Sah
| Sah | |
|---|---|
| Species | Singer |
| Homeworld | Roshar |
Sah is a singer freed from a village near Hearthstone when the Everstorm first passed. He had a wife, who was sold away, and a daughter, Vai.[1] He was Kaladin's captor when the Radiant first surrendered to the singers.[2]
Appearance and Personality
Sah has red on white marbled skin, like most singers from Alethkar. He wears usually wears workform, with hair strands and dark red beard strands.[3] He is introspective but also deeply angry at humanity for keeping himself and his people enslaved, as well as scared they will take away his newfound freedom again.[1][2]
History
Sah was a household slave at a brightlord's manor somewhere in Sadeas land in Alethkar,[2] within a few days journey from Hearthstone. [4] His job included serving drinks at dinner. [2] He had a mate, but she was taken from him and sold to be a breeder when she gave birth to his daughter, Vai. He gives a description of his life before the Everstorm came:
““I have spent my entire life living in a fog,” the parshman yelled at him. “Every day knowing I should say something, do something to stop this! Every night clutching my daughter, wondering why the world seems to move around us in the light—while we are trapped in shadows. They sold her mother. Sold her. Because she had birthed a healthy child, which made her good breeding stock.
“Do you understand that, human? Do you understand watching your family be torn apart, and knowing you should object—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?
“They may have taken your freedom, but they took our minds.””
—Sah[1]
He presumably escapes along with his daughter during the Everstorm when his Connection and Identity were restored and he was freed from slaveform. He joins a group led by the singer Khen and the voidspren Yixli. They journeys to Revolar, a minor city in Alethkar, by the guidance of Yixli,[5] and captures Kaladin (willingly) along the way.[3] Kaladin frees himself from his bonds but stays with the group and teaches them how to survive while on the run, and forms a particular friendship with Sah. [2]
Relationships
He had a mate which was taken from him, and who bore him a daughter, Vai. He joins Khen's group on the journey to Revolar and is enslaved with them when the group is blamed for bringing Kaladin.
Quotes
““I don’t have traditions,” Sah said. “Or society. But still, my ‘freedom’ is that of a leaf. Dropped from the tree, I just blow on the wind and pretend I’m in charge of my destiny.””
—Sah[1]