Difference between revisions of "Order of Skybreakers"

 

=== The Second Ideal ===

Also called the Ideal of Justice, this is a specific oath to seek and administer justice. Once a master chooses to accept someone as a Squire, they may swear this Ideal. This Ideal gives the Squire the ability to breath in Stormlight and use the Surge of Gravitation.{{book ref|sa3|90}}

 

|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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The ancient Skybreakers seem to have been involved in conflicts with other Orders frequently, especially the two Orders they share Surges with. The Skybreakers considered the Dustbringers to be on the edge morally and did not get along with them.{{wob ref|11988}} They also reportedly had some issues with the [[Windrunners]]. [[Highspren]] and, through them, the Skybreakers judge and dispense justice according to the letter of the law and what may make logical sense to them, while the Windrunners will disregard these laws or logic at their letter to do what is considered right.{{book ref|sa2|22}}{{book ref|sa2|59}} Debates ensued when Windrunners and Skybreakers tried to decide the fate of the guilty.{{epigraph ref|sa2|54}} These conflicts got significantly worse as the time of the Recreance approached.{{epigraph ref|sa3|64}} Some believed these and other conflicts caused the [[Sibling]] to retreat, but it was unrelated to the true cause.{{epigraph ref|sa3|70}}

At some point before the [[Recreance]],{{wob ref|12600}} Nale secretly retrieved his [[honorblade]] from [[Shinovar]] and bonded his own highspren, officially joining the Skybreakers. He is the only known Herald to have joined their Order.{{book ref|sa3|106}}

 

=== In Hiding ===

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|Led by the ancient Herald Nalan'Elin—often simply called Nale—the Skybreakers are the only order of Radiants that did not betray its oaths during the Recreance. They have maintained a continuous clandestine line from ancient days.