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including most parts of 'Kaladin's judgement'; I think 'riding the highstorm' should better 'meat up' the summary of that chapter.
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His honor also attracted the attention of Highprince [[Dalinar]] when Kaladin rescued him and his army from certain death at great risk to himself and to his bridgecrew. At the end of the day Dalinar traded his Shardblade for all of Sadeas' bridgemen who were admitted into Dalinar's forces.{{ref|b|twok|c|69}} Kaladin and Bridge Four were assigned to be Dalinar's Honor Guard and Kaladin himself was appointed as their Captain.{{ref|b|twok|c|73}}
==Kaladin's Judgement ==
Kaladin's Judgement happened after his attempt to save [[Bridge Four]] by trying to side-carry the bridge to use it as a shield against the Parshendi arrows.
Kaladin had been trying to figure out a way to protect his men from the hail of arrows that were encountered during each bridge run. His first thought was to give each man a shield to protect themselves, but since [[Sadeas]] had tried and abandoned this idea prior to Kaladin's time as bridgeman, he looked for another solution. Realizing that the bridge itself was as good as a shield, he trained his men to carry it in a way as to protect them during a volley of arrows. The maneuver he called "side carry right/left" worked as intended, but made the bridge crews less enticing targets to the archers and lead to the [[Parshendi]] firing at the bulk of the army, which was the very reason the shields were taken away to begin with. The attempt Kaladin made to save his men ended up costing Sadeas the battle, and many soldiers, leaving someone to answer for the events, and Kaladin became the main target.
;The Hanging in the Highstorm
The punishment was to be left tied up, upside down, outside his barrack, all during a highstorm.{{ref|b|twok|c|34}} This left his fate in the hands of the [[Stormfather]]. There was rarely if ever a survivor of this type of punishment, so in essence it was a death sentence. Just before being left alone, Kaladin told the men that he would survive, then told [[Syl]] after she asked how he knew that, that he was 'in for all,' meaning, that if he died the men would say "I knew it would happen." and nothing would change, but if he lived, it made him a miracle and he had predicted it. Which would inspire hope in the men.
Leaving Kaladin before the highstorm met, Teft gave him a (dun) sphere as kind of a mojo.
{{quote|Carry a sphere with you into the storm, and at least you’ll have light by which to see.|Kaladin remembering an old saying{{ref|b|twok|c|34}}}}
When the men of Bridge Four found Kaladin alive after the storm, they saved him and brought him into the barrack to patch him up. Teft found Kaladin still holding that sphere, but against all logic, that sphere was dun, as for spheres were stored outside in a highstorm to get infused with Stormlight. When he realized the sphere was still dun, Teft thought of both Kaladin's survival and the sphere being dun as "impossibilities."
;Kaladin's Recovery
Because of this "impossibilities" Teft grow curious. He took three small infused diamond spheres and put Kaladin's hand around, then he waited, making him vow Kaladin had better not die, because Teft needed answers. And, eventually, Kaladin drew in a short, quick, powerful breath and the three spheres faded.
Though a handful of events happened to save his life, after his own perseverance, the two main reasons were [[Teft]] further feeding him with Stormlight and Syl fighting off [[deathspren]] (which could have been hallucinations from his injured mind, or reality, either are possible) with a sword made of light.{{ref|b|twok|c|38}} Teft brought infused spheres in such a way that it would have aided in Kaladin's healing, but not so much that it would have been noticed by the other bridgemen. That caused Kaladin raise from his injuries ten days after the judgment.
==Appearance and personality==
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