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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 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
He is murdered by [[Adolin Kholin]] a few days after their arrival in [[Urithiru]].{{book ref|sa2|89}}
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 is assassinated, Sadeas and Dalinar were very close friends. They maintain their respect for the other's abilities and appear cordial in person, but Sadeas secretly wants to
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.
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 went for its legs and Elhokar distracted 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
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 [[Soulcaster]]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 the [[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
=== Highprince of Information ===
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