Difference between revisions of "Kaladin"

 

==== New Citylord ====

Near the end of {{Rosharan date|1166}}, Kaladin had a conversation with his mother and realized that his parents were encouraging him to spend time with Laral in the hopes that the two would marry. As Kaladin mulled over the conversation, Lirin arrived with the news that a new citylord had arrived. The entire family went to the town square to await the arrival of Citylord [[Roshone]]. Roshone arrived in a carriage and barely acknowledged the crowd. When Lirin tried to welcome him to the town, he responded by blaming Lirin for the reason he ended up in Hearthstone and abruptly left.{{book ref|sa1|25}}

 

=== Amaram's Army (1168–1172) ===

==== Tien's Death ====

Kaladin received his initial training under [[Tukks]], where he learned the importance of controlled passion—to be passionate without losing control of his emotions—a lesson that he does not initially understand.{{book ref|sa1|27}}{{book ref|sa1|49}} During his training, Kaladin demonstrated his natural talent and learned the spear faster than everyone else in his cohort, barely even needing instruction.{{book ref|sa1|27}}

 

 

==== Stormblessed ====

Kaladin sent a letter to his parents informing them of Tien’s death and his decision not to return to Hearthstone.{{book ref|sa1|47}} He spent the next year driving himself to exhaustion every day on the practice yard, vowing vengeance and to never let another person die because of his lack of skill. He became the best spearman in his company and was rumored to be the best in the entire army.{{book ref|sa1|63}} He eventually met [[Tarah]], who coaxed Kaladin out of his single-mindedness, claiming it would burn him out. The two became romantically involved, but separated after some time, for which Kaladin blamed himself.{{book ref|sa1|62}} He later joined the Takers under Tukk’s leadership.{{book ref|sa1|2}} There, Kaladin met [[Durk]] who became a mentor figure to him.{{book ref|sa1|46}} Eventually, every member of the Takers are killed except for Kaladin.{{book ref|sa1|2}} At the age of eighteen, Kaladin was promoted to squadleader, marking him the youngest one in the army and becoming known as Kaladin Stormblessed.

 

==== Fighting the Shardbearer ====

In {{Rosharan date|1172|10}}, Kaladin fought his final battle in Amaram’s army. Prior to the battle, Kaladin met with a Squadleader [[Gare]] and two of his sergeants. Kaladin bribed Gare to transfer [[Cenn]], a young and inexperienced soldier, to Kaladin’s own squad, whom he entrusted to his sergeant [[Dallet]]. He also bribed the surgeons to give priority to his men. While bribing the surgeons, the money pouch stuck to his hand by what Kaladin assumed to be a [[windspren]], although it is actually his first meeting with [[Sylphrena]]. After consulting with Dallet, Kaladin went to the front lines to prepare for battle.{{book ref|sa1|47}}

 

 

It was during this time that Kaladin first noticed [[Syl]]. Although Kaladin noticed that Syl had been following him for several months, he believed she was nothing more than the average, albeit mischievous [[windspren]]. For the most part, Syl acted much like a normal windspren, though Kaladin noted some oddities about her, such as the exceptionally long period of time that she had been following him. Just before Kaladin was sold to Sadeas, Syl began talking to him and called him by name, an unprecedented occurrence. Although spren can mimic voice, Kaladin didn’t believe them to have intelligence or memory. Kaladin thought he was insane at first, but he eventually started to converse with Syl.{{book ref|sa1|2}}{{book ref|sa1|4}}

 

== Attributes and Abilities ==