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'''Rlain''' (nicknamed '''Shen''') is a [[Parshendi]] and member of [[Bridge Four]].{{book ref|b|sa1|c|46}} He is the only Parshendi who sided with the Alethi before the creation of the [[Everstorm]]. It is revealed that he was a spy for the Parshendi, using dullform to disguise himself as a [[parshmen|parshman]]. He travelled between warcamps for three years{{book ref|b|sa2|c|79}} before becoming part of [[Bridge Four]].

Rlain was placed in Bridge Four as an experiment by [[Hashal]], to see if parshmen could be trusted to run bridges. The members of Kaladin's crew violently distrusted the parshman, wanting to place him up at the front of the bridge to be hit with an arrow instead of a human bridgeman, but Kaladin refused, giving the parshman the name "Shen" and insisting that he was to be treated as a member of the crew.{{book ref|b|sa1|c|46}} Rlain was upset by the crew's scavenging from dead Parshendi, and even more upset when Kaladin used Parshendi carapace as armour during a bridge run, to the point where he ended up being left behind on subsequent runs. He was retrieved from [[Sadeas warcamp]] and brought with the rest of the bridgemen to [[Kholin warcamp]] following Sadeas' betrayal and Bridge Four's rescue of Dalinar.