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Mindless Manifestations in a Deceased Host, also known as the [[Lifeless]], are non-sentient reanimated human remains. They have a functioning brain, and are able to interpret old Commands and have new Commands given.
 
Type II entities are cheap to make (used to cost 50 breaths to make before the Manywar), even with awkward Commands. This is due to the Law of BioChromatic Parallelism. However, Breath sticks so firmly to the construct that it is impossible to remove afterwards. They are able to be Awakened using a single Breath using the right Command, the knowledge of which was a contributing factor to the [[Manywar]]. [[Ichor-alcohol]] can alsobe used to replace the blood of the remains to make the Awakening process easier.
 
===Type III===
 
The process generally thought of as [[Awakening]] creates Type III entities, a BioChromatic manifestation in an organic host far removed from being alive. Examples include Awakened ropes, cloth, or skeletal remains.
 
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 shape of hand. they are understandably the most common type of BioChromatic host entities created. However, other types of BioChromatc hosts are generally more powerful.
Type III objects can take a great deal of Breaths, often over one hundred, to create. However, since the object being Awakened is far from being alive, the Breath can be recovered afterwards. For this reason, much more is known about the Commands to Awaken Type III entities.
 
Someone who has reached the Ninth Heightening is able to Awaken things like stone or steel, which were never alive.{{book ref|wb|51}} Such Awakenings require enormous amounts of Breath.{{book ref|wb|part=ars}}
 
===Type IV===
 
Type IV entities are Awakened objects with sentience. The only known such object, [[Nightblood]], required [[Shashara]] to be at the Ninth Heightening and to expend one thousand Breaths.
'''Type IV BioChromatic entities''' are sentient objects made by Awakening inorganic materials like metal and stone. This requires at least the [[Heightening#Ninth_Heightening|Ninth Heightening]]. [[Nightblood]], a sentient Awakened sword, is the only known object of this type. He was created by [[Shashara]] with the help of her husband [[Talaxin]], using a thousand Breaths and the Command "Destroy evil".
 
Nightblood is incapable of determining morality{{qa ref|1038|23}} and has a rigid way of thinking similar to a [[Spren]] on Roshar.{{qa ref|608|16}} The large number of Breaths he contains also grants him incredible destructive power. The threat of more weapons like Nightblood being created eventually caused Talaxin to kill Shashara to prevent the knowledge of this form of Awakening from becoming public.
 
Stone is presumed to be similarly difficult to Awaken. However, Lifeless can be made by enclosing bones in stone, making near indestructible warriors. [[Talaxin]] used this technique to create the legendary [[Kalad's Phantoms]].
 
==BioChromatic Laws==
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