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'''Torol Sadeas''' is an [[Alethi]] [[Highprince]] on [[Roshar]]. HeThrough commandsa onenumber of thesuccessful twobattles mostfought significant armies on thealongside [[Shattered PlainsGavilar]], the other being the army ofand [[Dalinar Kholin]]. He is the Highprince of Information and possesses both [[Shardplate]] and Dalinar Kholin's [[Shardblade]], [[Oathbringerhe (Shardblade)|Oathbringer]].became Heone isof marriedthe tomost [[Ialaipowerful Sadeas|Ialai]],men ain curvaceousthe woman who dyes her hair.{{book ref|sa1|54}} He is murdered by [[Adolin Kholin]] a few days after their arrival in [[Urithiru]]Kingdom.{{book ref|sa2|89}}

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 Shardplate is painted red. It is decorated, including tassels on his helm.{{book ref|sa1|17}}[3]

Before Gavilar is assassinated, Sadeas and Dalinar were goodvery close 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|sa1|15}}[5]

Sadeas sketches.jpg | Sadeas and Ialai, Sadeas in Shardplate with OathbringerSkecthes by [[User: Sheep]]

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 highprincesHighprinces 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}}

=== The Rift Destruction Battle ===

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 dashed for the chasmfiend, hoping to kill it before it hurts any bystanders. From a distance, Sadeas used his [[grandbow]] to weaken it while Dalinar and Adolin gowent for its legs and Elhokar distractsdistracted it. At some point in the battle, Elhokar's saddle strap broke, throwing him to the ground. To save him from being crushed, Dalinar, with Shardplate-enhanced strength, caught the claw that would have otherwise crushed Elhokar. Adolin continued to cut off its legs and the chasmfiend was eventually unable to support its own weight. Elhokar summoned his Shardblade again and used it to kill the chasmfiend, then harvest its [[gemheart]].

Back in the pavilion on the Plains, Elhokar and Sadeas conversed when Dalinar approached. Elhokar remarked to Dalinar that Sadeas 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 made 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 noted that Sadeas' bridge crews are more efficient than Dalinar's, and is why he is able to win so many gemhearts, Dalinar was of the opinion that Sadeas' method wastes lives, to which Sadeas retorted that Dalinar's reliance on wheels to maneuver his bridges is foolish.

Sadeas showed he has the mindset of most Alethi when he couldn'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 deteriorated until Sadeas insulted 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.

It is revealed Sadeas and Dalinar planned to manipulate Highprince [[Vamah]] into using more of Elhokar's [[SoulcastersSoulcaster]]s, 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 told Adolin that Sadeas has sworn to protect Elhokar at any cost.{{book ref|sa1|15}}

Dalinar investigated the cut girth strap on the king's saddle, but at one particular king's feast, Elhokar announced that in light of the recent attempt on his life with the saddle, he is appointing Sadeas tothe [[Highprince of Information]] to investigate. This was to spite Dalinar, who Elhokar believed was not taking the investigation seriously. Sadeas learned of Dalinar's request to be [[Highprince of War]] and this was Sadeas' way of outmaneuvering his opponent.{{book ref|sa1|22}}

=== As Highprince of Information ===

After a failed plateau assault on the Shattered Plains, Adolin is spoke to [[Jakamav]] about his attempts at winning Shardblades and Shardplate 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}}

Sadeas was later at the same winehouse that Adolin and [[Shallan]] visit together. Whilst waiting out the [[highstorm]] in the safety of the [[lighteyes]]' bunker, Sadeas approached Adolin and began goading him about the Battle of the Tower and how he intends to do away with both Elhokar and Adolin. Sadeas was 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}}

On the last day before the [[Weeping]], Sadeas and his wife were taking a ride, supposedly for pleasure but in fact to assuage the extent of Sebarial's warcamp's industry. He spoke with his wife about Dalinar and Elhokar. Ialai believed 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 was 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}}

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 confimedconfirmed that this second kill was caused by the unmade [[Re-Shephir]], the Midnight Mother, as a copy of Sadeas' muder.{{book ref|sa3|29}}

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.

* 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|date=2016-9-6|4953|Dark Talent release party}}