Bridge 4 Goes Back for Dalinar! - Best of Graphic Audio - The Stormlight Archive - The Way of Kings

[Music] the sheer awful audacity of what sadius had done twisted at kaladin's insides he thought what had been done to him had been horrible but here sadius callously condemned thousands of men light-eyed and dark supposed allies that betrayal seemed to weigh as heavy on caledon as the bridge itself it pressed on him made him gasp for breath is there no hope for men they kill those they should love what good is it to fight what good is it to win if there is no difference between ally and enemy what is victory meaningless what is the deaths of my friends and colleagues mean nothing the entire world was a pustule sickeningly green and infested with corruption numb kaladin and the others reached the chasm though they were too late to help with the transfer the men he'd sent ahead with air test looking grim scar leaning on a spear to support his wounded leg a small group of dead spearmen lay nearby sadius's soldiers retrieved their wounded when possible but some died as they were helped along they'd abandoned some of those here sadius was obviously in a hurry to leave the scene the dead had been left with their equipment scar had probably gotten his crutch there some poor bridge crew would have to cross all the way back here at a later date to salvage from these and from dalinar's fallen they set their bridge down and kaladin wiped his brow don't place the bridge across the chasm we'll wait until the last of the soldiers have crossed then carry it over on one of the other bridges matal eyed kaladin and his team but didn't order them to set their bridge he realized that by the time they got it into position they'd have to pull it up again isn't that a sight kaladin turned the tower rose behind them sloped in their direction kalin's army was a circle of blue trapped in the middle of the slope after trying to push down and get to sadius before he left the parshendi were a dark swarm with specks of red from their marbled skins they pressed at the alephi ring compressing it such a shame makes me sick other bridgemen nodded and caledon was surprised to see the concern on their faces rock and teft joined kaladin and moash all wearing their pashendi carapace armor he was glad they'd left shen back in the camp he'd have been catatonic at the sight of it all theft cradled his wounded arm rock raised a hand to shade his eyes and shook his head looking eastward he's a shame a shame to sadis ashamed to us bridge four come on mattal was waving for them to cross bridge six's bridge and leave the staging plateau an idea came to kaladin suddenly a fantastic idea like a blooming rock bud in his mind we'll follow with our own bridge mittal we only just got to the chasm we need to sit for a few minutes cross now we'll just fall further behind you want to explain to sadius why he has to hold the entire army for one miserable bridge crew we've got our bridge let my men rest we'll catch up to you later and if those savages come after you kaladin shrugged mathal blinked then seemed to realize how badly he wanted that to happen shoot yourself matal rushed across bridge six as the other bridges were pulled up in seconds caledon's team was alone beside the chasm the army retreating westward caledon smiled broadly i can't believe it after all that worrying men we're free the others turned to him confused we'll follow in a short while and metal will assume we're coming we fall farther and farther behind the army until we're out of sight then we'll turn north and use the bridge to cross the plains we can escape northward and everyone will just assume the parshendi caught us and slaughtered us the other bridgeman regarded him with wide eyes supplies we have these fears kaladin pulled out his pouch a wealth of them right here we can take the armor and weapons from the dead over there and use those to defend ourselves from bandits it will be hard but we won't be chased the men were starting to grow excited however something gave kaladin pause what of the wounded bridgemen back in the camp i'll have to stay behind what someone will need to for the good of our wounded in camp we can't abandon them and if i stay behind i can support the story wound me and leave me on one of the plateaus zedius is sure to send scavengers back i'll tell them my crew was hunted down in retribution for desecrating the parshendi corpses a bridge tossed into the chasm they'll believe it they've seen how the parsheny hate us the crew was all standing now shooting glances at one another uncomfortable glances we're not leaving without you i'll follow sigsel we can't leave those men behind skeleton led we can talk about me later maybe i'll go with you then sneak back into camp later to rescue the wounded for now go salvage from those bodies they hesitated it's an order men they moved offering no further complaint rushing to pilfer from the corpses sadius had abandoned that left kaladin alone beside the bridge he was still unsettled it isn't just the wounded back in camp what is it this was a fantastic opportunity the type he'd have practically killed to get during his years as a slave the chance to vanish presumed dead the bridgemen won't have to fight they're free why then was he so anxious caledon turned to survey his men and was shocked to see someone standing beside him a woman of translucent white light it was sil as he'd never seen her before the size of a regular person hands clasped in front of her hair and dress streaming to the side in the wind he'd had no idea she could make herself so large she stared eastward her expression horrified eyes wide and sorrowful it was the face of a child watching a brutal murder that stole her innocence caledon turned and slowly looked in the direction she was staring toward the tower toward dalinar colin's desperate army the sight of them twisted his heart they fought so hopelessly surrounded abandoned left alone to die we have a bridge if we could get it set most of the parshendi were focused on the olefi army with only a token reserve forced down at the base near the chasm it was a small enough group that perhaps the bridge men could contain them no that's idiocy there are thousands of preschendi soldiers blocking kalin's path to the chasm how will we set the bridge with no archers to support us several of the bridge men returned from their quick scavenge rock joined kaladin staring eastward expression becoming grim this ding is terrible can we not do something to help it would be suicide rock we'd have to run a full assault without an army to support us couldn't we just go back a little of the way wait to see if colin can cut his way down to us if he does then we could set our bridge no if we stayed out of range kellen would assume us to be scouts left by sadius we'll have to charge the chasm otherwise he'd never come down to meet us besides if we did somehow save some of those men they'd talk and sadius would know we still live he'd cut us down and kill us by going back we'd throw away our chance at freedom the other bridgeman nodded at that the rest had gathered carrying weapons it was time to go caledon tried to squelch the feeling of despair inside him gavin or kalin is probably just like the others like rashan like sadius like any number of light eyes pretending virtue but corrupted inside but he has thousands of dark-eyed soldiers with it men who don't deserve this terrible fate men like my old spear crew we owe them nothing caledon thought he could see delano collins banner flying blue with the front of his army you got them into this collin i won't let my men die for you he turned his back on the tower sill still stood beside him facing eastward it made his very soul twist in nuts to see that look of despair on her face are wind spread attracted to wind or do they make it i don't know does it matter perhaps not you see i've remembered what kind of sprint i am is this the time for itself i bind things caledon i am honor spren spirit of oaths of promises and of nobility kaladin could faintly hear the sounds of the battle or was that just his mind searching for something he knew to be there could he hear the men dying could he see the soldiers running away scattering leaving their warlord alone everyone else fleeing child and kneeling over dallas body a green and burgundy banner flying alone on the field i've been here before caledon turned back toward that blue banner dalliner always fought at the front what happened last time i've learned i won't be a fool again it seemed to crush him sadius's betrayal his exhaustion the deaths of so many he was there again for a moment kneeling in amarem's mobile headquarters watching the last of his friends being slaughtered too weak and hurt to save them he raised a trembling hand to his head feeling the brand there wet with his sweat i owe you nothing somebody has to start son somebody has to step forward and do what is right because it is right if nobody starts then others cannot follow dalinar had come to help caledon's men attacking those arches and saving bridge four the light eyes don't care about life so i must so we must so you must life before death i failed so often i've been knocked to the ground and trot upon strength before weakness this would be death i'd leave my friends to journey before destination death and what is right we have to go back storm it we have to go back he turned to the members of bridge four one by one they nodded men who had been the drags of the army just months before men who had once cared for nothing but their own skins tossed away thoughts for their own safety and nodded they would follow him kaladin looked up bridge up the members of bridge four grabbed their bridge and hoisted it high stormlight rushed into caledon like a wave as if he'd put his lips up to a high storm and drawn it into himself he pulled on a shield grabbing the straps in his hand then he turned raising it high he led his men in a charge back toward that abandoned blue banner

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Length: 12min 29sec (749 seconds)

Published: Wed Oct 28 2020