Tam mentions how he became a Blademaster in ch. 47:
"I killed a man who was one [Blademaster], did it in front of witnesses, but I've never forgiven myself for it. Though it needed doing."
Any other ideas, who this Blademaster might have been, why Tam saw the need to kill him, but somehow still feels guilty?
"I killed a man who was one [Blademaster], did it in front of witnesses, but I've never forgiven myself for it. Though it needed doing."
Any other ideas, who this Blademaster might have been, why Tam saw the need to kill him, but somehow still feels guilty?
Tam's sword was given to him by the king of Illian (Stephaneos? the one Eleida later kidnapped and brought to the White Tower). I believe - memory is fuzzy - that he gave him the sword for saving the king's life, by overcoming a Whitecloak ambush during the Whitecloak war. There is a hint that Tam was quite close to the king, perhaps even a friend, from the way Tam quotes "Kings don't whine, they deliberate" - it sounds like he must have got this answer from the king, in good humor.
How Tam saves the king's life is not mentioned, perhaps he engaged the attacker and defeated him and that attacker was a blademaster. Must have been someone he knew and liked from his reaction.
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