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Is Sadeas actually dead?
Brandon Sanderson
Sadeas is dead dead. Yeah, Sadeas is gone. Now the new Sadeas is not dead.
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Questioner
Was Sadeas involved with Gavilar's death?
Brandon Sanderson
No, good question. He legitimately thought that Gavilar was a good king and so he legitimately wanted him to live. Sadeas had...his disagreements with Dalinar, he was way more ruthless, and things like this. But at the end of the day he really did want the kingdom to succeed and he did not want to be king.
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Blightsong
Was Sadeas ever affected directly by Odium or an Unmade, not counting the Thrill?
Brandon Sanderson
NOT counting the Thrill, ok uhhhhm. There are affects of other unmade around, and Odium's effect - direct effect? I'm going to say, no, maybe some indirect effects.
Blightsong
What about Roshone?
Brandon Sanderson
Uhhhm, no. The Thrill is the main thing that is getting the Alethi so, I mean, there are others around, but it's not as obvious with that as with other things.
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Joe ST
What do you think to a Sadeas and Zane pairing? Not many people seem to like the idea, but I think they'd get on swimmingly :P
Brandon Sanderson
Sadeas would make great use of Zane. Far better use than his father did.
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Sunchicken (paraphrased)
I asked Brandon if it was any coincidence that Sadeas's name sounds suspiciously similar to the word sadist.
Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)
In essence his answer was no, it's not a coincidence, but he didn't consciously choose the name for that specific reason. More like his brain decided it sounded good for that character because his subconscious heard the similarity.
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Peter Ahlstrom
Dalinar is 53 in Way of Kings. Navani is a few months older than him. Sadeas is 3 years younger than him.
Note that these are Rosharan ages. A Rosharan year is 1.1 Earth years.
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Enasor
Merrin was a terrible name... It makes me think of member of Robin Hood, men in tights. I am super glad Brandon decided to change his name: Kaladin works much better, IMHO.
Peter Ahlstrom
It was Merin, but it did rhyme with Perrin and Verin. He was actually still using Merin when he was halfway through the first draft of the published WoK. I was totally used to it and thought it was a fine name, but Kaladin is better.
Enasor
Thanks for the added precision. Merin still make me think of Robin's Hood Merry Men... It somehow does not reconcile quite well with the mental imagery I currently have of Kaladin. I guess it feels rather different when you've known him as Merin for a long time, but knowing him as Kaladin to then find out he initially was a Merin is somehow weird.
This being said, it is super interesting to find out so many names were changed from the early version of WoK to the published book. It wasn't just Kaladin.
Peter Ahlstrom
Yeah, Sadeas used to be a guy called Meridas. One of Meridas's things was wanting to marry Jasnah (and Jasnah did not return the interest). But Sadeas didn't have that interest. So Meridas became Amaram's first name instead.
Enasor
Oh sweet. I didn't know about this one. I also heard Dalinar originally had no sons, then he had three and now he has two: none the original names were retained (except Renarin, I think). Quite a lot of changes. It is very fascinating how characters can move from one identity to another and through this morphing, earn another name.
Peter Ahlstrom
Dalinar's second wife in Prime was one of the craziest things.
Enasor
Oh I would have loved to read that. Has she become the inspiration for another character?
Peter Ahlstrom
No. At least not yet, and the way the series is going I doubt someone like her will fit.
Enasor
Ah then may I ask what she was like?
Peter Ahlstrom
I would leave that up to Brandon to reveal.
Phantine
Any plans to do another Altered Perceptions sometime?
Peter Ahlstrom
Brandon is in no hurry to be involved in something like that anytime soon, but we wouldn't rule it out. More of Way of Kings Prime will be revealed eventually, but at this time some elements of it are still spoilers for future books in the Stormlight Archive.
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Questioner
Do you form emotional relationships with your characters?
Brandon Sanderson
Um-- Yeah I would say that I do. Mmhmm.
Questioner
For instance, reading The Way of Kings, I really dislike Sadeas. Do you feel that way about him too?
Brandon Sanderson
He's a rat. He's totally a rat.