Difference between revisions of "Tien"

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| It’s not as bad as it seems, Kaladin... Things are never as bad as they seem. You’ll see.

| Tien to Kaladin{{book ref|sa1|44}}

'''Tien''' is the second son of [[Lirin]] and [[Hesina]] and brother to [[Kaladin]] and [[Oroden]].{{book ref|sa1|16}}{{book ref|sa3|7}} Tien is two years Kaladin’s junior{{book ref|sa1|16}} and eighteen years older than Oroden.{{book ref|sa3|7}} He is pressed into Highmarshal [[Amaram]]’s army, where he is killed during battle.{{book ref|sa1|67}}

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As a young boy, Tien often spent time with his brother [[Kaladin]]. The pair were friends with [[Laral]], the daughter of Brightlord [[Wistiow]], and also spent time around the other children in the town; when he was eight, he and his brother hung out with [[Jam (Hearthstone)|Jam]], one of the other boys in the town. Jam’s father had been teaching him how to use a quarterstaff and the other children of the town were intrigued to find out what he had learnt. Tien’s father, [[Lirin]], did not approve of his sons spending time with the older children in the town, particularly if it interfered with Kaladin’s duties as surgeon’s assistant.{{book ref|sa1|10}}{{book ref|sa1|16}}

Tien often played with Kaladin and Laral, climbing rocks and searching the area for wildlife. On the day of Wistiow’s death, Tien spent time collecting rocks and looking for [[lurg]]’ss with his two friends. He presented his brother with one of the rocks he had found; a weathered stone that contained a hidden pattern of colored strata. Tien showed his older brother how the pattern would reveal itself when water was applied to the rock face. Kaladin attempted to return the stone to Tien, however, his brother insisted that he keep it. Tien often found rocks that he would pass along to Kaladin, in the hopes that they would help to lift his mood.{{book ref|sa1|16}}

They began looking for lurgs, quickly finding one amongst the boulders. After Laral joined them, they dissolved the lurg's cocoon to watch it jump around, looking for food. When the creature settled down to respin its cocoon, Kaladin manipulated it onto a rock so that it could be moved around without being further disturbed. He gave the the lurg to Tien, who then moved off to search for more of the amphibians. While he searched, Tien’s brother and Laral moved down the hill to speak with some of the other children in the town and a fight broke out. After the other boys had left, Tien gifted his brother another stone that he had found while lunglurg hunting.{{book ref|sa1|16}}

Eighteen months after the arrival of Roshone, Tien’s father met with the Brightlord. [[Hesina]] was tasked with distracting her two sons, to keep them away from the meeting. Tien had found a new rock, that he shared with his mother and brother while the three prepared the evening meal. He found the rock fascinating as it changed color when viewed from different angles. Hesina, suggested that the change was caused by the spren of the rock and the three spoke further about spren and souls. Tien disagreed with his mother, explaining that he thought the change was caused by light instead of spren. During the conversation, Kaladin snuck away to join his father at Roshone’s manor. After the dinner, Lirin admitted to Kaladin that the sphere’sspheres had been stolen, and requested that Kaladin did not inform his brother of what he had learnt.{{book ref|sa1|37}}

| Gotta do what you can to stay alive, son. Turn a liability into an advantage whenever you can. Remember that, if you live.

| Varth talking to Kaladin about Tien{{book ref|sa1|67}}

Tien and Kaladin were separated after being drafted, despite Kaladin's belief that they were meant to be assigned to the same squad. Kaladin searched for his brother after their separation, enlisting the help of his squad leader [[Tukks]], who eventually located Tien in squad seven. While in squad seven, Tien was given rudimentary training with a spear, and then shifted into a deep reserve unit. Tien hoped that he would be able to travel to the [[Shattered Plains]] to join the King's army.{{book ref|sa1|4}}{{book ref|sa3|91}}

Less than four months after being drafted, Tien was killed during battle against Brightlord [[Hallaw]]. During the encounter, hetwo wasother undertrained messenger boys were assigned to [[ShelerVarth]]’s's companysquad, underand theTien squadvolunteered leaderto [[Varth]]join alongthem, within twoorder otherto undertrainedhelp messengerthem boysout. Unable to use the boys effectively in combat, Varth positioned the three at the front of the lines, to act as a distraction for the enemy. He saw the three messengers as liabilities due to their lack of training. Tien and the two other messengers were killed by an enemy lighteyes, after Varth pulled his squad pulled back, leaving the three of them exposed to the enemy.{{book ref|sa1|47}}{{book ref|sa1|67}}

| How is it you can always smile?... It’s dreadful outside, your master treats you like crem, and your family is slowly being strangled by the citylord. And yet you smile. How, Tien? And why is it that you make me want to smile too?

| Kaladin about Tien{{book ref|sa1|44}}

Tien is almost always able to lift his brother's mood and helps [[Kaladin]] during his bouts of depression.{{book ref|sa1|16}} He often gifts Kaladin rocks, as a way to try and help him feel better,{{book ref|sa1|16}} but is also a good judge of when Kaladin needs company versesrather than support.{{book ref|sa1|44}} Despite Kaladin’s request of his brother, Tien always called him by his full name instead of his childhood nickname of Kal.{{book ref|sa1|16}}

Tien and Kaladin often spend time together as children and play pranks on the other members of their family.{{book ref|sa1|16}} During their childhoods, they would wrestle for fun as well as play catch and climb rocks with [[Laral]].{{book ref|sa1|16}}{{book ref|sa3|5}} Of the three of them, Laral was always the better climber.{{book ref|sa1|16}}

Unable to face his parents and his broken promises, Kaladin intended to re-enlist at the end of his four year tour,{{book ref|sa1|47}} and continued to carry his guilt after being forced into slavery.{{book ref|sa1|2}} After [[Amaram]]'s betrayal, Kaladin began blaming the Brightlord, along with himself, for breaking the promises he had made.{{book ref|sa3|120}} Even after being freed from slavery, Kaladin still refused to contact his parents because of his brothersbrother's death.{{book ref|sa3|6}}

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