died.

Upon the Sunmaker's death, his empire did not last long. He had never bothered to choose an heir, and his ten sons could not decide among themselves who they wished to support.{{book ref|sa3|19}} His sons quickly turned to infighting and the empire collapsed in less than a generation.{{book ref|sa3|42}} These ten sons founded the princedoms in Alethkar, crowning themselves the highprinces of a disunified kingdom. As the kingdom turned insular, their influence beyond their own borders decreased greatly.{{book ref|sa3|16}} However, the Sunmaker's conquests had a lasting impact on Alethkar. His campaign forged the modern trade routes between Alethkar and Azir, Herdaz, and Jah Keved.{{book ref|sa3|100}} His contact with other kingdoms brought science and culture back to Alethkar. This influx of contact with the outside world triggered an Alethi cultural revolution. His defeat of the Hierocracy and the division of the Vorin Church into devotaries prevented the ardents from gaining the same amount of power or wealth they once enjoyed.{{book ref|sa1|18}}

In modern Alethkar, Sadees is revered as a cultural hero. To be compared to the Sunmaker is considered to be a great compliment. The [[Sunmaker Mountains]] in central Alethkar were named after him.{{map ref|Alethkar}}{{book ref|sa3|16}} King [[Gavilar Kholin]] revered the Sunmaker.{{book ref|sa1|24}} He was Gavilar's inspiration when Gavilar united the highprinces himself.{{book ref|sa3|19}} In fact one of the titles of the refounded king of Alethkar is heir of the Sunmaker.{{book ref|sa3|105}} When [[Dalinar Kholin]] was determined to forge a coalition against the [[Voidbringers]], he tried to avoid using conquest as a tool, as he considered the Sunmaker to be a tyrant and wished to do better.{{book ref|sa3|100}} Memories of the Sunmaker made the other nations of Roshar hesitant to trust Dalinar and the Alethi.{{book ref|sa3|42}}

== Trivia ==

* Sadees is the Rosharan equivalent of a persona such as [[wikipedia: Alexander the Great|Alexander the Great]] or [[wikipedia: Genghis Khan|Genghis Khan]].{{wob ref|14002}}

{{holder|title=King of [[Alethkar]]

|prev=''disorder''<br /><small>(After the fall of the Heraldic Epoch Silver Kingdom [[Alethela]])</small>

|this=c. {{Rosharan date|660}} to c. {{Rosharan date|?|missing-date=?}}

|next=[[Gavilar Kholin]]

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