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;One year ago
;Kaladin
Kaladin is waiting in one of [[Amaram]]'s waiting rooms, thinking about how only four of his twenty-six men survived and how he has actually begun to believe those that called him lucky. Numbly he thinks how he can now be considered among those who have killed a Shardbearer like [[Lanacin]] the Surefooted, or [[Evod Markmaker]], but he just doesn't care. Considering how it was probably the most stupid thing any one has ever done, giving up the Shards, he finds that he still couldn't have taken them. He wonders why the life of Amaram is worth more than the lives of his men, when Amaram along with a [[Stormwarden]] enters the room. They talk about why [[Thaidakar]] and the [[Ghostbloods]] would risk sending a Sharbearer and who that Shardbearer was. Behind them a group of lighteyed officers enters followed by the four surviving members of Kaladin’s squad: [[Hab]], [[Reesh]], [[Alabet]], and [[Coreb]]. Amaram questions Kaladin about why he charged the Shardbearer and why he rejected the Shards. Considering how he doesn't want to become a lighteyes and how he would never be able not to see the faces of his men he lost to the [[Shardblade]], he doesn't know how to answer. When he states that he just wants them to go to Coreb, Amaram gives his men a nod and within a few seconds the remaining men from Kaladin's squad are killed by the lighteye in the room, while several of them hold Kaladin down, who watches them die. Cursing Amaram, Kaladin has to listen to the man as he justifies his actions to him. How it was for the good of the army and his men. How he has been trained with the sword. When Kaladin tells him that he would have given him the Shards, Amaram says that he couldn't risk Kaladin changing his mind. He tells him how he struggled with this for hours but that [[Restares]] was right and that this was the best way. Amaram then informs him that because Kaladin saved his life he will spare his and has his Stormwarden brand Kaladin a slave. While Kaladin is being branded Amaram leaves the room, the guilt still in his eyes.
Kaladin is waiting in one of Amaram's waiting rooms. Only four of his twenty-six men survived -- he had actually begun to believe those who called him lucky. Numbly he thinks how he can now be considered among those who have killed a Shardbearer like [[Lanacin]] the Surefooted, or [[Evod Markmaker]], but he just doesn't care. Refusing the Shards was probably the most stupid thing anyone has ever done, but the thought of taking them revolts him. Amaram enters the room along with a [[Stormwarden]]. They are discussing who the Shardbearer was and what were his motives. The rest of the squad enters along with some lighteyed officers. Amaram asks Kaladin why he charged the Shardbearer and why he rejected the Shards. Kaladin doesn't want to reveal his disdain of lighteyes, and becoming one of them, so it he replies that he doesn't know why. Amaram makes a signal, then his soldiers slaughter the four spearmen while Kaladin is held back by guards, shrieking in anger and agony at seeing his men murdered. Amaram looks guilty, but he justifies his actions by saying that he is trained in the sword and that Kaladin would demand the Shards back in a few days anyway. Since Kaladin saved his life, he will spare his. He will promulgate the story that he (Amaram) killed the Shardbearer and that Kaladin fled the scene, the rest of the squad killed by the Shardbearer. The Stormwarden brands Kaladin a slave.
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