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'''Torol Sadeas''' is an [[Alethi]] Highprince on [[Roshar]]. He commands one of the most significant armies on the Shattered Plains, alongside [[Dalinar Kholin]]. He is the current Highprince of Information and owns a [[Shardplate]] and Dalinar Kholin's old [[Shardblade]], Oathbringer.
==Personality==
==Background==
Sadeas is first introduced
When they arrive at the plateau where preparations for the hunt are under way, a chasmfiend appears on the plateau with all the courtiers and scribes, instead of the smaller plateau the hunt was supposed to take place on.
Dalinar has been investigating the king's cut girth strap 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 learnt of Dalinar's request to be Highprince of War and this is Sadeas' way of outmanoeuvring his opponent.{{ref|b|twok|c|22}}
==As Highprince of Information==
Sadeas has been investigating the cut girth strap which culminates in the vague conclusion at the next king's feast. 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 and against him. This conviction is punctuated by Sadeas saying to Dalinar, “You asked for this, old friend.”{{ref|b|twok|c|54}}
Even Dalinar himself is tense at Sadeas' proclamation, given for all in attendance at the 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. 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.
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.
==Betrayal==
Right after being vindicated, Dalinar proposed that Sadeas and he work together in capturing the Tower, a plateau out on the Plains notoriously unconquered due to it being so close to the Parshendi side. Dalinar suggests combining forces to which Sadeas agrees only after they can agree on the split of rewards. Especially a Blade.
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!”{{ref|b|twok|c|65}} Dalinar refuses, saying he will attack only after Sadeas has made a landing point for Dalinar's bridge crews, citing the Codes again.
The plan went accordingly 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 Dalinar with him. He had abandoned Dalinar Kholin.
Upon Sadeas' returning to camp he is met by [[Navani]] and he has to be the harbinger of grave news. He offers his condolences and makes excuses to make it appear as if he tried all he could to save Dalinar but was ultimately overwhelmed by the Parshendi himself and forced back. Sadeas offers vengeance, claiming Dalinar was both a friend and an ally, shortly before Dalinar himself shows up, alive.
Sadeas attempts to reconcile with Dalinar, offering an apology that Dalinar accepts publically. However, the two step up close so no-one can overhear them and when Dalinar asks why, Sadeas claims he was upholding his oath: “Protect Elhokar. Protect this kingdom.” Gavilar obeyed the Codes and died from that “weakness.” Sadeas is of the mind that Elhokar is being influenced in a similar way by Dalinar's insistence of the Codes, beginning to worry when the king talks of retreating from the Plains, as Dalinar had wanted. Their friendship had been over a long time as Sadeas just wanted him gone.
Before leaving, Sadeas is asked to give the members of [[Bridge Four]] to Dalinar. Sadeas refuses the initial offers, he will not give up his bridgemen for a thousand broams each he says, until Dalinar offers up his Blade in exchange for every member of Bridge Four, in a promise he made to Kaladin.{{ref|b|twok|c|69}} Sadeas appears shocked but agrees, gaining the Blade he always desired.
== Notes ==
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