Difference between revisions of "Szeth"

|ancestors=[[Vallano]]|parents=[[Neturo]]

|abilities={{tag+|Windrunner}} (formerly), {{tag+|Shardbearer}} (formerly), {{tag+|Skybreaker}}

|world=Roshar|nation=Shinovar|birthplace-raw=[[Valley of Truth]]

|books=[[The Stormlight Archive]]

 

He was named [[Truthless]] at approximately 27 years of age and was traded to the Thaylen merchant [[Vstim]] shortly afterwards.{{book ref|sa1|i|4}}

=== Assassin in White ===

At some later point Szeth came into [[Parshendi]] possession by as of yet unknown means. When he was 29 years of age, he was given orders to murder King [[Gavilar]] of Alethkar during the Alethi-Parshendi treaty-signing celebrations, in public, and be seen doing it with live witnesses. A fierce battle between Gavilar and Szeth commenced. Fooled into believing Gavilar was a bodyguard in the beginning, Szeth was forced into chasing after the escaping target, instead of fighting a protracted battle. However soon after, he realized the target was simply a decoy, since Gavilar would be much safer in his own Shardplate, fighting with his Shardblade, instead of fleeing for his life. Doubling back, Szeth abandoned chase and returned to kill Gavilar. In the ensuing battle, Gavilar almost succeeds in killing Szeth with a Shardplate enhanced punch, but ultimately fails and falls to his death upon a piece of wooden debris, impaling him in a spot where the Shardplate had been broken. Before dying, Gavilar had two last requests: to tell his brother to "find the most important words a man could say", and to protect a mysterious black orb that shone dark light. Szeth honored both requests, scrawling a message to [[Dalinar]] into the wood with Gavilar's own hand and blood.{{book ref|twok|prologue}}And Eventually he also hid away the black orb somewhere in [[Jah Keved]].{{book ref|twok|i|3}}