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'''Kaladin''' (<small>Alethi pronounciation:</small> [[Wikipedia:Help:IPA|[ˈkæl·ə·dɪn]]] [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Pronunciation_respelling_key|'''''<small>KAL</small>'''-a-din'']]), nicknamed '''Kal''', renowned as '''Kaladin Stormblessed''', is an [[Alethi]] [[Knight Radiant]] from the [[Order of Windrunners]]. HeAlthough washe bornreceives in 1153 in the town of [[Hearthstone]]. He is trainedtraining from an early age inas medicinea surgeon by [[Lirin|his father]], until he joins [[Meridas Amaram|Amaram]]'s army as a spearman at the age of fifteen. Kaladin eventually rises to the rank of squadleader., Neargaining therenown endas ofthe Kaladin'sStormblessed. fourDuring yearsa termbattle, [[Brightlord]] Meridas Amaram, his army's commander, is attacked by a full [[Shardbearer]] in battle.; Kaladin fights and kills the Shardbearer, and earnsearning the right to claim the [[Helaran Davar|fallen assassin]]'s Shards. However, he is betrayed by Amaram and is sold into slavery, so that Amaram can claim them instead.

Kaladin spends eight months under various slavemasters, until he is eventually sold to [[Torol Sadeas|SadeasHighprince]]' [[Torol Sadeas warcamp|warcampSadeas]] to work as a [[bridgeman]] in the [[Shattered Plains]]. He becomes the leader of [[Bridge Four]], which he trains as spearmen in secret. During the [[Battle of the Tower]], Bridge Four saves the lives of Highprince [[Dalinar Kholin]] and a sizable part of his army. In gratitude, Kholin secures their freedom, makes Bridge Four into his personal guard, and grants Kaladin command of all the [[bridge crew]]s, with Kaladin appointed to the rank of captain—a first for a [[darkeyes]]. As a captain in Kholin's army, he trains the [[bridgemen]] into a full-strength fighting force while protecting the Kholin familyfamily—saving Dalinar from the [[Szeth-son-son-Vallano|Assassin in White]] and saves King [[Elhokar Kholin|Elhokar]] from [[Graves|other assassins]]. During the [[Battle of Narak]] he definitively defeats the Assassin in White and publicly acknowledges his status as a member of the [[Knights Radiant]]. When [[Urithiru]] is discovered, he becomes one of the four founding members of the post-[[Recreance]]-era Knights Radiant.

Kaladin was born in late 1153 to Lirin and [[Hesina]], a family of second [[nahn]], in the town of [[Hearthstone]] in [[Torol Sadeas]]' [[Sadeas princedom|princedom]] in northwestern Alethkar. His younger brother [[Tien]] was born two years later. Due to the class disparity between Kaladin's family and the other inhabitants of the town who were of fourth or fifth nahn, as well as the superstitions surrounding his father's work as a surgeon, Kaladin grew up isolated from the majority of the townsfolk. As a result, he was very close with his brother, and after his parents encouragement, and became friends with [[Laral Wistiow]], the daughter of the citylord.{{book ref|sa1|10}}