Meridas Amaram

An Alethi lighteyed general and Shardbearer in Highprince Sadeas's service, once admired as the most honorable of his rank. He betrayed Kaladin, was exposed by Dalinar, and was later revealed as a Son of Honor. After Sadeas's death he ruled his house as regent, took in an Unmade, and died fighting Kaladin at Thaylen Field.

1. Amaram is among the Alethi who fight into the streets of the Rift at night, at Dalinar's insistence, in the attack on the enemy heir. source
2. Recruiting for the war, Amaram comes to Hearthstone, where the citylord conscripts Tien and Kaladin, and he promises their father a safe post for Tien. source
3. Tien is killed in his only battle soon after his conscription, and Lirin counts the promise as betrayed. source
4. After Kaladin saves him from an enemy Shardbearer, Amaram has Kaladin's squad killed, takes the Blade and Plate Kaladin won, brands him and sells him into slavery. source

1. Amaram holds the rank of Highmarshal under Sadeas, commanding the defense of the princedom's borders while the king and Sadeas fight on the Shattered Plains. source

1. Now a Shardbearer, Amaram reaches the Shattered Plains shortly after the battle at the Tower and is greeted by his old friend Dalinar. source
2. Kaladin tells Dalinar of Amaram's betrayal; Dalinar promises to look into it but thinks Amaram one of the best men he knows. source
3. Dalinar proclaims Amaram the first new Knight Radiant, though Amaram has no Surgebinding. source
4. Shallan, sent by the Ghostbloods, slips into Amaram's secret room and finds maps of the Plains and notes on Urithiru and the Parshendi. source
5. Dalinar springs a trap with a captured Shardblade, Amaram confesses and says he would act the same again, and he gives up the cloak of a Radiant in disgrace. source
6. Amaram is tied to the Sons of Honor and tries to free the Herald Taln from Dalinar's monastery, where Iyatil attacks him; he writes to Restares that the return of the Voidbringers is a success. source

1. Ialai Sadeas appoints Amaram lead investigator into her husband's murder. source
2. Ialai names Amaram regent and heir to the title of House Sadeas. source
3. Jasnah rebuffs Amaram with open contempt and answers his threat by calling up Stormlight. source
4. Under Odium's influence Amaram attacks Thaylen City, takes in the Unmade Yelig-nar, fights Kaladin with two Blades, and dies to Rock's arrows. source

Enemy of

Kaladin, Dalinar Kholin, Jasnah Kholin, Iyatil, Rock

Allied with

Torol Sadeas, Dalinar Kholin, Ialai Sadeas, Odium, Toralin Roshone

Destroyed by

Rock