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Dabbid was born with the umbilical cord wrapped around his neck, which resulted in an unspecified disorder. He did not begin speaking until he was six years old, and often got into trouble because he did things other people wouldn't normally do. When he was young, he put a rope around his neck to feel what it was like to be born the way he was. When people found him, andDabbid didn't understand why peoplethey gotwere worried as he wasn't going to hurt himself. At some point, his mother died, causing his disorder to worsen. Dabbid then ended up at the [[War of Reckoning]], washing the clothes of a [[lighteyes]]. The man's wife accused him of fathering her [[darkeyed]] child in order to protect her lover, and Dabbid was assigned to be a [[bridgeman]] in [[Torol Sadeas|Sadeas]]' warcamp as punishment.{{book ref|sa4|85}}

In 1173, Dabbid joined Bridge Four, [[Kaladin]]'s bridgecrew. The crew was expected to charge the [[Parshendi]] line unarmored to draw their fire and push theira bridge across the chasm to provideproviding a path for [[Torol Sadeas|Sadeas]]' army. On one run, Dabbid was nearlyall but trampled by a horse from his own side, causing him to fall to the ground, dazed and with a broken arm. While Dabbid expected to die on the battlefield, Kaladin and [[Rock]] dragged him to safety. After treating those with more serious wounds, Kaladin set Dabbid's arm with somea splint made of Parshendi arrows and hisDabbid's shirt.{{book ref|sa1|17}}

Dabbid remained in a state of shock for weekslong after the battle, jumping at sounds, but otherwise unresponsive. Sadeas refused to pay or feed any bridgeman that was unable to go on runs, so Dabbid survived off of food Bridge Four was able to buybought by selling [[knobweed]] sap they secretly gathered while on stonecollecting dutystones.{{book ref|sa1|21}}{{book ref|sa1|27}} EventuallyDabbid’s arm eventually healed, Dabbidand he was able to walk and followedfollow others around, althoughbut he still diddidn’t nottalk; speakothers andworried continuedthat tohe starewould offnever intorecover nothingfrom his battle shock. WhenDabbid eventually began to assist [[Lopen]] joined Bridge four, hewho andreferred Dabbid(whoto Lopenhim calledas "moolie,“moolie" (meaning "mute"), beganin bringing waterskins onand bridgeruns,first carryingaid themsupplies on a makeshift litterruns.{{book ref|sa1|32}} Bridge Four was later sentenced to scavenge corpses in the chasms as punishment for surviving, and Kaladin used this as an opportunity to secretly train the bridgemen to fight so they could escape Sadeas' warcamp. While Bridge Four was training, Dabbid, led by [[Syl]] and with the help of others could not fight, continued to scavenge the chasms in order to meet their quota and avoid suspicion.{{book ref|sa1|49}}<!--up to c49-->