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The '''Knights Radiant''', commonly known as '''Radiants''', were a militaryan organization of ten consecrated ordersOrders, possibly centered at [[Urithiru]] on [[Roshar]]. TheyIt wereis commonly believed tothat betraythey betrayed mankind on the [[Day of Recreance]], and were then referred to as the '''Lost Radiants'''. Their symbol was golden hourglass shape, of eight spheres connected with two at the center.{{ref|b|twok|i|9}}

According to legends, the [[Herald]]s founded the Knights Radiants and gave them [[Shardplate]]s and [[Shardblade]]s to protect mankind against the [[Voidbringer]]s during conflicts know as as [[Desolation]]s. For centuries they maintained their duty to watch, combat and protect. Until eventually they abandoned their duty, on what is now known as the [[Day of Recreance]]. Possiblyand possibly even turned against their wards, as some legends say.{{cite}} It has been centuries since the fall the last Radiant, today only legends of the Lost Radiants and their Shardblades and ShardplateShardplates remain.

The Knights Radiant comprised of ten different ordersOrders, some of which had several hundred members. They lived and recruited across [[Alethela]], the [[Silver Kingdoms|Silver Kingdom]] who had to maintain the arts of war. The radiants share a bond with [[spren]], who are related to their powers. Each Order had two [[Surgebinding|Surges]] associated with it, and each Surge was used by two different Orders. Scholars associated the ten ordersOrders with the [[Ten Essences]] as well.

The Knights Radiant used [[Shardblade]]s and [[Shardplate]]s, which were etched with glyphs and glowed a different color according to the Order they were a part of. Among the orders were [[Windrunner]]s, [[Stoneward]]s, and Dustbringers. Two of the ordersOrders shared the power of [[Soulcasting]], from the Surge of Transformation{{cite}}.

:The glow of their Shardplate was amber. With the combination of topaz and heliodor fixed in metal, one could regrow flesh and bone. The combination was called a Regrowth; however, this may be a kind of [[fabrial]] and not a power of the orderOrder.

:Among orders these Powers were the ability to ride the storms, walk on walls, Regrowth (heal), make stone melt and said to move great distances in a single heartbeat, command the sunlight. (according to [[Teft]]).{{cite}}

:The art of changing one substance to another was a radiant power, that were used by two ordersOrders. A Soulcaster is aboth the person who Soulcasts and the [[fabrial]] that replicates its effect and named after it. The ability was derived from using [[stormlight]] trapped in gemstones to transform one thing into one of the [[Ten Essences]], depending on what gemstone was used.{{ref|b|twok|c|3}}

The Ideals by which the Knights Radiant lived, known as ''The Immortal Words'', serve as a guide to the Radiantsthem for how they were to live their lives. The First Ideal beingwas the same for every order. While the four later Ideals were said to be different for every order. These Ideals were based off of book of [[Way of Kings]].

In [[Vorinism]], the fall of the Knights Radiant was called the [[Day of Recreance]].

Vorinism taught that the RadiantsKnights Radiant betrayed the people. It was taught that their powers were not real, but elaborate tricks, and that they only pretended to have a holy calling. The "evidence" for this was that the powers could not be reproduced.