Difference between revisions of "Kaladin"

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Kaladin is a fairly tall man. He is muscular and has multiple scars on his body.{{book ref|sa1|6}} He has tan skin{{book ref|sa1|prologue}} and shoulder-length wavy black hair typical of an Alethi. He is born with dark brown eyes,{{book ref|sa1|1}} though after swearing the [[Immortal Words|Third Ideal]] of the [[Windrunner]]s, his eyes turn very pale blue that glow while holding Stormlight.{{book ref|sa2|87}} Like most Rosharans, Kaladin's eyes have an [[Wikipedia:Epicanthic fold|epicanthic fold]]{{qawob ref|979|864079}} that appear faintly colored amber when he is holding [[Stormlight]].{{book ref|sa1|38}} His face is square and firm with strong lines and a proud chin. He prefers to be clean-shaven but during his time as a slave, he grows a long, scraggly beard.{{book ref|sa1|46}} He is branded on his forehead with a ''sas nahn'' [[glyphpair]] indicating his slavery and a ''shash'' [[glyph]] meaning "dangerous".{{book ref|sa1|2}}

* Kaladin is currently immune to the [[Thrill]], although he may have felt it in the past.{{17swob ref|topic|393710378}}{{book ref|twok|16}}

* Kaladin spoke the Second Ideal of the Windrunners in modern Alethi.{{qawob ref|979|84049}}

* Kaladin was originally named Merin. One of the reasons for the name change was that Merin sounded too much like [[Wikipedia: Perrin Aybara|Perrin]].{{qawob ref|535|810237}} 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.{{qawob ref|692|210099}}

* 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.{{qawob ref|590|504650}}

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