Editing Order of Dustbringers

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|herald=Chanarach
|spren=Ashspren
|surge-=Division    |surge+=Abrasion
|order-=Skybreakers |order+=Edgedancers
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{{quote
|Smoke curled from the occasional patches of growth or heaps of burning corpses. Even some sections of rock smoldered. The Dustbringers had done their work well.
|[[Kalak]]'s thoughts in the wake of [[Aharietiam]]{{book ref|sa1|part=prelude}}
}}
The '''Order of Dustbringers''' is an order of [[Knights Radiant]] on [[Roshar]].{{epigraph ref|sa2|36}}

The Dustbringers are [[Surgebinder]]s who control the [[Surge]]s of Division and Abrasion; they are associated with the ruby [[polestone]]. They form [[Nahel bond]]s with [[ashspren]].{{book ref|sa3|107}}

The Dustbringers dislike their name due to its similarity to Voidbringer, and want to be called '''Releasers'''.{{epigraph ref|sa2|36}}{{wob ref|13774}} 

== Philosophy ==
The Dustbringers believe that great power requires a strong will to control it, and their oaths are designed to teach them to control their destructive power. While their powers can be used to destroy large swaths of land, acting like artillery, they prefer to work in a more controlled and nuanced manner. 

Most Dustbringers are tinkerers who like to take things apart to figure out how they work. They often object to those who only focus on the destructive side of their powers, as they feel that it is impossible to create something without understanding how its pieces work. The order also attracts foolhardy-but-brave soldiers who try to control the destructive nature of war to protect innocents.{{wob ref|13774}} They also tend to have the most variety among the Radiant orders.{{wob ref|14995}}

== Ideals of the Dustbringers ==
The Ideals of the Knights Radiant, also known as the [[Immortal Words]], are a set of rules by which the Radiants live. The First Ideal is shared by all of the orders, and is used as a motto for the Knights Radiant as a whole. The four remaining Ideals are unique to each order.{{book ref|sa1|59}} The Ideals of the Order of Dustbringers all focus on responsibility and controlling one's power, and are designed to teach lessons about the nature of power and the responsibility that comes with it. Unlike members of most of the other orders, the Dustbringers cannot access all of their [[Surgebinding]] powers until they have sworn some of the higher oaths.{{wob ref|13774}}

=== The First Ideal ===
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|Life before death, strength before weakness, journey before destination.
|The First Ideal of the Knights Radiant{{book ref|wok|59}}
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=== The Second Ideal ===
The Second Ideal of the Dustbringers is focused on self mastery.{{wob ref|13774}} 

== Abilities ==
Dustbringers can use the [[Surge]]s of '''Division''' and '''Abrasion'''. Like most Knights Radiant, the Dustbringers have squires; one Dustbringer from one of [[Dalinar's visions]] had about a dozen.{{book ref|sa2|4}}

=== Division ===
[[Surgebinding#Division|'''Division''']] gives Dustbringers the ability to cause objects to burn, degrade, or turn to dust. They appear to have a great amount of control over this ability, as [[Malata]] engraves a table using this Surge. Division also works on living flesh.{{book ref|sa3|107}} Dustbringers do not have access to the Surge of Division until later Ideals.{{wob ref|13774}} Restricting access to Surges based on oaths is rare among the orders and few do it. The only other order currently known to do so are the [[Skybreakers]], who share the Surge of Division.

=== Abrasion ===
[[Surgebinding#Abrasion|'''Abrasion''']] gives Dustbringers the ability to alter the frictional force between two surfaces. One Dustbringer used this ability to decrease friction between herself and the water of the [[Purelake]], allowing her to move through it unimpeded.{{book ref|sa2|4}} The [[Order of Edgedancers|Edgedancers]] often use this Surge to decrease friction between their bodies and other surfaces, allowing them to move around with ease, and to make objects slippery to anyone other than themselves;{{book ref|sa2|i|9}} Dustbringers can likely use Abrasion in a similar manner. It is unclear whether Dustbringers can use Abrasion to increase the friction between two objects.

== History ==
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|And when they were spoken of by the common folk, the Releasers claimed to be misjudged because of the dreadful nature of their power; and when they dealt with others, always were they firm in their claim that other epithets, notably "Dustbringers," often heard in the common speech, were unacceptable substitutions, in particular for their similarity to the word "Voidbringers." They did also exercise anger in great prejudice regarding it, though to many who speak, there was little difference between these two assemblies.
|[[Words of Radiance (in-world)|Words of Radiance]], chapter 17{{epigraph ref|sa2|36}}
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Before the [[Day of Recreance]], many Dustbringers objected to the name of their order, as they felt it was too similar to "[[Voidbringers]]," and encouraged others to instead call them "Releasers,"{{epigraph ref|sa2|36}}{{wob ref|13774}} though most people still referred to them as "Dustbringers".{{wob ref|3607}} This naming preference may have been influenced by their spren, as [[Spark]] apparently passed it on to [[Malata]].{{book ref|sa3|24}} The Dustbringers were often misjudged by people because of the destructive nature of their powers,{{epigraph ref|sa2|36}} and even some of their fellow Knights Radiant felt they were "on the edge of evil" and did not get along with them.{{wob ref|11988}} The Skybreakers, who often made sure the Radiants didn't abuse their power,{{wob ref|13773}} were particularly concerned about the Dustbringers, despite the fact that the two orders had much in common.{{wob ref|11988}}

Historically, the Dustbringers often functioned as sappers, engineers, and strategists for the Knights Radiant.{{wob ref|13774}} During the final battle of the [[Last Desolation]], they used their powers to great effect, resulting in burnt plants and corpses and smoldering rock.{{book ref|sa1|part=prelude}} In one of [[Dalinar's visions]], a Dustbringer and several of her squires hunted a [[spren]] that had been corrupted by [[Sja-anat]] and then fought a [[thunderclast]].{{book ref|sa2|4}}

The first known [[ashspren]] to initiate a [[Nahel bond]] since the Recreance is Spark, who bonded Malata. Many of Spark's friends were killed in the Recreance and she claims that her only objectives with the bond are to get revenge and break things; this attitude appears to have played a role in Malata's acceptance of the [[Diagram (group)|Diagram]]'s decision to side with [[Odium]].{{book ref|sa3|107}} It appears that at least a few other ashspren have initiated bonds since Spark did, but it is unclear whether any of them and their Dustbringers will also decide to side with Odium.{{book ref|sa3.5|3}}

[[Dalinar Kholin|Dalinar]]'s coalition may be beginning to suspect that not all Dustbringers are loyal to their cause, as [[Lopen]] asked Ral-na not to talk with the other Dustbringers, so that he could find his own path, and said there were political reasons for that request.{{book ref|sa3.5|3}} Jasnah also suspected them of rebellion.{{book ref|sa4|17}}

== Notable Dustbringers ==
* [[Malata]] (bonded to [[Spark]])
* [[Ral-na]]{{book ref|sa3.5|3}}

== Trivia ==
* The Dustbringers were the hardest order for [[Brandon]] to create.{{wob ref|14608}}{{wob ref|14030}}

== Notes ==
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