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|image=Sadeas
|ancestors=[[Sadees]]{{book ref|sa3|19}}
▲|family=House Sadeas|spouse=[[Ialai Sadeas|Ialai]]
|world=Roshar|nation=Alethkar▼
|abilities={{tag+|Shardbearer}}
|titles={{tag+|Highprince|Alethkar}}
|groups={{tag+|army|Sadeas}}
▲|born={{date/sa|year=1123}}{{book ref|sa2|5}}
▲|died={{date/sa|year=1174|month=1|week=1|day=3}}{{book ref|sa2|89}}
|world=Roshar
|universe=[[Cosmere]]
|books=[[The Stormlight Archive]]
}}
'''Torol Sadeas''' is an [[Alethi]] [[Highprince]] on [[Roshar]]. Through a number of successful battles fought alongside [[Gavilar]] and [[Dalinar]] Kholin, he became one of the most powerful men in the Kingdom.
As Highprince of Information, he was able to manipulate the king and the other Highprinces. He was still able to outmaneuver Dalinar, even after he was openly found guilty of treason. He possesses both [[Shardplate]] and Dalinar Kholin's [[Shardblade]], [[Oathbringer (Shardblade)|Oathbringer]].
He is murdered by [[Adolin Kholin]] a few days after their arrival in [[Urithiru]].{{book ref|sa2|89}}
== Appearance and Personality ==
Torol Sadeas is a bright eyed man. He has a bulbous head, curly hair, and ruddy face. His Princedom's colors are green and white, but his
Sadeas is and always has been a brutal, cruel man. He has no compassion and enjoys showing off and pillaging. He will sacrifice people easily to meet his goals. This was a pattern during the Unification of Alethkar War and later, with his bridgmen at the Shattered Plains.
He is proficient at politics and strategy. His marriage to his wife is strong because she is also very good at conspiracy, intrigue and plotting. They both run their kingdom with those same values, and his warcamps will reflect this.
Before Gavilar was assassinated, Sadeas and Dalinar were actually good friends. They maintain their respect for the other's abilities and appear cordial in person, but Sadeas secretly wants to outmaneuver Dalinar any way he can.{{book ref|twok|15}}▼
▲Before Gavilar
Sadeas does not believe in the Codes and is sure that compassion and diplomacy are signs of weakness. He believes Gavilar Kholin's death was evidence that the Codes lead to ruin. This was one of the main reasons for him to betray Dalinar.
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== History ==
=== Unification of Alethkar ===
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 shows a consistent trait of his by taunting Dalinar over his lack of recent success in capturing [[gemheart]]s.{{book ref|twok|12}}▼
Torol Sadeas was the closest friend to Gavilar and Dalinar Kholin during the Unification of Alethkar. He and Gavilar would plot together the strategy and direction of the war. House Sadeas was one of the three kingdoms to fight along with the Kholins.{{book ref|sa3|11}}
He was key on pushing the allegiance to greater brutality. He was not ashamed of his cold heart as he was known for showing off his cruelty, which included hanging the heads of the fallen Highprinces and their high officers. He would openly enjoy the pillage of the fallen cities.{{book ref|sa3|3}}
Sadeas was very proficient at politics since his early years. He would talk to persuade new allies, if he was not convinced on getting their full loyalty, he would find "Alethi" ways to get rid of them. His wife, Ialai Sadeas, would be the one elaborating the schemes for getting rid of the problematic allies.{{book ref|sa3|19}}
Dalinar, Adolin, and Elhokar immediately dash for the chasmfiend, hoping to kill it before it hurts any bystanders. From a distance, Sadeas uses his grandbow to weaken it while Dalinar and Adolin go for its legs and Elhokar distracts it. At some point in the battle, Elhokar's saddle strap breaks, throwing him to the ground. To save him from being crushed, Dalinar, with Shardplate-enhanced strength, catches the claw that would have otherwise crushed Elhokar. Adolin continues to cut off its legs and the chasmfiend is eventually unable to support its own weight. Elhokar summons his Shardblade again and uses it to kill the chasmfiend, then harvest its gemheart.▼
=== The Rift ===
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.▼
During times of a unified Alethkar, Sadeas enjoyed doing politics and the power he had under Gavilar. He helped plot tactics to keep power and stability, maintaining war and fear as his most important weapons, while Gavilar moved to a more political/influential type of leadership. This difference was key to the decisions leading to the destruction of The Rift.
Tanalan, son of old Tanalan who was bested by Dalinar ten years ago, led the Rift. It was on that same battle that Dalinar has spared young Tanalan as mercy for being a small boy. He however was now a young leader rebelling against the Kholins. Gavilar had tried diplomacy and indirect fear (sending Dalinar to [[Herdaz]]), but failed. Eventually, he had to agree on sending forces and take the city by force.
Dalinar lead the army to take The Rift, however, after a convincing argument by Evi, he tried to get Tanalan to agree on surrender without murdering anyone. Tanalan offered a pact where he would give the names of the traitors who had helped them to rise, in exchange for no violence. He accused Sadeas as the traitor. Dalinar followed the caravan leaving the Rift and fell into a trap, realizing that the Rifters, and not Sadeas, had betrayed him, he goes back to camp and decides to attack.
When Dalinar gets back to camp, he finds that his army thought he was dead. He and Sadeas decide to delay the news on his survival to Gavilar and decide to not only attack but destroy the Rift. They do, and in doing so, Evi is accidentally murdered. {{book ref|sa3|76}}.
Sadeas spun the news of the Rift’s destruction to the king’s advantage. He’d called it regrettable that the Rifters had forced Kholin action by killing Dalinar’s wife and it was unfortunate the city caught fire during the fighting.{{book ref|sa3|88}}
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 diffused only by their mutual understanding for the safety of the king, not allowing their rivalry to descend into open conflict.▼
Sadeas would continue to be the close and advocate for Gavilar and his kingdom. He would be the first Highlord to offer allegiance to Elhokar when he calls for war on the Parshendi to avenge his father. {{book ref|sa3|105}}
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}} ▼
=== The War of Reckoning ===
Dalinar has been investigating the cut girth strap on the king's saddle but at one particular king's feast, Elhokar announces that in light of the recent attempt on his life with the saddle, he is appointing Sadeas to Highprince of Information to investigate. This is to spite Dalinar who Elhokar believes is not taking the investigation seriously. Sadeas learned of Dalinar's request to be Highprince of War and this is Sadeas' way of outmaneuvering his opponent.{{book ref|twok|22}}▼
▲Sadeas
▲When they arrived at the plateau where preparations for the hunt were under way, a [[chasmfiend]] appeared on the plateau with all the courtiers and scribes, instead of the smaller plateau the hunt was supposed to take place on. Dalinar, Adolin, and Elhokar immediately
=== As Highprince of Information ===▼
Sadeas has been investigating the cut girth strap. Dalinar is insistent that Sadeas reveal the results of the investigation, to which Adolin is convinced Sadeas will use the opportunity to incriminate Dalinar and turn the other Brightlords against him. This conviction is punctuated by Sadeas saying to Dalinar, “You asked for this, old friend.”{{book ref|twok|54}}▼
▲Back in the pavilion on the Plains, Elhokar and Sadeas
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.▼
▲Sadeas
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. Though this presented a problem, a problem that Sadeas discovered in the king's Plate: Eight of the ten sapphires used to infuse the king's plate had been damaged, noting how highly improbable this would seem at Adolin's protests (who still thinks Sadeas suspects Dalinar), because a simple fall off horseback wearing full Plate would be ineffective and only two or three sapphires usually need replacing after a battle. Someone had to have sabotaged the Plate.▼
▲It is revealed Sadeas and Dalinar planned to manipulate Highprince [[Vamah]] into using more of Elhokar's
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. In his personal opinion, Sadeas proclaims that the strap had been cut in Dalinar's camp to cast suspicion on Dalinar, and that Dalinar had no hand in the plot. This shocked both Adolin and Dalinar, both on their toes waiting for Sadeas to convict Dalinar. Despite their rivalry, Sadeas does not want to claim a victory so easily. While he may be cruel, he still makes logical decisions.▼
▲Dalinar
▲Sadeas
▲Even Dalinar himself
▲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
=== 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|
The plan
Upon Sadeas'
Sadeas
Before leaving, Dalinar asked Sadeas to give him the members of [[Bridge Four]]
=== After the Battle of the Tower ===
After the [[Battle of the Tower]], Sadeas
After a failed plateau assault on the
Sadeas
Sadeas
Sadeas
After Adolin's duel with the
On the last day before the [[Weeping]], Sadeas and his wife
▲After a failed plateau assault on the [[Shattered Plains]], [[Adolin]] is talking to [[Jakamav]] about his attempts at winning Shardblades and [[Shardplate]]s through duels and his frustration at how no-one will rise to his challenge. Jakamav tells him that Sadeas has been making offers and promises to shardbearers in return for them turning down his challenges in order to stop his father's plans, and suggests [[Eranniv]] as one who might be more interested in fame than Sadeas' offers.{{book ref|sa2|26}}
=== Death and Aftermath ===
▲Sadeas begins to undermine both Dalinar and [[Elhokar]] by using his swift bridge crews to go on plateau runs when it is not his turn in the rotation, arriving before the scheduled parties and then triumphantly throwing the harvested gemheart at their feet, before leaving.{{book ref|sa2|29}} This later develops to him simply pretending the gemheart had been lost, but secretly keeping it in order to further push the thrones authority.{{book ref|sa2|49}}
Surprisingly, Dalinar's call to the [[Shattered Plains#Warcamps|Alethi Warcamps]] was answered by Sadeas as quickly as it is by [[Shattered Plains|Aladar warcamp]] and [[Shattered Plains|Roion warcamp]].{{book ref|sa2|88}} Sadeas personally made his way to Urithiru with his wife.
▲Sadeas is present at the duel between Adolin and Eranniv with his wife. He spends the duration speaking with his wife about their plots and about Dalinar's attempts to unite the [[Highprince]]s.{{book ref|sa2|29}}
Men of Bridge Four found the body, and Sadeas' guards immediately accused them of the murder. Though the blood was dry, confirming that the death had happened days ago, the division between both camps/kingdoms increased and many would continue to blame Dalinar for his death. {{book ref|sa3|2}}
▲Sadeas is later at the same winehouse that Adolin and [[Shallan]] visit together. Whilst waiting out the [[highstorm]] in the safety of the [[lighteyes]]' bunker Sadeas approaches Adolin and begins goading him about the Battle of the Tower and how he intends to do away with both Elhokar and Adolin. Sadeas is wearing uncut gems along his clothes, from a gemheart he had won earlier on the Shattered Plains but which he had claimed to have lost.{{book ref|sa2|50}}
Shortly after the murder, another corpse was found. The victim was [[Vedekar Perel]]; and the only connection between both murders was that they not only have the same cause of death but the wounds are identical as well. It was later confirmed that this second kill was caused by the unmade [[Re-Shephir]], the Midnight Mother, as a copy of Sadeas' muder.{{book ref|sa3|29}}
▲After Adolin's duel with the 4 Shardbearers is won, Sadeas is forced to accept his boon of a challenge. However due to [[Kaladin]] interrupting, Adolin only gets to seek a challenge and not to pin down the time. As such, Sadeas takes the liberty of accepting to duel the young man a year after the date. He puts on an air of control and mirth after this, but in secret is terrified to see that Adolin is becoming another Blackthorn, like his father.{{book ref|sa2|58}}
While several people, including [[Sebarial]], saw Sadeas' death as "a problem solved"; Dalinar was very affected by the event and asked Adolin to investigate and find the assassin. {{book ref|sa3|9}} Adolin on the other hand, struggled with the guilt and confessed his actions first to Shallan and later to Dalinar himself.
▲On the last day before the Weeping Sadeas and his wife are taking a ride, supposedly for pleasure but in fact to assuage the extent of Sebarial's warcamp's industry. He speaks with his wife about Dalinar and Elhokar. Ialai believes they should seize the opportunity to attempt a coup on the [[Pinnacle]], but Sadeas mentions it won't be necessary, and also points out the failure of their last assassin. After Highprince [[Aladar]] joins with Dalinar's forces, Sadeas is stunned, and thinks on the events for a long time, before ultimately deciding that it does not matter, as they will all die on the Shattered Plains and that they must set about deciding who will take their places as Highprinces.{{book ref|sa2|76}}
After Torol Sadeas' death, Ialai Sadeas named Highmarshal [[Meridas Amaram]] regent and heir to the house title, making him Highprince Sadeas. {{book ref|sa2|27}} By doing this, she confirmed a division with the Kholins. This division continued until the end of the [[Battle of Thaylen Field]], where [[Odium]] used Sadeas' troops to fight against the rest of the Alethi.
== Trivia ==
▲Surprisingly, [[Dalinar]]'s call to the [[Shattered Plains#Warcamps|Alethi Warcamps]] is answered by Sadeas as quickly as it is by [[Shattered Plains|Aladar warcamp]] and [[Shattered Plains|Roion warcamp]].{{book ref|sa2|88}} Sadeas personally makes his way to [[Urithiru]] with [[Ialai Sadeas|his wife]]. They are exploring the large tower when [[Adolin]] comes upon Sadeas alone. Sadeas mentions to [[Adolin]] how he has already started planning the next round of rumours against [[Dalinar|his father]], using [[Rlain|a parshman]] being in his [[Bridge Four|personal guard]] as an explanation for how he managed to have the [[Parshendi]] co-operate with him and form a ruse (the [[Battle of Narak]]). [[Adolin]]'s anger at his constant attempt at vaingloriously undermining [[Dalinar]] turns violent, and he proceeds to stab his side-knife through the [[Highprince]]'s eye. [[Adolin]] takes his [[Shardblade]] and throws it off the side of Urithiru, then proceeds to get rid of any other evidence that he had been there before proceeding to rejoin his scouting party.{{book ref|sa2|89}}
* His name's similarity to the word "sadist" was not a coincidence, but it was more of a subconscious choice by Brandon than one that he was aware of.{{wob ref|4953}}
== Notes ==
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