Difference between revisions of "Godeke"

Godeke used to be an ardent before his bond was formed and he joined the [[Knights Radiant|Radiant]] forces in [[Urithiru]]. He states he used to be "deformed" all his life, and his [[Nahel bond]] allowed him to heal and become as he has always seen himself. His reference to [[The Book of Endless Pages]] could possibly indicate he belonged to the [[Devotary of Sincerity]]. His bonded a [[Cultivationspren]] named [[Archinal]], who presents in the [[Cognitive Realm]] as a short woman in robes, made entirely of vines and crystal.{{book ref|sa4|22}} He claims to have had some experience in matters of diplomacy.{{book ref|sa4|19}} He speakspeaks [[Thaylen]] as well as [[Alethi]].{{book ref|sa4|30}}

Godeke was one of the Edgedancers brought with the ''[[Fourth Bridge]]'' to help evacuate the civilians and heal the battling Radiants in [[Hearthstone]]. He was guiding a group of refuges to the airship when [[Leshwi]] flew by closely being followed by [[Kaladin]]. The shardblade of the edgedanceEdgedancer almost hit her but only sliced her robes.{{book ref|sa4|5}}

Later, he went with [[Roshone]] to the manor to help free the people trapped in the burning building.{{Book ref|sa4|5}} In the manor, he was taken hostage by a fused who took him out to use as bait. When [[Kaladin]] entered the building, he found Godeke injured severely by a [[Fused]] who slashed his stomach, and the new Surge-cancelling fabrial in effect, prevented the Edgedancer from healing with his Stormlight. After Kaladin fought the present Fused and singers and disabled the device, he ordered [[Lift]] to evacuate the slowly-healing Godeke.{{book ref|sa4|7}}

The expedition was gathering near the Oathgate platform. When approaching, Godeke noticed Adolin packing his horse and asked him how many swords he needed. The highprince replied you could never have totoo many and precededproceeded to show of his collection. Godeke quickly extracted himself from the exchange and hurried along.{{book ref|sa4|21}} The group went to shadesmar and started hiking down from the Oathgate to sealevelsea level. At some point, Adolin came walking beside Godeke, who expressed wonder at all the works of the Almighty they could now see. The former ardent thanked the highprince for taking him on the expedition. They proceeded to talk about Vorinism and how Godeke believed HonorsHonor was just an aspect of the Almighty, and as such the Almighty could not die. When Dalinar came up he called him a ''holy'' man, and so it was fine for him to write. Godeke compared Dalinar's vibrant transformation to his own smaller transformation when his deformity was healed.{{book ref|sa4|22}}

Later the Radiants and their spren discussed how to approach the honorspren. Godeke agreed with [[Arshqqam|the Stump]] that trying to guilt them into helping would not work, nor would threats. The group could not come up with a better alternative.{{book ref|sa4|34}} Later Godeke was scouting ahead with his spren, he had practiced during his Radiant training. After a break, Adolin suddenly realized the Tukari were not following the expedition, but Notum the honorspren. The highprince ran to the rescue and Godeke and the others marched after him as fast as they could.{{book ref|sa4|35}} After Adolin's fight, Godeke inspected the prince's side wound and bound it., as they had no stormlight left to heal with. Before they left, the edgedancer went among the fallen and memorized their faces. When the group reached [[Lasting Integrity]], Godeke joined the others in objecting to Adolin's plan to stand trial.{{book ref|sa4|36}}