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'''Szeth-son-son-Vallano''', [[Truthless]] of [[Shinovar]], was a Shin from [[Roshar]]. He was short and bald like most Shin and his eyes were normally dark green, but changed to pale sapphire blue when he summoned his [[Shardblade]]. He was 29 years old when he murdered King [[Gavilar]]. Presumably he is son of [[Neturo-son-Vallano|Neturo]], who is son of Vallano.{{cite}}
 
== Story ==
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He was named [[Truthless]] at approximately 27 years of age and was traded to the Thaylen merchant [[Vistin]] shortly afterwards. At some later point Szeth came into [[Parshendi]] possession by as of yet unknown means. Their orders were 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 succeeded in killing Szeth with a Shardplate enhanced punch, but ultimately failed and fell 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 say the most important words a man could say, and to protect a mysterious black orb that shone dark light. Szeth honored the first one and scrawled a message to [[Dalinar]] into the wood with Gavilar's own hand and blood. Eventually he would also hide away the black orb somewhere in [[Jah Keved]]. Szeth was around 29 years of age at this time.
He was named [[Truthless]] at age 27 and was traded to the Thaylen merchant [[Vistin]] shortly afterwards. At some later point was owned by the [[Parshendi]].
 
He wore traditional white Parshendi assassin attire on the daynight he killed King Gavilar, thiswhich lead to him being known as the Assassin in whiteWhite. Parshendi customs bade assassins to wear white for if someone were to be assassinated, they were
 
Following Gavilar's death, the Parshendi threw away his Oathstone as they fled Kholinar, and Szeth was eventually picked up by [[Avado]]. The travelling merchant took him to Jah Keved in fear of possible Alethi retributions against strange foreigners in the wake of their king's death. Over the course of more than 5 years, the Oathstone changed hands many timesbefore landing in the hands of [[Took]], a transient worker.
After he killed Gavilar, his Oathstone was picked up by [[Avado]], a merchant, who took him to [[Jah Keved]].{{cite}}
 
== Powers & abilities ==
He possessed a [[Shardblade]] and was a [[Surgebinder]] who had [[Windrunner]] powers. Whether he was bound to an honorspren like the other known Windrunner, [[Kaladin]], is unknown. Szeth seemed to possess a relatively largeinformed knowledge of the Windrunner order of the [[Knights Radiant]], knowing the name of the order as well as their name for theirthe powers they possessed: the three [[Lashing]]s.
 
== Notes ==
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