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'''Bridge Four''' is the name of a group headed by [[Kaladin Stormblessed]], an Alethi [[Knight Radiant]] of the [[Order of Windrunners]]. The group was originally one of the [[bridge crew]]s of the [[Sadeas]] warcamp in the [[Shattered Plains]], hence the name, but its function has evolved over time, becoming both [[Dalinar Kholin]]'s honor guard as well as a military unit within a battalion of the [[Kholin]] army, then later becoming a group largely consisting of Kaladin's [[squire]]s and [[Knights Radiant]] ofloyal theto [[Order of Windrunners]]him. Despite such drastic changes, the members still refer to themselves by their original bridge crew name, and have even kept their old bridge with them.{{book ref|sa3|37}}

Their insignia, designed by Kaladin, is made up of the glyph ''vev'' (meaning the number four) suspended above the glyph ''gesheh'' (meaning bridge), stylized as a bridge spanning a chasm.{{17s ref|post|125104|Isaac told us|date=2014-04-13}}{{cite|I don't know if this is the earliest we knew this? or if someone worked it out before we were told?}}

=== Escape AttemptPlan and Freedom ===

Despite their huge gains, the treatment of the warcamp's [[lighteyes|lighteyed]] officers towards Bridge Four did not improve, and in fact even worsened. Kaladin started thinking of escape, not just for himself, but for histhe bridgerest of the crew.{{book ref|sa1|43}}

After careful and lengthy preparation that involved training the bridgemen to fight and obtaining necessary resources, and just when they found an opportunity to set their escape plan into motion, Kaladin and Bridge Four found themselves beingunexpectedly thethrust onlyinto onesAlethi ablepolitics towhen rescuetheir Highprincehighprince [[DalinarTorol KholinSadeas]] and his army from a trap set bybetrayed [[TorolDalinar SadeasKholin]] during the [[Battle of the Tower]]., Sacrificingleaving theirthe chancelatter tooutnumbered escape,by Kaladinthe choseParshendi toarmy savethey thewere highprincebattling.{{book ref|sa1|67}}{{bookBeing ref|sa1|68}}a part of the Sadeas warcamp, Bridge Four witnessed the betrayal.

As Highprince Dalinar's personal bodyguards, Bridge Four guarded both the Highprince and his family. They considered Dalinar aswas their top priority, as Kaladin believed that the highprince was their only guarantee of freedom. He made it a policy to always have a team, led by a Bridge Four lieutenant if not Kaladin himself, watching the highprince at all times, while the rest of Bridge Four guarded his sons or carried out other responsibilities as members of Kaladin's battalion.

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From then on Bridge Four focused more on training their Surgebinding abilities, recruiting potential squires, and performing more crucial assignments for Dalinar. Their abilities disappeared whenwhenever Kaladin was too far away, so Dalinar gave them the Windrunner [[Honorblade]] to use for training in such cases.{{book ref|sa3|64}}

In Alethi society, slaves are branded with a mark of slavery on their forehead to make their status apparent to anyone who sees them. A freed slave is given a writ of freedom, but he could also cover his slave brand with a tattoo indicating details of his freedom toin makeorder misunderstandingsto lesslessen likelypotential misunderstandings.{{book ref|sa2|2}}

Shortly after moving to Dalinar's warcamp, Kaladin hires a tattooist to apply a Freedom tattoo on those Bridge Four members who'd been slaves. The first one to get it, [[Hobber]], insists on having glyphs for "Bridge Four" added to the tattoo as well, as a statement of loyalty and gratitude towards Bridge Four. The rest of the former slaves copiescopy him. As a gesture of solidarity, even those who didn't have the slave brand request for the same tattoo as well, although [[Moash]] opts to have the tattoo placed on his upperleft armshoulder instead of his forehead.{{book ref|sa3|45}}