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'''Szeth{{nosnippet|-son-Honor}}''', formerly '''Szeth-son-son-Vallano''' or '''Szeth-son-Neturo''', [[Truthless]] of [[Shinovar]], is a [[Shin]] man from [[Roshar]]. He is the infamous Assassin in White and is responsible for the death of [[Gavilar Kholin]], which started the [[War of Reckoning]].{{book ref|sa1|prologue}} As the Assassin, he
Szeth is currently a [[Skybreaker]] of the Third Ideal and serves [[Dalinar Kholin]]. He intends to return to Shinovar and bring justice to the ones who exiled him for his Fourth Skybreaker Ideal quest.{{book ref|sa3|121}}
Szeth is roughly thirty-five years old at the start of the [[True Desolation]]. Like all [[Shin]], he's short and pale-skinned, with large, round eyes lacking the epicanthic fold that most [[Roshar]]ans possess. Normally, his eyes are dark green, but whenever he summons Jezrien's [[Honorblade]], they change to pale sapphire.{{book ref|sa1|i|3}}{{book ref|sa2.5|8}} He shaves his head often, mentioning that he's unable to grow a full head of hair.{{book ref|sa3|90}}
As the Assassin, Szeth always wears white. While this originally stemmed from [[listener]] customs, [[Taravangian]] had him keep the outfit as a symbol.{{book ref|sa1|prologue}}{{book ref|sa1|i|9}} Even after he
=== Personality ===
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Szeth knows how to use all of the [[Surge]]s, having practiced them with the Shin's eight [[Honorblade]]s.{{book ref|sa3|120}} As his family
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The training has also included basic information about all Radiant orders; Szeth is familiar with their names, their powers, and their capabilities, as well as strategies to counter all of them.{{book ref|sa3|120}} This training gave him an assortment of other, non-supernatural skills, such as ice-skating.{{book ref|sa3|120}}
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After losing Jezrien's Honorblade, Szeth was gifted [[Nightblood]] by [[Nale]].{{book ref|sa2|88}} While Szeth cannot dismiss Nightblood the way he could a regular Shardblade, he is even more dangerous with Nightblood. Lacking [[Breath]], he has to feed it Stormlight to survive the act of using it, which means he cannot draw it very frequently.{{book ref|sa3|98}}
Unlike Shardblades, Nightblood is capable of erasing [[Fused]] from existence completely, preventing them from resurrecting in the next [[Everstorm]].{{book ref|sa3|117}}{{wob ref|10440}} Other unique capabilities include denting an Honorblade, collapsing an open [[perpendicularity]], and destroying [[Connection]]s made by [[Bondsmith]]s.{{book ref|sa4|111}}
Szeth's new master gave him a list of high-ranking targets, all of whom were to be eliminated with the flashy display of skill seen over five years ago in [[Kholinar]]. Szeth carved a bloody path across the continent, slaying, among many others, two [[Azir|Azish]] Primes.{{book ref|sa2|i|9}} His second-to-last kill was King [[Hanavanar]] of Jah Keved, whom he killed along with his two Shardbearer guards and many others who were present.{{book ref|sa1|i|9}} This led directly to the Veden civil war.{{book ref|sa2|i|14}}
King [[Taravangian]], the last name on Szeth's hit list, turned out to be his secret employer. When Szeth arrived in [[Kharbranth]], Taravangian revealed a portion of his schemes, showcasing his "hospitals" in which people were slowly killed in order to draw out [[Death Rattle]]s.{{book ref|sa1|71}} Upon showing this to Szeth, he ordered him to kill [[Dalinar Kholin]].
During a [[highstorm]], Szeth attacked King [[Elhokar]]'s palace on the [[Shattered Plains]], entering it through a hole cut in the wall with his Blade. On his way, he killed [[Beld]] and cut through [[Hobber]]'s midriff, crippling him, then proceeded to fight against [[Adolin]], [[Kaladin]], and [[Dalinar]], all of whom believed he was there to assassinate Elhokar. Szeth quickly gained the upper hand, lashing Adolin to the ceiling and cutting through Kaladin's arm. However, he ultimately failed, as Kaladin managed to push him through his entryway. The two of them fell to the ground, both surviving. Szeth panicked when he saw Kaladin healing his arm, and when Kaladin told him that he was a Windrunner, Szeth fled.{{book ref|sa2|32}}{{book ref|sa2|33}}
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