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The '''Order of Edgedancers''' is an order of the [[Knights Radiant]] on Roshar.{{epigraph ref|sa2|46}}

The Edgedancers are [[Surgebinder]]s who use the [[Surge]]s of Abrasion and Progression,{{book ref|sa2|part=ars}} and they are associated with the diamond [[polestone]]. They bond [[cultivationspren]].

== Philosophy ==

Edgedancers generally subscribe to a philosophy of remembering the ordinary people of the world.{{wob ref|13775}}{{book ref|sa2|i|9}} The order considers it their solemn duty to remember that the people are the ones they truly serve. They even aspire to remember and hear their enemies, as their stories could provide insight.{{book ref|sa4|36}} Edgedancers see it as their duty to care for the common folk and improve their daily lives and are similar to Good Samaritans.{{wob ref|684}}{{wob ref|16456}} They tend to attract religious people and leaders and those who advocate for ordinary people.{{wob ref|13775}}

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. Each of the orders then have an additional four Ideals that are unique to that order.{{book ref|sa1|59}} The Ideals of the Order of Edgedancers all focus on remembering and advocating for ordinary people.{{wob ref|13775}}

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|When [[Simol]] was informed of the arrival of the Edgedancers, a concealed consternation and terror, as is common in such cases, fell upon him; although they were not the most demanding of orders, their graceful, limber movements hid a deadliness that was, by this time, quite renowned; also, they were the most articulate and refined of the Radiants.

|[[Words of Radiance (in-world)|''Words of Radiance'']], chapter 20, page 12{{epigraph ref|sa2|46}}

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The Edgedancers use the Surges of '''Abrasion''' and '''Progression'''. [[Lift]]'s ability to metabolize food into [[Lights#Lifelight|Lifelight]] is an unique exception relating to the [[Old Magic]] and not a standard ability of Edgedancers.{{wob ref|11796}}

=== Abrasion ===

[[Surgebinding#Abrasion|Abrasion]] grants them the ability to manipulate friction.{{book ref|sa2|part=ars}} They can apply this in different ways. In close range combat, this ability can make them hard to be stopped or grabbed. When used to decrease wind friction and friction on feet, they can travel long distances at considerable speeds, though keeping balance without friction requires a lot of practicing. They have been described, poetically, as being able "to ride the thinnest rope at speed, dance across rooftops, and move through a battlefield like a ribbon on the wind."{{book ref|sa2|i|9}}

=== Progression ===

[[Surgebinding#Progression|Progression]] allows them to make plants or other organic objects grow much faster than normal.{{book ref|sa2|part=ars}} They can also heal, and although the extent of this ability is unknown, it seems that the wielder is even able to heal others from wounds suffered from Shardblades.

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|The Edgedancers are too busy relocating the tower's servants and farmers to send a representative to record their thoughts in these gemstones.

I'll do it for them, then. They are the ones who will be most displaced by this decision. The Radiants will be taken in by nations, but what of all these people now without homes?

|[[Urithiru gem archive]], drawer 4-17, second topaz{{epigraph ref|sa3|72}}

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The Edgedancers considered it their solemn duty to remember that they were servants of the people, and saw it as their duty to care for the ordinary people of the world. Before the [[Day of Recreance]], the Edgedancers often had permanent assignments to live in towns across Roshar, providing healing with the Surge of Progression and otherwise assisting the community.{{wob ref|13775}} When the Radiants decided to abandon [[Urithiru]], the Edgedancers were too busy relocating the city's servants and farmers to send anyone to record a message in the [[Urithiru gem archive|gem archive]] the other Radiants left behind.{{epigraph ref|sa3|72}} Despite their lack of interest in high society, they were often the most graceful and refined of the Radiants.{{epigraph ref|sa2|46}}{{wob ref|13775}} Some felt that the Edgedancers ignored important things too much and considered them small-minded.{{book ref|sa2|i|9}}

Though they became renowned for their deadliness,{{epigraph ref|sa2|46}} when forced into battle, the Edgedancers preferred to function as medics or rescue trapped allies.{{wob ref|13775}} When they fought, however, they were considered some of the most graceful fighters, and they occasionally functioned as scouts of joined a special forces team with Windrunners and Skybreakers.{{epigraph ref|sa2|46}}{{book ref|sa2|i|9}}{{wob ref|13775}}

The Edgedancers were generally the most religious of the Radiants.{{wob ref|13775}}

== Notable Edgedancers ==

* [[Lift]] (bonded to [[Wyndle]])

* [[Godeke]] (bonded to [[Archinal]])

* [[Lorain]] (bonded to an unknown cultivationspren)

==Trivia==

* If he had joined the [[Knights Radiant]], [[Wayne]] would most likely have been in the Order of Edgedancers. Most of the orders would look very strangely upon Wayne.{{wob ref|11843}}

* If she had joined the [[Knights Radiant]], [[Wan ShaiLu]] would most likely have been in the Order of Edgedancers.{{wob ref|11128}}

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