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Rlain channeled his inner Teft and found the sense of authority to organize the humans and [[Leshwi]]'s traitorous Heavenly Ones behind a common purpose, moving the injured and the unconscious Radiants to safety. He used his status as an outsider to gain an air of neutrality, and offered Leshwi the two surviving listeners' guidance on escaping Odium's control.
He was rankled to discover Venli had bonded a spren, but he sublimated his frustration in the face of more pressing priorities. He gave the humans the opportunity to flee or retrieve their families, then they all made their way toward the exit, only to be surrounded by enemy Fused. He and Leshwi resolved to fight, and he asked Venli if she knows of any other spren willing to bond singers. Venli explained that she sent the other [[
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Rlain and Renarin share the capacity for [[Shard#Future_Sight|future sight]] through their sprens' connections with [[Sja-Anat]], and Rlain's abilities are likely to hew close to Renarin's, though there may be some variance due to his species and connection to the Rhythms.
[[Renarin]] develops romantic feelings towards Rlain,{{wob ref|14549}} and it is possible Rlain returns these feelings.{{ref|group=fn|text=Sanderson explains that the characters have not yet reached the same conclusions that their emotions have.{{wob ref|14549}} He wrote scenes further developing Renarin's and Rlain's chemistry in ''Rhythm of War,'' but removed them for pacing reasons.{{wob ref|14647}}}}
=== Other Members of Bridge Four ===
== Trivia ==
* Rlain is entirely absent from the second half of ''[[Oathbringer]]'', which may appear to be an error but is in fact intentional and significant.{{wob ref|8981}}
* Though feeling an outcast, Rlain was considered for four different bonds in Rhythm of War: the honorspren [[Yunfah]] (encouraged by Kaladin), the Sibling (suggested by Navani), one of Venli's
* In a delightful bit of foreshadowing, the nickname "Shen" makes more sense as a shortening of "Parshendi" (the Listeners, his true identity) than "Parshman" (his disguise).
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