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== History ==

==== Childhood ====

Kaladin was born in late 1153 to a family of second [[nahn]], Lirin and Hesina, in the town of [[Hearthstone]] in [[Sadeas]]'s princedom. Two years later, his younger brother Tien was born. Because his family was the only one of second nahn in the town and the superstitions surrounding his father's work as a surgeon, Kaladin had to grow up mostly in isolation. As a result, he was very close with his brother and, after being encouraged by his family, became friends with the daughter of the citylord, [[Laral Wistiow]]. As a child he didn't want to be called by his full name, because he thought "Kaladin" was a lighteyes name; instead he went by "Kal." When he reached age eight, his father started training Kaladin in surgery. He was talented and learned quickly.{{ref|b|twok|c|10}}

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}}

 

[[File:Tien's death.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Tien's death by [http://exmakina.tumblr.com/ ExMakina]]]

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

Kaladin was called to the warcenter a few hours later. He sat in one of the smaller chamber mulling over the events of the day, while he waited for Amaram to come out of the conference he was holding with his counselors to discover the identity of the Shardbearer. Kaladin rose as Amaram entered the chamber along with his stormwarden, a group of lighteyed officers, one of whom was carrying the Shardblade wrapped in cloth, and the four surviving members of Kaladin's squad, followed by two of the lesser lighteyes in Amaram's honor guard. Amaram praised Kaladin on his bravery and asked why he hadn't taken the Blade. Kaladin hedged and said he wanted to give the Shards to Coreb, the best fighter among his surviving men. Without another word, Amaram ordered the men's death. Kaladin was incapacitated by Amaram's men. The Brightlord knelt on one knee next to the lying Kaladin, apologized for killing the men because he couldn't afford them to talk about what happened. He said after thinking over it for hours and being convinced by [[Restares]] he'd decided that the Blade would serve Alethkar the best with himself. Claiming it was a mercy, he had Kaladin branded as a slave for deserting the army.{{ref|b|sa1|c|51}}

 

Kaladin spent the next eight months under five different slavemasters in harsh conditions of constant beatings and deprivation. He always demanded his wages be given to him as was required by the law, but the slavemasters always managed to cheat him out of it by charging for housing or food. He managed to keep his defiance and made ten escape attempts, even managing to get away a few times, but he was always captured and taken back. Around his sixth month of slavery, he noticed [[Sylphrena|a windspren]] following him around. He spent time with a [[Selay]] man<!-- named Goshel --> who told him about about the [[Old Magic]] and its ability to curse people under his fifth slavemaster. In his last escape attempt, he led a group of twenty armed slaves, but all of them except Kaladin died. According to Kaladin, he should have been killed for that, but finding him "intriguing," his previous master branded his forehead with the ''shash'' [[glyph]], meaning dangerous, in addition to the ''sas nahn'' [[glyphpair]] already there and sold him for a pittance to another slavemaster named [[Tvlakv]].{{ref|b|sa1|c|2}}{{ref|b|sa1|c|4}}{{ref|b|sa1|c|43}}

 

Tvlakv brought Kaladin to the [[Shattered Plains]] and sold him to [[Sadeas]]'s warcamp. Kaladin tried to convince the lighteyed woman, Brightness [[Hashal]], who was responsible for the acquisitions of slaves to make him a spearman but was sent to the [[Bridge Four]] to work as a [[bridgeman]] in {{date|1173|EoS}}.{{ref|b|twok|c|6}}

 

{{quote|Shen is one of us now. I don’t care what he was before. I don’t care what any of you were. We’re Bridge Four. So is he.|Kaladin to the men of Bridge Four{{ref|b|twok|c|46}}}}

 

In the [[Battle of the Tower]], Sadeas abandoned Dalinar and his army in the [[Tower]] Plateau and escaped taking all of his bridge crews.{{ref|b|twok|c|66}} Kaladin told Lamaril that they would follow behind the army with their own bridge claiming they were too tired. He thought they could fool the army into thinking they were dead by falling further and further behind. When he and Bridge Four saw Dalinar's army surrounded by the Parshendi, they decided they couldn't leave all those people to die while there was something they can do about it. Bridge Four charged to the plateau to set their bridge. Kaladin used Reverse Lashing to draw the volley of the Parshendi archers who were firing on Bridge Four. He wasn't ready for this however, and it left him unable to even stand up. Rest of the Bridge Four carried Kaladin back and returned to set the bridge. Kaladin had a flashback to when Tien was killed. Remembering gave him strength and Kaladin ran back to the fight. He took the [[Immortal Words|Second Ideal]] of the [[Windrunner]]s and almost held back dozens of Parshendi by himself, defending the bridge.{{ref|b|twok|c|67}} Bridge Four joined him and they managed to hold the bridge until Dalinar's army arrived. Kaladin went to get Dalinar out from his fight with [[Eshonai]]. In the end, Kaladin and the Bridge Four managed to save Dalinar and over twenty-six hundred of his men.{{ref|b|twok|c|68}} Dalinar, in his gratitude, bought all the slaves in the bridge crews from Sadeas with his Shardblade and free them.{{ref|b|twok|c|69}} Kaladin accepted becoming bodyguard with the rank of captain for Dalinar and training the former bridgemen for Dalinar's army.{{ref|b|twok|c|73}}

 

Kaladin promoted [[Moash]], [[Skar]], [[Teft]], [[Sigzil]] and [[Rock]] to lieutenants, a rank which is the equivalent of sergeant in companies made solely of lighteyes, because he needs a rank between squadleader and captain to form command structure for a thousand men.{{ref|b|wor|c|2}}