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| All wars are games. The greatest kind, with the pieces lost real lives, the prizes captured making for real wealth! This is the life for which men exist. To fight, to kill, to win.
| The Sunmaker{{book ref|sa1|24}}
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== Appearance and Personality ==
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}}
 
He has little tolerance for other cultures, claiming that the Azish were uncivilized since they did not use [[lighteyes|eye color]] as a basis for their social hierarchy.{{book ref|sa3|65}}
 
Nothing is known of the Sunmaker's physical appearance, beyond the fact that he refused to wear a crown.{{book ref|sa3|49}} The man wielded a hooked [[Shardblade]] known as [[Oathbringer (Shardblade) | Oathbringer]].{{book ref|sa3|11}}
 
In modern Alethkar, Sadees is revered as a cultural hero. To be compared to the Sunmaker is considered to be a great compliment. The [[Sunmaker Mountains]] in central Alethkar were named after him.{{map ref|Alethkar}}{{book ref|sa3|16}} King [[Gavilar Kholin]] revered the Sunmaker.{{book ref|sa1|24}} He was Gavilar's inspiration when Gavilar united the highprinces himself.{{book ref|sa3|19}} In fact one of the titles of the refounded king of Alethkar is heir of the Sunmaker.{{book ref|sa3|105}} When [[Dalinar Kholin]] was determined to forge a coalition against the [[Voidbringers]], he tried to avoid using conquest as a tool, as he considered the Sunmaker to be a tyrant and wished to do better.{{book ref|sa3|100}} Memories of the Sunmaker made the other nations of Roshar hesitant to trust Dalinar and the Alethi.{{book ref|sa3|42}}
 
== Trivia ==
 
* Sadees is the Rosharan equivalent of a persona such as [[wikipedia: Alexander the Great|Alexander the Great]] or [[wikipedia: Genghis Khan|Genghis Khan]].{{wob ref|14002}}
 
== Notes ==
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