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== History ==
=== Early Life ===
Both of Moash's parents died when he was a child. He was raised by his aging grandparents [[Ana]] and [[Da]], who both worked as silversmiths in [[Kholinar]].{{book ref|sa2|44}} It was his grandfather who named him. Later, Moash would discover that his name is [[singer]] in origin.{{book ref|sa3|54}} Moash was generally met with hostility and distrust by other people, and likely had a troubled childhood because of it. This was one of the reasons Moash joined the caravans for work, which his grandparents encouraged.{{book ref|sa3|45}} He did not want to enter the family business, preferring jobs that were more physically active.{{book ref|sa2|44}} Moash worked the caravans with his uncle when he was young.{{book ref|sa3|48}}
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|You doubt that sending a seventy-five-year-old couple to the palace dungeons is a death sentence?
|Moash to Kaladin{{book ref|sa2|44}}
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=== Bridge Four ===
Moash joined the war
When Kaladin first began his attempts to reform Bridge Four, Moash was singled out to be made an example due to his strong appearance and since he was one of the men who ignored Kaladin's command to get up, instead rolling back over to sleep more. Kaladin pulled Moash out of bed and Moash told him to storm off, so Kaladin punched him in the stomach, picking him up over his shoulder and taking him outside the barracks while he was stunned. Irritated at this treatment, Moash called out to [[Gaz]], asking if they needed to follow Kaladin's orders. Receiving a negative from Gaz, Moash tells Kaladin to storm off again unless he planned on beating all of them up, and him and the other bridgemen dispersed.{{book ref|sa1|14}}
Moash continues to distrust Kaladin's intentions and openly dislikes him. While many of the other bridgemen also dislike Kaladin, he is one of the most vocal.{{book ref|sa1|27}} When Kaladin chooses to stand instead of resting on a bridge run, Moash swears at him.{{book ref|sa1|17}} He's the first one to laugh at the idea of pooling their money and food to help the wounded bridgemen Kaladin brought back, claiming that if it were him, he'd rather die quickly on a bridge run than slowly in the barracks.{{book ref|sa1|21}} Moash, along with Sigzil, refuse to look at Kaladin when he tries to pull the bridgemen into conversation on chasm duty.{{book ref|sa1|27}} Moash does let his flint and steel be used by Kaladin to cauterize wounds, however, which he likely has due to it being standard equipment that caravaneers carry with them.{{book ref|sa1|17}}{{book ref|sa3|45}}
When Kaladin picks up and stares at a spear during chasm duty, Moash taunts him, calling Kaladin "lordling", which he picked up from talking with Gaz. Moash shares with [[Narm]] what he learned from Gaz, claiming that Kaladin is lying about being a previous squadleader. This triggers the other bridgemen to start complaining about Kaladin with each other, until they are stunned into silence by Kaladin's kata that he performs, Moash himself dropping the spheres he was holding in shock. That night, Moash accepts Rock's stew, though Moash still refuses to rise the next morning to train when Kaladin calls for it.{{book ref|sa1|27}}
When Bridge Four started training down in the chasms, Moash was one of the first who changed into a fighting man.{{book ref|sa1|49}} Later, on the bridgerun where [[Dunny]] died, Moash probably saved Kaladin's life by keeping him from reaching Dunny's body and later told Kaladin that he was wrong about him.{{book ref|sa1|53}}
{{image|Moash by Nick Vidic.jpg|side=left|width=200px}}
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