Rock
also known as Numuhukumakiaki'aialunamor
A near-seven-foot tan-skinned, deep-red-haired Unkalaki (Horneater) bridgeman in Bridge Four. Belly-laughs at Kaladin's training plan and good-naturedly loses a bet on whether Kaladin's practice plank was a lightweight ringer. SA:WoK:Ch 14
Known facts
- horneater-can-see-sylCan see Syl — says it is something he was born with on the Peaks. She leads him from one stand of knobweed to the next, and Teft cannot fathom why the Horneater always finds so many more reeds than he does.SA:WoK:Ch 22
- was-cook-to-his-nuatomaWas cook — not slave — to his nuatoma on the Horneater Peaks, the umarti'a kinship that puts a chief's relatives into his service. He came down from the Peaks at his nuatoma's side and was there when Sadeas killed the chief for his Shards.SA:WoK:Ch 22
- chull-dung-in-sadeas-soupMade Sadeas one meal after the killing of his nuatoma — "enhanced" with chull dung in the soup, the bread, the pork-steak garnish, and a chutney for the buttered garams. Sadeas's scorched tongue did not notice; the next morning Rock was sent to the bridge crews.SA:WoK:Ch 22
- razor-shaves-humakaabanWhen Bridge Four surprises him with a razor he carves out a humaka'aban — long red-blond sideburns curving down to a shaved chin — and proclaims he feels like a true alil'tiki'i again. He hugs the men at the fire and promises that someday he will take them all to the Peaks for the hospitality of kings. The razor, he says, belongs to all of them.SA:WoK:Ch 40
- knows-to-build-a-bowQuietly builds Kaladin a working bow out of materials available in the chasms. Where he learned the craft he will not say — *is secret* — but Kaladin recognises the work and accepts.SA:WoK:Ch 55
- met-lunuanaki-on-the-peak-shoreRock tells Bridge Four over a mug at the Ornery Chull that he has seen Lunu'anaki in person — said to surface on the shore of a peak's lake from the gods' world beneath, in Unkalaki belief the trickster god of journeys. A white-haired young man with skin lighter than Alethi and an angular face, who mocked the Horneater calendar and joked about Rock's beard.SA:WoR:Ch 46
Events
- SA:WoK:Ch 14 Belly-laughs at Kaladin's plan; later loses a chip-bet on the plank weight
- SA:WoK:Ch 20 Stands at Kaladin's shoulder as he recruits Teft
- SA:WoK:Ch 22 Hauls oversized boulders to the wagon, slips knobweed reeds into Kaladin's hands, and tells the cousin-of-the-nuatoma story in the chasm bottom
- SA:WoK:Ch 27 Trains with Kaladin and Teft in the mornings; sees Syl flit through the apothecary shop
- SA:WoK:Ch 30 Leads training when Kaladin steps away
- SA:WoK:Ch 32 Stands at Kaladin's shoulder when the reserve spearmen arrive; orders him to back off and get the men home
- SA:WoK:Ch 34 Sneaks up in the lull with Teft and Moash; promises a tradition
- SA:WoK:Ch 35 First out the door after the storm; charges around the side of the barrack
- SA:WoK:Ch 40 Shaves the humaka'aban; hugs Bisig at the fire and proclaims Bridge Four family
- SA:WoK:Ch 43 Will not fight (beneath an Unkalaki) but will cook for the killers
- SA:WoK:Ch 53 Running triage after the assault
- SA:WoK:Ch 55 Hands Kaladin the bow he built in secret
- SA:WoK:Ch 62 In the lumberyard before the prayer-glyph assault; approves of the cloth
- SA:WoK:Ch 66 In Bridge Four; turns east with Kaladin
- SA:WoR:Ch 22 Dishes out a late evening stew at the Bridge Four fire as men cycle in from odd shifts.
- SA:WoR:Ch 31 Serves stew to the borrowed bridgemen and bellows with laughter; shoos away a thin ardent who keeps loitering with a sketchbook hoping to draw the now-famous bridgemen.
- SA:WoR:Ch 41 Joins the chasm tests and snacks on a crab; tastes the barracks-night stew.
- SA:WoR:Ch 46 Drinks ale and tells the Unkalaki creation myth at the tavern; recounts meeting Lunu'anaki on a peak shore.
- SA:WoR:Ch 46 Stands proud beside his stew at the Bridge Four cookfire as the crew eats and Kaladin returns from rounds.
- SA:WoR:Ch 66 Greets Kaladin out of prison with a wisecrack about his beard and a celebratory stew he has been simmering for the duration of the sentence.
- SA:WoR:Ch 68 Carries the bridge with Bridge Four across the Plains, drinking at parade rest; argues with Kaladin that the bridge is light now because they have defeated Sadeas.
- SA:WoR:Ch 76 Stands among Bridge Four mothering Kaladin about his leg; tells Kaladin he is going on the expedition to feed the men.
- SA:WoR:Ch 79 Stands beside Skar as the second Bridge Four observer and pronounces Rlain's self-named treason a *little problem*, easily fixed.
- SA:WoR:Ch 81 The Horneater quartermaster comments aloud beside Dalinar that the campfire tales have come alive and asks why the red-eyed ones do not move.
- SA:WoR:Ch 83 Comes onto the dais with the bridgemen, calls Shallan *cousin* for her hair, and notes the central mound *is just more rock.*
- SA:WoR:Ch 87 Towers over the other returning bridgemen, eyes Kaladin's new sword, and lays a hand on Rlain's shoulder when Rlain speaks of his people being gone.
Relations
- relatedKaladin — Recruits Rock as a Bridge Four lieutenant SA:WoK:Ch 20
- relatedSylphrena — Sees her where other lowlanders cannot — a Horneater inheritance from the Peaks SA:WoK:Ch 22
- relatedSadeas — Rock's nuatoma was killed by Sadeas for his Shards; Rock was sent to the bridges after spiking the Highprince's meal SA:WoK:Ch 22
Backreferences
- summarySA:DS:Ch 2
- factCord
- summarySA:DS:Ch 6
- summarySA:DS:Ch 14
- summarySA:DS:Ch 18
- summarySA:OB:Ch 25
- factIshnah
- summarySA:OB:Ch 38
- summarySA:OB:Ch 40
- factTuaka
- factTuaka
- factGift
- factStar
- factKuma'tiki
- factBeautiful Song
- factRock the younger
- factKef'ha
- factTifi
- factSinaku'a
- summarySA:OB:Ch 44
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- summarySA:OB:Ch 55
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- summarySA:OB:Ch 70
- summarySA:RoW:Ch 5
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- summarySA:RoW:Ch 46
- summarySA:RoW:Ch 80
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 14
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 20
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 22
- factKaladin
- factNuatoma
- factUmarti'a
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 27
- factBridge Four
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 30
- factBisig
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 32
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 34
- factBridge Four
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 35
- factTeft
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 40
- factHumaka'aban
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 43
- factBridge Four
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 53
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- summarySA:WoK:Ch 62
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 66
- summarySA:WaT:Ch 2
- summarySA:WaT:Ch 12
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- summarySA:WaT:Ch 33
- summarySA:WaT:Ch 123
- factAdolin Kholin
- summarySA:WoR:Ch 2
- factKaladin
- summarySA:WoR:Ch 5
- factMart
- summarySA:WoR:Ch 9
- summarySA:WoR:Ch 12
- factStormlight
- factKaladin
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- summarySA:WoR:Ch 22
- summarySA:WoR:Ch 28
- summarySA:WoR:Ch 31
- summarySA:WoR:Ch 33
- factHobber
- summarySA:WoR:Ch 41
- factKaladin
- summarySA:WoR:Ch 46
- factRock
- factKa
- factLunu'anaki
- summarySA:WoR:Ch 66
- summarySA:WoR:Ch 68
- summarySA:WoR:Ch 79
- summarySA:WoR:Ch 80
- summarySA:WoR:Ch 87