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During Adolin's wasduel finding it difficult to find opponents, so he challengedagainst [[Relis Ruthar]] and said that he was allowed to bring anyone else he wanted, expecting him to bring one other person. However, when the day of the duel arrived, Adolin realized Relis brought three others, rather than one: [[Elit Ruthar]], [[JakamavAbrobadar]], and [[AbrobadarJakamav]]., AlthoughKaladin heguarded wasDalinar aand skilledElhokar dueler,while Adolinthey didwatched notthe standduel. aAfter chance against four opponents.seeing Renarin joinedenter the fight to tryarena and helpquickly hisfall brother,to butthe he froze up as soon as he summoned his Bladeground, hearing its screams. Kaladin, who had been standing with Dalinar, proclaimed honor dead, and asked Dalinar to take care of his men if things gowent poorly, before jumping into the arena to help Adolin.{{book ref|sa2|56}}
KaladinAs he toldentered the arena, Syl thatpromised this hadwould betterbe end differentlydifferent than when heKaladin saveddefended Amaram, and Syl promised that it would. Relis ignored Kaladin at first, but payed the price when he got stabbed in a crack in his armor. Kaladin regrouped with Adolin, guarding his back, and said that Adolin needed to break their foes' Shardplate for him, so it would be easier to hit them. Adolin asked Kaladin to distract one foe and to watch out for Renarin while he fought the other two. Kaladin agrees. Kaladin drew Relis' attention while Adolin fought Elit and Jakamav. Relis dueled Kaladin for a short time, but returnsreturned to fight Adolin, who was skillfully dueling his two foes, though was quickly losing pieces of his Shardplate. Kaladin used a lashing-enhanced kick to knock Relis down, breaking his own legs in process, though he was able to heal them using Stormlight. Kaladin noticesnoticed that he cracked some of Relis' shards as well. Adolin's own armor was mostly cracked, butthough he managed to land a strong blow on Elit's chestplate, cracking it and slowing Elit greatly. Kaladin saw Abrobadar waving his blade at the ground and Sylphrena exclaimed about something mysterious and flew over toward Renarin, likely referring [[Glys]]. Kaladin used his broken spear to strike Elit in his exposed armor, and forced him to yield.{{book ref|sa2|57}}
The remaining three opponents gathered to battle Adolin, leaving Renarin alone to sit in the sand. Kaladin demanded Elit give him his helm, who complied, and used it as a armored gauntlet. He rushed over to Adolin with a knife in his other hand. Kaladin tricked Relis into backing away, then continues to help Adolin. Relis and Jakamav both tried to attack Kaladin, but he was able to dodge their Shardblades, or block them with the helm, until he ran out of Stormlight. At this point, Kaladin realized that he had been feeding it to the Plate in order to keep it from shattering. Kaladin eventually was backed against a wall, until Adolin appeared and grappled Jakamav to the ground. Kaladin noticed that Abrobadar had been defeated by Adolin as well. Relis, who was the last man standing, rushed toward Renarin, who was vulnerable. Kaladin followed, and yelled for Renarin to yield, however Renarin only dismissed his blade, and did nothing more. Relis raised his blade toward Renarin, but ended up swinging it at Kaladin, who then caught it in a [[lastclap]]. Relis heard the scream that came from Kaladin holding a Shardblade, and ran from the arena, forfeiting the duel. Jakamav demanded for Adolin to fight him as he was held down. Rather than actually fighting, Kaladin placed his knife in a crack in Jakamav's plate, and told him to yield. Jakamav yields and Adolin is declared victor. Adolin laughs joyously at the spoils he won and asks Kaladin to help him remove his drained armor.{{book ref|sa2|57}}
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