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'''Kaladin''' (<small>Alethi pronounciation:</small> [[Wikipedia:Help:IPA|[ˈkæl·ə·dɪn]]] [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Pronunciation_respelling_key|'''''<small>KAL</small>'''-a-din'']]), nicknamed '''Kal''', renowned as '''Kaladin Stormblessed''', is a [[darkeyes|darkeyed]] [[Alethi]] male [[Surgebinder]] who is on the path to becoming one of the first [[Knights Radiant]] since the [[Recreance]] on [[Roshar]]. Born and raised in the town of [[Hearthstone]], he startedstarts training with his father, [[Lirin]], to be a surgeon at the age of eight. The family had a morelived orin lessrelative happypeace and peaceful timecomfort until the Citylord [[Wistiow]] dies and [[Roshone]] accusedis Lirinappointed ofas thieverycitylord in Wistiow's place. Roshone accuses Lirin of stealing a substantial amount of [[spheres|money]] from Wistiow while Wistiow was on his deathbed. Due to this grudge, Roshone eventually hadhas Kaladin's brother, [[Tien]], conscripted toby [[Brightlord]]Highmarshal [[Meridas Amaram|Amaram]]'s army. In order to look out forprotect his younger brother, Kaladin also joinedjoins the army.

Tien dieddies in battle shortly after. ExtremelyDriven depressedto despair by thisTien's death, Kaladin obsessively threwthrows himself tointo hisbecoming a spearstrong fightingsoldier practicesthat can protect others. He wasis soon renowned as the best spearman in the army., Inearning hishim finalthe battletitle inStormblessed. Amaram's army inIn 1172, Kaladin killedkills aan enemy [[Shardbearer]]. Amaramin wantedbattle thewhile Shardsdefending forHighmarshal himself, so he hadAmaram. Kaladin brandedthus as a slave. He was eventually sold to [[Sadeas warcamp]] where he was assigned to [[Bridge Four]] to work as a [[bridgeman]]. He was convinced byearns the [[honorspren]] [[Sylphrena]]right to try to protectclaim the bridgemen.Shards Hefor convincedhimself, thehowever, BridgeAmaram Fourbetrays tohim escapeand because he realized thattakes the purposeShards offor the bridgemen was to be bait to the [[Parshendi]] arrows, and trained them as spearmenhimself. InAmaram themurders [[Battleall of the Tower]],men whenunder theyKaladin's hadcommand thebut chancebrands toKaladin easilyas escape,a heslave andin Bridgea Four saved the livesgesture of [[Dalinargratitude Kholin]]for andsaving his menlife. In return for their sacrifice, Dalinar freed all the bridgemen from slavery and offered them a job as soldiers in his army, to be trained and led by Kaladin.

Kaladin was born in late 1153 to ahis family of secondfather [[nahnLirin]], Lirina surgeon, and mother [[Hesina,]] in the town of [[Hearthstone]] in the [[Sadeas princedom]]. Two years later, his younger brother [[Tien]] wasis born. BecauseHis hisentire family wasis of the onlysecond one[[nahn]], ofwhich secondoutranks nahnthe inother inhabitants of the town, who are mostly of fourth and fifth nahn. Due to this rank disparity and the superstitions surrounding his father's work as a surgeon, Kaladin had to growgrows up mostly in isolation. As a result, he wasis very close with his brother and, after being encouraged by his family, becamebecomes friends with the daughter of the citylord, [[Laral Wistiow]]., Asthe adaughter childof hethe didn'tcitylord. wantHe to be called bydislikes his full name, "Kaladin" because he thoughtthinks "Kaladin"that it wasis a lighteyes name; instead he wentgoes by "Kal." When he reachedreaches age eight, his father startedstarts training Kaladin in surgery. HeKaladin wasis talented and learnedlearns quickly.{{ref|b|twok|c|10}}