The Parshendi Shardbearer
also known as Helaran, The Parshendi Shardbearer
Shallan's eldest brother — a Shardbearer who went to Alethkar on his "new friends'" work and was killed there a year ago by Highlord Amaram, who took the Plate and Blade as his own. The "Parshendi Shardbearer" Kaladin felled on the Shattered Plains was Helaran in that stolen armor. SA:WoR:Ch 52
A Parshendi Shardbearer who attacks Amaram's army in the Unclaimed Hills one year ago — killed by Kaladin when no one else could reach him, after the Blade cut down Dallet and Toorim in front of him. SA:WoK:Ch 47 superseded at SA:WoR:Ch 52
Shallan's eldest brother. Vanished over a year ago and proclaimed dead by Brightlord Davar; he had known more of their father's plans than anyone else in the family. SA:WoK:Ch 8 superseded at SA:WoK:Ch 47
Known facts
- shardbearerHelaran is a Shardbearer — a fact he reveals to no one but his father and youngest sister, summoning from mist a six-foot Blade with a flame-rippled back edge and a pommel gemstone. He hints that the Blade came from *new friends* who have entrusted him with the weapon as part of important work he means to do.SA:WoR:Ch 19
- leaves-davar-houseHelaran announces that he will be away for years on undisclosed work, charges Shallan with watching their brother Balat — who has started taking out cruelty on small animals — and tells her vengeance for their mother must wait until Balat is ready to lead the house.SA:WoR:Ch 19
- absent-and-nearly-killed-fatherJushu tells Shallan that Helaran is the only one of their father's children that he loves — even though Helaran is never home and has, by Jushu's account, betrayed and nearly killed their father. He brings Shallan paper when he passes through; no one in the manor knows where he goes.SA:WoR:Ch 27
- gone-to-alethkarBy the Middlefest Fair of Shallan's fourteenth year, Helaran is in Alethkar on business he considers important enough to die for, and has placed watchers near his father — a message Brightlord Davar receives at the fair from a stranger in black.SA:WoR:Ch 45
- killed-by-amaram-while-carrying-shardbladeShallan, in Amaram's yard wearing the face of a messenger boy, sees the Blade her brother once carried summoned by Amaram himself and learns from Amaram's own account that Helaran was the red-haired Veden assassin he killed in the Unclaimed Hills a year ago. The Shards Kaladin won from a Parshendi in Amaram's army that day were Helaran's.SA:WoR:Ch 52
- warns-balat-of-long-absenceReturns briefly to Jah Keved and meets Balat in the city in secret, warning him he may not be coming back for a long time and charging Balat with watching over the family in his place.SA:WoR:Ch 61
- reported-killed-on-a-battlefield-in-alethkarBrightlord Davar, in the final confrontation, tells Balat that Helaran is dead — killed on a battlefield in Alethkar without Davar's own assassins needing to lift a hand.SA:WoR:Ch 73
- died-fighting-amarams-army-in-alethkarShallan, telling Kaladin her story under the storm, names where her eldest brother fell: in Alethkar, at the hands of Amaram's soldiers. Kaladin realises in silence what she does not — that he himself was the spearman who killed her brother on that field.SA:WoR:Ch 74
Events
- SA:WoK:Ch 47 Killed by Kaladin's spear-strike to the eye after slaughtering the squad
Relations
- relatedNan Balat — Younger brother to Nan Helaran, who alone stood up to their father SA:WoK:I-2
Backreferences
- summarySA:OB:Ch 22
- summarySA:OB:Ch 27
- summarySA:OB:Ch 42
- summarySA:OB:Ch 43
- summarySA:OB:Ch 120
- factShallan Davar
- summarySA:WoK:I-2
- factHouse Davar
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 47
- factKaladin
- summarySA:WaT:Ch 79
- summarySA:WaT:Ch 109
- factNalan'Elin
- factKaladin
- summarySA:WaT:Ch 144
- summarySA:WoR:Ch 19
- factShallan Davar
- factBrightlord Davar
- factHelaran Davar
- factHelaran Davar
- summarySA:WoR:Ch 22
- factKaladin
- summarySA:WoR:Ch 27
- factHelaran Davar
- factAsha Jushu
- summarySA:WoR:Ch 39
- factNan Balat
- summarySA:WoR:Ch 45
- factBrightlord Davar
- factHelaran Davar
- factThe messenger in black
- summarySA:WoR:Ch 52
- factAmaram
- factHelaran Davar
- summarySA:WoR:Ch 61
- factBrightlord Davar
- factMalise Gevelmar
- factRin
- summarySA:WoR:Ch 63
- summarySA:WoR:Ch 65
- factShallan Davar
- summarySA:WoR:Ch 73
- factHelaran Davar
- summarySA:WoR:Ch 74
- factKaladin
- factKaladin