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'''Torol Sadeas''' is an [[Alethi]] [[Highprince]] on [[Roshar]]. Through a number of successful battles fought alongside [[Gavilar]] and [[Dalinar]] Kholin, he became one of the most powerful men in the Kingdom. Known for his cruelty and brutality, Sadeas is a proficient political master; along with his wife [[Ialai Sadeas|Ialai]], they takeeliminate carepeople ofthey inconvenientconsider peopleinconvenient. He commands one of the two most significant armies on the [[Shattered Plains]], the other being the army of Dalinar Kholin.
 
As Highprince of Information, he was able to manipulate the king and the other Highprinces. He was still able to outmaneuver Dalinar, even after he was openly found guilty of treason. He possesses both a set of [[Shardplate]] and Dalinar Kholin'sa [[Shardblade]], which is called [[Oathbringer (Shardblade)|Oathbringer]].
 
He is murdered by [[Adolin Kholin]] a fewshort daystime after theirhis arrival in [[Urithiru]].{{book ref|sa2|89}}
 
== Appearance and Personality ==
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=== Appearance ===
Torol Sadeas is a bright eyed man. He has a bulbous head, curly hair, and ruddy face.{{book ref|sa1|12}} His Princedom's colors are green and white,{{book ref|sa1|65}} but his Shardplate is painted red. It is decorated, including tassels on his helm.{{book ref|sa1|17}}
Torol Sadeas is a bright-eyed man in his early fifties.{{book ref|sa2|5}}{{wob ref|10572}} He has a bulbous head, curly hair, and ruddy face.{{book ref|sa1|12}} As a Rosharan, he would be considered tall amongst people from other planets in the cosmere;{{book ref|tsm|6}} and as an Alethi man, he would have tan skin and epicanthic folds.{{wob ref|4079}} His Princedom's colors are green and white,{{book ref|sa1|65}} and he reflects this in his clothing.{{cite}}
 
His Shardplate is painted red. It is decorated, including tassels on his helm.{{book ref|sa1|17}}
Sadeas is and always has been a brutal, cruel man. He has no compassion and enjoys showing off and pillaging. He will sacrifice people easily to meet his goals; this was his pattern both during [[Gavilar]]'s war to unify Alethkar and later with his bridgemen at the Shattered Plains.{{book ref|sa1|32}}{{book ref|sa3|3}}
 
=== Personality ===
He is proficient at politics and strategy. His marriage to Ialai is strong because she is also very good at conspiracy, intrigue, and plotting.{{book ref|sa2|5}}{{book ref|sa2|29}} They run their princedom with those same values, and their warcamp reflects this.
Sadeas is and always has been a brutal, cruel man for much of his life. He has no compassion and enjoys showing off and pillaging.{{book ref|sa3|3}} He will sacrifice people easily to meet his goals; this was his pattern both during [[Gavilar]]'s war to unify Alethkar and later with his bridgemen at the Shattered Plains.{{book ref|sa1|32}}{{book ref|sa3|3}}
 
He is proficient at politics and strategy. His marriage to Ialai is strong because she is also very good at conspiracy, intrigue, and plotting.{{book ref|sa2|5}}{{book ref|sa2|29}} They run their princedom with those same values, and their warcamp reflects this. While he relishes in his position of authority, he has no desire to be king, considering it a job with little praise or amusement.{{book ref|sa3|76}}{{wob ref|5717}}
Before Gavilar's assassination, Sadeas and Dalinar were very close friends. They maintain their respect for the other's abilities and appear cordial to each other for a while after Dalinar's trip to the [[Nightwatcher]] changes him, but Sadeas secretly desires to outmaneuver Dalinar any way he can and feels that getting rid of Dalinar is what is best for Alethkar.{{book ref|sa2|37}}
 
One of his main goals are the life and stability of the kingdom of Alethkar. He is willing to sacrifice anyone, even those he respects and admires, if he considers them a threat to Alethkar and its stability.{{book ref|sa3|76}}{{book ref|sa1|69}}{{wob ref|5717}} Though in time, this desire began to be superseded by his lust for war and conflict, making him question if the collapse of Alethkar is really a bad thing, as it would have meant the birth of a larger war.{{book ref|sa2|5}}
Sadeas does not believe in the Codes and is sure that compassion and diplomacy are signs of weakness. He believes Gavilar Kholin's death was evidence that the Codes lead to ruin. This was one of the main reasons for him to betray Dalinar.{{book ref|sa2|50}}{{book ref|sa2|55}}
 
Sadeas does not believe in the Codes and is sure that honor, compassion, and diplomacy are signs of weakness.{{book ref|sa1|56}} He believes Gavilar Kholin's death was evidence that the Codes lead to ruin. This was one of the main reasons for him to betray Dalinar.{{book ref|sa1|69}}{{book ref|sa2|50}}{{book ref|sa2|55}}
 
== History ==
{{image|Diplomacy by Marie Seeberger.jpg|side=right|width=300px|With [[Ialai]] and the Kholins at a diplomatic feast}}
 
=== Birth and Early Life ===
Sadeas was born in Alethkar in early {{Rosharan date|1123}} into House Sadeas.{{book ref|sa2|5}}{{wob ref|10572}} Little is known about his early life, except that at some point prior to {{Rosharan date|1140}} he became close friends with Gavilar and Dalinar Kholin.{{cite}}
 
=== Unification of Alethkar ===
Torol Sadeas was the closest friend of Gavilar and Dalinar Kholin duringDuring the Unification of Alethkar., Hehe and Gavilar would plot together, discussing strategy and the direction of the war. House Sadeas was one of the three kingdomsprincedoms to fight alongside the Kholins.{{book ref|sa3|11}}
 
He was instrumental in pushing the alliance to greater brutality. He was not ashamed of his cold heart and was known for showing off his cruelty, which included hanging the heads of the fallen Highprinces and their officers. He openly enjoyed the pillage of the fallen cities.{{book ref|sa3|3}}
 
Sadeas washas always been very proficient at politics since his early years. He would speak persuasively to gain new allies; if he was not convinced of their full loyalty, he would find "Alethi" ways to get rid of them. His wife, Ialai Sadeas, was known among their friends for coming up with elaborate schemes for getting rid of thetheir problematic allies and enemies.{{book ref|sa3|19}}
 
=== The Rift ===
{{image|Glyph-Sadeas.svg|side=right|height=350px|Sadeas's [[glyph]]|attribute=art-tracer}}
 
During their time at the warcamps, Sadeas participated in a hunt out on the [[Shattered Plains]] with Dalinar, [[Renarin]], [[Adolin]], and King Elhokar. When they arrived at the plateau where preparations for the hunt were under way, a [[chasmfiend]] appeared on the plateau with all the courtiers and scribes instead of on the smaller plateau where the hunt was supposed to take place.{{book ref|sa1|12}} Dalinar, Adolin, and Elhokar immediately dashed for the chasmfiend, hoping to kill it before it hurtshurt any bystanders. Sadeas used his [[grandbow]] from a distance to weaken it while Dalinar and Adolin went for its legs and Elhokar distracted it. At some point in the battle, Elhokar's saddle strap broke, throwing him to the ground. To save him from being crushed, Dalinar caught the claw that would have otherwise crushed Elhokar with his Shardplate-enhanced strength. Adolin continued to cut off its legs until the chasmfiend was unable to support its own weight, at which point Elhokar summoned his Shardblade again and used it to kill the chasmfiend, then harvest its [[gemheart]].{{book ref|sa1|13}}
 
Back in the pavilion on the Plains, Elhokar remarked to Dalinar that Sadeas had won three gemhearts in the last few weeks, followed up by chiding Dalinar for not having won any himself in that time. Both Elhokar and Sadeas made use of the topic to highlight many of Sadeas' achievements, which Dalinar calls into question, especially the act of sending unprotected [[bridgemen]] against the [[Parshendi]]. While Elhokar noted that Sadeas' bridge crews were more efficient than Dalinar's, and were why he was able to win so many gemhearts, Dalinar was of the opinion that Sadeas' method wasted lives. Sadeas, however, felt that Dalinar's reliance on wheels to maneuver his bridges was foolish.
While several people, including [[Sebarial]], saw Sadeas' death as one less problem for the new alliance, Dalinar was very affected by the event and asked Adolin to investigate the assassination.{{book ref|sa3|9}} Adolin struggled with guilt over what he had done and confessed his actions first to Shallan{{book ref|sa3|108}} and later to Dalinar himself.{{book ref|sa3|122}}
 
After Torol's death, Ialai named Highmarshal [[Amaram]] regent and heir to the house title, making him Highprince Sadeas.{{book ref|sa2|27}} In doing this, she cemented a division with the Kholins that continued until [[Shallan|Radiant]] killed her, atroughly thea beginningyear ofafter the [[RhythmBattle of WarThaylen Field]].{{book ref|sa4|93}}.
 
== Relationships ==
=== Adolin Kholin ===
Adolin Kholin despises Torol Sadeas for his continuous betrayals of him and his father. This hatred was enough that, in early {{rosharan date|1174|1}}, he murdered him in the halls of Urithiru.{{book ref|sa2|89}}{{expand}}
 
=== Dalinar Kholin ===
Before Gavilar's assassination, Sadeas and Dalinar were very close friends. They maintain their respect for the other's abilities and appear cordial to each other for a while after Dalinar's trip to the [[Nightwatcher]] changes him, but Sadeas secretly desires to outmaneuver Dalinar any way he can and feels that getting rid of Dalinar is what is best for Alethkar.{{book ref|sa2|37}}{{book ref|sa1|69}} Despite seeing him as a threat to Alethkar and a boulder in his path, Sadeas still claims to respect and admire Dalinar.{{book ref|sa1|69}}
 
=== Gavilar Kholin ===
He deeply respected Gavilar Kholin, and wanted to keep him in the position of king of Alethkar.{{cite}} His respect was enough that he helped to unify Alethkar under Gavilar during the Alethi War of Unification.{{cite}}{{expand}}
 
== Trivia ==
* In a draft of ''Words of Radiance'', Adolin did not kill Sadeas. When [[Brandon Sanderson|Brandon]] decided to have Amaram survive Iyatil's assassination attempt, he decided that Sadeas had to die instead.{{wob ref|1876}}
* Sadeas would get along well with [[Rayse]].{{wob ref|13933}}
* If he were in the place of [[Straff Venture]], he would make far better use of [[Zane]].{{wob ref|1102}}
 
== Notes ==
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