Difference between revisions of "Sheler"

In {{Rosharan date|1168}}, Sheler commanded a company fighting for [[Sadeas princedom]] in [[Meridas Amaram]]'s army during a battle with [[Hallaw]]'s forces.{{book ref|sa1|46}}{{book ref|sa1|67}} A group of his soldiers became outnumbered while defending a hilltop and were suffering heavy casualties, but Sheler ordered them to stand their ground.{{book ref|sa1|67}}{{book ref|sa4|108}} One of his squadleaders, [[Varth]], sacrificed several messenger boys as a distraction, including [[Tien]].{{book ref|sa1|67}} Sheler was presumably acting on orders from Amaram, who wanted Hallaw's forces to bunch up so that he could ride in with his cavalry and rout them; he placed his own glory above the lives of his men.{{book ref|sa1|67}}{{book ref|sa4|108}}

Sheler later moved to the border to fight the [[Herdaz]]ians, and he learned their language over time. Using the invasion of his homeland by [[singer]]s as an excuse, he robbed and murdered Herdazian civilians and abused their women. When he was taken captive by the Herdazian general [[Dieno enne Calah]] (aka The Mink), he demanded the "right of ransom", but Dieno told him that he had forfeited that right by committing war crimes. Instead, Sheler was given three options for punishment: beheading by the women that he abused, being tortured with a hammer and hung from a cliff with no protection from the [[highstorm]], or wrestling "the hog". He chose to fight the hog, assuming it was a pig, and began to formulate plans to seek vengeance on the Herdazians for humiliating him. He was doused in a foul-smelling oil and left shackled on the beach as the Herdazians used a horn to summon the hog, which was actually a huge sea creature with enormous claws. Sheler saw the creature break the surface of the ocean while the Herdazians placed wagers on how long he would survive; his ultimate fate is unknown.{{book ref|sa3|i|10}}