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{{character
|image=Sadeas
|ancestors=[[Sadees]]{{book ref|sa3|19}}
▲|family=House Sadeas|spouse=[[Ialai Sadeas|Ialai]]
|born={{Rosharan date|1123}}{{book ref|sa2|5}}{{wob ref|10572}}▼
|world=Roshar|nation=Alethkar▼
|abilities={{tag+|Shardbearer}}▼
|titles={{tag+|Highprince|Alethkar}}<br>[[Highprince of Information]] (renounced)▼
▲|born={{Rosharan date|1123}}{{book ref|sa2|5}}
|died={{Rosharan date|1174|1|1|3}}{{book ref|sa2|89}}
▲|abilities={{tag+|Shardbearer}}
|groups={{tag+|army|Sadeas}}
|world=Roshar
|universe=[[Cosmere]]
|books=[[The Stormlight Archive]]
}}
'''Torol Sadeas''' is an [[Alethi]] [[Highprince]] on [[Roshar]].
Known for his cruelty and brutality, Sadeas is a proficient political master and along with his wife [[Ialai Sadeas|Ialai]], they take care of inconvenient people. He commands one of the two most significant armies on the [[Shattered Plains]], the other being the army of [[Dalinar Kholin]].
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 ===
Torol Sadeas was the closest friend to
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
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,
=== The
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.
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 taunts Dalinar over his lack of recent success in capturing [[gemheart]]s.{{book ref|twok|12}}▼
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 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}}
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 War of Reckoning ===
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
▲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
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 defused only by their mutual understanding for the safety of the king, not allowing their rivalry to descend into open conflict.▼
▲Back in the pavilion on the Plains, Elhokar and Sadeas
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}} ▼
▲Sadeas
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}}▼
▲It is revealed Sadeas and Dalinar planned to manipulate Highprince [[Vamah]] into using more of Elhokar's
=== As Highprince of Information ===▼
Sadeas has been investigating the cut girth strap. Dalinar is insistent that Sadeas reveal the results of the investigation, 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}}▼
▲Dalinar
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. 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. When Adolin (who still thinks Sadeas suspects Dalinar) protests, Sadeas notes how highly improbable this would be, since a simple fall from horseback wearing full Plate would not cause sufficient strain; only two or three sapphires usually need replacing after a battle. Someone must have sabotaged the Plate.▼
▲Sadeas
▲Even Dalinar himself
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. Sadeas proclaims that, in his personal opinion, 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 accuse Dalinar. Despite their rivalry, Sadeas does not want to claim a victory so easily.▼
▲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. 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. When Adolin (who still
▲Next, Sadeas
=== Betrayal ===
Right after being vindicated, Dalinar proposed that Sadeas and he work together in capturing the [[Tower]], a distant plateau near the Parshendi side of the Plains on which the Alethi have never won a gemheart. Dalinar
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 worked well for a time. Sadeas managed to get his forces across the bridges and onto the Tower, carving out a landing platform for Dalinar to follow. Both forces were separated by the Parshendi, Sadeas to the west, Dalinar on the eastern edge, fighting inward. When another Parshendi force appeared behind Dalinar, Sadeas retreated to the northern plateau, pulling the eight bridge crews he'd leant to the Kholinar army with him and abandoning Dalinar Kholin.
Upon Sadeas'
Sadeas
Before leaving, Dalinar asked Sadeas to give him the members of [[Bridge Four]] to fulfill a promise he made to [[Kaladin]]. Sadeas refused the initial offers, claiming he would not give up his bridgemen for a thousand broams each. Dalinar summoned his Shardblade and drove it point-first in the earth before Sadeas and offered his Blade in exchange for every bridgemen in Sadeas' camp.{{book ref|
=== After the Battle of the Tower ===
After the [[Battle of the Tower]], Sadeas
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}}▼
▲After a failed plateau assault on the
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}}▼
▲Sadeas
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}}▼
▲Sadeas
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}}▼
▲Sadeas
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}}▼
▲After Adolin's duel with the
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}}▼
▲On the last day before the [[Weeping]], Sadeas and his wife
=== Sadeas Death and Aftermath ===▼
Surprisingly,
They
Men of
Shortly after the murder, another corpse
While several people, including [[Sebarial]], saw Sadeas' death as
After Torol Sadeas' death,
▲After Torol Sadeas death, [[Ialai Sadeas]] names Highmarshal [[Meridas Amaram]] regent and heir to the house title, making him Highprince Sadeas. By doing this, she confirms a division with the Kholins. This division will continue until the end of the last battle where Odium would use Sadeas troops to fight against the rest of the Alethi.
== Trivia ==
* 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
== Notes ==
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