Editing Unseen Court

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|leader=[[Shallan Davar]]
|world=Roshar
|universe=[[Cosmere]]
|books=[[The Stormlight Archive]]
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{{quote
|You must control the face rather than let it control you.
|[[Shallan]] to [[Darcira]]{{book ref|sa4|20}}
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The '''Unseen Court''' is an organization of [[Order of Lightweavers|Lightweavers]] on [[Roshar]].{{book ref|sa4|20}} 

== Objectives ==
The Unseen Court is aligned with the [[coalition of monarchs]].{{book ref|sa4|20}} [[Shallan]] sees their greatest impact as being spies. [[Jasnah]] puts much greater value on their ability to [[Soulcast]] food.{{book ref|sa4|21}}

== Structure ==
{{quote
|Whatever you did, it’s behind you. We accept you, Vathah. The Unseen Court is a family.
|[[Shallan]] to [[Vathah]]{{book ref|sa4|26}}
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Shallan is the leader of the Unseen Court and is known as Master Lightweaver. Newly joined individuals are referred to as squires until they bond a spren. Once they bond a spren, they are known as Agent Lightweavers. [[Cryptic]]s are willing to bond humans quicker than other [[spren#True spren|spren]].{{book ref|sa4|20}}

There are twenty members of the Unseen Court, with roughly an even split of men and women. Though members who have earned their own [[Shardblade]] could break off and develop their own group of squires, they choose to stay together. Shallan believes the court is complete.{{book ref|sa4|20}}

The Unseen Court practices in a chamber deep under [[Urithiru]], as their training involves using Lightweaving to distract their opponents. They practice using swords, more as a way to improve their disguises, as combat is seen as a last resort. {{book ref|sa4|20}}

== History ==
=== Pursuit of Sons of Honor ===
[[Red (Roshar)|Red]] embedded himself in the [[Sons of Honor]] using the illusion of a dark-eyed woman. He was not considered important enough to warrant an audience with [[Ialai Sadeas]].{{book ref|sa4|5}} Shallan disguised herself as [[Chanasha Hasareh]] in an attempt to get brought into the Sons of Honor, which succeeded.{{book ref|sa4|2}}{{book ref|sa4|5}} Shallan is brought to Ialai Sadeas's bed chamber, who immediately assumed she was an assassin from the [[Ghostbloods]].{{book ref|sa4|7}} Shallan (as Radiant) used a needle of [[Blackbane]] to kill Ialai, though she blocked this from her memory to protect herself.{{book ref|sa4|115}} She believed a second Ghostblood spy was amongst the Unseen Court. [[Vathah]], [[Ishnah]], [[Stargyle]], and [[Beryl]] were also on this mission.{{book ref|sa4|20}}

=== Mission to Shadesmar ===
The coalition of monarchs decided to send a group to [[Lasting Integrity]] to recruit [[honorspren]] to their cause.{{book ref|sa4|19}} Shallan was asked to recruit three Lightweavers to join the mission to Soulcast food and water. Shallan selected Ishnah, Vathah, and Stargyle, as they had shown the most interest and were most likely the Ghostblood's spy.{{book ref|sa4|20}} At the last minute, Stargyle's wife became sick and [[Beryl]] was added as a replacement.{{book ref|sa4|21}} Over the course of two weeks, the group sailed from [[Nohadon's Stairways]] to [[Nameless]].{{book ref|sa4|22}} While this happened, Shallan used a box containing the [[seon]] [[Ala]] to communicate to [[Mraize]]. She noticed that someone else was using the box and feared that one of the Court was using the box to communicate to Mraize.{{book ref|sa4|22}}

Shallan devised a plan to catch the Ghostblood's spy. She fed misinformation to each member of her team about corrupted spren she'd seen. She told Beryl she'd seen corrupted [[gloryspren]], she told Ishnah she'd seen corrupted [[windspren]], and she told [[Vathah]] she'd seen corrupted [[fearspren]].{{book ref|sa4|26}} [[Mraize]] leaked that he'd heard about corrupted gloryspren, which implicated Beryl.{{book ref|sa4|30}} [[Pattern]] had in fact been the one to communicate using the box, but only to [[Wit]].{{book ref|sa4|36}}{{book ref|sa4|78}} It was a Ghostblood [[Sleepless]] posing as a writing instrument for Wit was the source of Mraize's information.{{book ref|sa4|64}} Shallan was relieved to know she had not been betrayed by the Unseen Court.{{book ref|sa4|78}}

Upon their arrival in Nameless, Shallan and Vathah posed as [[cultivationspren]] in order to scout the area. Once they arrived in Lasting Integrity, Shallan entered the stronghold, while the rest of the Unseen Court camped outside.{{book ref|sa4|36}} Shallan and [[Adolin]] completed their mission, having convinced the honorspren to join the war and open their fortress to outsiders.{{book ref|sa4|115}}

== Notable Members ==
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*[[Shallan]]: Leader of the Unseen Court and Master Lightweaver{{book ref|sa4|20}}
*[[Beryl]]: Agent Lightweaver{{book ref|sa4|20}}
*[[Red (Roshar)|Red]]: Agent Lightweaver{{book ref|sa4|20}}
*[[Gaz]]: Agent Lightweaver{{book ref|sa4|20}}
*[[Ishnah]]: Agent Lightweaver{{book ref|sa4|20}}
*[[Vathah]]: Agent Lightweaver{{book ref|sa4|20}}
*[[Stargyle]]: Agent Lightweaver{{book ref|sa4|20}}
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== Notes ==
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