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[[File:Kaladin_young.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Kaladin as a child by [http://botanicaxu.tumblr.com Botanica Xu]]]
In 1164, at age ten, Kaladin helped his father perform a surgery on a fifteen-year-old girl named [[Sani]], who had badly injured her [[safehand]]. They would have to amputate the girl's third finger but were able to save Sani's other four fingers. When Kaladin expressed his thoughts about soldiers, his father told him there were two kinds of people in the world; those who saved lives, and those who took lives. Lirin announced he would like to send him to Kharbranth when he turned sixteen years old to train as a much better surgeon than Lirin.{{ref|b|sa1|c|10}}
[[File:Kaladin_and_Tien.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Kaladin and Tien by [http://botanicaxu.tumblr.com Botanica Xu]]]
In mid-1166, Kaladin told Laral that Lirin wanted to send Kaladin to Kharbranth. At age twelve, he was becoming interested girls for the first time, and he was attracted to Laral. She was angry that he hadn't told her about his father's intentions for two years
Two months, in which he had barely seen Laral, after Wistiow's death, Kaladin attempted to heal a five year old girl named [[Miasal]] on his own
▲Two months, in which he had barely seen Laral, after Wistiow's death, Kaladin attempted to heal a five year old girl named [[Miasal]] on his own. He was thirteen, but thought he was well trained. The girl had compound fracture in her leg after a fall, a bleeding head wound and was bleeding due to a severed artery in her lower leg. Kaladin cauterized the wound and tied off the artery, but he was too late as the little girl died due to blood loss. An hour later, his father found Kaladin in front of the surgery room crying to himself. Lirin told him he was proud of Kaladin's work and there was nothing he could have done to stop the girl's death. Kaladin told Lirin he didn't want to be a surgeon, but Lirin answered he would have to learn when to care.{{ref|b|sa1|c|20}}
==== Conflict with Roshone ====
Towards the end of 1166, Wistiow's replacement Roshone arrived with a retinue that impressed the young Kaladin.{{ref|b|sa1|c|25}} Roshone's arrival saw that the fortune of Kaladin's family turned for the worse in the next year, as the Brightlord applied pressure so they would spend the spheres Lirin got from Wistiow. Following the Citylord's direction, the townspeople stopped making donations for Lirin's work, although they still helped in secret in little ways. Around this time Tien started working as a carpenter's apprentice. One night, while Kaladin was studying in his father's surgery room at age fourteen and a half
Four months after the townspeople stopped their donations, Roshone invited Lirin to the mansion for dinner
==== Joining the Army ====
Some time later, Roshone and Rillir were brought to Lirin's surgery room with serious injuries that they had sustained while hunting [[whitespine]]. Kaladin
In the [[Weeping]] of 1168, Brightlord Meridas Amaram visited Hearthstone with his army.
=== Amaram's Army ===
==== Fighting the Shardbearer ====
On the month of Ishi of the year 1172, Kaladin fought his final battle in Amaram's army. Prior to the battle, Kaladin
As
Kaladin was called to the warcenter a few hours later. He sat in one of the smaller chamber mulling over the events of the day, while he waited for Amaram to come out of the conference he was holding with his counselors to discover the identity of the Shardbearer. Kaladin rose as Amaram entered the chamber along with his stormwarden, a group of lighteyed officers, one of whom was carrying the Shardblade wrapped in cloth, and the four surviving members of Kaladin's squad, followed by two of the lesser lighteyes in Amaram's honor guard. Amaram praised Kaladin on his bravery and asked why he hadn't taken the Blade. Kaladin hedged and said he wanted to give the Shards to Coreb, the best fighter among his surviving men. Without another word, Amaram ordered the men's death. Kaladin was incapacitated by Amaram's men. The Brightlord knelt on one knee next to the lying Kaladin, apologized for killing the men because he couldn't afford them to talk about what happened. He said after thinking over it for hours and being convinced by [[Restares]] he'd decided that the Blade would serve Alethkar the best with himself. Claiming it was a mercy, he had Kaladin branded as a slave for deserting the army.{{ref|b|sa1|c|51}}
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