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'''Sadees''', also known as the '''Sunmaker''', is an ancient king of [[Alethkar]] on [[Roshar]] who reigned about 500five hundred years before the [[True Desolation]],{{wob ref|9655}} and was the first to unify the kingdom after the fall of [[Alethela]].{{book ref|sa1|24}}

Little of the Sunmaker's personality is known. He is an ambitious man, constantly going above and beyond on tasks others thought impossible.{{book ref|sa3|19}} He is a lover of battle and considers it to be a great game.{{book ref|sa1|24}} There is a streak of cruelty to his conquests, with Sadees killing thousands to achieve his dream of a unified Roshar.{{book ref|sa3|42}} He is insane and has a tendency to kill even ordinary citizens in his conquest, such as in the genocide he instituted against the Azish people.{{book ref|sa3|42}}{{book ref|sa3|65}}

With the Hierocracy defeated, the Sunmaker turned his attention to a conquest of all of Roshar.{{book ref|sa3|2}} He began with a conquest of [[Herdaz]], which he successfully completed.{{book ref|sa3|19}} However, this was not enough for him, and he turned his attention west. It is uncertain whether he conquered [[Jah Keved]], or if that kingdom even existed at that point. What is known is that he conquered his way to [[Azir]] in western Roshar,{{book ref|sa3|42}} then under the rule of Prime Aqasix [[Snoxil]].{{book ref|sa3|65}} Upon reaching Azir, the Sunmaker claimed that as the the Azish did not properly respect eye color they needed to be conquered and civilized.{{book ref|sa3|65}} He sacked the capital of [[Azimir]] and took the kingdom easily, more easily than he had assumed.{{book ref|sa3|42}} Unable to leave a city behind with a force of fighting men, Sadees instituted a policy of genocide against the Azish. He issued arbitrary decrees, such as ordering all men with hair beyond a certain length be executed. Other times he ordered each of his soldiers to kill a specific number of captives each day. It is said that the highstorms blew up piles of skulls in [[Zawfix]]. During his time in Azir, Sadees had one in ten people in Azir killed. As his conquest continued, Sadees suddenly fell ill with an unknown disease and died.