Difference between revisions of "Kaladin"

All of the men in [[Bridge Four]] are resigned to die since Bridgethe Foursquad has the worst reputation, even compared to the already-deplorable conditions of the other [[bridge crew]]s. Because of this, none of the men socialize with one another—in fact, they don’t even know each other’s names. The next morning, Kaladin announced to Bridge Four that the current state of affairs would change under his leadership. He first tried to get the members of Bridge Four into training for runs to increase their chances of survival, but he was met with resistance and ridicule. Undeterred, he proceeded to train by himself.{{book ref|twoksa1|14}}

On the next bridge run, Kaladin led from the front, demanding to switch with [[Rock]], taking the most dangerous center-front spot of the bridge for himself, a rarity for a bridge leaderbridgeleader. He also started to provide medical care during this bridge run, purchasing medical supplies from an apothecary beforehand to tend to the wounded bridge men while still on the battlefield. Additionally, instead of leaving wounded bridge menbridgemen behind to die, Kaladin managed to recover three wounded bridgemenBridge Four members from the battlefield and helped them back to the warcamp.{{book ref|twoksa1|17}}

Since the bridgemen were supposed to be expendable, Kaladin was told that he may keep tending to the wounded men, but they would not be fed or paid while they were unable to work. He asked the other members of Bridge Four to pitch in money and food to care for the men, but hethey wasrefused refusedwith one exception. Only Rock offered to share his food andbut only towith [[Hobber]], who was the least injured.{{book ref|twoksa1|21}} Instead, Kaladin came up with the idea of collecting [[knobweed]] sap, a valuable antiseptic that he could use to care for the injured and sell for money. Gaining the trust of Rock and [[Teft]], Kaladin hadenlisted them help to collect the knobweed sap. [[Syl]] helped as well, finding patches of knobweed and guiding Rock—who iswas mysteriously able to see her—to them. While working to extract the sap, Kaladin started building camaraderie with the two men, managing to get Rock to open up and share some of his life story.{{book ref|twoksa1|23}}

Kaladin returned to the apothecary and made a a deal for his bridge crew to gather knobweed sap in return for a [[spheres|skymark]] per bottle of sap. Upon returning from selling the sap, [[Gaz]] sent Bridge Four to do chasm duty, recovering valuables from the war dead who had fallen into the chasms. In the chasms, Kaladin continued to build rapport with the men, getting more of them to open up about their pasts.{{book ref|twoksa1|27}}

While working, Kaladin came across a spear in the chasms and went into a trance. He performed a practice kata with the spear, revealing his talent as a genius spearman to his men. During the display, Teft, along with some of the other men, noticed an unknown spren—actually Syl—zipping around Kaladin.{{book ref|twoksa1|27}}

The night culminated in Kaladin using the money he earned to purchase food and he assigned Rock to cook a stew. Not a single person refused to partake in eating around the fire. The next day, a majority of the men followed his orders to rise out of bed and practice.{{book ref|twoksa1|27}}