Editing Deadeye

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|abilities={{tag+|Splinter}}
|type={{cat tag|Spren}}
|world=Roshar
|universe=[[Cosmere]]
|books=[[The Stormlight Archive]]
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{{quote
|You use her corpse on the other side, don't you? Well, I won’t blame you.
|Captain [[Ico]] about [[Mayalaran]]{{book ref|sa3|101}}
}}
'''Deadeye''' [[spren]] are spren who were bonded to [[Knights Radiant]] and were killed when their oaths were abandoned.{{book ref|sa3|101}}


== History ==
Deadeyes did not exist before the [[Recreance]].{{book ref|sa4|115}}{{wob ref|14527}} What happened to spren whose Radiants abandoned their oaths prior to the Recreance is unknown. According to [[Kalak]], who was involved with the incident,{{book ref|sa4|94}} this was related to the imprisonment of [[Ba-Ado-Mishram]] which also caused the transformation of the [[singers]] into the [[parshmen]].{{book ref|sa4|97}} It is unclear if Ba-Ado-Mishram's release would heal the deadeyes.

== Creation ==
A spren becomes a deadeye when the [[Surgebinder]] they've been bonded to breaks their Oaths.{{book ref|sa3|101}} It requires the Surgebinder to have previously sworn a sufficient number of them for the spren to manifest as a [[Shardblade]] -- if the breaking happens earlier, the spren appears to simply vanish. Regardless, the process causes the spren significant pain.{{book ref|sa2|69}}

Abandoning the Oaths breaks something in the [[Spiritual Realm|Spiritual]] aspect of the spren.{{wob ref|7137}} Even broken, however, the Oaths continue to affect it, locking it in the form of a Shardblade and preventing it from returning back to the world.{{wob ref|6491}}

== Appearance ==
In the [[Physical Realm]], deadeye corpses are [[Shardblade]]s.{{book ref|oathbringer|101}} There are several differences between dead Blades and living ones -- they do not glow, they are incapable of changing their shape, and they require a gemstone to be inserted in order to be bonded.{{book ref|sa2|72}}{{book ref|sa2|84}}{{book ref|sa3|16}} They also need ten heartbeats before appearing, as opposed to materializing immediately.{{book ref|sa1|prologue}} Moreover, when a dead Shardblade is dismissed, a deadeye spren doesn't appear in the [[Physical Realm]] the way a living one does, but rather remains in [[Shadesmar]].{{book ref|sa2|84}}

They can be any type of Radiant spren, with [[Mayalaran]] being [[cultivationspren]]{{wob ref|7095}}, [[Testament]] being a [[Cryptic]],{{book ref|sa4|115}} and Captain [[Ico]]'s [[Ico's father|Father]] being a [[Reacher]].{{book ref|sa3|101}} Their eyes appear to be scratched out, though not like empty eye sockets, but rather like a painting that's been defaced.{{book ref|sa3|93}} Presumably, it's this that the name "deadeye" came from.

Becoming a deadeye leads to other changes in a spren's appearance as well. Live cultivationspren are made of green vines,{{book ref|sa3|102}} but Maya's vines are ashen brown, dried-out, and more tightly woven.{{book ref|sa3|87}}{{book ref|sa3|117}}{{book ref|sa4|22}} Deadeye [[Cryptic]]s' head patterns cease moving and become twisted and jagged; though they don't have eyes to begin with, the same scraping effect appears in the center of the pattern.{{book ref|sa4|29}}

== Behavior ==
{{quote
|It hates you—but less than it hates others.
|The [[Stormfather]] about [[Oathbringer (Shardblade)|Oathbringer]]{{book ref|sa3|28}}
}}

Deadeye spren cannot talk, only screech. They scream when someone attempts to summon them.{{book ref|sa3|89}} In the Physical Realm, a [[Surgebinder]] who touches a deadeye Blade will hear it shriek. Someone touching the Blade alongside a Surgebinder will also hear the screaming, which will apparently continue for some time after the Surgebinder lets go.{{book ref|sa2|57}}

In [[Shadesmar]], deadeyes are generally placid and unresponsive. If left to their own devices, they'll try to reach the location of their Physical form.{{book ref|sa3|101}} They also seem to feel attracted to the people their Blades are bonded to.{{book ref|sa3|102}} In their desire to reach their goal, deadeyes ignore any obstacles in their way, which can be problematic when, for example, they waltz right into the sea of beads. Fortunately, it's easy to prevent them from movement -- Mayalaran only requires her hand to be held, and Ico locks his father up in a cargo hold.{{book ref|sa3|102}}{{book ref|sa3|101}}

A deadeye retains some small level of consciousness;{{wob ref|6491}} however, it's unclear just how much sapience they have. While they usually seem dull to external stimuli save their desire to reach the Blades, there have been several cases of deadeyes showing higher awareness of their surroundings. [[Oathbringer (Shardblade)|Oathbringer]]'s spren is aware of who holds it, and can discern [[Dalinar]] from others, reacting differently to him.{{book ref|sa3|28}} [[Mayalaran]], in turn, follows Adolin around and tries to protect him.{{book ref|sa3|102}}{{book ref|sa3|117}}

The Shadesmar location of a deadeye relative to the Physical location of its [[Shardbearer]] does have a minuscule impact on the speed at which the Blade is summoned. It seems that to become a Shardblade, the deadeye travels to the desired location at the speed of light, or something approaching it.{{wob ref|9285}}

== Resurrection ==
{{quote
|'''We! CHOSE!'''
|Mayalaran{{book ref|sa4|94}}
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Deadeye spren can be at least partially revived.{{book ref|sa4|94}} [[Mayalaran]], [[Adolin]]'s deadeye Shardblade, regains consciousness during Adolin's trial by witness in [[Lasting Integrity]] while under extreme emotional stress.{{book ref|sa4|94}}

Once partially revived, a former deadeye spren does not return fully to their pre-deadeye form. In the case of Maya, her eyes remain scratched out, but she is able to speak. Her thoughts and speech seem slightly slow or off, although it is unclear whether that is simply due to being newly revived and overwhelmed. Reviving a deadeye does not create a [[Nahel bond]] between the deadeye and Shardbearer, though Adolin notes that he can sense Maya's emotions and awareness, which is not part of a Nahel bond.{{book ref|sa4|94}}. It is unclear whether a deadeye can be completely restored to their original form.

In the case of Maya, she began to exhibit signs of consciousness a year before being revived. She attacked both [[Fused]] and [[Tukar]]i to protect Adolin's life, and gave him her name as a thought.{{book ref|sa3|117}}{{book ref|sa3|120}}{{book ref|sa4|35}} Adolin interacted with Maya in a tender way, speaking to her as part of his dueling ritual and treating her as a person when in Shadesmar; this may have contributed to their Connection, encouraging the resurrection. By performing katas with her each day as a Shardblade, Adolin was able to teach her the movements and perform the same movements in Shadesmar.

Spren of all types believe it impossible to revive a deadeye. Before Maya was revived, spren who Adolin told of Maya's behavior assumed that he had trained her to act in such ways, which suggests that it may be possible to train deadeyes to perform certain tasks. When confronted by such behavior, or when being told of her speaking to Adolin, almost every spren replied with the same word: "Curious." When Dalinar inquires about bringing Oathbringer's spren back to life, the [[Stormfather]] states that he knows of no way to do so.{{book ref|sa3|28}} [[Pattern]], on the other hand, speculates that if the original [[Knights Radiant]] who had broken their Oaths and killed them were still alive, it might be possible for a deadeye to come back.{{book ref|sa2|75}} If the person who broke the Oaths re-swore them, the spren could return; however, a different person swearing the same Oaths would not be enough.{{wob ref|7095}} It is likely that a large quantities of [[Stormlight]] would be an important, but not key element of the process.{{wob ref|7137}}

== Notable Deadeyes ==
*[[Mayalaran]]
*[[Testament]]

== Notes ==
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