Difference between revisions of "Bluth"

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'''Bluth''' was a mercenary in the service of the [[Thaylen]] slaver [[Tvlakv]] on [[Roshar]].{{book ref|b|sa1|c|2}}

He was in service to Tvlakv while the slaver was travelling across the [[Unclaimed Hills]] to the [[Shattered Plains]] with [[Kaladin]] enslaved.{{book ref|b|sa1|c|2}}{{book 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.{{book 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.{{book ref|b|sa1|c|2}}{{book ref|b|sa1|c|4}}

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.{{book 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.

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.{{book ref|b|sa2|c|17}} She was unsatisfied with the sketch, deciding that Bluth was a bad way to restart her collection.{{book 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.{{book ref|b|sa2|c|17}}{{book ref|b|sa2|c|21}} Bluth later steals this picture.{{book ref|b|sa2|c|20}}{{book ref|b|sa2|c|21}}

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.{{book ref|b|sa2|c|20}} Bluth also assists in the defense but is killed.{{book 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.{{book ref|b|sa2|c|21}}