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Featured Article: Ialai Sadeas
“Tradition is our ally, Dalinar. I don't think you’ve ever understood that as you should. Highmarshal Amaram is our house’s most decorated and well-regarded general. He is beloved of our soldiers, and known the world over. I name him regent and heir to the house title. He is, for all intents, Highprince Sadeas now. ”
—Ialai
Brightlady Ialai Sadeas is a noble Alethi lighteyes on Roshar. She was formerly married to Highprince Torol Sadeas and was associated with the Sons of Honor.
Appearance and Personality
She is short, squat, and curvaceous, with a large bust and a slender neck. She has a wide mouth, thick lips, and green eyes. She has black hair, although she reportedly has partial foreign ancestry and dyes her hair black to appear fully Alethi. She wears dresses in the latest Alethi fashions. Towards the end of her life, after several stressful events, she takes on a gaunt, haggard appearance.
Ialai has been known to be underhanded since her youth. She is constantly assessing every person and situation, looking for weaknesses to exploit. Jasnah Kholin believes that Ialai is as shrewd as her husband, Torol Sadeas, and the pair constantly scheme against their political rivals. Ialai and Sadeas are so self-serving and unprincipled that Mraize believes them to be wholly unpredictable.
Attributes and Abilities
“We are here to focus our attention. We should be discussing where to invade to gain the best position for an extended war. Obviously, there is only one answer. Shinovar is a bounteous land. Their orchards grow without end; the land is so mild that even the grass has grown relaxed and fat. We should seize that land to supply our armies. ”
—Ialai using her political acumen to make the coalition of monarchs seem like an Alethi power grab
Ialai runs the best network of spies and informants in the warcamps at the Shattered Plains, and is able to keep it a closely-guarded secret. Her network also includes assassins. As the wife of a Highprince, she regularly attends notable events in Alethkar such as duels, feasts, and even military meetings, giving her personal access to a wide range of information and members of the nobility.
She is generally a perfect Alethi woman in public, but likes to lounge in private. She can write using women's script and is knowledgeable about wine. Unlike most Brightladies, she enjoys food typically served to men. Her name is considered mildly blasphemous by the Vorin church, which holds perfect symmetry holy.
After Torol's death, Ialai continued to run a spy network in Urithiru and then the Shattered Plains, even learning bits and pieces about the activities of the Ghostbloods; she is among the few Rosharans at the time that are aware of Shadesmar and civilizations on other planets. She remains adept at seizing power when it is available for the taking.
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