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Stormlight character article + portrait (Corvus/Wren), book-canon

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{{Infobox character
| image = https://archmaester.site/portraits/stormlight/moash.jpg
| name = Moash
| title = Vyre ("Voice of Lights"); former Bridge Four
| house = Formerly [[Bridge Four]]; servant of [[Odium]]
| race = Alethi
| status = Alive
| region = [[Alethkar]]; [[Shattered Plains]]; [[Urithiru]]
| born = Alethkar
| died =
| weapon = [[Honorblade]] of [[Jezrien]]; spear
| fate = Falls to [[Odium]]; becomes the Fused-allied killer Vyre; blinded in [[Wind and Truth]]
| quote = It's not your fault. Give your pain to me.
}}

'''Moash''', later known as '''Vyre''', is a major antagonist in [[The Stormlight Archive]] by [[Brandon Sanderson]]. Once a close friend of [[Kaladin]] and a member of [[Bridge Four]], Moash descends from sympathetic comrade into one of the series' most chilling villains -- a man who surrenders his guilt and pain to [[Odium]] and becomes a weapon for the enemy.

Moash serves as [[Kaladin]]'s dark mirror: a bridgeman with the same wounds and grievances who makes the opposite choices, embracing hatred and the seductive release of giving away his pain rather than carrying it.

== Background ==
Moash grew up in [[Alethkar]], where his grandparents -- who raised him -- were unjustly imprisoned and left to die by a corrupt lighteyed highlord, instilling in him a deep, abiding hatred of the lighteyes and the aristocratic order. Sold eventually into [[Bridge Four]], he became one of [[Kaladin]]'s closest friends and one of the crew's most capable spearmen, even beginning to draw in [[Stormlight]] as a potential [[Windrunners|Windrunner]] squire.

== Biography ==

=== Words of Radiance ===
Moash's hatred of the lighteyes draws him into a [[Ghostbloods]]-backed conspiracy to assassinate King [[Elhokar Kholin]]. Though [[Kaladin]] is initially complicit, he turns against the plot; Moash does not fully let go of his desire for vengeance. His path begins to diverge sharply from his Bridge Four brothers.

=== Oathbringer ===
After fleeing, Moash falls in with the [[Singer]]s and the Fused and ultimately murders King [[Elhokar Kholin]] -- in the very moment Elhokar was speaking his first Radiant oath -- a devastating act that breaks something in Moash and in those who loved him. He gives his guilt and pain to [[Odium]], finding numb relief, and embraces service to the enemy.

=== Rhythm of War and Wind and Truth ===
As '''Vyre''', Moash becomes a feared killer for the Fused, wielding the [[Honorblade]] of [[Jezrien]] -- which he uses to kill the Herald Jezrien himself. He repeatedly torments [[Kaladin]], urging him toward despair and offering the same false comfort Odium gave him: "give me your pain." His campaign of psychological cruelty contributes to [[Teft]]'s death. In ''Wind and Truth'', Moash is blinded, a consequence that strips away even his certainty, leaving his ultimate fate fraught and unresolved.

== Character ==
Moash is intelligent, capable, and bitterly aggrieved. His tragedy is that his pain is real and his grievances often just -- but he chooses to surrender responsibility for his actions, letting [[Odium]] take his guilt so he can kill without anguish. Where [[Kaladin]] carries his pain and protects, Moash discards his and destroys. He becomes the embodiment of the series' warning about the seduction of giving away one's burdens.

== Powers and abilities ==
Moash showed early potential as a [[Windrunners|Windrunner]] squire, drawing in [[Stormlight]] within [[Bridge Four]], but he never completed a Radiant bond and lost that path entirely after killing [[Elhokar Kholin]]. As Vyre, he wields the [[Honorblade]] of [[Jezrien]], granting him Windrunner-like Surges (Adhesion and Gravitation) fueled by Stormlight, alongside his formidable spearmanship.

== Relationships ==
* '''[[Kaladin]]''' -- his former best friend, now his greatest target and dark counterpart.
* '''[[Bridge Four]]''' -- the brotherhood he betrayed.
* '''[[Odium]]''' -- the god to whom he surrenders his pain and guilt.
* '''[[Elhokar Kholin]]''' -- the king he murders mid-oath.
* '''The Fused''' -- the immortal enemies he serves as Vyre.

== Quotes ==
<blockquote>''It's not your fault. Give your pain to me.''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''I am Vyre, the voice of hatred, and I will not be denied.''</blockquote>

[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:The Stormlight Archive]]
[[Category:Bridge Four]]

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