History Characters / TheStormlightArchiveUrithiru

* TheLancer: Teft's much more grouchy attittude contrasts with Kaladin's more overtly heroic attittudes when it comes to giving advice on leadership. Though despite whatever Teft says he is deeply loyal to Kaladin.

* ShellShockedVeteran: After getting injured during a bridge run, he is traumatized, winds up catatonic for several days and is never quite all there afterwards.

* WhatMeasureIsAMook: As befits an Edgedancer, he is the one to note that the Tukari who attacked Nohadon were still people and had reasons for what they did, and that just because none of the expedition know what those reasons were doesn't mean they didn't have them.

* ADayInTheLimelight: [[spoiler:He's the protagonist of Secret Project #4, ''The Sunlit Man'']].
* DimensionalTraveller: [[spoiler:By the time of ''The Sunlit Man'' he's long since left Roshar and travelled to countless worlds as he flees the Night Brigade.]]
* MeaningfulRename: [[spoiler:For most of ''The Sunlit Man'', he goes by Nomad. By the end of the book, he’s taken on the new name of Zellion]].

An Azish Worldsinger. [[spoiler: He is the protagonist of ''Literature/TheSunlitMan''.]]

%%* TheStoic

One of the bridgemen on Bridge Four. He was formerly a jerk to Kaladin, but he warms up to him.

* TheAce: Though not to the same extent as Kaladin, Moash excels at every new task set to Bridge 4. He is eventually recognized as the best of Bridge 4.
* BlindedByTheLight: [[spoiler:In ''Rhythm of War'', when the Sibling awakens and activated Urithiru's defenses, he is left completely blinded by the Towerlight suffusing the structure and forcing him to feel pain and emotion again. By the time he is able to escape and is recovered by the Fused, he cannot heal his blinded eyes anymore, even with Light.]]
* BlindObedience: To the Voidbringers. Moash follows all of the orders given to him by the Fused and is too dead inside to care even when his questions as to the reasoning behind those orders are ignored.
* BodyguardBetrayal: Ultimately, he chooses to betray and kill the King he swore to protect.
* BoomerangBigot: ''Twice''. He hates lighteyes, despite eventually becoming one himself... and, upon joining with the singers, comes to view humans as a petty destructive force who are inferior in almost every way to the singers.
* CoolSword:
** In ''Words of Radiance'', Kaladin gives him a set of Plate and Blade, making him a full Shardbearer.
** In ''Oathbringer'' he gains an even cooler sword: Jezrien's Honorblade.
* DespairEventHorizon: When he realizes that even the end of the world isn't enough to break down the Alethi's systems of castes and oppression, Moash concludes that humanity is a failed broken species and loses all hope that the world could change for the better.
* DirtyCommunists: Moash wants to achieve social equality for humanity by destroying the caste system on Roshar and is willing [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilised and even eager]] to use murderous violence to achieve this end. He is extremely [[BlackAndWhiteInsanity black and white]] on this front as he comes to think that anything short of total equality means [[HumansAreBastards humanity is hopelessly corrupt]] and even ends up serving an ''even more'' oppressive and hierarchical race out of disgust for mankind's seeming inability to put aside their differences completely.
* EmptyShell: After killing Elhokar, Moash is left feeling nothing but hollow numbness, especially with Odium feeding off of his emotions. He eventually starts seeking out simple, dull, repetitive work to do, and it is implied that he has effectively become the human equivalent of a parshman dullform.
* EvilCounterpart:
** He and Kaladin initially start out obsessed by revenge, but Kaladin pulls out in time. [[FaceHeelTurn Moash doesn't.]]
** In ''Oathbringer'', his path mirrors Kaladin's almost step for step, but he keeps making all the wrong choices. At the end, the Fused give him the Windrunner Honorblade and name him Vyre, "He Who Quiets."
* {{Foil}} To Kaladin. They're extremely similar when it comes to backstory and temperament - both are darkeyes with family that were victimized by Roshone, both have chips on their shoulders and a tendency to lash out, and they're both angry and vengeful. The difference is, Kaladin can let go of his grudges or push past his worst traits for the greater good - and Moash can't.
* FaceHeelTurn: The Voidbringers eventually set him free and allow him the ability to go to Kholinar and aid in the defense of the city; Moash chooses instead to aid the Voidbringers against humanity anyway.
* FreedomFromChoice: Moash comes to see himself and all other humans as broken beings who will always bring ruin through their choices and chooses to serve the Voidbringers as an alternative, noting that it feels good simply to be told what to do. The Parshendi song about dullform and his commentary on giving up "the cost" of freedom implies that Vyre has effectively turned into a human equivalent of dullform.
* GravityMaster: Jezrien's Honorblade grants him control over the surge of Gravitation.
* HappinessInSlavery: He is perfectly content with serving the Voidbringers through hard labor. While pulling sledges across the country, Moash takes the time to admire the scenery and pacing while praising the Voidbringers for being fair masters who provide him plentiful food and rest along with a pair of sturdy gloves. Zig-zagged when he starts taking orders from Odium and stops feeling anything at all.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Moash initially turns to the assassination plot against Elhokar because he has no legitimate means of obtaining justice. However, his quest for vengeance eventually breaks him and turns into more of a monster than his vision of Elhokar ever was.
* HeroKiller: [[spoiler:Kills Elhokar just before he says the First Ideal and becomes Radiant; kills Jezrien, the leader of the Heralds and patron of the Order of Windrunners; Teft's honorspren, Phendorana; and Teft himself.]]
* HumansAreBastards: He eventually comes to the conclusion that humanity is a petty broken species that will never change for the better and only ruin everything it touches.
* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: His murder of Elhokar is terrible, but his [[{{Revenge}} reasons]] are still understandable. [[spoiler:It's when he kills Teft just to hurt Kaladin, and wants to kill Navani just for being related to Elhokar, that it becomes clear that the man who once served in Bridge Four is never coming back.]]
* KickTheDog: Many, many moments in ''Rhythm of War'', but an especially [[EvilIsPetty petty]] example is when, while trying to kill Navani, [[BlatantLies he tells her that Elhokar died sniveling and cravenly begging for his life]], when in reality he died [[PapaWolf trying to save his son]] and starting to speak the oaths to become a Radiant, but died mid-oath.
* TheKingslayer: He personally kills Elhokar by driving a spear through his eye. Later on, he also kills Jezrien, the King of the Heralds, and does so with a weapon that slays him permanently.
* NotInThisForYourRevolution: He may talk big, but it's clear that he only joins the Diagram to take revenge against Elhokar.
* LaughingMad: His reaction when he realizes that the Voidbringers have brought him to a lumberyard like those of Sadeas' warcamp is to break into hysterical laughter. When he is told that he will be tasked with running ladders towards the enemy lines (just as he had run bridges for Sadeas), he laughs until he collapses.
* LegacyCharacter: The Singers give him the name Vyre after he kills Jezrien, meaning "He Who Quiets", which title was previously held by El.
* LittleNo: Spoken in response to Jezrien's mad ramblings. Moash is too far in with Odium at this point to have any other reaction to killing even a divine being.
* ManipulativeBastard: He is ruthless in exploiting Kaladin's weak points, [[WeUsedToBeFriends which he knows from their close friendship,]] to drive him to despair.
* MeaningfulName: It is revealed by Leshwi that "Moash" is a name which originated with the Singers during Roshar's ancient past. This is fitting, since Moash chooses to abandon humanity and throw his lot in with the Singers.
* MeaningfulRename: After killing the Herald Jezrien, Moash is gifted with Jezrien's Honorblade and renamed Vyre, ''He Who Quiets''.
* MisanthropeSupreme: After coming to view the Voidbringers as superior to humanity, Moash willingly chooses to join the Singers and fight against his own kind.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Is horrified when he realizes what his desire for revenge led him to do and also at the realization that he's too far in and needs to keep going. Eventually, he loses the ability to have this reaction as Odium eats his emotions and takes away any mental anguish he may feel. [[spoiler:This brainwashing breaks when Navani blasts him with Towerlight and he is horrified that he killed Teft.]]
* NotQuiteFlight: As the wielder of Jezrien's Honorblade, he gains control over the surge of Gravitation and shows the ability to release the bonds of gravity to rise into the skies like a Windrunner.
* PoweredArmor: As a full Shardbearer.
* {{Revenge}}: He tells Kaladin that his motivation is revenge against the Lighteyes. In ''Words of Radiance'', it turns out that he wants revenge against Elhokar, who unintentionally killed his grandparents.
* RevengeMyopia: He seeks revenge against Elhokar, even knowing that it was Elhokar's incompetence and not any truly evil intent that lead to Moash's grandparents dying, and in doing so, contributes to the suffering and death of far more innocents than his grandparents.
* TheRival: To Kaladin, initially. Then it [[RivalTurnedEvil gets far worse]].
* RuleOfSymbolism: When he becomes a lighteyes, his eyes turn the same color as Amaram's, representing exactly what Kaladin has done wrong in enabling his revenge. Later he is injured by a blast of Towerlight, which temporarily removed Odium's influence on him and led him to despair. When Odium's influence returns his eyes no longer heal, leaving him blind.
* StockholmSyndrome: In ''Oathbringer'', his time as a prisoner of the Voidbringers leads to him coming to admire their efficiency, equality, and drive, especially when compared to humans, particularly the Alethi.
* TheSociopath: Not originally. But when Odium begins to eat his emotions he loses all capacity for guilt, remorse, and even anger and boredom. The supernatural nature of the condition allows him to retain his empathy while feeling nothing, removing most of the ordinary downsides of sociopathy. [[spoiler:When Odium's influence is removed, for whatever reason, he is immediately overcome with horror at what he has done.]]
* ThatManIsDead: He outright says in ''Oathbringer'' that the man known as Moash is dead, and accepts an Honorblade to become Vyre in service to Odium.
* TookALevelInKindness: Initially, Moash is the most vocal and stubborn of Kaladin's detractors who riles the bridgemen against him. After Bridge 4 begins plotting escape under Kaladin's leadership though, he begins supporting and defending Kaladin's decisions, is less belligerent, and is named a lieutenant in the crew. Once he turns on them for a chance to kill Elhokar, he becomes slowly more hateful and embittered toward the lighteyes, as well as himself for his betrayal. He also acts in defense of the parshmen who are being mistreated in the Voidbringer army, to the point that it draws the attention of the Fused, who laud him for his passion.
* TheUnfettered: Under Odium's influence, he even describes himself as this directly.
* UnwittingPawn: In his quest to get revenge on Elhokar, he is recruited by a band of patriots working to stabilize Alethkar. They are actually followers of Taravangian's Diagram, and while they claim they just want to kill Elhokar to put Dalinar on the throne, they're actually trying to kill both of them to destabilize the region so Taravangian can take over.
* VengeanceFeelsEmpty: He notes that killing Elhokar has given him no satisfaction or pleasure and that he only feels tired.
* VictoryIsBoring: Even after killing a king and then the Herald King himself, Moash feels nothing inside and spends weeks being ignored while clearing rubble from the Kholinar palace. A large part of this is the result of Odium having fed on his emotions.
* WoundThatWillNotHeal: In ''Rhythm of War'', [[spoiler:he is blinded by the Towerlight of the re-activated Sibling. Once he manages to get free of the defenses of the tower, he is completely blinded. Even after the Fused carry him out of the debilitating influence of Urithiru, no amount of Stormlight will restore his vision.]]

* ADayInTheLimelight: [[spoiler:He’s the protagonist of Secret Project #4, ''The Sunlit Man'']].

An Azish Worldsinger. [[spoiler: He is the protagonist of ''The Sunlit Man''.]]

* [[Characters/TheStormlightArchiveMainCharacters Main Characters]] [[note]] Kaladin, Shallan, Dalinar, Venli, Szeth [[/note]]
* [[Characters/TheStormlightArchiveAlethkar Alethkar]] [[note]] The Kholin Family (Adolin, Renarin, Dalinar's Wife [[spoiler:Evi]], Jasnah, Elhokar, Gavilar, Navani, and Aesudan), the Alethi Highprinces (Sadaes, Roioin, Thanadal, Turinad Sebarial, Aladar, Hatham, Vamah, Bethab, and Ruthar), Others From Alethkar (Laral, Tien, Lirin, Hesina, Roshone, Gaz, Meridas Amaram, Cenn, Niter, Danlan, and Azure), Bridge Four (Teft, Rock, Lopen, Shen, Sigzil, Moash, Skar, Drehy, and Lyn) [[/note]]
* [[Characters/TheStormlightArchiveHeraldsKnightsAndSpren Heralds, Knights, and Spren]] [[note]] Heralds of the Almighty (Jezrien, Nale, Chanarach, Vedel, Paliah, Shalash, Battar, Kalak, Talenel, and Ishar), the Knights Radiant (and orders thereof), Radiant Spren (Sylphrena, The Nightwatcher, Pattern, Stormfather, Wyndle, Ivory, Timbre, and Mayalaran), Unmade (Yelig-nar, Sja-anat, Nergaoul, Moelach, Dai-gonarthis, Re-Shephir, Ashertmarn, Ba-Ado-Mishram, and Chemoarish), Other Beings of Magic (Sword-Nimi, Ulim) [[/note]]

* [[Characters/TheStormlightArchiveTheFused The Fused]][[note]]Leshwi, the Pursuer, Rabonniel, El[[/note]]

* [[Characters/TheStormlightArchiveOther Other]] [[note]] Frostlands (Taravangian, Stick, and Vathah), Ghostbloods (Thaidakar, Kabsal, Mraize, Iyatil, and Lin Davar), Historical Characters (Nohadon/Bajerden and Sadees "The Sunmaker"), and Other Characters (Demoux, Grump, Blunt, Zahel, Rysn and Vstim, Axies, Lift, Nan Helaran Davar, Arclo, and Venli) [[/note]]

An Azish Worldsinger.

->''"Every storming day, we'd get up and fight on those plateaus. And we wouldn't make any progress. Who cared if we made progress? It was the gemhearts the highprinces were after. And there we were, locked into virtual slavery by our military oaths."''\\\

The commander of Sadeas' bridgecrews who disappears halfway through ''The Way of Kings''.

* [[spoiler:CharacterDeath]]: [[spoiler: Vyre/Moash kills him in ''Rhythm of War'' with Jezrien's Honorblade.]]

* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler: Vyre/Moash kills him in ''Rhythm of War'' with Jezrien's Honorblade.]]

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Does most of her "awesome" barefoot.

* BladeOnAStick: As a squad of darkeyed soldiers, the men of Bridge 4 exclusively use spears.

* TrademarkFavouriteFood: Pancakes. When she arrives in Yeddaw, she makes it a point to track down all ten of their famous pancake varieties, and grows indignant upon finding out that [[ItMakesSenseInContext the tenth pancake is only symbolic]].

* EvilOrphanageLady: Lift certainly thinks so, but ultimately subverted. She picks up orphans who are abandoned by their parents due to sickness or injury, and then throws them out when they're well and their parents usually take them back. She's genuinely trying to help as many kids as she can, but believes the majority of her charges are scammers.

* OddFriendship:

* HumanSubspecies: As a Horneater, by WordOfGod, at least some of his ancestors would have been parshmen.

* RevengeIsADishBestServed: Gets sent to the bridge crews after his first attempt to serve Sadeas a meal. [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Turns out chull dung has a rather more distinctive taste than he realized, though it didn't help that he used an ''impressive'' amount.]]

* WordOfGay: WordOfGod heavily implies that he has feelings for [[spoiler:Renarin]].

* CoolSword: In ''Words of Radiance'', Kaladin gives him a set of Plate and Blade, making him a full Shardbearer.

* BigEater: She's always hungry and will eat pretty much any food that's left out; she even makes it a SelfImposedChallenge to break into secure locations and eat the food there, which is how she's introduced. Exacerbated by her unique ability to convert food into Stormlight, since it means all of her Surgebinding is CastFromCalories. [[spoiler:While it is initially assumed she is converting the food into Stormlight, in ''Rhythm of War'' it is revealed that Lift actually converts food into Lifelight, the power of Cultivation.]]

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* AmbiguousDisorder: Suffers from some level of mental handicap as a result of complications during his birth.