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Some time later, Roshone and Rillir were brought to Lirin's surgery room with serious injuries that they had sustained while hunting [[whitespine]]. Kaladin pushed past the screaming Laral and entered the surgery room to help his father. They quickly assessed that Rillir was beyond their help and, despite the Brightlord's protest, started working on the older man's wounds. They anesthetized both the father and son with [[dazewater]], because it was the only mercy they had to offer Rillir. There was an instant where Lirin could have killed Roshone and got away with it by cutting the femoral artery of the already bleeding man, and both Lirin and Kaladin considered it. However, Lirin looked at his son's eyes and went on to saving Roshone as Rillir died. That evening, Kaladin asked why his father hadn't let Roshone die. Lirin answered that it would be murdering Roshone and that he wasn't a killer. He said the lighteyes didn't care about life, so he must. As Kaladin considered his father's words, he realized he would have killed Roshone if he were in Lirin's place.{{ref|b|sa1|c|41}} The next day, Lirin spent one of the spheres from Kaladin's education money for the first time.{{ref|b|sa1|c|44}}

 

In the [[Weeping]] of 1168, Brightlord Meridas Amaram visited Hearthstone with his army. As he lay on the roof of his house, Kaladin was feeling depressed and thinking dark thoughts, when Tien joined him. As he always did, he managed to cheer Kaladin a little with his optimism. The younger brother gave Kaladin an intricately carved, small wooden horse he'd made in the carpenter shop he'd been working. Hesina was amused to find his sons lying on the roof, but joined them there. When Tien included her in their conversation, she comforted him by saying things weren't as bad as they seemed, and Lirin was making them seem worse in order to make Roshone think he was winning. She told Kaladin that he was free to become whatever he wanted, not limited to surgery and said that she didn't think it would be long before men were allowed to learn to read, which made Kaladin aghast. He briefly considered how it would be to a [[stormwarden]], but dismissed it by saying he wanted to become a surgeon. Some time later, Lirin arrived, remarked their irregularity and told there was a gathering in the town square called by Roshone. They went there to see that Laral was now engaged to Roshone himself after Rillir's death. When the crowd quited, Amaram spoke to the crowd to announce he was there to recruit new soldiers for the army. When only six men volunteered, Amaram told Roshone to announce the men they would conscript. He could not take Kaladin, because as his father's apprentice, he provided an essential function to the town. However, Tien wasn't under the same protection of the law, so Roshone got his revenge by forcing the younger boy into military. Amaram tried to get Roshone to choose someone else, but when the citylord didn't budge, he told Lirin he would make Tien a runner boy for a year or two so that he wouldn't be in combat. Looking at his younger brother, Kaladin tried to take Tien's place, but when Roshone told him law said he could choose whomever he wanted, Kaladin volunteered to join the army alongside Tien. Tien was thankful, although their parents were understandably overwhelmed. Kaladin promised them he would bring Tien back in four years. The two brother reported to the army and their drill sergeant [[Hav]].{{ref|b|sa1|c|47}}

 

=== Amaram's Army ===

==== Tien's Death ====

Despite Amaram's promise to Lirin, because recruitment was slower than desired, the older messenger boys, including Tien, were soon organized into several squads of reserve units. According to [[Dalar]], these squads would not see combat unless the army was in serious danger. Less than four months after his enlistment, Kaladin took part in his third real battle. The enemy force tried to take over a hilltop Amaram's army was trying to hold onto. As the battle went worse for the Amaram's side, messenger boys were assigned to Brightlord [[Sheler]]'s company. Kaladin ran recklessly through the battlefield to help his brother, as the lines of Amaram's army buckled. On the southeast side of the hill, he saw Tien and two other boys placed in front of the enemy army as bait by Squadleader [[Varth]]. While running towards his younger brother, he killed a man for the first time, although he didn't get much chance to reflect on it in the battle chaos. The enemy soldiers took Varth's bait and killed the three boy, while Kaladin could do nothing but watch. Weeping and bleeding from wounds taken during his run, he hugged Tien's dead body until long past the end of the battle.{{ref|b|sa1|c|67}}

 

==== Becoming Squadleader ====

In his depression, Kaladin started obsessively training with the spear.{{ref|b|twok|c|68}} His drill sergeant was surprised with how fast Kaladin mastered the spear and soon he was known as one of the best spearman in Amaram's army.{{ref|b|twok|c|27}} He was promoted to the rank of squadleader, earning the nickname Kaladin Stormblessed for the first time. Kaladin's squad always lost fewest men of any squad in the army, which was credited to Kaladin's luck and his bribing the army's surgeons.{{ref|b|twok|c|1}}