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== Appearance and Personality ==
Kaladin is a fairly tall man. He is muscular and has multiple scars on his body.{{ref|b|sa1|c|6}} He has tan skin{{ref|b|sa1|prologue}} and shoulder-length wavy black hair typical of an Alethi. He was born with dark brown eyes,{{ref|b|sa1|c|1}} though after swearing the Third Ideal of the Windrunners, his eyes turned very pale blue that glowed while holding Stormlight.{{ref|b|sa2|c|87}} Like most Rosharans, Kaladin's eyes have an [[Wikipedia:Epicanthic fold|epicanthic fold]]{{qa ref|?|979|86|Reddit AMA 2013}} that appear faintly colored amber when he is holding [[Stormlight]].{{ref|b|sa1|c|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.{{ref|b|sa1|c|46}} He is branded on his forehead with a ''sas nahn'' [[glyphpair]] indicating his slavery and a ''shash'' [[glyph]] meaning ''dangerous''.{{ref|b|sa1|c|2}}
 
Kaladin is a natural leader who makes people want to listen to him. Men of his squad in [[Amaram]]'s army called him lucky and believed they would be protected because they were in Kaladin's squad.{{ref|b|sa1|c|1}} During his time in Bridge Four, he takes men who no longer care about anything and organizes them into an extremely loyal and well trained squad of spearmen. [[Dalinar Kholin]] remarks his men think very highly of him. {{ref|b|sa1|c|73}} He has a strong protective instinct, especially over those who are defenseless. He joins the army so he can look after his younger brother.{{ref|b|sa1|c|44}} As a squadleader, he strives to protect the men in his squad. He specifically recruits youngest members with the least training to his squad by bribing other squadleaders so he can take care of them.{{ref|b|sa1|c|47}}
{{quote|Storm you! Look at that! Who cares for them? Not Sadeas. Not their fellow bridgemen. I doubt even the Heralds themselves spare a thought for these. I won’t stand there and watch while men die behind me. We have to be better than that! We can’t look away like the lighteyes, pretending we don’t see. This man is one of us. Just like Dunny was. The lighteyes talk about honor. They spout empty claims about their nobility. Well, I’ve only known one man in my life who was a true man of honor. He was a surgeon who would help anyone, even those who hated him. Especially those who hated him. Well, we’re going to show Gaz, and Sadeas, Hashal, and any other sodden fool who cares to watch, what he taught me. Now go to work and stop complaining!|Kaladin about members of other bridge crews{{ref|b|twok|c|53}}}}
 
{{quote|I’ve been here before! What happened last time? I’ve learned! I won’t be a fool again! I owe you nothing, Kholin.|Kaladin yelling before helping Dalinar's army{{ref|b|twoksa1|c|67}}}}
 
== Trivia ==
*Kaladin spoke the Second Ideal of the Windrunners in modern Alethi.{{qa ref|?|979|8|text=Reddit AMA 2013}}
*Despite previous contradicting statements by Brandon, Kaladin is not likely to get another flashback book anymore.{{17s ref|5854|93530|text=Peter Ahlstrom's post on 17th Shard}}
*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}} 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}}
*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}}
 
== Notes ==
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