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'''Kaladin''' was a young, dark-eyed Alethi man, a soldier{{ref|b|twok|c|1}} and a slave{{ref|b|twok|c|2}} on [[Roshar]].
==History==
Kaladin's Judgement happened after his attempt to save [[Bridge Four]] by trying to side-carry the bridge to use it as a shield against the Parshendi arrows.
;Side Carry
Kaladin had been trying to figure out a way to protect his men from the hail of arrows that were encountered during each bridge run. His first thought was to give each man a shield to protect themselves, but since [[Sadeas]] had tried and abandoned this idea prior to Kaladin's time as bridgeman, he looked for another solution. Realizing that the bridge itself was as good as a shield, he trained his men to carry it in a way as to protect them during a volley of arrows. The maneuver he called "side carry right/left" worked as intended, but made the bridge crews less enticing targets to the archers and lead to the [[Parshendi]] firing at the bulk of the army, which was the very reason the shields were taken away to begin with. The attempt Kaladin made to save his men ended up costing Sadeas the battle, and many soldiers, leaving someone to answer for the events, and Kaladin became the main target.{{ref|b|twok|c|32}}
;The Hanging in the Highstorm
The punishment was to be left tied up, upside down, outside his barrack, all during a highstorm.
Leaving Kaladin before the highstorm met, Teft gave him a (dun) sphere as kind of a mojo.
{{quote|Carry a sphere with you into the storm, and at least you’ll have light by which to see.|Kaladin remembering an old saying
When the men of Bridge Four found Kaladin alive after the storm, they saved him and brought him into the barrack to patch him up. Teft found Kaladin still holding that sphere, but against all logic, that sphere was dun, as for spheres were stored outside in a highstorm to get infused with Stormlight.
{{quote|Teft stood up straight, holding the dun sphere. An empty sphere after a storm, he thought. And a man who's still alive when he should be dead. Two impossibilities.
Together they bespoke something that should be even more impossible.|Teft's conclusions{{ref|b|twok|c|35}}}}
;Kaladin's Recovery
==Appearance and personality==
At the age of nineteen, fighting in [[Amaram]]'s army Kaladin described as having dark brown eyes, a strong chin, and being fairly tall, with black Alethi hair that is shoulder-long and wavy. During his months of slavery and bridgeman status, he had a beard that he eventually shaved with the help of [[Rock]].
His personality varied with the events of his life, as a child he was enthusiastic and had a strong sense of justice and responsibility, wishing at various stages to become a soldier to protect his country and a surgeon to heal the people of his town. In Amaram's army he became a strong and confident leader, leading his squad through the battles, he cared deeply for his men, bribing the armies surgeons to treat his men before all except the wounded lighteyes. After being sold into slavery Kaladin became frequently withdrawn and depressed, as it seemed to him that he lost everyone who he tried to save, he maintained a rebellious streak, making frequent escape attempts and possibly planning to kill the leader of the slave caravan with a poisonous leaf he found. After joining Bridge Four Kaladin attempted to gain back his former confidence and leadership from his soldiering days, and trying to inspire the other bridgemen. However the continual setbacks they suffered still left him sometimes depressed and pessimistic about their situation,
The experience of being hung out in the highstorm might have changed something in Kaladin, too, as after that, he had a dream that he "was the storm." He blow all over Roshar and was told by a voice that he was the Child of Tanavast and that there was so much war on Roshar, because Odium reigns.{{ref|b|twok|c|46}}
==Powers & Abilities==
Kaladin learned knowledge of surgery from an apprenticeship with his father
He is in the process of discovering the extent of his abilities as a [[Windrunner]] and has effectively used both a Reverse Lashing and Full Lashing as well as being able to inhale Stormlight which improves his speed, strength and healing.
== Quotes ==
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