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{{character
|abilities=[[Surgebinding]]{{tag+|truthwatcher}}
|bonded=[[Dreaming-though-Awake]]
|group=[[Tashi's Light Orphanage]]
|aliases=The Stump
|groups={{tag|Knights Radiant}} <small>([[Order of Truthwatchers|Truthwatchers]]),</small><br /> [[Tashi's Light Orphanage]]
|world=Roshar
|universe=[[Cosmere]]
|books=[[Edgedancer (novella)| Edgedancer]]
|books=[[The Stormlight Archive]]
}}{{spoilers|book=sa2.5}}
}}
 
{{spoiler|sa4}}
'''The Stump''' is a woman who runs the [[Tashi's Light Orphanage]] in Yeddaw. She is also a beginning radiant of currently unknown order, and she healed some of the orphans which means she is likely a Truthwatcher or Edgedancer.
{{update|sa4}}
'''Arshqqam''', also known as '''the Stump''',{{book ref|sa4|21}} is a woman who runs the [[Tashi's Light Orphanage]] in [[Yeddaw]]. She is also a [[Knights Radiant|Knight Radiant]] of the order of [[Truthwatcher]]s.{{book ref|Edgedancer|18}}{{book ref|sa4|22}}
 
== Appearance and Personality ==
The Stump is an elderly woman who is very stern.{{book ref|sa2.5Edgedancer|6}}. Many of the children in the orphanage don't like her and neither do most of the surrounding urchins.{{book ref|sa2.5Edgedancer|6}} Despite this, Arshqqam looks fondly upon the children noting they gave her the nickname of the "The Stump" and calling it a "glorious title, to come from children".{{book ref|sa4|21}} She does, however, also like her original name.{{book ref|sa4|21}}
 
[[Lift]] described her as a shrivelled up weed of a woman. Further, she says that the woman looks like the child of a broom and a particularly determined clump of moss. According to Lift, "the woman's skin drips off her bones like something one might hack up after catching the crud in the slums, and ... she has spindly fingers that Lift figures might otherwise be twigs she'd glued in place after her real ones fell off".{{book ref|Edgedancer|6}} In turn, once joining the Knight's Radiant, the Stump confesses she is fond of Lift though feels Lift needs a "firm hand". {{book ref|sa4|21}}
 
Arshqqam did not want to leave her life in [[Tashikk]] behind but felt compelled to join the Knight's Radiant once her powers manifested. She does not understand why she in particular was chosen given her advanced age but if Lift, a child, was doing joining the cause, she felt there was no excuse for her not to do so.{{book ref|sa4|21}}
 
[[Shallan|Veil]] looks favourably on the Stump, commenting that there is more to the Stump than the surface level would suggest. She notes Arshqqam's careful yet understated attention to her appearance and the ease with which she is able to discuss strategy with [[Adolin]], a powerful man, without being intimidated.{{book ref|sa4|34}}
 
== History ==
SheThe Stump runsran the orphanage and seemsseemed to have done so for sometimesome time. She wasn't well liked by those on the outside; according to Lift, they said she was mean and only gave away food because she wanted to look good for the officials who watch the place,{{book ref|Edgedancer|6}} yet it iswas possible that she evenfounded createdthe itorphanage. She haswas anknown to run ongoinga money laundering scheme runthat throughinvolved exchanging donations to the orphanage aswith donationsdun [[spheres]].{{book ref|sa2.5Edgedancer|14}}. She washad dismissedbeen unconsciously using her spheres' [[Stormlight]] to heal sick urchins in her care, who she then mistakenly accused of only pretending to be sick. After learning of her true nature, the charges against her were dismissed by [[Gawx|the Prime AquasixAqasix]] on behalf of [[Lift]].{{book ref|sa2.5Edgedancer|20}}.
 
When [[Nale]] instructed his [[Skybreaker]]s to hunt down a Radiant in Yeddaw, they mistakenly thought it was [[Arclo]]. In truth, Nale was after the Stump. After a brief altercation involving Lift, the Herald stabbed the Stump but did not kill her immediately, in order to lure Lift out, who then healed her after Nale abandoned his hunt for Radiants.{{book ref|Edgedancer|19}}
 
Some colleagues of [[Jasnah]] convinced the Stump to visit [[Azimir]], probably to speak with [[Ethid]], and she let them make sketches of her spren.{{book ref|sa3|104}}
 
===Expedition to Lasting Integrity===
Due to the honorspren's high-regard for Truthwatchers, The Stump was chosen by Adolin and [[Shallan]] to join the expedition to Lasting Integrity.{{book ref|sa4|20}}{{book ref|sa4|21}} She disagreed with Adolin's initial plan of trying to convince the honorspren by guilt or threat. Instead, she backed taking a more emotional and passionate approach suggested by her spren, [[Dreaming-though-Awake]] and advised Adolin that any approach would need to appeal to the honorspren's sense of honor.{{book ref|sa4|34}}
 
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