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'''Teft''' is a [[darkeyes|darkeyed]] soldier andfrom a[[Alethkar]] on [[OrderRoshar]].{{book ref|sa1|11}} He is a member of Windrunners|Windrunner[[Bridge Four]] bondedand tolater serves as [[PhendoranaKaladin]]'s fromsergeant{{book ref|sa1|46}} before becoming a [[AlethkarOrder of Windrunners|Windrunner]] onbonded to [[RosharPhendorana]].{{book ref|sa3|119}}{{book ref|sa4|23}} He is addicted to [[firemoss]] but has begunbegins to manage his addiction before his death in the occupation of [[Urithiru]].{{book ref|sa4|91}}{{book ref|sa4|104}}

|I ain’tain't grouchy, I just have a low threshold for stupidity.

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 musing on [[Kaladin]]'s survival{{book ref|sa1|35}}

|Well, Teft supposed that was all right, Dalinar not believing. He’dHe'd just be that much more surprised when Kaladin '''did''' return.

|Teft, when [[Dalinar]] visits him on his vigil{{book ref|sa2|71}}

|Teft swearing the [[Order of Windrunners#The Third Ideal|Third Ideal]]{{book ref|sa3|119}}

|Thank you, Teft. You shouldn't have given up so much. But …... thank you.

|[[Kaladin]] when Teft became his aide{{book ref|sa4|23}}

|The others loved him. So, whatever he'd done, he would get up and make it right. That was the oath he’dhe'd taken, and by the Almighty’sAlmighty's tenth name, he would keep it. <br /> For them.

|You can kill me, but you can't have what I have. You can '''never''' have it. Because '''I''' die knowing I’mI'm loved.

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;. knowingKnowing that he would die as someone who was loved, Teft had a few final words for Moash before Moash killed him with his Honorblade.{{book ref|sa4|104}}

Moash dropped Teft's body in front of Kaladin as he made towards the Radiant infirmary.{{book ref|sa4|105}} On seeingSeeing his body, Kaladin was overwhelmed with such a sense of failure and grief that he became insensate;. Teft's death was one of the catalysts in Kaladin's decision to jump from the top of Urithiru.{{book ref|sa4|106}} However, in Kaladin's vision of [[Tien]], Tien addressed Teft's death and helped Kaladin see that he had been discounting all of the times he had helped the man, and instead focusing solely on failing to save him from dying. After that, Kaladin accepted that he wouldn't be able to protect everyone and was able to swear his [[Order of Windrunners#The Fourth Ideal|Fourth Ideal]].{{book ref|sa4|108}}

|Teft to [[Kaladin]]{{book ref|sa4|23}}

Teft is the first [[bridgeman]] [[Kaladin]] approaches to ask for support in his plans for [[Bridge Four]],{{book ref|sa1|21}} and he is also the first to suspect Kaladin's nature as a [[Knight Radiant]], a suspicion that pays off by saving Kaladin's life.{{book ref|sa1|38}} Kaladin in turn suspects that Teft has been a soldier and tricks him into revealing it in the chasms;{{book ref|sa1|49}} later, Teft easily falls into the role of Kaladin's sergeant as he begins turning the bridgemen into soldiers.{{book ref|sa2|2}}{{book ref|sa3|46}} Kaladin is concerned about Teft when he begins disappearing on [[firemoss]] binges, but he respects Teft's privacy enough to lay off the issue until it becomes a serious problem.{{book ref|sa2|41}}{{book ref|sa3|41}} Both men take Teft's position as Kaladin's sergeant seriously, meaning that Kaladin listens to Teft's advice at times when he would rather not,{{book ref|sa4|9}} and Teft knows to balance not letting Kaladin go into situations totally alone with not correcting him sometimes when he is wrong.{{book ref|sa4|23}}{{book ref|sa4|91}} Teft feels a sense of proprietary pride when he sees Kaladin still fighting after all that has dragged him down.{{book ref|sa4|103}}

|Teft to [[Phendorana]]{{book ref|sa4|91}}

* Teft was originally Hine, a character in [[Mythwalker]] that did not make it past the revision to be written into [[Warbreaker]]. [[Brandon]] 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}}

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