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'''Bluth''' was a mercenary in the service of the [[Thaylen]] slaver [[Tvlakv]] on [[Roshar]].{{ref|b|sa1|c|2}}
 
'''Bluth''' was a mercenary in the service of the [[Thaylen]] slaver [[Tvlakv]] on [[Roshar]].{{ref|b|sa1|c|2}}
   
He was in service to Tvlakv while the slaver was travelling across the [[Unclaimed Hills]] to the [[Shattered Plains]].{{ref|b|sa1|c|2}}{{ref|b|sa1|c|4}} On Tvlakv's orders he murdered a slave who fell ill when [[Kaladin]] attempted to save the slave's life.{{ref|b|sa1|c|4}} He was afraid of Kaladin, due to his reputation from having a ''shash'' slave brand, as well as his reputation for having escaped from ten previous masters.{{ref|b|sa1|c|2}}{{ref|b|sa1|c|4}}
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He was in service to Tvlakv while the slaver was travelling across the [[Unclaimed Hills]] to the [[Shattered Plains]] with [[Kaladin]] enslaved.{{ref|b|sa1|c|2}}{{ref|b|sa1|c|4}} On Tvlakv's orders he murdered a slave who fell ill when [[Kaladin]] attempted to save the slave's life.{{ref|b|sa1|c|4}} He was afraid of Kaladin, due to his reputation from having a ''shash'' slave brand, as well as his reputation for having escaped from ten previous masters.{{ref|b|sa1|c|2}}{{ref|b|sa1|c|4}}
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Later, after Kaladin had been sold to [[Highprince]] [[Torol Sadeas|Sadeas's]] army to become a [[bridge crew|bridgeman]], Bluth was still part of Tvlakv's expedition when [[Shallan Davar]] stumbled into their camp after she was shipwrecked.{{ref|b|sa2|c|11}} During this time, Shallan used Bluth as if he were her personal footman or servant, even though Tvlakv hadn't given any instructions for Bluth to serve Shallan.
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Tvlakv's group eventually comes under pursuit by a group of deserters. During a period of relative calm, Shallan begins drawing a sketch of Bluth—her first sketch of a person after being shipwrecked.{{ref|b|sa2|c|17}} She was unsatisfied with the sketch, deciding that Bluth was a bad way to restart her collection.{{ref|b|sa2|c|17}} She redraws Bluth idealized as a spearman in an army and shows him the picture: not as he is, but as he once might have been, a hero.{{ref|b|sa2|c|17}}{{ref|b|sa2|c|21}} Bluth later steals this picture.{{ref|b|sa2|c|20}}{{ref|b|sa2|c|21}}
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Tvlakv's group eventually comes across another caravan that has been attacked by a second group of bandits. When the bandits attack again, Shallan orders Bluth to take her to the deserters, where she convinces the deserters to help them repel the bandit attack.{{ref|b|sa2|c|20}} Bluth also assists in the defense but is killed.{{ref|b|sa2|c|21}} As Shallan examines his body, she finds her stolen drawing of him and changes her assessment that Bluth was a bad way to restart her collection.{{ref|b|sa2|c|21}}
   
 
== Notes ==
 
== Notes ==

Revision as of 22:35, 15 July 2014

Bluth
Died Tanatishes 1173Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
Profession Mercenary
Homeworld Roshar
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Bluth was a mercenary in the service of the Thaylen slaver Tvlakv on Roshar.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content

He was in service to Tvlakv while the slaver was travelling across the Unclaimed Hills to the Shattered Plains with Kaladin enslaved.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have contentCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content On Tvlakv's orders he murdered a slave who fell ill when Kaladin attempted to save the slave's life.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content He was afraid of Kaladin, due to his reputation from having a shash slave brand, as well as his reputation for having escaped from ten previous masters.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have contentCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content

Later, after Kaladin had been sold to Highprince Sadeas's army to become a bridgeman, Bluth was still part of Tvlakv's expedition when Shallan Davar stumbled into their camp after she was shipwrecked.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content During this time, Shallan used Bluth as if he were her personal footman or servant, even though Tvlakv hadn't given any instructions for Bluth to serve Shallan.

Tvlakv's group eventually comes under pursuit by a group of deserters. During a period of relative calm, Shallan begins drawing a sketch of Bluth—her first sketch of a person after being shipwrecked.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content She was unsatisfied with the sketch, deciding that Bluth was a bad way to restart her collection.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content She redraws Bluth idealized as a spearman in an army and shows him the picture: not as he is, but as he once might have been, a hero.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have contentCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content Bluth later steals this picture.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have contentCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content

Tvlakv's group eventually comes across another caravan that has been attacked by a second group of bandits. When the bandits attack again, Shallan orders Bluth to take her to the deserters, where she convinces the deserters to help them repel the bandit attack.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content Bluth also assists in the defense but is killed.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content As Shallan examines his body, she finds her stolen drawing of him and changes her assessment that Bluth was a bad way to restart her collection.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content

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