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== History ==
Sadeas is first introduced when he is participating in a hunt out on the Plains with Dalinar, Dalinar's two sons, [[Renarin]] and [[Adolin]], and the King of Alethkar, [[Elhokar]]. Sadeas
When they arrive at the plateau where preparations for the hunt are under way, a [[chasmfiend]] appears on the plateau with all the courtiers and scribes, instead of the smaller plateau the hunt was supposed to take place on.
Back in the pavilion on the Plains, Elhokar and Sadeas are conversing when Dalinar approaches. Elhokar remarks to Dalinar that Sadeas has won three gemhearts in the last few weeks, followed up by chiding Dalinar for not having won any himself in that time. Both Elhokar and Sadeas make use of the topic to highlight many of Sadeas' achievements, which Dalinar calls into question, especially the act of sending unprotected bridgemen against the Parshendi. While Elhokar notes that Sadeas' bridge crews are more efficient than Dalinar's, and is why he is able to win so many gemhearts, Dalinar is of the opinion that Sadeas' method wastes lives, to which Sadeas retorts that Dalinar's reliance on wheels to maneuver his bridges is foolish.
Sadeas shows he has the mindset of most Alethi when he can't reconcile how Dalinar could have more important things to attend than the war and vengeance for Gavilar. While Dalinar takes a moralistic stance, a very un-Alethi way of thinking, Sadeas is only concerned with efficiency and results. From this point on the argument deteriorates until Sadeas insults Dalinar's sons, which is
It is revealed Sadeas and Dalinar planned to manipulate Highprince Vamah into using more of Elhokar's Soulcasters, proving the two of them can work together in the best interests of the king. During the night of Gavilar's assassination, Sadeas acted as a decoy in an attempt to lead [[Szeth-son-son-Vallano]] away so Gavilar could escape. Dalinar tells Adolin that Sadeas has sworn to protect Elhokar at any cost.{{book ref|twok|15}}
=== As Highprince of Information ===
Sadeas has been investigating the cut girth strap. Dalinar is insistent that Sadeas reveal the results of the investigation,
Even Dalinar himself is tense at Sadeas' proclamation, given for all in attendance at the king's feast to hear. Sadeas had the strap sent to three different leather-workers who all concluded the strap had been cut – the leather was relatively new, as shown by its lack of flaking and cracking, and the tear too even.
To answer when it was cut, Sadeas interviewed many on the hunt and they all reported the same oddity: Dalinar and Elhokar storming off for the rock formation, leaving the two alone.
Next, Sadeas brings out one of the grooms in the king's employ, asking him to repeat what he told Sadeas in private. The groom confirmed the saddle had been checked over in Dalinar's camp, but also noted that the horse was wearing a different saddle on the way to Dalinar's camp from the king's.
=== Betrayal ===
Right after being vindicated, Dalinar proposed that Sadeas and he work together in capturing the Tower, a distant plateau
As both men approached the Tower they could see the Parshendi had not yet extracted the gemheart from the chrysalis. Sadeas wanted to attack the Tower together, a “single grand wave of attack, across forty bridges!”{{book ref|twok|65}} Dalinar refuses, saying he will attack only after Sadeas has made a landing point for Dalinar's bridge crews, citing the Codes again.
The plan
Upon Sadeas' returning to camp he is met by [[Navani Kholin]] and says he
Sadeas attempts to reconcile with Dalinar, offering an apology that Dalinar accepts publicly. However, the two
Before leaving, Dalinar asked Sadeas to give him the members of [[Bridge Four]]
=== After the Battle of the Tower ===
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