May Aladar
Daughter of Highprince Aladar — short, pretty, in her twenties, with tan eyes and short jet-black hair curved around her face. Accompanies her father to Dalinar's council on the balcony. SA:OB:Ch 2
Known facts
- practicing-with-aladar-house-plate-and-bladeHighprince Aladar confides to Adolin that he has been letting May practice with the family Plate and Blade — *she might do something foolish* — and asks him to keep an eye on her in Azimir. May has been getting ideas since Jasnah began entering battle directly. A women's-division archery champion three times over, she is in Azimir as Adolin's aide-de-camp and scribe.SA:WaT:Ch 37
Events
- SA:OB:Ch 2 Walks the corridor up to the balcony at her father's side.
- SA:OB:Ch 4 Beside her father at the rooftop ceremony.
- SA:OB:Ch 12 Beside her father throughout the talks, gathering spanreed reports from Navani's scribes around the world.
- SA:WaT:Ch 40 On the dome's interior balcony with her archer platoon during the first clash.
- SA:WaT:Ch 42 Holding the dulled Maya for Adolin's soldiers' celebrations when the Blade vanishes of its own accord as Maya leaves for Shadesmar.
- SA:WaT:Ch 67 At Adolin's writing desk in battle leathers, sending spanreed reports; warns him about Notum's improbable adjustment and teases him about Shallan.
- SA:WaT:Ch 80 Reclaims the bow from Zabra and chides Adolin for not sleeping, citing her dual role as his ex and his head scribe.
- SA:WaT:Ch 85 Takes Adolin's face in both hands as he comes awake and gives him the calm, officer-trained report on his leg, on Kushkam, on the dome.
- SA:WaT:Ch 119 Sits with mail draped over the next chair and her spanreed beside it, conveys Urithiru news to Adolin — the Shattered Plains are officially lost — joins the three-way towers match, and when the horns sound straps on her mail and helps Adolin toward the reserve tent.
- SA:WaT:Ch 121 Marches with Adolin through the night to the breach posts carrying enormous pikes, then is split off to a different point in the line — *two weak links should not be next to one another* — and goes into the pike formation alongside the Azish regulars.
- SA:WaT:Ch 125 Holds an enclave of archers among the wreckage of the dome line — the rescue party that pulls Adolin out — and is the one who had earlier spotted him on the front and told the emperor where to find him.
- SA:WaT:Ch 126 Sits in the saferoom drawing towers pieces on scraps of paper for the emperor, who wants to pass the time, and relays from her Windrunner squire that Notum has met the rescuers outside the city.
- SA:WaT:Ch 127 Backs Adolin's argument that the city is not locked down — *the Windrunners made it in here* — and continues to relay scout updates from her squires.
- SA:WaT:Ch 128 May keeps her bow strung and goes in the lead pair with Yanagawn across the bronze grounds.
- SA:WaT:Ch 129 May walks point with Yanagawn and Jaskkeem through the palace halls, bow strung, watching the corridors.
- SA:WaT:Ch 135 Among the Unoathed who clash with the oncoming line beside Colot in fresh Plate.
- SA:WaT:Ch 147 At the Unoathed council with Adolin, reminds the room that the Radiants at Urithiru still have powers, even if they cannot leave.
Backreferences
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- factMay Aladar
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- factAdolin Kholin
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- factGitora
- factRahel
- factBeamlin Dorset
- factTalig
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- factZabra
- factChalla
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- factYanagawn the First
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- factAdolin Kholin
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