Gaz

Gaz
by Sheep
Born	1140s[citation needed]
Abilities	Bridge Sergeant, bodyguard
Groups	Sadeas army (former)
Residence	Urithiru
Homeworld	Roshar

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Gaz is a disreputable soldier on the Shattered Plains of Roshar. He is from Farcoast^[disputed] and is a darkeyes of the sixth nahn.

He is the sergeant in charge of the bridge crews in Sadeas's warcamp.

Appearance and Personality

Gaz has a beard, but his face is scarred so it only grows in patches. He is described as being very short for an Alethi man. He has a single brown eye and does not wear an eyepatch over his missing eye. This changes at some point after his desertion; when Shallan meets him he is described as wearing an eyepatch. The lack of an eye bothers him greatly, as his reduced field of view makes him fear for what is in his blind spot. This makes him act somewhat paranoid and worry about his surroundings.

Gaz is a greedy man who, like most bullies, quickly backs down when confronted.

History

The Bridge runs at the War of Reckoning

Gaz was a bridge sergeant responsible for the bridgemen at the Sadeas warcamp. He takes new recruits to fill the different bridge teams due to constant loss. He is also responsible for making sure they do their duties, lead them to their bridge-runs and show them the way. He had to make sure order was kept and that the rules are followed.

He was able to keep order by following several of the rules made for them. These were made to keep them down and despaired, but at the same time with simple encouragements like rotation of the bridge positions. One of those was looking down at the bridge group with the worst “luck” which was bridge four. When Kaladim joins and leads the team and changes the luck, it changed the balance and caused resentment. Kaladin convinced that to avoid being hated by others, he could change their duties to a harder task (stone gathering). Gaz accepted but was convinced he had been tricked (which he had) and then increased the “punishment” to do chasm-duty.

Lamaril was Gaz’s immediate superior. A low ranked lighteyes who was blackmailing him. Though Gaz had used Kaladin’s bribes to stay ahead of payment, Lamaril threatened to make him a bridgeman if he did not stop Kaladin and the changes in spirit of bridge four. Much to his disappointment he agreed and conspired to bring him down without making him a martyr.

He found the opportunity when Kaladin practiced with the bridge to the side. He knew disaster would come and encouraged him. When bridge four did use it in battle, though they did survive, the full Sadeas strategy got messed up and they lost the battle. Lamaril gave the order to beat him up. The consequence of the battle went bad for all. Not only did they lose the battle, but also over 200 bridgmen died, Lamaril was executed and Kaladin was punished staying hanging up during the highstorm.

Brightlord Matal took over Lamaril’s duty and his wife Hashal took command and became Gaz’s immediate superior. He was treated even worse, taking command and duties from him.

Relationships

Kaladin

Gaz met Kaladin when he was brought to the shatter plains as slave. Kaladin tried to explain he had been a soldier, hoping to become one here, but Gaz made fun of him and started calling him “Lordship”. Kaladin despised him for not looking over the bridgemen or providing them with the proper gear. Gaz felt the same for Kaladin for not dying in the first bridge-run. . When Kaladin went to the chasm to commit suicide, he met Gaz, who didn’t show him sympathy, but asked him to leave his vest and sandals. When he came back though, he threatened Gaz stating he had just died and could not be harmed, thus demanding to become bridge leader, asked for his wages and bribed him with one mark out of five for his efforts of “staying out of his way”. Though he needed the bribes, he was forced by his immediate superior Lamaril to bring Kaladin down, which ended up having the latter hung up at a highstorm.

Notes

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