Difference between revisions of "Kaladin"

In the [[Battle of the Tower]], Sadeas abandoned Dalinar and his army in the [[Tower]] Plateau, andescaping escaped takingwith all of his bridge crews.{{book ref|twok|66}} Kaladin told Lamaril that they would follow behind the army with their own bridge, claiming they were too tired to keep pace. HeKaladin thoughtbelieved they could fool the army into thinking they were dead by falling further and further behind. WhenHowever, when he and Bridge Four saw Dalinar's army surrounded by the overwhelming numbers of Parshendi, they decided they couldn't leaveabandon them all thoseto peopledie alone. Bridge Four charged the plateau to dieset whiletheir therebridge wasand somethinggive theyDalinar's canarmy doa aboutchance itto escape. BridgeAs Fourthe chargedParshendi toarchers on the plateauTower toopened setfire theiron bridge.Bridge Four, Kaladin instinctively used a Reverse Lashing to draw the entire volley of the Parshendi archersarrows whoto werehis firingshield. onExhausted Bridgeby Four.the Heeffort wasn'tand readyexpended forof thisall however,his andreserve itStormlight, leftKaladin him unablecollapsed to even standthe upground. RestThe rest of the Bridge Four carriedrescued Kaladinhim backfrom the front lines and returnedcontinued to set the bridge. Surrendering to his fatigue, Kaladin nearly fell to depression, believing he had afailed to protect Bridge Four just as he had flashbackfailed to whenprotect Tien wasyears killedago. RememberingRegaining gaveconsciousness, himKaladin strengthshook andoff Kaladinhis randark backmemories and ran to theBridge Four's fightaid. HeAt tookthe urging of Syl, he spoke the [[Immortal Words|Second Ideal]] of the [[Windrunner]]s, andexploding almostwith heldStormlight backand dozenspushing ofback the Parshendi byattacking himself,Bridge defendingFour thewith bridgeincredible speed and power.{{book ref|twok|67}} BridgeAmazed Fourat his recovery and awed by the Stormlight still radiating from his body, his bridge crew joined him andagainst theythe managedattackers toand holdheld the bridge until Dalinar's army arrived. Fighting through to reach Adolin, Kaladin wentconvinced him to getorder a retreat, and then single-handedly rescued Dalinar, still outdazed from his fightbattle with [[Eshonai]]. In the end, Kaladin and the Bridge Four managed to save Dalinar and over twenty-six hundred of his men.{{book ref|twok|68}} Dalinar, in his gratitude, bought all the slaves in the bridge crews from Sadeas withfor the price of his Shardblade and freethen immediately freed them.{{book ref|twok|69}} Kaladin accepted becomingDalinar's offer to become his bodyguard, with the rank of captain, forand Dalinarwas andcharged with training the former bridgemen for Dalinar's army.{{book ref|twok|73}}