Difference between revisions of "Kaladin"

|born=Late {{date/sa|year=1153}}{{17s ref|5641|post|89705|text=Peter Ahlstrom's post about character ages|date=24 September 2012}}

Kaladin is a fairly tall man. He is muscular and has multiple scars on his body.{{book ref|sa1|6}} He has tan skin{{book ref|sa1|prologue}} and shoulder-length wavy black hair typical of an Alethi. He was born with dark brown eyes,{{book ref|sa1|1}} though after swearing the Third Ideal of the Windrunners, his eyes turned very pale blue that glowed while holding Stormlight.{{book ref|sa2|87}} Like most Rosharans, Kaladin's eyes have an [[Wikipedia:Epicanthic fold|epicanthic fold]]{{qa ref|979|86|Do Shin have big eyes? - Reddit AMA 2013|date=2013-04-15}} that appear faintly colored amber when he is holding [[Stormlight]].{{book ref|sa1|38}} His face is square and firm with strong lines and a proud chin. He prefers to be clean-shaven but during his slavery he grows a long, scraggly beard.{{book ref|sa1|46}} He is branded on his forehead with a ''sas nahn'' [[glyphpair]] indicating his slavery and a ''shash'' [[glyph]] meaning ''dangerous''.{{book ref|sa1|2}}

*Kaladin is currently immune to the [[Thrill]] although that does not mean he never felt it.{{17s ref|3937|text=Spokane Signing|date=|08/08/2013}}

*Kaladin spoke the Second Ideal of the Windrunners in modern Alethi.{{qa ref|979|8|text=Kaladin spoke in modern ALethi - Reddit AMA 2013|date=Apr 15th, 2013}}

*Despite previous contradicting statements by Brandon, Kaladin is not likely to get another flashback book anymore.{{17scite|previous ref|5854|post|93530|text=Peter Ahlstrom's post on 17th Shard|date=02 Februarywas 2014wrong?}}

*Kaladin was originally named Merin. One of the reasons for the name change was that Merin sounded too much like [[Wikipedia: Perrin Aybara|Perrin]].{{qa ref|535|8|text=Mad Hatter's interview with Brandon Sanderson|date=Sep 17th, 2010}} Another was it sounded too much like a female name. Brandon also felt that the character had changed so much that he couldn't think of him as Merin anymore.{{qa ref|692|2|text=17th Shard Interview|date=Oct 15th, 2010}}

*In the original manuscript of ''The Way of Kings'', Kaladin saves the life of Elhokar from a Shardbearer and accepts the Shardblade. They try to take it away from him, but Dalinar insists that he be given it.{{qa ref|590|50|text=Tor Q&A with Brandon Sanderson|date=Jan 10th, 2011}}

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