Tien

Tien was Kaladin's younger brother by two years. He was a darkeyes of the second nahn.
==Appearance==
Tien had round cheeks, a slight build, and looked younger than he really was.
==Personality==
He was described as being very cheerful, always able to raise the spirits of his older brother when he was down.
==Biography==
Uncommonly interested in rocks, he collected them constantly and could tell the story of where and when he found each stone and also what was important about it and what made him want to keep it. He searched for special rocks to cheer up his older brother.
He was taken on as a third apprentice to a carpenter in their village. However, his whimsical ways caused him to be easily distracted and resulted in unsatisfactory work. This was not due to a lack of talent, however, as he was very skilled at carving attractive things from wood.
Due to a grudge held by Hearthstone's new citylord, Roshone, against Tien's father, Tien is drafted into Amaram's army at the age of thirteen. This results in Kaladin enlisting in the army with the intent to protect his younger brother. Sadly, four months after having left home, Tien was caught at the front of a battle and was killed before Kaladin's eyes.
It is this moment that causes Kaladin to give up his medical dreams and devote himself to the army.
==Notes==
According to Brandon, Tien was a budding Lightweaver.MisCon 2018, Missoula, , 5/26/18The Great American Read: Other Worlds with Brandon Sanderson, Orem, UT, 10/25/18FanX Spring 2019, Salt Lake City, UT, 4/19/19
==Q&A with Brandon==
Q. You've said before that Tien was on the track to becoming a Lightweaver, before he, you know. What lie was he telling that was attracting a Cryptic?
A. That's a very good question. Tien was hiding a lot of belief that he was not a good person. That people didn't want to be around him, and things like this. He was hiding a lot of that, and he knew that people saw him as a burst of sunshine, and he didn't ever want them to not see him that way. That was really hard on him, as it is on a lot of people who are like Tien.Dragonsteel Mini-Con 2021, 11/22/21
==References==
Category:Alethkar (people)
Category:Military (people)
Category:Surgebinders
Category:Lightweaver