Editing Szeth's highspren

{{character|unnamed=yes
|abilities=[[Nahel bond]], [[Skybreaker]] magic, {{tag+|Splinter}}
|bonded=[[Szeth]]
|species=Highspren
|world=Roshar
|universe=[[Cosmere]]
|books=[[The Stormlight Archive]]
}}
{{spoilers|sa4}}
{{uncanonical}}
{{quote
|Continue your duty for now. But remember, the time will soon come when you must abandon it for something greater.
|The highspren to Szeth{{book ref|sa4|i|7}}
}}

The [[Skybreaker]] [[Szeth]] is bonded to a highspren that has, so far, refused to share its name.{{book ref|sa4|i|7}}

== Appearance and Personality ==
Szeth's highspren appears, as all highspren do, as a black slit in the fabric of reality with a void of stars within. The air seems to warp around it. It is capable of making itself invisible whenever it wants, and in fact typically remains invisible.{{book ref|sa4|i|7}}{{book ref|sa3|98}}{{file ref|Shallan's Sketchbook - Highspren.jpg}} Presumably it looks like a human-shaped but otherwise similar void in the [[Cognitive Realm]].{{file ref|Shallan's Sketchbook - Highspren.jpg}} While highspren appear to have genders{{file ref|Shallan's Sketchbook - Highspren.jpg}} Szeth's [[spren]] has not yet revealed what its gender is.

Szeth's spren acts very reserved towards Szeth, keeping its tone formal and addressing him as acolyte. It hasn't even told him its name yet.{{book ref|sa4|i|7}} It does not talk to him or show itself to him often.{{book ref|sa4|i|7}}{{book ref|sa3|121}} The spren seems to act as a judge of Szeth in some regard, as it judges both Szeth's worthiness and the truth as it pertains to what Szeth says.{{book ref|sa4|i|7}} It approves of him swearing the Third Ideal{{book ref|sa3|121}} and wishes him to continue by completing the Fourth Ideal.{{book ref|sa4|i|7}}

== Attributes and Abilities ==
Szeth's spren can make itself invisible.{{book ref|sa4|i|7}} It is likely that it can exert a small amount of force in the [[Physical Realm]], since many other Nahel spren can do this.{{book ref|sa2|i|9}}

=== Nahel Bond ===
Its bond with Szeth gives it sentience in the Physical Realm and grants Szeth the [[Surges]] of [[Gravitation]] and [[Division]]. This bond is strengthened as Szeth swears additional [[Immortal Words|Ideals]]. Since Szeth is of the Third Oath, his spren should be able to form a [[Shardblade]],{{ref|text=Skybreakers bond a spren at or just before the Third Ideal,{{book ref|sa3|90}} so they can't earn it before then. Likewise, Szeth's spren makes no mention of him earning his Blade when it asks him to earn his Plate by completing the Fourth,{{book ref|sa4|i|7}} so Skybreakers must have their Blade before the Fourth. This means that they earn it at Third Ideal.}} but it has yet to do so.{{book ref|sa4|i|7}}

== History ==
It bonded Szeth at some point before the [[Battle of Thaylen Field]]. During the battle, Szeth swore his Third Ideal and the highspren approved.{{book ref|sa3|121}} Since then, it has remained by his side, always judging his worthiness. While Szeth was guarding [[Gavinor]] and [[Dalinar]] on the [[Emul|Emuli]] front, his highspren chose to show himself to him in order to give him direction on his progression through the Ideals. It told him he needed to complete his Fourth Ideal quest soon, and that he needed to rely more on his own judgement rather than that of Dalinar as part of his progress towards this Fifth Ideal.{{book ref|sa4|i|7}}

== Notes ==
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