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1. the body keeps the score by thephilosophersapprentice

   Fandoms: Stormlight Archive - Brandon Sanderson  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Gen
   • Work in Progress

   23 Mar 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Bridge Four & Kaladin (Stormlight Archive)
   • Kaladin & Dalinar Kholin
   • Kaladin & Adolin Kholin
   • Kaladin (Stormlight Archive)
   • Dalinar Kholin
   • Adolin Kholin
   • Bridge Four (Stormlight Archive)
   • Lopen's Mother (Stormlight Archive)
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Book 02: Words of Radiance (Stormlight Archive)
   • Panic Attacks
   • Dalinar Kholin is a Flawed Parent
   • But he's trying
   • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
   • graphic depiction of injury
   • canon-typical casteism
   • kaladin's poor mental health should be tagged as its own character
   • whump for the whump gods
   • angst for the angst throne
   • self-destructive Kaladin

   Summary

   Kaladin sheathed his knife, taking a weary step away from the man in the green Shardplate, only for the world to snap off cold. For a moment, everything was oddly bright, colors saturated, blurred. Something was happening. What was happening? Time slowed. He struggled for purchase against the slick essence of existence.

   “Kaladin!” Syl screamed.

   The man in the unadorned King’s Plate had his fist buried in Kaladin’s side.

   Elit is a sore loser. When he throws a Shardplate-enhanced punch at Kaladin after surrendering, Kaladin has no choice but to use Stormlight to heal--in front of the entire Alethi court. Exposed as a Knight Radiant, Kaladin must navigate the treacherous waters of Alethi politics while keeping his past and its associated fears and cruelties from dragging him under.

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