Difference between revisions of "Meridas Amaram"

{{quote|You can't begin to understand the weights I carry, spearman. I can't worry about the lives of a few darkeyed spearmen when thousands of people may be saved by my decision.|Amaram after killing [[Kaladin]]'s men and taking his [[Shardblade|Shards]].{{book ref|b|sa1|c|51}}}}

Brightlord '''Meridas Amaram''' is a [[lighteyes]] in [[Alethkar]] on [[Roshar]].{{book ref|b|twok|c|44}}

He is a highmarshal in service of Highprince [[Torol Sadeas]],{{book ref|b|sa1|c|10}} and has to watch over northern Alethkar while his highprince fights in the [[Vengeance Pact]] on the [[Shattered Plains]]. Because of the continuous skirmishes at Alethkar's borders he is in permanent need of new soldiers. Eventually he comes through [[Hearthstone]] for recruitment. Hearthstone's citylord [[Roshone]] -- apparently Amaram's distant cousin -- commits [[Tien]] to be a recruit, which results in [[Kaladin]] volunteering for service in order to protect Tien; though Amaram promises [[Lirin]] to stint Tien's duty to be a messenger boy.{{book ref|b|twok|c|44}} Amaram doesn't keep his promise, and Tien dies in his very first battle,{{book ref|b|twok|c|67}} leaving Kaladin in a bitter grief.

Years later, shortly before the four years tour of Kaladin's duty ended, an unidentified [[Veden]] Shardbearer (later revealed to be [[Helaran Davar]]) attacks Amaram during one of these border skirmishes. Kaladin fights and kills this Shardbearer, but refuses to claim his Shards and gives the the Shardplate and Shardblade to his men.{{book ref|b|twok|c|48}} Amaram, however, kills the survivors of Kaladin's squad before his eyes and take the Shardplate and Shardblade for himself. He tells Kaladin that, as a mercy, he will not kill him but brand him as slave and sell him, claiming Kaladin was a deserter.{{book ref|b|twok|c|51}}

When Kaladin is a bridgeman in Sadeas's warcamp rumors say that "Amaram the Shardbearer" is on his way to the Shattered Plains.{{book ref|b|twok|c|55}}

{{quote|'Were you with him when he won his Shards?' 'No,' Kaladin said softly. 'Nobody was.'|Kaladin's answer to Skar's question{{book ref|b|sa1|c|55}}}}