Difference between revisions of "Sah"

|died=[[Siege of Kholinar]] {{Rosharan date|1174|missing-date=y}}{{book ref|sa3|84}}

|species=singer

|world=Roshar

|universe=[[Cosmere]]

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'''Sah''' is a [[singer]] on [[Roshar]]. A former parshman, he was freed from a village near [[Hearthstone]] when the [[Everstorm]] first passed. He was one of [[Kaladin]]'s captors when the [[Windrunner]] first surrendered to the singers.{{book ref|sa3|14}} He was later forced to join the [[Voidbringer]] forces and fought in the [[Siege of Kholinar]].{{book ref|sa3|84}}

Sah was a household slave at a [[brightlord]]'s manor somewhere in [[Sadeas princedom]] in Alethkar,{{book ref|sa3|20}} within a few days journey from Hearthstone.{{book ref|sa3|10}} The name "Sah" is common among Alethi darkeyes,{{book ref|sa3|51}} His duties as a slave included serving drinks at dinner.{{book ref|sa3|20}} He had a mate, but she was taken from him and sold to be a breeder when she gave birth to his daughter, [[Vai]].{{book ref|sa3|17}}

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Do you understand that, human? Do you understand watching your family be torn apart, and knowing you should object&mdash;knowing deep in your soul that something is profoundly wrong? Can you know that feeling of being unable to say a single storming word to stop it?</br>

They may have taken your freedom, but they took our minds.

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He escaped along with his daughter during the [[Everstorm]], when his [[Connection]] and [[Identity]] were restored and he was freed from slaveform. He joined a group led by the singer [[Khen]] and the [[Voidspren]] [[Yixli]]. While in this group, he played a [[Rosharan card game|card game]] with Khen. They traveled to [[Revolar]] by the guidance of Yixli,{{book ref|sa3|31}} and captured Kaladin along the way.{{book ref|sa3|14}} Sah was tasked with guarding Kaladin and had several conversations with him about the enslavement of the singers; he found it difficult to trust Kaladin and the rest of humanity.{{book ref|sa3|17}} Kaladin soon freed himself from his bonds, but he stayed with the group and taught them how to survive while on the run and formed a particular friendship with Sah.{{book ref|sa3|20}}