Bridge Four
One of Highprince Sadeas's many bridge crews — the slave-staffed teams that haul wooden assault bridges across the Shattered Plains under arrow fire, so that the army can charge the Parshendi. The crew Kaladin is assigned to has the highest casualty rate. SA:WoK:Ch 6
Presence
appears mentioned absent
Known facts
- highest-casualtiesThree weeks into Kaladin's time as a bridgeman, twenty-three of the twenty-five first-deployment survivors are dead. The crew is shunned by other crews as if bad luck were contagious.SA:WoK:Ch 9
- always-targetedOn bad runs the Parshendi often focus arrows on individual crews — and for reasons no bridgeman can name, the chosen crew is almost always Bridge Four.SA:WoK:Ch 9
- kaladin-bridgeleaderAcquires Kaladin as its new bridgeleader at the end of the highstorm. He starts asking each man his name — Teft is the first to give it.SA:WoK:Ch 11
- starts-training-with-rock-teftRock and Teft now run the plank with Kaladin in the mornings. The rest of the crew has not joined, but the three of them are visibly improving and Gaz is watching.SA:WoK:Ch 27
- first-promise-to-remember-kaladinRock, Teft, and Moash sneak up to the wall during the lull before the storm to promise Kaladin that the crew will not go back to what they were. Fires at night. Laughter. Living. A tradition for him. The first marker of Bridge Four as a brotherhood rather than a death-roster.SA:WoK:Ch 34
- agrees-to-arm-and-attempt-escapeTeft straightens up first. Moash is eager. Sigzil says he would rather die on an Alethi blade than remain a slave. Rock declares cooking for the killers is beneath an Unkalaki but he will feed them well. Dunny enlists — *I'm your man, Captain.* Others chime in. Frightened but willing. Kaladin begins to outline a plan.SA:WoK:Ch 43
- becomes-a-trained-spear-squadBridge Four starts to coalesce into a secret spear-squad in the chasms. Three out of four spears are dropped — the men have only the bones of training — but the will to learn is undeniable. The crew is becoming a brotherhood with weapons.SA:WoK:Ch 49
- saves-dalinar-instead-of-fleeingLagging behind Sadeas's retreat with the bridge and two wounded, the crew faces a choice: keep going west to relative safety, or turn east and put the bridge down for Dalinar's stranded army. They choose the rescue. The crew that was bred to die instead saves the Blackthorn.SA:WoK:Ch 66
Appearances
- SA:WoK:Ch 9 Hauling logs in the rain; running and dying through three weeks of plateau assaults
- SA:WoK:Ch 35 Gathers around the cut-down Kaladin in the riddens
- SA:WoK:Ch 40 Gathered around the fire with stew and the shared razor; their first night of laughter as a brotherhood
- SA:WoK:Ch 43 Frightened but willing — the first plot to break out
- SA:WoK:Ch 53 Tends the wounded together after the run; treats it as their loss, not his
- SA:WoK:Ch 66 Turns from retreat to rescue, lays the bridge for Dalinar's army
- SA:WoK:Ch 67 Lays the bridge across; carries the Kholin army's wounded back
- SA:WoK:Ch 75 Freed; folded into the Kholin household guard
Related
- relatedKaladin — Assigned to Bridge Four by Hashal on arrival in Sadeas's camp SA:WoK:Ch 6
- relatedSadeas — One of Sadeas's bridge crews SA:WoK:Ch 6
- relatedSadeas — Used as expendable arrow-bait by Sadeas's tactics SA:WoK:Ch 9
- relatedKaladin — Takes the bridgeleadership and the responsibility for the men SA:WoK:Ch 11
- foreshadowsChasm duty — Gaz signs the crew up as punishment; Kaladin intends to make it pay SA:WoK:Ch 27
- foreshadowsSadeas — First armed escape plot — kill a guard post at night, hope Sadeas underestimates them SA:WoK:Ch 43
- fulfillsKaladin — Begins turning the crew into a trained spear-squad in the chasms SA:WoK:Ch 49
- fulfillsDalinar Kholin — Lays its bridge for the trapped Kholin army instead of escaping with Sadeas SA:WoK:Ch 66
Thread
- SA:WoK:Ch 6edgerelated: Kaladin — Assigned to Bridge Four by Hashal on arrival in Sadeas's camp
- SA:WoK:Ch 6edgerelated: Sadeas — One of Sadeas's bridge crews
- SA:WoK:Ch 6introIntroduced as “Bridge Four”
- SA:WoK:Ch 9edgerelated: Sadeas — Used as expendable arrow-bait by Sadeas's tactics
- SA:WoK:Ch 9facthighest-casualties: Three weeks into Kaladin's time as a bridgeman, twenty-three of the twenty-five first-deployment survivors are dead. The crew is shunned by other crews as if bad luck were contagious.
- SA:WoK:Ch 9factalways-targeted: On bad runs the Parshendi often focus arrows on individual crews — and for reasons no bridgeman can name, the chosen crew is almost always Bridge Four.
- SA:WoK:Ch 11edgerelated: Kaladin — Takes the bridgeleadership and the responsibility for the men
- SA:WoK:Ch 11factkaladin-bridgeleader: Acquires Kaladin as its new bridgeleader at the end of the highstorm. He starts asking each man his name — Teft is the first to give it.
- SA:WoK:Ch 27edgeforeshadows: Chasm duty — Gaz signs the crew up as punishment; Kaladin intends to make it pay
- SA:WoK:Ch 27factstarts-training-with-rock-teft: Rock and Teft now run the plank with Kaladin in the mornings. The rest of the crew has not joined, but the three of them are visibly improving and Gaz is watching.
- SA:WoK:Ch 34factfirst-promise-to-remember-kaladin: Rock, Teft, and Moash sneak up to the wall during the lull before the storm to promise Kaladin that the crew will not go back to what they were. Fires at night. Laughter. Living. A tradition for him. The first marker of Bridge Four as a brotherhood rather than a death-roster.
- SA:WoK:Ch 43edgeforeshadows: Sadeas — First armed escape plot — kill a guard post at night, hope Sadeas underestimates them
- SA:WoK:Ch 43factagrees-to-arm-and-attempt-escape: Teft straightens up first. Moash is eager. Sigzil says he would rather die on an Alethi blade than remain a slave. Rock declares cooking for the killers is beneath an Unkalaki but he will feed them well. Dunny enlists — *I'm your man, Captain.* Others chime in. Frightened but willing. Kaladin begins to outline a plan.
- SA:WoK:Ch 49edgefulfills: Kaladin — Begins turning the crew into a trained spear-squad in the chasms
- SA:WoK:Ch 49factbecomes-a-trained-spear-squad: Bridge Four starts to coalesce into a secret spear-squad in the chasms. Three out of four spears are dropped — the men have only the bones of training — but the will to learn is undeniable. The crew is becoming a brotherhood with weapons.
- SA:WoK:Ch 66edgefulfills: Dalinar Kholin — Lays its bridge for the trapped Kholin army instead of escaping with Sadeas
- SA:WoK:Ch 66factsaves-dalinar-instead-of-fleeing: Lagging behind Sadeas's retreat with the bridge and two wounded, the crew faces a choice: keep going west to relative safety, or turn east and put the bridge down for Dalinar's stranded army. They choose the rescue. The crew that was bred to die instead saves the Blackthorn.
Backreferences
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 6
- factKaladin
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 9
- factLaresh
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 11
- factKaladin
- factTeft
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 14
- factKaladin
- factKaladin
- factMoash
- factSigzil
- factRock
- factLeyten
- factDunny
- factNarm
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 15
- factSadeas
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 20
- factKaladin
- factHobber
- factDabbid
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 27
- factKaladin
- factGaz
- factTeleb
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 30
- factKaladin
- factGaz
- factBisig
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 32
- factKaladin
- factKaladin
- factLopen
- factSide carry
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 34
- factKaladin
- factBridge Four
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 35
- factSadeas
- factKaladin
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 38
- factKaladin
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 40
- factKaladin
- factRock
- factHumaka'aban
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 43
- factKaladin
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 49
- factKaladin
- factBridge Four
- factDrehy
- factSkar
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 53
- factDunny
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 55
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 57
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 59
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 62
- factKaladin
- factDalinar Kholin
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 66
- factKaladin
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 67
- factDalinar Kholin
- summarySA:WoK:Epilogue