Szeth-son-son-Vallano
also known as Truthless of Shinovar
A Shin assassin sent by the Parshendi to kill the Alethi king. Robed in white and obedient to his masters, he can draw Stormlight and use three kinds of Lashings to manipulate gravity and bind himself or objects to surfaces. SA:WoK:Prologue
Presence
appears mentioned absent
Known facts
- passed-hand-to-handFive years after the assassination of King Gavilar, has been resold dozens of times — from the Parshendi who tossed his Oathstone outside Kholinar to a string of cobblers, merchants, farmers, and finally a Bavland miner named Took — each owner growing uneasy with a slave who sounds like a lighteyes and knows more than they do.SA:WoK:I-3
- windrunner-identityIs a Windrunner and Surgebinder in everything but name — when he summons his Blade his dark green eyes shift to glowing sapphire, a particular effect of his weapon. He hides the truth so completely that the men who give him their privies to muck have no idea.SA:WoK:I-3
- gloried-in-wasteGlories in being wasted. Each day Took sets him to clean or dig is a day he is not made to kill, and a victory against the night five years ago when he was ordered to be seen butchering the king of Alethkar.SA:WoK:I-3
- oathstone-changes-hands-againMakkek is killed and beheaded the same night Szeth kills Gavashaw. The masked figure who claims the Oathstone hands Szeth a list of two dozen names — six highprinces, a Selay gerontarch, the king of Jah Keved — and orders him to use the tactics he employed so well in Alethkar years ago.SA:WoK:I-6
- begins-doubting-stone-shamanismHas begun to question the prohibitions he was raised on — how can these Easterners not walk on stone, when there is no soil in their lands? — and immediately recoils. To question the Shamanism is to question his own Truthless-nature.SA:WoK:I-6
- assassinates-iri-kingSlaughters his way through the Iri king's honor guard at a feast hall — slashing hinges, kicking the door across the room, taking dining tables one leap at a time, listening to every dying scream and hating himself for each. Shatters the king's half-shard shield outside, breaks his arm with a double Basic Lashing, and answers his last question — *what are you?* — with one word. *Death.*SA:WoK:I-9
- attacks-dalinar-at-the-warcampSent again by his masters, Szeth Lashes himself across the warcamps during a highstorm and assaults Dalinar in the top room of his complex. Dalinar survives — barely — by improvisation, drawing Szeth into a position where the Assassin cannot use Stormlight and forcing a withdrawal. The Assassin in White is defeated for the first time.SA:WoK:Ch 75
Appearances
- SA:WoK:I-9 POV; slaughters the feast hall and Lashes to the fleeing king
- SA:WoK:Ch 75 Attempts the assassination in a highstorm; forced to withdraw
Related
- relatedTook — Current Oathstone-holder; Szeth's most stable owner so far precisely because Took finds his obedience natural SA:WoK:I-3
- fulfillsGavilar Kholin — Reflects on the night five years before when he was sent — for the first time — to kill loudly and be seen SA:WoK:I-3
- relatedVstim — Owned him seven years ago; still wishes Thresh would let him buy another SA:WoK:I-4
- foreshadowsThe Masked Master — Szeth's new owner has the ambition and understanding to use him for what he is SA:WoK:I-6
- foreshadowsThe Assassination List — Two dozen names; six highprinces; the king of Jah Keved SA:WoK:I-6
- fulfillsThe Assassination List — First name on the list crossed off — the Iri king SA:WoK:I-9
Thread
- SA:WoK:PrologueintroIntroduced as “Szeth-son-son-Vallano”
- SA:WoK:I-3edgerelated: Took — Current Oathstone-holder; Szeth's most stable owner so far precisely because Took finds his obedience natural
- SA:WoK:I-3edgefulfills: Gavilar Kholin — Reflects on the night five years before when he was sent — for the first time — to kill loudly and be seen
- SA:WoK:I-3factpassed-hand-to-hand: Five years after the assassination of King Gavilar, has been resold dozens of times — from the Parshendi who tossed his Oathstone outside Kholinar to a string of cobblers, merchants, farmers, and finally a Bavland miner named Took — each owner growing uneasy with a slave who sounds like a lighteyes and knows more than they do.
- SA:WoK:I-3factwindrunner-identity: Is a Windrunner and Surgebinder in everything but name — when he summons his Blade his dark green eyes shift to glowing sapphire, a particular effect of his weapon. He hides the truth so completely that the men who give him their privies to muck have no idea.
- SA:WoK:I-3factgloried-in-waste: Glories in being wasted. Each day Took sets him to clean or dig is a day he is not made to kill, and a victory against the night five years ago when he was ordered to be seen butchering the king of Alethkar.
- SA:WoK:I-4edgerelated: Vstim — Owned him seven years ago; still wishes Thresh would let him buy another
- SA:WoK:I-6edgeforeshadows: The Masked Master — Szeth's new owner has the ambition and understanding to use him for what he is
- SA:WoK:I-6edgeforeshadows: The Assassination List — Two dozen names; six highprinces; the king of Jah Keved
- SA:WoK:I-6factoathstone-changes-hands-again: Makkek is killed and beheaded the same night Szeth kills Gavashaw. The masked figure who claims the Oathstone hands Szeth a list of two dozen names — six highprinces, a Selay gerontarch, the king of Jah Keved — and orders him to use the tactics he employed so well in Alethkar years ago.
- SA:WoK:I-6factbegins-doubting-stone-shamanism: Has begun to question the prohibitions he was raised on — how can these Easterners not walk on stone, when there is no soil in their lands? — and immediately recoils. To question the Shamanism is to question his own Truthless-nature.
- SA:WoK:I-9edgefulfills: The Assassination List — First name on the list crossed off — the Iri king
- SA:WoK:I-9factassassinates-iri-king: Slaughters his way through the Iri king's honor guard at a feast hall — slashing hinges, kicking the door across the room, taking dining tables one leap at a time, listening to every dying scream and hating himself for each. Shatters the king's half-shard shield outside, breaks his arm with a double Basic Lashing, and answers his last question — *what are you?* — with one word. *Death.*
- SA:WoK:Ch 75factattacks-dalinar-at-the-warcamp: Sent again by his masters, Szeth Lashes himself across the warcamps during a highstorm and assaults Dalinar in the top room of his complex. Dalinar survives — barely — by improvisation, drawing Szeth into a position where the Assassin cannot use Stormlight and forcing a withdrawal. The Assassin in White is defeated for the first time.
Backreferences
- summarySA:WoK:Prologue
- summarySA:WoK:I-3
- factTruthless
- factTook
- factOathstone
- factWindrunner
- factSurgebinder
- factBavland
- summarySA:WoK:I-4
- factVstim
- factVstim
- factThresh-son-Esan
- summarySA:WoK:I-6
- factSzeth-son-son-Vallano
- factMakkek
- factGavashaw
- factThe Masked Master
- factThe Assassination List
- summarySA:WoK:I-9
- factThe Iri King
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 75
- factSzeth-son-son-Vallano
- factDalinar Kholin