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{{quote|I don’t know what I am either. A bridgeman? A surgeon? A soldier? A slave? Those are all just labels. Inside, I’m me. A very different me than I was a year ago, but I can’t worry about that, so I just keep moving and hope my feet take me where I need to go.|Kaladin to [[Sylphrena]]{{book ref|sa1|14}}}}

'''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 an [[Alethi]] [[Knight Radiant]] from the [[Order of Windrunners]]. He was born in 1153 in the town of [[Hearthstone]]. He wasis trained from an early age in medicine by [[Lirin|his father]], until he joinedjoins [[Meridas Amaram|Amaram]]'s army as a spearman at the age of fifteen. Kaladin eventually roserises to the rank of squadleader. Near the end of Kaladin's four years term, the army's commander [[Brightlord]] Meridas Amaram, his army's commander, wasis attacked by a full [[Shardbearer]] in battle. Kaladin foughtfights and killedkills the Shardbearer, however he was captured and sold into slavery by Amaram, so thatearns the [[lighteyed]]right man couldto claim the [[Helaran Davar|fallen assassin]]'s Shards. However, he is betrayed by Amaram and is sold into slavery, so that Amaram can claim them instead.

Kaladin spentspends eight months under various slavemasters, until he wasis eventually sold to [[Torol Sadeas|Sadeas]]' [[Sadeas warcamp|warcamp]] to work as a [[bridgeman]] in the [[Shattered Plains]]. He becamebecomes the leader of [[Bridge Four]], whomwhich he trainedtrains as spearmen in secret. During the [[Battle of the Tower]], Bridge Four savedsaves the lives of [[Dalinar Kholin]] and a sizable part of his army. atIn thegratitude, [[BattleKholin ofsecures thetheir Tower]].freedom, Inmakes gratitude,Bridge KholinFour freedinto themhis personal guard, and offeredgrants themKaladin tocommand becomeof hisall bodyguardsthe [[bridge crew]]s, with Kaladin beingappointed givento the rank of captain—a first for a [[darkeyes]]. DuringAs hisa timecaptain asin bodyguardKholin's army, Kaladinhe foughttrains the [[bridgemen]] into full-strength fighting force while protecting the Kholin family from the [[Szeth-son-son-Vallano|Assassin in White]], and savedsaves King [[Elhokar Kholin|Elhokar]] from [[Graves|other assassins]]. HeDuring engagedthe [[Battle of Narak]] he definitively defeats the Assassin in White forand thepublicly secondacknowledges timehis atstatus as a member of the [[BattleKnights of NarakRadiant]] and, this time, defeated him. When [[Urithiru]] wasis discovered, he becamebecomes one of the four founding members of the post-[[Recreance]]-era Knights Radiant.