Difference between revisions of "Torol Sadeas"

As Highprince of Information, he was able to manipulate the king and the other Highprinces. He was still able to outmaneuveroutmanoeuvre Dalinar, even after he was openly found guilty of treason. He possesses both [[Shardplate]] and Dalinar Kholin's [[Shardblade]], [[Oathbringer (Shardblade)|Oathbringer]].

Sadeas is and has 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,. thisThis was a pattern during the Unification of AlethcarAlethkar War and later, with his bridgmen at the Shattered Plains.

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 outmaneuveroutmanoeuvre Dalinar any way he can.[5]

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}}

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.

Tanalan, son of old Tanalan who was bested by DainarDalinar 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 tiredtried 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 offersoffered 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 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 maneuvermanoeuvre 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.

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 outmaneuveringoutmanoeuvring his opponent.{{book ref|sa1|22}}