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'''Kaladin''' (<small>pronounced</small> [[Wikipedia:Help:IPA_for_English#Key|/ˈkælædɪn/]] [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Pronunciation_respelling_key|'''''<small>KAL</small>'''-a-din'']]), nicknamed '''Kal''', renowned as '''Kaladin Stormblessed''', is a [[darkeyes|darkeyed]] [[Alethi]] male [[Surgebinder]] who is on the path to becoming one of the first [[Knights Radiant]] since the [[Recreance]] on [[Roshar]]. Born and raised in the town of [[Hearthstone]], he started training with his father, [[Lirin]], to be a surgeon at age eight. The family had a more or less happy and peaceful time until the Citylord [[Roshone]] accused Lirin of thievery of a substantial amount of [[spheres|money]]. Roshone eventually had Kaladin's brother, [[Tien]], conscripted to [[Brightlord]] [[Meridas Amaram|Amaram]]'s army. In order to look out for his younger brother, Kaladin also joined.
Tien died in battle shortly after. Extremely depressed by this, Kaladin obsessively threw himself to his spear fighting practices. He was soon renowned as the best spearman in
Kaladin was granted the rank of captain
▲Kaladin was granted the rank of captain, a first for a darkeyes and given command of a thousand former bridgemen. Along with training his men, Dalinar gave Kaladin the responsibility to protect himself, [[Elhokar Kholin|the king]], and the other members of [[House Kholin|Kholin family]].
== History ==
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