Teft

A grizzled Alethi sergeant turned bridgeman in Bridge Four, one of the first to back Kaladin and the first to see that he can use Stormlight. Raised in a heretical sect awaiting the Radiants, he later bonds an honorspren and becomes a Windrunner squire while fighting a firemoss addiction. He steps back from duty to work in Kaladin's clinic and is killed there.

1. As a youth Teft turns his family in as heretics when the Envisagers use extreme methods; all of them are executed except him. source

1. As a bridgeman, Teft is among the first to help Kaladin. source
2. Teft places spheres in the injured Kaladin's hand and sees him heal and drain them, learning he can use Stormlight. source

1. Teft drills men from the other bridge crews, knowing they need something more to inspire them. source
2. Teft is the first bridgeman to suspect Shallan may be an assassin. source

1. In Dalinar's employ at Urithiru, Teft relapses into firemoss use and is reminded by his honorspren of the oaths he spoke. source
2. Teft is brought before Aladar's magistrates for intoxication on firemoss, and Navani's seal is sought to free him. source
3. Teft speaks a Third Ideal in the form of protecting those he hates, even himself. source

1. Teft leaves active Windrunner duty and joins Kaladin's clinic as a surgeon's aide. source
2. Woken from a coma by Lift, Teft is later killed by Vyre. source

Allied with

Kaladin, Rlain