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Teft ended up in the bridge crews of [[Shattered Plains|Sadeas's warcamp]] on the [[Shattered Plains]]. He blamesblamed himself for destroying the Envisagers.{{book ref|twok|38}} <!--- and the death of his brother, and considered suicide in the pits. ... I don't find anything in the book about this statement and think that this has been mixed up with Kaladin ---> After committing an infraction, he was transferred to [[Bridge Four]],{{book ref|twok|11}} where [[Kaladin]] befriended him. and heHe ended up in hisKaladin's inner circle along with [[Rock]], actively helping him in his plans.

Teft was the first to suspect Kaladin might be able to use [[Stormlight]], saving Kaladin's life in the process. He learned this by (amongst other things) pushing a dun [[spheres|sphere]] into Kaladin's hand, claiming it to be "for luck" just before Kaladin was to be left outside alone to face "the judgement of the [[Stormfather]]" by way of the [[highstorm]].{{book ref|twok|34}} After the storm, the sphere Kaladin had been given appeared to still be dun, even though it should have been [[infuse|infused]] with light by the highstorm it was left outside during, leading Teft to muse, "An empty sphere after a storm, he thought.{{book And a man who's still alive when he should be dead. Two impossibilities."ref|twok|35}} That meant Kaladin had "stolen" the light that infused the sphere, which left Teft almost certain that Kaladin had the ability to [[infuse]]use Stormlight and that Kaladin was part of the events the [[Envisagers]] had been waiting for. When Kaladin was recovering from his wounds and fever after the highstorm, Teft brought three small infused diamond spheres and pressed them into Kaladin's hand, waiting anxiously to see what would happen. When Teft had nearly lost hope of being right about the events and their meaning, Kaladin drew in a short powerful breath, infusing himself with Stormlight, and began to glow from the leaking Stormlight.{{book ref|twok|38}} Teft, knowing there was a healing effect to the Stormlight, repeated this treatment enough so as to not to draw suspicion from the other bridgemen. Ten days after the hanging in the highstorm, Kaladin arose.{{book ref|twok|40}}

During his many conversations with Kaladin, he hasTeft repeatedly stated that he isnwasn't trustworthy. This iswas most likely either because of the events that lead to the fall of the Envisagers, or because of his firemoss addiction (which was not revealed until much later).

Kaladin discovered Teft had military experience and was a sergeant before becoming a bridgeman.{{book ref|twok|46}} He became invaluable to Kaladin's leadership, by playing sergeant to Kaladin's captain, and by taking command when asked, when ordered, or during times Kaladin was indisposed. His military experience was never divulged in great detail, as the history of bridgemen's personal lives seemed to be their most guarded secret.{{book ref|twok|63}}

Teft iswas a [[firemoss]] addict, a fact he triestried to hide from the rest of Bridge Four.