Difference between revisions of "BioChromatic Breath"

|books=[[Warbreaker]], [[The Stormlight Archive]]

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Breaths vary in strength, and tend to weaken when the person is sick.{{book ref|wb|14}} The fluctuation of strength for a Breath is normally not very noticeable, particularly when someone has many Breaths.{{wob ref|2751}} The more Breaths a person has, the more they will heighten colors around them and the futurefurther their area of effect is.{{book ref|wb|14}} It is possible to hide this effect.{{wob ref|3437}} Having enough Breath will interact strangely with color-blindness and synesthesia.{{wob ref|12664}}{{wob ref|7101}}{{wob ref|11143}}

[[Vasher]] categorizes BioChromatic entities into four Types.{{book ref|wb|46}} At some point between the [[Pahn Kahl rebellion]] and the [[True Desolation]], Vasher had to change the system. He refers to [[spren]] as Type One Invested entities and describes them as power that came alive on its own. He adds that what he used to consider Type I are now considered Type II. It's not clear if other adjustments are made to his system.{{book ref|sa4|15}}

'''Type I BioChromatic Entities''' or '''Spontaneous Sentient BioChromatic Manifestations in a Deceased Host''', alsolater knownreferred to as the'''Type [[Returned]]II Invested Entities''',{{book ref|sa4|15}} are the onlya knowntype naturalof BioChromatic entity. TheyThe term refers to those that retain sentience after being Returned (by [[Endowment]], in the case of the Returned) following death, and are endowed with aInvestiture, such as divine Breath.{{book ref|sa4|15}} Returned are able to Awaken normally using any Breaths on top of their divine Breath,{{book ref|wb|55}} but giving away the divine Breath results in death.

'''Type II BioChromatic entities''' are '''Mindless Manifestations in a Deceased Host''', or more commonly known as "'''Lifeless'''", and are non-sentient reanimated animal remains. They have a functioning brain, and are able to interpret old Commands and have new Commands given. These creatures are made via complex Commands that reanimate a dead person or animal. These Commands are guarded closely by those who know them.

Once a '''Lifeless''' is created, it will obey any instructions given to it that include a pre-determined '''Command Phrase'''(similar to a password). Human Lifeless are able to understand more abstract instructions than animal Lifeless. However, the skill of the [[Awakener]] who Awakens the Lifeless also affects its ability. Any Lifeless will retain a level of skill that it had in life. For example, a soldier's corpse would make a better soldier Lifeless than that of a farmer's.

They are between the two extremes of inorganic objects and dead bodies. Therefore, these have the advantage of requiring less Breath (still more than corpses, often over one hundred) to Awaken than inorganic objects while at the same time allowing for Breath recovery. They have the strength to easily strangle people. The more it resembled living beings, the easier it is to be Awakened, so a skilled Awakener would prepare human-shaped and organic clothes for Awakening purposes. When Awakened, it tends to mimic living things, forming muscle-like structures or the shape of hands. They are understandably the most common type of BioChromatic host entities created. However, other types of BioChromatcBioChromatic hosts are generally more powerful.