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{{character
|image=Teft.png
|died={{Rosharan date|
|abilities={{tag+|windrunner}}, {{tag|Shardbearer|cat=Shardbearers}}
|bonded=[[Phendorana]]
|world=Roshar
|universe=[[Cosmere]]
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{{quote
|Teft{{book ref|sa4|91}}
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'''Teft''' is a [[darkeyes|darkeyed]] soldier
== Appearance and Personality ==
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|I
|Teft{{book ref|sa2|44}}
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Teft is a man in his fifties with tan skin, drooping cheeks, and no slave mark.{{book ref|sa1|11}}{{book ref|sa4|91}} He has brown eyes with an [[wikipedia:epicanthic fold|epicanthic fold]] and close-cropped, grizzled white-salted hair.{{book ref|sa1|11}} He keeps a neat, short, and square beard that is light brown mixed with patches of gray. Teft is often blunt and speaks in a matter-of-fact tone. He nurses a deep-seated grudge against [[lighteyes]] but is observant and gruffly thoughtful towards the other members of Bridge Four.{{book ref|sa3|46}}{{book ref|sa1|63}}{{book ref|sa3|55}} He is also a natural leader and a loyal sergeant.{{book ref|sa2|9}}{{book ref|sa4|23}} He fills the role of sergeant well, able to serve his ranking officer without needing to feel superior,{{wob ref|15864}} hearing the things Kaladin leaves unspoken,{{book ref|sa4|38}} and tactfully refraining from correcting him at times.{{book ref|sa4|91}}
Teft has harbored a [[firemoss]] addiction since his time in [[Torol Sadeas|Sadeas]]' army,{{book ref|sa3|41}} which is a deep cause of personal shame and grief; during his many conversations with Kaladin, Teft repeatedly states that he isn't trustworthy.{{book ref|sa2|12}} Even after bonding [[Phendorana]], he harbors feelings of inadequacy and shame for a while, believing that he is incapable of upholding the ideals of a Radiant due his past actions.{{book ref|sa3|41}} Phendorana eventually turns his perspective around, and he finds within himself a deep determination to struggle forward for the sake of those who love him even if he sometimes fails. He comes to enjoy the good parts of life despite all of the things that go wrong around him.{{book ref|sa4|91}}
{{sidequote
|An empty sphere after a storm... And a man who's still alive when he should be dead. Two impossibilities.
|Teft musing on [[Kaladin]]'s survival{{book ref|sa1|35}}
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{{sidequote
|Well, Teft supposed that was all right, Dalinar not believing.
|Teft, when [[Dalinar]] visits him on his vigil{{book ref|sa2|71}}
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=== Battle of Narak ===
Immediately after Kaladin and Shallan's return, Dalinar, [[Roion]], [[Sebarial]], and [[Aladar]] left on the expedition that culminated in the [[Battle of Narak]] and the discovery of [[Urithiru]]. Teft and most of Bridge Four went with them, though he decided to leave Moash behind to watch over King Elhokar.{{book ref|sa2|76}} During the battle, Teft and the rest of Bridge Four kept close to Dalinar.{{book ref|sa2|81}} After Kaladin defeated Elhokar's assassins, he flew out to the army on the plains, saving Dalinar from [[Szeth]]'s Lashing and encountering Bridge Four, who gave him infused gems to recharge his Stormlight at Teft's command.{{book ref|sa2|86}} After Kaladin defeated the Assassin in White, he returned to the plateau where the [[Oathgate]] was and found Teft and the rest of the crew looking for him. Teft told him that [[Rod (Roshar)|Rod]] had died, then commented that he had noticed some of the men glowing faintly right before Kaladin had arrived on the plains; he had been listening to readings of some of Dalinar's visions and, based on that information, thought that they were becoming [[Knights_Radiant#Squires|squires]] to Kaladin.{{book ref|sa2|87}} The crew had had to abandon their bridge in the conflict, but a salvage team later found the old Bridge Four in a chasm near [[Narak]]; at Teft's request, Dalinar had it hauled up, repaired, and put to use moving people between plateaus near the Oathgate.{{book ref|sa3|37}}
Teft and the rest of the bridgemen took shifts scouting and exploring Urithiru. He was with some of Bridge Four when they discovered Sadeas' body in the tunnels of Urithiru, and he vehemently denied killing the man when a group of Sadeas' own soldiers finally found the scene, though he did tacitly agree with [[Palona]]'s opinion that Sadeas' death solved one problem they had been facing.{{book ref|sa3|2}} He and [[Lyn]] at some point scouted past a hidden room that Shallan later discovered while following [[Re-Shephir]] from the site of her latest murder. When Shallan called [[Adolin]] to the room, Lyn, Teft, [[Renarin]], and other members of Bridge Four arrived with him and accompanied them down to the Midnight Mother's lair, where they helped her dispel the spren's presence.{{book ref|sa3|29}}{{book ref|sa3|30}}
{{sidequote
|I will protect those I hate. Even ... even if the one I hate most ... is ... myself.
|Teft swearing the [[Order of Windrunners#The Third Ideal|Third Ideal]]{{book ref|sa3|119}}
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{{sidequote
|Thank you, Teft. You shouldn't have given up so much. But
|[[Kaladin]] when Teft became his aide{{book ref|sa4|23}}
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{{sidequote
|The others loved him. So, whatever he'd done, he would get up and make it right. That was the oath
|Teft{{book ref|sa4|91}}
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=== Final Battle ===
{{quote
|You can kill me, but you can't have what I have. You can '''never''' have it. Because '''I''' die knowing
|Teft to [[Moash]]{{book ref|sa4|104}}
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The crew had devised a plan for Kaladin to distract the Fused while Teft and Lift snuck into Lirin's clinic to have Lift heal the unconscious Radiants. They hoped to be able to find a different way to resolve the situation, being unsure quite how they would manage
Teft tried to stay out of Moash's reach, prolonging the fight to think of options. Lift began moving toward the Radiants behind Moash's back in order to heal them, so Teft and Phendorana tried to keep Moash from noticing her. Unfortunately, when Moash killed one of the Radiants, Lift cried out and drew his attention; to keep him from killing the girl next, Teft invited him to really fight. Moash easily wounded Teft, sending him to the ground. As he swung his blade to kill him, though, Teft and Phendorana strained together and managed to manifest the spren as a "phantom spear shaft," stopping Moash's blow. Realizing they wouldn't be able to do that again, Teft prepared to lunge at Moash in order to eliminate the advantage of his sword's reach. Before he could move, however, Moash pulled out a [[raysium]] dagger embedded with an [[anti-Stormlight]] gem and stabbed Phendorana in the forehead with it. This permanently killed Phendorana, and Teft felt incapacitating agony as a part of his soul was ripped away. Moash hoisted Teft into the air, and Teft knew he was about to die
{{image|Teft statue Connor Chamberlain.jpg|side=right|height=275px|Teft's statue}}
Moash dropped Teft's body in front of Kaladin as he made towards the Radiant infirmary.{{book ref|sa4|105}}
Rlain sang the Song of the Fallen over Teft's body, while Dabbid knelt next to him and grieved. He channeled Teft while speaking to the group of [[singers]] and humans in the atrium about leaving the tower, but realized he probably came across as too gruff.{{book ref|sa4|109}} Moash, having gone after Navani but having failed to kill her before she bonded the Sibling, felt pain over killing Teft as Navani and the Sibling's [[Towerlight]] pushed away his Connection to Odium.{{book ref|sa4|111}}
== Relationships ==
=== Bridge Four ===
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|Teft '''did''' have hope. That was what he'd recovered, these years in Bridge Four.
|Teft{{book ref|sa4|104}}
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When [[Kaladin]] first asks Teft to help him with his plans to care for the injured members of [[Bridge Four]],{{book ref|sa1|21}} Teft's agreement leads him to help gather the other members to practice carrying a bridge on their time off and to help begin the tradition of having nightly stew.{{book ref|sa1|27}}{{book ref|sa1|30}} Later, Teft trains the other men of Bridge Four in fighting with spears.{{book ref|sa1|49}} Kaladin's efforts mold Bridge Four into a team of which Teft is proud to be a part, which he proves when he receives a Bridge Four tattoo on his forehead even though he doesn't have a slave mark there to cover up.{{book ref|sa2|2}} He later finds himself giving out duties and filling the role of commander at times when Kaladin is away.{{book ref|sa2|71}} Because of his natural fit for leadership positions, he also is put in charge of running potential recruits through drills after Bridge Four shifts roles within the army and seeks to recruit to the ranks of [[Windrunner]] [[squire]]s.{{book ref|sa3|46}} Perhaps because of Teft's experience at the head of Bridge Four and his feeling toward the group as a whole, he is doubly ashamed of his actions when he sells his bridgeman coat to further his [[firemoss]] addiction and it ends up indirectly enabling the theft of [[Jezrien]]'s [[honorblade]] and the death of [[Eth]].{{book ref|sa3|i|14}}{{book ref|sa3|115}} Ultimately, Teft feels that his time in Bridge Four has allowed him to have hope again, and he is able to face even his death at the hands of [[Moash]] with confidence and hope.{{book ref|sa4|104}}
=== Kaladin ===
{{quote
|You and I were the start of this though. Figure we ought to stick together.
|Teft to [[Kaladin]]{{book ref|sa4|23}}
}}
Aside from Rock, Teft is the first [[bridgeman]] [[Kaladin]] approaches to ask for support in his plans for [[Bridge Four]]
=== Phendorana ===
{{quote
|You were storming right. You have always been right.
|Teft to [[Phendorana]]{{book ref|sa4|91}}
}}
At first, Teft resents the attention of [[Phendorana]] and wishes to give up instead of progress in his oaths, as she encourages him to do.{{book ref|sa3|i|14}} She convinces him to swear the Third Ideal, committing himself to continue to struggle onward despite his self-loathing.{{book ref|sa3|119}} She later encourages him to open up to [[Kaladin]], [[Lift]], [[Rlain]], and [[Dabbid]] about his past with the [[Envisagers]] when the others wonder whether it is the right thing to do to keep fighting the occupation of [[Urithiru]]. After the discussion, Teft finds himself smiling because he enjoys life despite its difficulties; he admits to Phendorana that she had been right all along to convince him to keep going and to convince him that he was worth saving.{{book ref|sa4|91}} They equally commit to the fight against [[Moash]] and somehow manage to manifest Phendorana to form just enough of a spear shaft to stop a blow from Moash that would otherwise have killed Teft. The nature of their bond causes Teft to feel as if some part of him is ripped off of his soul when Phendorana dies. In the end, that pain is what incapacitates Teft to the point that Moash is able to kill him without resistance.{{book ref|sa4|104}}
== Trivia ==
* Teft was originally Hine, a character in ''[[Mythwalker]]'' that did not make it past the revision to be written into ''[[Warbreaker]]''. [[Brandon Sanderson]] combined Hine with an aspect of Voko, a different character from ''Mythwalker'', and placed him in Bridge Four as Teft.{{wob ref|8601}} He is, however, largely the same as the Teft written in Brandon's Masters Thesis, [[Dragonsteel Prime|''Dragonsteel'' Prime]].{{wob ref|7142}}
* Brandon planned to have [[Moash]] kill Teft from early on in his plans for the series.{{wob ref|14724}}
* In a hypothetical game of Mario Kart with [[Zahel]] and [[Dalinar]], Zahel would cheat to win and Teft would allow Dalinar to beat him.{{wob ref|15864}}
* Teft is not named after one of Brandon's friends.{{wob ref|8133}}
== Notes ==
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