

Kaladin is an extremely tall man, even tall by Alethi standards, standing nearly seven feet tall. 3.9.1 Training and Recruiting Bridge Four Squires.3.5.4 Preparing for the Assassin in White.3.4.7 Transforming Bridge Four into spearmen.Their public revelation during the Battle of Narak serves as the catalyst for the re-founding of the Knights Radiant.Īfter the re-founding of the Knights Radiant, Kaladin helped the expansion of the Knights Radiant by taking on Bridge Four as squires, with most of them eventually becoming Knights themselves. Kaladin, along with Shallan Davar, is one of the first new members of the Knights Radiant in centuries. This bond allows him to discover his powers as a Surgebinder and destiny as a member of the Knights Radiant, an order which has been defunct ever since the Day of Recreance. He has bonded with the honorspren Sylphrena, more commonly known as Syl. As a soldier, he rescued thousands of soldiers during the Battle of the Tower, liberated a thousand bridgemen, and defended Dalinar Kholin and King Elhokar Kholin from numerous assassins. Utilizing his skills as a surgeon, he attempts to save as many lives as possible. Kaladin has also been unable to save numerous patients, comrades, subordinates, and even his brother Tien from death.ĭespite these challenges, or perhaps because of them, Kaladin is driven to protect others. He has suffered repeated oppression and betrayal by the lighteyed nobility, including being driven from his home by the citylord of his hometown as a teenager and being sold into slavery by the commander of his army.

Kaladin has known adversity and loss throughout his life.

He is famed as the captain of Highprince Dalinar Kholin's personal guard, a unit known as Bridge Four, and commander of the bridgemen battalion. Despite being trained as a surgeon from an early age by his father, his chosen profession is that of a soldier. Kaladin, nicknamed Kal, renowned as Kaladin Stormblessed, is a darkeyed Windrunner of the Knights Radiant from Alethkar.
