Editing User:HumanAsFarAsIKnow/Dabbid

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|image=Dabbid.jpg
|groups={{tag|Bridge Four}}, {{tag+|army|Sadeas}} <small>(formerly)</small>, {{tag+|army|Kholin}}
|residence=Urithiru
|aliases=Moolie
|ethnicity=Alethi
|world=Roshar
|universe=[[Cosmere]]
|books=[[The Stormlight Archive]]
}}
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'''Dabbid''' is an [[Alethi]] member of [[Bridge Four]] on [[Roshar]]. 

== Appearance and Personality ==
<!--Dabbid is a wiry,{{book ref|sa4|37}} youthful-looking man,{{book ref|sa1|21}} younger than Kaladin.{{book ref|sa1|17}} His features are Alethi, but his skin is on the paler side.{{book ref|sa4|37}}

He feigned being a mute to avoid Bridge Four recognizing his mental deficiency. He is nevertheless, still traumatized by the events of the bridge runs.{{book ref|sa1|17}}{{book ref|sa4|85}} -->

==History==

===Early Life===
Dabbid was born with the umbilical cord wrapped around his neck, which resulted in an unspecified disorder. He did not begin speaking until he was six years old, and often got into trouble because he did things other people wouldn't normally do. When he was young, he put a rope around his neck to feel what it was like to be born the way he was, and didn't understand why people got worried as he wasn't going to hurt himself. At some point, his mother died, causing his disorder to worsen. Dabbid then ended up at the [[War of Reckoning]], washing the clothes of a [[lighteyes]]. The man's wife accused him of fathering her darkeyed child in order to protect her lover, and Dabbid was assigned to be a [[bridgeman]] in [[Torol Sadeas|Sadeas]]' warcamp as punishment.{{book ref|sa4|85}}

===Bridge Four===

In 1173, Dabbid joined Bridge Four, [[Kaladin]]'s bridgecrew. The crew was expected to charge the [[Parshendi]] line unarmored to draw their fire and push a bridge across the chasm providing a path for [[Torol Sadeas|Sadeas]]' army. On one run, Dabbid was all but trampled by a horse from his own side, causing him to fall to the ground, dazed and with a broken arm. While Dabbid expected to die on the battlefield, Kaladin and [[Rock]] dragged him to safety. After treating those with more serious wounds, Kaladin set Dabbid's arm with a splint made of Parshendi arrows and Dabbid's shirt.{{book ref|sa1|17}}

Dabbid remained in a state of shock long after the battle, jumping at sounds, but otherwise unresponsive. Sadeas refused to pay or feed any bridgeman that was unable to go on runs, so Dabbid survived off of food Bridge Four bought by selling [[knobweed]] sap they secretly gathered while collecting stones.{{book ref|sa1|21}}{{book ref|sa1|27}} Dabbid’s arm eventually healed, and he was able to follow others around, but he still didn’t talk; others worried that he would never recover from his battle shock. Dabbid eventually began to assist [[Lopen]], who referred to him as “moolie" (meaning "mute"), in bringing waterskins and first aid supplies on runs.{{book ref|sa1|32}}

Bridge Four was later sentenced to regularly scavenge the chasms as punishment for having a high survival rate. Kaladin used this as an opportunity to secretly train the bridgemen to fight so they could escape Sadeas' warcamp. While the others were practicing, Dabbid, along with Rock, Lopen, and [[Shen]], who could not fight for various reasons, continued to recover valuables in order to meet their quota and avoid suspicion. [[Syl]] was able to fly ahead and quickly lead them to corpses that had not been scavenged so the four men could do the work usually done by a whole crew.{{book ref|sa1|49}} On later bridgeruns, Dabbid and Lopen covertly retrieved large amounts of money and Parshendi armor that had been collected from the chasms and secured to the underside of one of the permanent bridges. Bridge Four was able to use the armor to enrage the Parshendi and draw their fire, reducing the bridgecrew's mortality rate even further.{{book ref|sa1|62}}

On Dabbid's final bridgerun, Sadeas abandoned [[Dalinar]]'s army mid-battle and left them to die. While Bridge Four had the opportunity to escape, they instead decided to help the Kholin army retreat. After Kaladin used a large amount of [[stormlight]] to protect his men from a volley of arrows and went into shock, Dabbid joined the rest of the bridgecrew to complete the approach.{{book ref|sa1|67}} Bridge Four was able to rescue Dalinar and in return he bought their freedom by giving Sadeas his [[shardblade]].{{book ref|sa1|69}}

===Dalinar's Forces===

<!--During [[Kaladin]]’s first run as bridgeleader, he found Dabbid curled up with his arm twisted at an awkward angle. Kaladin charged to reach him, but Dabbid didn’t even notice him when Kaladin arrived. Dabbid was in shock, his eyes dazed. Kaladin dragged Dabbid to the edge, trying to pick him up, but his muscles failing him. [[Rock]] actually came and helped Kaladin carry Dabbid to the safety of the hollow. After trying to save [[Gadol]] and treating [[Leyten]] and [[Hobber]]’s injuries, Kaladin set Dabbid’s arm using some arrows and Dabbid’s own shirt.{{book ref|sa1|17}}

The next day, Kaladin went to check on the wounded, including Dabbid. The bridgeman still looked much as he had the day before, staring forward, his eyes unfocused. Hobber told Kaladin that he had been like that all night. Kaladin snapped his fingers in front of Dabbid’s eyes, causing the latter to jump at the sound and follow Kaladin’s fingers. Hobber thought he’d been hit in the head, but Kaladin hoped it was just battle shock that would wear off eventually.{{book ref|sa1|21}}

===Finding purpose in Bridge Four===
Dabbid’s arm eventually healed, but he still didn’t talk. He followed the others, but he had been so profoundly shocked during battle that he didn’t talk. [[Kaladin]] worried that the man would never recover from his mind fatigue. However, Dabbid eventually began to assist [[Lopen]], who referred to him as “moolie," in bringing water to the bridgemen on runs.{{book ref|sa1|32}} 

When the men began training with spears, Dabbid stood off to the side, staring at nothing in particular. [[Shen]] would stand beside him, hesitant. [[Rock]] quickly realized that training Lopen, Dabbid, and [[Shen]] would not work and he brought them back to Kaladin. Instead, Kaladin had the four of them retrieve items from corpses with the assistance from [[Syl]] that way the others could train faster.{{book ref|sa1|49}} 

This pattern continued with Dabbid serving water and bringing medical supplies during bridge runs and fetching salvageable items during chasm duty.{{book ref|sa1|62}}{{book ref|sa1|63}} When Kaladin tried to pull the attention away from the bridgemen, attracting over 100 arrows to his shield, Dabbid helped usher Kaladin to safety. The rest of the bridgemen, including Dabbid, took over carrying the bridge while Kaladin rested.{{book ref|sa1|67}}

After being recruited by [[Dalinar Kholin]], Kaladin assigned Dabbid and Shen to help Lopen assist Rock in feeding other bridgemen.{{book ref|sa2|5}} 

During the [[Battle of Narak]], Dabbid is left behind at the warcamp alongside Lopen, [[Hobber]], and [[Moash]], to look after the barracks and assist Kaladin in his recovery.{{book ref|sa2|77}} After the battle, [[Bridge Four]] relocated to [[Urithiru]] where Dabbid helped Rock in the kitchen. While Dabbid still doesn’t talk, he made up for it with stirring and running waterskins. He had actually become sort of an unofficial mascot for Bridge Four with the others saluting him when they pass. Upon seeing the smoke to the west after Hobber’s miracle, Bridge Four charged with their bridge towards it. Once the bridge was in place and they ran across, Dabbid and Lopen unhooked the shields and spears and tossed one to each of the bridgemen.{{book ref|sa3|37}} 

Despite being the unofficial mascot of Bridge Four, Dabbid was still unable to draw in [[Stormlight]], something he shared with [[Rlain]].{{book ref|sa3|46}} While the others never spoke it, Rlain saw the truth in the reactions of the other bridgemen, that it was probably best that him and Dabbid remain without Stormlight.{{book ref|sa3|55}} -->

==Relationships==

===Kaladin===

===Lopen===

===Rlain?===

===¿The Sibling?===

== Notes ==
<references /><!-- sa1 17, 21, 27, 32, 40, 46, 49, 53, 55, 59, 62, 63, 67, sa2 5, 77 -->
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