Difference between revisions of "Battle of the Tower"

The '''Battle of the Tower''' was an engagement between the [[Parshendi]] and the combined armies of the highprinces [[Dalinar]] and [[Torol Sadeas]] which occurred on the [[Tower]].{{book ref|b|twok|c|65}}{{book ref|b|twok|c|66}}{{book ref|b|twok|c|67}}{{book ref|b|twok|c|68}}

Dalinar convinced Sadeas to team up for a joint plateau assault. After spotting a chrysalis on the Tower Plateau Sadeas and Dalinar agreed that Sadeas' forces led into the battle and Dalinar followed with a few lent bridges from Sadeas, because Dalinar refused to use bridgemen on the initial assault, and with his own chull-drawn bridges he would have been too slow.{{book ref|b|twok|c|64}} Once there, Sadeas and Dalinar's armies attacked the Parshendi from different adjacent plateaus.{{book ref|b|twok|c|65}}

Sadeas then abandoned Dalinar, pulling his army out of the battle.{{book ref|b|twok|c|65}}{{book ref|b|twok|c|66}} Dalinar was beaten by [[Eshonai]], the Parshendi [[Shardbearer]].{{book ref|b|twok|c|68}} [[Kaladin]] and [[Bridge Four]] stayed behind Sadeas' army for their own reasons but then decided to help Dalinar and his surviving men retreat.{{book ref|b|twok|c|67}} Kaladin incapacitated the Parshendi Shardbearer, giving Dalinar the opportunity to retreat too.{{book ref|b|twok|c|68}}

After returning to the warcamps, Dalinar traded his [[Shardblade]] [[Oathbringer]] for all of Sadeas' [[bridge crew]]s. He gave Kaladin the lead, and assigned Bridge Four as a his personal guard. Then he convinced [[Elhokar]] to name him [[Highprince of War]].{{book ref|b|twok|c|69}}