The Stormlight Archive · Character
Skar
- Major
- First seen · Book 1 · Ch. 27
Skar is a wiry, sharp-eyed member of Bridge Four in The Stormlight Archive (Book 1).
- Gender
- male
- Age
- young adult
- First appears
- Book 1 · Ch. 27
- Books
- 2
Skar begins as a wiry, sharp-eyed member of Bridge Four, a bridgeman who openly doubts Kaladin's plan to train the crew to fight and voices the despair common among Sadeas's expendable laborers. Despite his misgivings, he stays loyal, keeping watch at Kaladin's bedside and fighting on through a wounded foot. By Rhythm of War he has become a Windrunner and been promoted to company second. He then sets that rank aside to escort Rock and his family home to the Horneater Peaks, showing that his loyalty reaches beyond the battlefield to the friends he made in the chasms.
Description
A short, wiry man with short dark hair, angular features, a square beard, and keen eyes. He wears simple bridgeman clothing. In later scenes, his right ankle and foot are wounded and bandaged, with blood seeping through the bandage; he sometimes uses a spear as a staff. Skar is a young adult man with Alethi features, though the text offers no more precise details about his face, coloring, hair, or build. He is most clearly distinguished by a brilliant blue Alethi uniform, neatly suited to his military role. His bearing is that of a capable soldier—alert, practical, and at ease among Windrunners. No specific scars, jewelry, or other identifying features are described.
Connections
Family & partnersFriends & mentorsRivals
Kaladinconflicting source relationships
Skar starts as a skeptical bridgeman under Kaladin, doubting his plan to turn Bridge Four into fighters, but he becomes a devoted comrade who guards Kaladin's sickbed. That loyalty carries him into Kaladin's Windrunners, where he rises to company second.
- R
RockFriend
A bond forged in Bridge Four deepens until Skar leaves his post to escort Rock and his family back to the Horneater Peaks.
TeftComrade
A fellow Bridge Four member to whom Skar reports Kaladin's worsening condition while the crew keeps watch over him.
Story so far
BOOK 1The Way of Kings
- Serves as a bridgeman in Bridge Four under Sadeas's brutal bridge runs
- Takes a watch shift at the injured Kaladin's bedside and reports his worsening condition to Teft
- Joins Bridge Four in guarding Kaladin from possible interference
- Questions Kaladin's proposal to train the bridgemen to fight and voices despair, yet remains with the crew
- Suffers a wound to his right ankle and foot, leaning on a spear as a staff
BOOK 4Rhythm of War
- Serves among Kaladin's Windrunners in their operations
- Is promoted to company second
- Takes leave from his duties to accompany Rock and his family to the Horneater Peaks
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