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Kaladin spent eight months under various slavemasters, until he was eventually sold to [[Torol Sadeas|Sadeas]]' [[Sadeas warcamp|warcamp]] to work as a [[bridgeman]] in the [[Shattered Plains]]. He became the leader of [[Bridge Four]], whom he trained as spearmen in secret. Bridge Four saved the lives of [[Dalinar Kholin]] and a sizable part of his army anat the [[Battle of the Tower]]. In gratitude, Kholin freed them and offered them to become his bodyguards with Kaladin being given the rank of captain—a first for a [[darkeyes]]. During his time as bodyguard, Kaladin fought the [[Szeth-son-son-Vallano|Assassin in White]], and saved King [[Elhokar Kholin|Elhokar]] from [[Graves|other assassins]]. He engaged the Assassin in White for the second time at the [[Battle of Narak]] and, this time, defeated him. When [[Urithiru]] was discovered, he became one of the four founding members of the post-[[Recreance]]-era Knights Radiant.

In the Battle of the Tower, Sadeas abandoned Dalinar and his army anat the Tower Plateau, escaping with 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. Kaladin believed they could fool the army into thinking they were dead by falling further and further behind. However, when he and Bridge Four saw Dalinar's army surrounded by the overwhelming numbers of Parshendi, they decided they couldn't abandon them all to die alone.

Though he has never used it consciously, Kaladin performed Reverse Lashings during the bridge runs for the entirety of his time as a bridgeman. He instinctively managed to infuse the bridge he carried to attract the Parshendi arrow shot at him while approaching the target plateaus.{{book ref|sa1|6}} Later anat the Battle of the Tower, he infused the shield he was carrying to draw an entire volley of arrow shot at the Bridge Four.{{book ref|sa2|67}}