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{{character
|died=
|parents=Vallano
|children=[[Szeth]], daughter
|abilities={{tag+|Shardbearer}}, {{cat tag|Surgebinders|Surgebinder}}▼
|religion=[[Stone Shamanism]]
|ethnicity=Shin
▲|abilities={{tag+|Shardbearer}}
|world=Roshar
|universe=[[Cosmere]]
{{quote
|The best and truest duty of a person is to add to the world. To create, and not destroy.
|Neturo-son-Vallano
}}
'''Neturo-son-Vallano''' is a [[
== Appearance and Personality ==
Neturo-son-Vallano is
== Attributes and Abilities ==
== History ==
Neturo-son-Vallano worked as a shepherd on the coast of Shinovar during Szeth's youth. There were white cliffs near their home.{{book ref|sa4|i|7}}
{{sidequote|side=right|size=380px
|Your father was barely a man when I found him. The Shin had accepted the Unmade. Tried to make gods of them. I saved them. And your father did give me this Blade. He thanked me for letting him die.
|Ishar, to Szeth{{book ref|sa4|111}}
}}
During the [[True Desolation]], Ishar took over [[Tukar]] and other parts of southern Roshar and waged war against the [[coalition of monarchs]]. [[Dalinar]] attempted to track Ishar down to parley, eventually finding him at a small camp near the coast.{{book ref|sa4|111}} Ishar revealed that he had reclaimed his Honorblade from Shinovar, stating that the Shin served the [[Herald]]s and had simply been holding the sword for him. Szeth told Ishar that Neturo-son-Vallano and the other Shin kept secrets for the Heralds, but had no plans to return the Honorblades to them. Ishar discounted this idea and told Szeth that the Shin had accepted the [[Unmade]] as their gods before he saved them. He said that he did not kill Szeth's father; rather, Neturo willingly gave up his Blade and welcomed the chance to die. Ishar's insanity casts doubt on his version of events, but Neturo did in fact lose possession of the Honorblade. Szeth did not want to believe Ishar, and was deeply shaken. Upon recovering, he drew [[Nightblood]] for the first time in a year to strike at Ishar.{{book ref|sa4|111}}
Prior to the encounter with Ishar, [[Taravangian]] mentioned Neturo-son-Vallano's death to Szeth, who did not take him seriously since he knew the old king was trying to manipulate him.{{book ref|sa4|i|9}} When Szeth saw Ishar with the Blade, it seemingly confirmed his father's fate.{{book ref|sa4|111}} Enraged, Szeth found Taravangian and demanded that he reveal how he had known that Neturo was dead. However, on that day Taravangian was too stupid to answer before Szeth killed him;{{book ref|sa4|113}} it remains unclear how or when Taravangian actually learned of Neturo's death.
When Szeth became [[Truthless]], he stopped thinking of himself as "Szeth-son-Neturo" in order to not mar his father's name, even going so far as to stop thinking about Neturo entirely.{{book ref|sa1|i|6}}{{book ref|sa4|i|7}}▼
== Relationships ==
▲Szeth greatly respected his father and considered him a gentle, wise man. When Szeth became [[Truthless]], he stopped thinking of himself as "Szeth-son-Neturo"
== Trivia ==
* An early concept of the character that became Neturo is briefly mentioned in ''[[The Way of Kings Prime]]'' when Jek (the prototype for Szeth) notes that he is skilled in the art of stealth killing due to extensive training with his father.{{book ref|wok'|10}}
== Notes ==
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