Editing Order of Windrunners

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|spren=Honorspren
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The '''Order of Windrunners''' is an order of the [[Knights Radiant]] on Roshar.

The Windrunners were [[Surgebinder]]s who used the [[Surge]]s of Adhesion and Gravitation, and they absorbed [[Stormlight]] from gems by inhalation. They formed a [[Nahel Bond]] with [[honorspren]]. The combination of Adhesion and Gravitation resulted in the three [[#Abilities|Lashings]]. [[Szeth]] was able to use the three Lashings by way of an [[Honorblade]], assumed to have belonged to [[Jezrien]], the order's patron. The glow of the Windrunners' [[Shardplate]] was blue.

== Ideals of the Windrunners ==
The Ideals of the Knights Radiant, also known as the [[Immortal Words]], are a set of rules by which the Radiants lived. The First Ideal, identical for all orders of the Radiants, is used as their motto. The following four Ideals were unique to the Windrunners.  By the end of ''Words of Radiance'', three Ideals are known (including the First Ideal).

=== The First Ideal ===
{{quote|Life before death, strength before weakness, journey before destination.|The First Ideal of the Knights Radiant{{book ref|wok|59}}}} 

=== The Second Ideal ===
{{quote|I will protect those who cannot protect themselves.|The Second Ideal of the Windrunners (as spoken by Kaladin{{book ref|wok|67}} and Lopen{{book ref|sa3|121}})}}

=== The Third Ideal ===
The wording of the Ideal can be different between each Knight Radiant, as long as the meaning remains the same.

{{quote|I will protect even those I hate, so long as it is right.| The Third Ideal of the Windrunners (as spoken by Kaladin){{book ref|sa2|84}}}}

{{quote|I will protect those I hate. Even...even if the one I hate most is... ''myself''.| The Third Ideal of the Windrunners (as spoken by Teft){{book ref|sa3|119}}}}

=== The Fourth Ideal ===
While this ideal is unknown currently it is probable that, upon achieving this Ideal, a Windrunner gains his Shardplate.{{epigraph ref|sa3|86}} It is hinted to have something to do with choosing to not save people.{{epigraph ref|sa3|86}}

Kaladin almost swears this Ideal in Shadesmar, but falters, being unable to swear it.{{book ref|sa3|118}}

== Abilities ==
[[File:Windrunner.png|Kaladin using Gravitation|thumb|right]]
The Windrunners use the Surges of '''Adhesion''' and '''Gravitation'''. The combination of these two Surges resulted in the three Lashings.{{book ref|sa1|prologue}}{{book ref|sa1|part=ars}} Someone wearing Shardplate is immune to Lashings, but any objects that they are touching '''can''' be affected.{{book ref|twok|i|9}} Using a combination of Adhesion and Gravitation, a Windrunner could theoretically exit orbit.{{wob ref|5806}}

=== Adhesion ===
;Full Lashing:
Using the Full Lashing, a Surgebinder can pool Stormlight into an area. All objects that subsequently touch this area will be bonded to the object, sticking them there and hindering their movement. The bond ends when the Stormlight runs out.

=== Gravitation ===
;Basic Lashing:
The Basic Lashing allows a Surgebinder to bind people or objects to different surfaces or in different directions, effectively changing the direction that gravity pulls them.

;Reverse Lashing:
By using the Reverse Lashing, a Surgebinder can increase the gravitational pull of an object, allowing them to subtly pull nearby objects toward it. The Surgebinder must maintain contact with the object to Reverse Lash it.

=== Resonance ===
Due to a combination of their two surges, Windrunners have new, secondary effects, known as a [[Resonance]].{{wob ref|3625}} The Windrunners' Resonance is strength of squires{{wob ref|6740}}{{wob ref|915}}, which allows them to have many more squires compared to other Orders. After Kaladin swore the third oath, many of the bridgemen who worked under Kaladin were suddenly able to breathe Stormlight and heal.{{book ref|sa2|87}} Later, Kaladin trains the bridgemen in sucking in Stormlight and using Lashings. However, their abilities are only present when Kaladin is nearby. [[Sigzil]] noted that they could use Stormlight effectively within 30 miles of Kaladin, and their maximum distance was 50 miles.{{cite}}

== History ==
In the time before the Recreance the Windrunners were an Order with over a hundred members,{{book ref|sa1|52}} and a considerable number of squires.{{book ref|sa2|54}} They also reportedly had some issues with the [[order of Skybreakers|order of the Skybreakers]].{{book ref|sa2|54}} At the beginning of the Recreance a large number of Windrunners along with many [[Stonewards]] abandoned their [[Shardblade|Shardblades]] and [[Shardplate|Shardplates]] before the fortress known as "Feverstone Keep", as seen in one of [[Dalinar]]'s visions.{{book ref|sa1|52}}

They tended to serve as scouts and protectors.{{wob ref|12085}}

===The Refounded Windrunners===
During the events of [[Battle of the Tower|the battle at the Tower]], bridge captain [[Kaladin]] says his [[Immortal Words|second ideal]] as a Windrunner, allowing him to use his powers freely and to take up squires. This is the beginning of the Refounding of the Knight Radiant order of the Windrunners. Later on, the rest of [[Bridge Four]] begin the process of becoming Windrunners, with other bridge crews becoming squires as well. The order is used regularly in [[Urithiru]] for transportation of people and goods and are trained in [[Shattered Plains|The Shattered Plains]].
The refounded order of Windrunners is well organized and maintains a strong military structure due to the fact that the order came about from bridge crews, originally run by [[Torol Sadeas|Sadeas]]. The sheer number of bridge crews, along with the Windrunners' Resonance, allows for so many people to be Windrunner squires.{{wob ref|6740}}

== Known Windrunners ==
* [[Kaladin]] (bonded to [[Sylphrena]])
* [[Teft]]
* [[Lopen]]{{book ref|sa3|121}} (bonded to [[Rua]])
* [[Drehy]]{{book ref|sa3|122}}
* [[Skar]]{{book ref|sa3|122}}
* The rest of [[Bridge Four]] and Bridge Thirteen (squires)

== Quotes ==
{{quote
| Now, as the Windrunners were thus engaged, arose the event which has hitherto been referenced: namely, that discovery of some wicked thing of eminence, though whether it be some rogueries among the Radiants' adherents or of some external origin, Avena would not suggest.
| [[Words of Radiance (in-world)|Words of Radiance, chapter 38, page 6]]{{epigraph ref|sa2|38}}
}}

{{quote
| There came also sixteen of the order of Windrunners, and with them a considerable number of squires, and finding in that place the Skybreakers dividing the innocent from the guilty, there ensued a great debate.
| [[Words of Radiance (in-world)|Words of Radiance, chapter 28, page 3]]{{epigraph ref|sa2|54}}
}}

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