Difference between revisions of "Tien"

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'''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}}

 

== History ==

===Childhood ===

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]], 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}}

 

 

=== The Weeping ===

Six months later, Tien found his brother on the roof of their house. Knowing Kaladin often struggled during the [[Weeping]], Tien did what he could to support his brother, sitting with him and giving him an intricately carving of a horse.{{book ref|sa1|44}} Unable to work as a surgeon’s assistant, Tien had been taken on by the town’s carpenter, [[Ral]]. Tien had a natural talent for carving, however often got distracted, to the displeasure of his master. Ral often got frustrated at Tien, though did admit that the boy had a talent for woodcarving.{{book ref|sa1|44}}