Torol Sadeas

Sadeas serves as one of Elhokar’s highprinces and military commanders. Elhokar consults him on the war and the threat to the crown, while Sadeas attempts to persuade him against retreat.

Gavilar considers Sadeas among the people who might be behind the threat he anticipates, but the text also identifies Sadeas as his old friend.

After Rock’s nuatoma lost a Shardplate duel to Sadeas, Rock and the rest of the retinue became Sadeas’s property; Rock was assigned to the bridge crews after secretly contaminating Sadeas’s food.

Adolin distrusts Sadeas and warns Dalinar about him. After Sadeas abandons their army, Adolin’s suspicions are confirmed, and he fights alongside Dalinar against the consequences of the betrayal.

Dalinar considers Sadeas an old friend and trusts him to coordinate the assault, but Sadeas deliberately withdraws his army and bridges, leaving Dalinar’s force surrounded. The betrayal destroys Dalinar’s trust and makes Sadeas an active enemy.

Sadeas orders Kaladin to be exposed to the highstorm as a death sentence, calling him a selfish coward after the disastrous plateau assault. Kaladin views Sadeas’s punishment as unjust and refuses to give him the satisfaction of dying.