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=== Slavery (1172–1173) ===
[[File:Kaladin's Brands.svg|150px|thumb|right|''Sas nahn'' and ''shash'']]
Kaladin spentspends the next eight months under fiveat least six different slavemasters, insuffering harsh conditions offrom constant beatings and deprivationsqualid conditions. HeInitially, alwaysKaladin demandedis his wages be given to him as was required by thestill lawdefiant, but the slavemasters always managed to cheat him out of it by charging for housing or food. He managed to keep his defiance and mademaking ten escape attempts,; evenalthough managingseveral toof getthem awayare a few timessuccessful, but he was always capturedends andup taken back. Around his sixth month of slavery, he noticed [[Sylphrena|a windspren]] following him around. He spent time with a [[Selay]] man<!re-- named Goshel --> who told him about about the [[Old Magic]] and its ability to curse people under his fifth slavemastercaptured. In his lasttenth escape attempt, he ledleads a group of twenty armed slaves, butincluding alla ofman themname except Kaladin died[[Goshel]]. According to KaladinHowever, hethey shouldall have been killed for thatdie, butleading findingKaladin himto "intriguing,"believe histhat previoushe masterhas brandedfailed histhem. forehead withBy the ''shash''eighth [[glyph]]month, meaningKaladin dangerous, in addition to the ''sas nahn'' [[glyphpair]]falls alreadyinto theredespair and soldhas himstopped formaking aany pittanceescape to another slavemaster named [[Tvlakv]]attempts.{{book ref|sa1|2}}{{book ref|sa1|4}}{{book ref|sa1|43}}
Though he should have been killed for his tenth escape attempt, Kaladin's master finds him "intriguing," and brands his forehead with the ''shash'' [[glyph]], meaning dangerous, and sells him. Eventually Kaladin is bought by [[Tvlakv]]. By now, Kaladin is at his lowest point and even contemplates suicide. However, when a fellow slave is sick, his instinct to protect and heal re-emerges, but Kaladin fails as Tvlakv has the slave killed in order to avoid the infection spreading. Tvlakv broughtbrings Kaladin to the [[Shattered Plains]] and soldsells him to [[SadeasHighprince]] warcamp[[Torol Sadeas|Sadeas]]'s army. Kaladin triedtries to convince the lighteyed woman, Brightness [[Hashal]], who was responsible for the acquisitions of slaves, [[Hashal]], to make him a spearman. butHowever, due to his ''shash'' glyph and reputation as a deserter, he wasis sent to the [[Bridge Four]] to work as a [[bridgeman]] in {{date/sa|year=1173}}.{{book ref|twok|6}}{{book ref|sa1|4}}
It is during this time that Kaladin first notices [[Syl]]. Although Kaladin notices that Syl has been following him for several months, he believes it is nothing more than the average, though mischievous [[windspren]]. At this point, Syl acts much like a normal windspren, though Kaladin notes some oddities about her, such as the exceptionally long period of time that she has been following him. Just before Kaladin is sold to Sadeas, Syl begins talking to him and calls him by name, an unprecedented occurrence; although spren can mimic voices, Kaladin doesn't believe them to have intelligence or memory. Kaladin thinks he is insane at first, but eventually starts to converse with Syl.{{book ref|sa1|2}}{{book ref|sa1|4}}
=== Bridge Four (1173) ===
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