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'''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. Known for his cruelty and brutality, Sadeas is a proficient political master; 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.

 

 

 

== Appearance and Personality ==

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Torol Sadeas is a bright eyed man. He has a bulbous head, curly hair, and ruddy face.{{book ref|sa1|12}} His Princedom's colors are green and white,{{book ref|sa1|65}} but his Shardplate is painted red. It is decorated, including tassels on his helm.{{book ref|sa1|17}}

 

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 his pattern both during [[Gavilar]]'s war to unify Alethkar and later with his bridgemen at the Shattered Plains.{{book ref|sa1|32}}{{book ref|sa3|3}}

 

He was instrumental in pushing the alliance to greater brutality. He was not ashamed of his cold heart and was known for showing off his cruelty, which included hanging the heads of the fallen Highprinces and their officers. He openly enjoyed the pillage of the fallen cities.{{book ref|sa3|3}}

 

 

=== The Rift ===

Back in the pavilion on the Plains, Elhokar remarked to Dalinar that Sadeas had 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 were more efficient than Dalinar's, and were why he was able to win so many gemhearts, Dalinar was of the opinion that Sadeas' method wasted lives. Sadeas, however, felt that Dalinar's reliance on wheels to maneuver his bridges was foolish.

 

 

Sadeas and Dalinar planned to manipulate Highprince [[Vamah]] into using more of Elhokar's [[Soulcaster]]s, proving the two of them could work together in the best interests of the king. Dalinar told Adolin that Sadeas had sworn to protect Elhokar at any cost.{{book ref|sa1|15}}

While several people, including [[Sebarial]], saw Sadeas' death as one less problem for the new alliance, Dalinar was very affected by the event and asked Adolin to investigate the assassination.{{book ref|sa3|9}} Adolin struggled with guilt over what he had done and confessed his actions first to Shallan{{book ref|sa3|108}} and later to Dalinar himself.{{book ref|sa3|122}}

 

 

== Trivia ==

* In a draft of ''Words of Radiance'', Adolin did not kill Sadeas. When [[Brandon Sanderson|Brandon]] decided to have Amaram survive Iyatil's assassination attempt, he decided that Sadeas had to die instead.{{wob ref|1876}}

* Sadeas would get along well with [[Rayse]].{{wob ref|13933}}

 

== Notes ==