Black sphere

Black sphere
World of Origin	Roshar
Universe	Cosmere

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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. The spheres contain anti-Voidlight.

History

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. The sphere given to Eshonai was described as having a dark yet faintly violet glow that she seemed to believe was Voidlight.

Later that day, Gavilar gave Szeth a similar black sphere at the end of their fatal duel. 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. 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. Szeth later hid the sphere in Jah Keved and has not yet retrieved it.

Both of these spheres contained the same thing.

Navani Kholin, with the help of the Fused Raboniel, learns to create them by vibrating an uninfused diamond sphere with the anti-Voidlight tone – a tone that negates Odium's rhythm through destructive interference when created with that Intent – and infusing it with Voidlight insulated from Odium's rhythm by a vacuum tube. When Voidlight is drawn into the sphere, the two lights annihilate each other explosively.

Other mentions

At the Battle of Thaylen Field, Dalinar Kholin trapped the Unmade named Nergaoul in the King's Drop ruby which subsequently glowed with a dark, bizarre light. Navani Kholin said it reminded her of a sphere that Gavilar had. Navani did not appear to be aware that there was more than one sphere; she also believed that Gavilar "made" the sphere she saw.

A Bav worker named Took claimed to have stolen a similar sphere from the Nightwatcher. Although Took was Szeth's master for a time, he was unlikely to have known about Gavilar's spheres.

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