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<gallery caption="Images of Tien">
Tien by Keith Magnaye.jpg | <center><small>by
Alive Tien.png |
Driven by Guilt by Ari Ibarra.jpg | <center><small>{{a|Ari Ibarra}}</small></center> In Kaladin's arms
Dead Tien.png | <center><small>by {{a|Silver Stars}}</small></center> Kaladin holding Tien's body
▲File: Kaladin and Tien.jpg | Young Kaladin and Tien by [[User:Botanicaxu]]
Tien's death.jpg | <center><small>by [[User: Exmakina]]</small></center> Tien's death
Kaladin's Pain by Petar Penev.jpg | <center><small>{{a|Petar Penev}}</small></center> Kaladin's pain
</gallery>
== History ==
===Childhood ===
[[File:Kaladin and Tien.jpg|thumb|right|200px|<center><small>by [[User:Botanicaxu]]</small></center> Young Kaladin and Tien]]
{{quote
|Tien smiled, then set a rock on the ground... Tien had a habit of finding those and thinking they were incredibly precious.
=== The Army ===
[[File:Kaladin's Pain by Petar Penev.jpg |thumb|left|150px|<center><small>{{a|Petar Penev}}</small></center> Kaladin weeping over Tien]]
{{quote
| Gotta do what you can to stay alive, son. Turn a liability into an advantage whenever you can. Remember that, if you live.
}}
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, he was assigned to [[Sheler]]’s company under the squad leader [[Varth]] along with two other undertrained messenger boys. 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}}
== Relationships ==
[[File:Driven by Guilt by Ari Ibarra.jpg |thumb|right|200px| <center><small>{{a|Ari Ibarra}}</small></center> Kaladin cradling Tien's corpse]]
=== Kaladin ===
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Tien's death greatly affected Kaladin, for which he still feels immense guilt and anger over.{{book ref|sa1|14}} After his brothers death, Kaladin began to recruit young boys to his army unit, who had been put in similar positions to Tien, in the hopes of saving them.{{book ref|sa3|112}} He also threw himself into training to distract himself from his brothers death, until he was eventually pulled out of his single mindedness by [[Tarah]].{{book ref|sa1|63}} He continued to carry around Tien's rocks while in the army, though rarely brought them out, and mistook others to be his brother both before and after he was made a slave.{{book ref|sa1|47}}{{book ref|sa1|9}}
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
== Trivia ==
* There was no specific inspiration for the relationship between Kaladin and Tien; instead it grew naturally out of Kaladin's characterisation.{{wob ref|8232}} Brandon has also said he has a preference away from family relationships that cause isolation, as he finds the dynamics within families interesting and important to readers.{{wob ref|5066}}
* It is a coincidence that Tien's father is a surgeon and Tien's name contains the [[Aon#Ien|Aon for healing]].{{wob ref|11069}}▼
▲It is a coincidence that Tien's father is a surgeon and Tien's name contains the [[Aon#Ien|Aon for healing]].{{wob ref|11069}}
== Notes ==
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