Restares
“It took hours to decide, but Restares is right--this is what must be done. For the good of Alethkar. ”
—Amaram to Kaladin, on deciding to take the Shards for himself[1]
Restares is the leader of the Sons of Honor, Meridas Amaram's and Gavilar Kholin's superior within the organization.[1][2][3][4]
History
Restares became the leader of the Sons of Honor, it is unknown if they founded the group himself or took charge of it later. They had Gavilar Kholin enter the group and this allowed him to later help expand the their influence further on Roshar.[4] The Sons of Honor were primarily founded so as to ensure the return of the Heralds by restarting the Desolations, Restares and Gavilar Kholin had additional plans for the group and used it to further these goals.[5][6] Upon learning of Gavilars plans Restares responded favorably to them and they began to conspire together, meetings were held where they would meet in person with their final one taking place on the night Gavilar was to die.[7] Upon his death Restares was one of the people Gavilar suspected of ordering his assassination, in actuality however Restares did no such thing.[8]
After Gavilar's death Restares continued to lead the Sons of Honor and replaced Gavilar with Amaram as their main partner. The majority of their communication took place through spanreed.[2] After conferring together following the attempted assassination of Amaram by Helaran Davar, it was decided to take the Shards that Kaladin had won and murder any witnesses to this crime.[1] During this time Amaram was ordered to investigate the mysteries of Urithiru and upon seeing how far he had progessed Mraize feared that he was close to achieving this goal.[3] Following the Battle of Narak, Amaram wrote to Restares via spanreed that the Sons of Honor were successful in their goal of bringing the Voidbringers back to Roshar, with the hopes the Heralds would also return as well as informing them about the arrival of the Everstorm.[2]
Following the year after the Battle of Thaylen Fields the leadership of the Sons of Honor began being targeted and assassinated by the Ghostbloods.[5] Once Mraize was satisfied that their leadership were eliminated he handed a new mission to Shallan Davar to hunt down Restares personally in Lasting Integrity.[9]
Motives
Restares motives are ultimately unknown, it has been stated that they have goals beyond simply restarting the Desolations however what those goals are have never been said,[5][6] it is known that whatever these goals were they were happy to also help Gavilar achieve his own and vice versa.[7] Their goals also run contrary to the Ghostbloods and Mraizes hence their antagonism towards them.[9][10]
Relationships
Gavilar Kholin
Restares and Gavilar both were close partners in managing the Sons of Honor while he remained alive. Together they began sharing their secretive plans with one another and helping the other to achieve them[5][6] as well as having meetings about their plans in private, this meant that unlike many in the organisation Gavilar was allowed to learn Restares identity.[7] Despite this friendly nature however Restares was still one of the people Gavilar suspected would have attempted to kill him perhaps implying a tension between the two.[8]
The Ghostbloods
The Sons of Honor and the Ghostbloods are hostile to each other with the Ghostbloods attempting to assassinate the Sons of Honor leadership numerous times.[2][5] Their leader Thaidakar was also the first person Gavilar suspected of ordering his death.[8] After Mraize believed the Sons of Honor destroyed he ordered Shallan Davar to go on and assassinate Restares, as well as this he showed a personal deep dislike and hatred aimed towards him.[10]
The Skybreakers
The relationship between the Skybreakers and Restares is complicated to decipher, it is notable that one of their members attempted to assassinate Amaram however Mraize himself was confused as to why exactly they would do such a thing and suggested one of their members may have simply gone rogue.[1] Besides this strike there is no evidence of the two groups attacking each other and no skybreaker has ever shown interest in killing Restares.
Trivia
Restares at some stage became aware of the Cosmere and has some knowledge on it, although to what extent is unknown.[11]
Their Identity
Spoiler Warning
The following link contains major spoilers for Rhythm of War. Please be very sure you have either read the book or are happy to be spoiled on some major points of the story.
- ↑ a b c d The Way of Kings chapter 51#
- ↑ a b c d Words of Radiance chapter 88#
- ↑ a b Words of Radiance chapter 54#
- ↑ a b Oathbringer chapter 40#
- ↑ a b c d e Rhythm of War chapter 7#
- ↑ a b c Rhythm of War chapter 4#
- ↑ a b c Rhythm of War prologue#
- ↑ a b c The Way of Kings prologue#
- ↑ a b Rhythm of War chapter 13#
- ↑ a b Rhythm of War chapter 88#
- ↑ Rhythm of War Annotations
— Arcanum - 2020-08-18#