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The '''Bridgecrews''' are teams of slaves employed by [[Brightlord]]s on the [[Shattered Plains]] of [[Roshar]].
The unique geography of the Shattered Plains required the armies to cross many chasms to reach the battlefields. Brightlord [[Sadeas]] employed a large number of slaves to transport his armies temporary bridges. These slaves were also used as cannonfodder for the [[Parshendi]] bowmen.
The slaves were split into a number of bridgecrews, each carrying one bridge. The most notable crew was [[Bridge Four]].
== Crews ==
A transfer to Bridge Four was often used as a punishment for bridgemen, and the existence of a group worse off than themselves was a mental control used by Sadeas' men on the rest of the bridge crews.
Upon arrival at the bridge yard in Sadeas' war camp [[Kaladin]] managed to earn the immediate enmity of [[Gaz]], the lieutenant in charge of the bridge crews, who then placed him in Bridge Four. Kaladin spent several weeks on the bridge crew before deciding to give leading and protecting one more try. Once the decision had been made he quickly turned Bridge Four around, and through his efforts it became the best of the bridge crews, taking the fewest casualties, treating its wounded and training for escape.
At the end of [[The Way of Kings]] Bridge Four rescues Highprince [[Dalinar]] resulting in Dalinar buying the freedom of all the bridge crews, placing Kaladin in command of all bridgemen that choose to become soldiers, and requesting Bridge Four as personal bodyguards.
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