Difference between revisions of "Vstim"

Vstim traveled to [[Shinovar]] with his apprentice [[Rysn]] to trade with [[Thresh|Thresh-son-Esan]]. He brought [[Soulcast]] metal and got chickentraded in exchange for [[chicken]]. NearlyIt is revealed that seven years agobefore on another trade he gotreceived [[Szeth]], andwhom everyhe describes as the "best servant I ever had." Every time he comes back to Shinovar he asks Thresh to trade him another [[Shin]] soldier, whatwhich wasis denied by Thresh because Szeth had been an exception[[Truthless]].{{book ref|wok|i|4}}

A year later Vstim takesand hisRysn apprentice [[Rysn]]travel to the [[Reshi Isles]]. Here heHe feigns sickness in order to allow her to take charge of the trade for herself. [[Rysn]] meets [[Talik]] and in attempting to prove her boldness to the natives, ends up falling off the top of the [[Tai-na]] and into the water below,. shatteringThe fall shatters her legs. After thisAfterward Vstim reappears and reveals he had never been ill, but feigned sickness in order to give her a chance to lead as trademaster andto see how she doeswould do.{{book ref|sa2|I|3}}Rysn figures out that Vstim was previously Talik's Babsk. It iswas also revealed by the Reshi king that Vstim had gained the islanders' respect a long time ago by hunting down a [[coracot]].{{book ref|sa2|I|3}}

When Rysn is working in the [[Thaylen Gemstone Reserve]], a job that Vstim gotarranged for her, he unexpectedly visits Rysn. He tells her that Queen Fen offered him a job as minister of trade, "the highest civilian appointment in the kingdom". Then he hands Rysn a box, containing a wound-up cord of white rope and a deed of ownership to the [[Wandersail (1174 ship)]] so Rysn can still be a merchant even though she can't walk. He also offers to fund her first trade run.{{book ref|sa3|I|13}}

Following that Rysn gives Vstim a tour through the vault and shows him the [[King's Drop]],. butAs thenthey begin to inventory the vault they get attacked by one of the guards, a disguised [[fused]]. The attacker slashes at Vstim and locks him in a smaller vault.{{book ref|sa3|I|13}}

A bit laterLater [[Dalinar]] finds Rysn and the wounded Vstim amid the wreckage of the collapsed Thaylen Gemstone Reserve building. He asks Rysn what happened and Vstim is attended to.{{book ref|sa3|116}}