Difference between revisions of "Teleb"

Dalinar recruited Teleb into his elites when he attacked Teleb's home. Teleb was assigned by his brightlord [[Yezriar]] to assassinate Dalinar and shot him with an arrow from nearly four hundred yards away. Dalinar was impressed by this feat and promptly gave him the choice of joining his army, which he agreed to in exchange for sparing his town from pillaging.{{book ref|sa3|3}}▼

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During the first assault at [[Rathalas]], Teleb proved his worth by shooting the soldiers that were trying to drop Dalinar in the Rift by cutting the bridge from under him.{{book ref|sa3|11}} At a dinner when [[Gavilar]] was trying to convince [[Toh]] that the Alethi were strong enough to protect him and his sister, Dalinar made the point for him by walking over to another bunker in the midst of a highstorm to ask Teleb if he still had Dalinar's favorite knife.{{book ref|sa3|19}} Dalinar grew to regard Teleb highly enough that he was given use of [[Adolin]]'s Plate, the Shards that Toh and [[Evi]] had brought with them as a bargaining chip, until Adolin was old enough to use the Plate himself.{{book ref|sa3|52}} A few years later, the next time the army was attacking the Rift, Teleb was in charge of directing the army and assigned a group of scouts to tail a large caravan that had just left Rathalas. When Dalinar went to investigate [[Tanalan]]'s report that the caravan included an Alethi highprince, he left Teleb in charge of the army in his absence.{{book ref|sa3|71}} Teleb sent another team of scouts after Dalinar as soon as Tanalan turned on the Alethi forces, and the team reported that Dalinar's group had been ambushed and killed. Assuming Dalinar was dead, he then began planning for a siege to allow Gavilar time to arrive and seek vengeance on his brother's death. Upon Dalinar's arrival back at the camp and at his orders, Teleb had the scouts imprisoned and set the army's [[Soulcaster]] to making oil.{{book ref|sa3|75}} Teleb tried to talk Dalinar out of burning the city, but not very strongly, and he was disregarded.{{book ref|sa3|76}}▼

In the [[Warcamp|warcamps]] during the time of the [[Vengeance Pact]], he was Dalinar's highofficer on duty when a chasmfiend was detected crawling up on a plateau only two hours away. When Dalinar decided to march, he had Teleb send for Adolin.{{book ref|sa1|26}}▼

Teleb discussed using man-carried bridges with Dalinar, who was opposed to the idea. Knowing Dalinar's opinion, he suggested using them to reach a contested plateau faster but not for the assault itself. Though Dalinar was hesitant, he knew the value of listening to a highly-regarded officer's advice and told Teleb he could train one bridge crew for the purpose of testing the idea.{{book ref|sa1|26}} Because [[chull]]-drawn bridges would be needed for the assault, Teleb tried to design a new kind of bridge; his first attempt failed because the bridge didn't stand the weight of the chulls.{{book ref|sa1|28}} ▼