Gaz

Gaz
Gaz Fan art by Eva-D[1]
Biographical information
Ethnicity	Alethi
Nationality	Alethi
Gender	Male
Status	Alive
Abilities	Surgebinding (Lightweaving)
Physical Description
Hair Color	Black
Eye Color	Dark Brown
Occupation	Soldier, Bridge Sergeant, Shallan's Bodyguard, Member of the Unseen Court
Appears in	The Way of Kings, Words of Radiance, Oathbringer, Rhythm of War

Gaz was a bridge sergeant who oversaw all of the bridgemen. He has expressed some regret over the way that they are treated, yet solely in his point of view. For some reason, he had to make regular payments to Lamaril, the Brightlord in charge of the bridgemen. It is later revealed that he was being blackmailed. After a while, he disappears; he owed people debts and when they came due he deserted.

Shallan later meets him on her way to the Shattered Plains, when Gaz has joined up with a band of deserters. When Shallan offers to give him and his companions a new life, Gaz says that he wouldn't mind starting over. She takes them on as her personal guard and Gaz goes with her to meet Dalinar for the first time. There, Gaz is confronted again with Kaladin, who had then become Captain of what once was the Cobalt Guard.

When Gaz heard the screams for help from another caravan being attacked by bandits, he began jogging toward them. Others broke off and followed him.

A Lie But Also A Truth
Fan art by botanicaxu[2]

Gaz continues to be a part of Shallan's personal guard, along with Vathah, and brings her a copy of the book, Words of Radiance, as she is setting out for the assault on the Parshendi with a company comprised of Dalinar's, Aladar's, Roion's, and Sebarial's armies at the center of the Shattered Plains.

Appearance

He is short and one-eyed.

Characteristics

Gaz is in his early to mid 30s.

History

(To be continued.)

Notes

With regard to Gaz and both his encounter and relationship with Shallan, Brandon has stated the following:

“	"One of the things I like to do in my fiction is show that the light through which someone is seen and perceived changes a lot of who they are. We all do that, we go to different situations and we're different people. And Gaz you saw all through Kaladin's eyes as one person and I want to show you through someone else's eyes without the initial problem they had together would see him very differently."	”
–Brandon Sanderson