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[[Gavilar Kholin]], the former king of [[Alethkar]] on [[Roshar]] and a member of the [[Sons of Honor]], possessed severala collection of unusual spheres. Notably, he had several '''black spheres'''. Gavilarthat hadglowed accesswith toa andark unknownviolet number of these sphereslight.{{wobbook ref|9515sa4|prologue}}▼
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▲[[Gavilar Kholin]], the former king of [[Alethkar]] on [[Roshar]], possessed several unusual '''black spheres'''. Gavilar had access to an unknown number of these spheres.{{wob ref|9515}}
 
* For the sphere he considered "most important"{{book ref|sa4|38}} and gave to [[Szeth]], see '''[[Anti-Voidlight]]'''
==History==
* For the sphere he gave to [[Eshonai]], see '''[[Voidlight]]''' or '''[[Lights#Voidlight]]'''
Gavilar gave a sphere to [[Eshonai]] on the day of his assassination and told her to give it to [[the Five]] after a conversation about [[Parshmen]], [[Parshendi]], and their gods.{{book ref|sa3|prologue}} The sphere given to Eshonai was described as having a dark yet faintly violet glow that she seemed to believe was [[Voidlight]].{{book ref|sa3|prologue}}
 
A [[Bav]] worker named [[Took]] claimed to have stolen a similar dark sphere from the [[Nightwatcher]].{{book ref|sa1|interlude|3}} Although Took was Szeth'sknown masterto for a timeexaggerate, heand washis unlikely to have knownstory aboutmay Gavilar'sbe spheresapocryphal.▼
Later that day, Gavilar gave [[Szeth]] a similar black sphere at the end of their fatal duel.{{book ref|sa1|prologue}} The sphere given to Szeth was described as small, crystalline, tied to a chain, and glowing with a black light that Szeth had not seen before.{{book ref|sa1|prologue}} Gavilar said that Szeth must take the sphere so that "they" would not get hold of it; it is unclear to whom he was referring.{{book ref|sa1|prologue}} Szeth later hid the sphere in [[Jah Keved]]{{book ref|sa1|interlude|3}} and has not yet retrieved it.
 
==Trivia==
Both of these spheres contained the same thing.{{wob ref|10883}}
*The Anti-Voidlight sphere given to Szeth was first mentioned in the prologue of ''[[The Way of Kings]]'' in 2010. Fans often speculated about the contents of Szeth and Eshonai's spheres as subsequent books were released, usually theorizing that it was Voidlight or an [[Unmade]].{{wob ref|10582}}{{wob ref|10285}} Brandon remained cagey on the subject{{wob ref|9515}}{{wob ref|10582}} and it was a decade until the contents of the spheres were confirmed in ''[[Rhythm of War]]''.
 
==Other mentions==
At the [[Battle of Thaylen Field]], [[Dalinar Kholin]] trapped the [[Unmade]] named [[Nergaoul]] in the [[King's Drop]] ruby{{book ref|sa3|120}} which subsequently glowed with a dark, bizarre light.{{book ref|sa3|121}} [[Navani Kholin]] said it reminded her of a sphere that Gavilar had.{{book ref|sa3|121}} Navani did not appear to be aware that there was more than one sphere; she also believed that Gavilar "made" the sphere she saw.{{book ref|sa3|121}}
 
▲A [[Bav]] worker named [[Took]] claimed to have stolen a similar sphere from the [[Nightwatcher]].{{book ref|sa1|interlude|3}} Although Took was Szeth's master for a time, he was unlikely to have known about Gavilar's spheres.
 
== Speculation ==
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Readers have theorized that Gavilar's spheres contain either [[Voidlight]] or an [[Unmade]].{{wob ref|10582}}{{wob ref|10285}}
 
The size, shape, and glowing properties of the spheres are similar to common Rosharan [[polestone]]s that can hold Stormlight. Additionally, the dark violet glow has been seen when the [[Fused]] use Voidlight;{{book ref|sa3|54}}{{book ref|sa3|79}}{{book ref|sa3|i|13}} Eshonai also seems to recognize the glow as Voidlight based on knowledge passed down through [[Listener]] songs.{{book ref|sa3|prologue}}
 
The [[Urithiru gem archive]] contains references to a historical [[Bondsmith]] named [[Melishi]] who planned to capture an Unmade using a [[perfect gemstone]]{{epigraph ref|sa3|79}}{{epigraph ref|sa3|83}} to deny the use of Voidlight and [[Singer#Forms_of_Power|Forms of Power]].{{epigraph ref|sa3|78}}{{epigraph ref|sa3|81}} A "strike team" (presumably of [[Knights Radiant]] in support of Melishi) was subsequently sent to imprison [[Ba-Ado-Mishram]], whom the Radiants believed to be the source of Voidlight.{{epigraph ref|sa3|80}}{{epigraph ref|sa3|81}} Gavilar seemed to have some knowledge of these events, including the fact that it was possible to capture powerful spren in a gemstone and that the Unmade were the source of the Forms of Power, and he sought to release them.{{book ref|sa3|prologue}} After Dalinar captured Nergaoul in a large perfect gemstone, it then glowed with a dark light, similar to the light of Gavilar's spheres.{{book ref|sa3|121}} [[Meridas Amaram]] was able to bond with [[Yelig-nar]] by swallowing a small smokestone,{{book ref|sa3|121}} and a glowing dark violet gemstone was later visible inside his body as the Unmade took it over.{{book ref|sa3|120}} Although Gavilar had multiple spheres and they are not confirmed to be perfect, it is possible that they somehow contain Ba-Ado-Mishram or another Unmade.
 
Brandon has not explicitly confirmed what the black spheres contain. He has said that the sphere's light is different from Stormlight,{{wob ref|10390}} related to [[Odium]],{{wob ref|308}} and that "it is what the third book (''[[Oathbringer]]'') implies it is."{{wob ref|9515}} He has stated that the two main theories about what the spheres might contain are both valid based on what he has revealed in the text.{{wob ref|10582}}
 
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