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The '''Immortal Words''' were a set of oaths sworn by the [[Knights Radiant]] in order to gain their [[Surgebinding]] abilities. There were five sets of '''Ideals''' for each order, with the first being the same among all orders, and the [[Order of Lightweavers]] being the exception as they swore no oaths past the first one.{{book ref|sa2|89}} While the general idea behind every Ideal is the same between members of a certain order, the exact wording can change based on athe individual journey number of factorseach Radiant.

The primary purpose of the Ideals was to serve as a guiderestraints to help guide and control the Radiants for how they were to live their lives. These ideals{{book wereref|sa2|Epigraph=42}} based[[Nohadon]] offmay ofreference thesome lessonsof taughtthese in [[Nohadon]]'shis book, [[The Way of Kings (in-world)|''The Way of Kings'']].{{book ref|sa1|59}}as As[[Nohadon]] thewas booka had[[Surgebinder]] forty parables, it seems likely that each parable described an ideal of the Knights Radiant, excluding the First Idealhimself.{{book ref|sa1|58}}{{disputed|not enough ideals for parables59}}

A nascent [[Surgebinder]] speakingspeaks anthe first ideal ofand theirwith ordereach alsosubsequent Ideal they increasesgain theirgreater ability to infuse both themselves and other objects with Stormlight and lowers the amount of Stormlight they require to actualize an effect. It is also important to note that simply having the ability to infuse does not make one a Radiant, simply a [[Surgebinder]]. Only after Ideals are spoken does one become a Radiant. The Ideals were not simply a means to greater power, they were a way of life for the Radiants.{{book ref|sa1|59}}