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The '''Order of Skybreakers''' is an order of the [[Knights Radiant]] on [[Roshar]].{{epigraph ref|sa2|43}}
 
The Skybreakers are [[Surgebinder]]s who use the [[Surge]]s of Gravitation and Division,{{book ref|sa3|90}}, and they are associated with the smokestone [[polestone]]. They form a [[Nahel bond]] with [[highspren]].{{book ref|sa2|59}}  They are widely thought of as fanatics in both Shadesmar and the Physical Realm. The Skybreakers were the only Radiant order not to have abandoned their oaths on the [[Day of Recreance]], and continued to operate in secret until the present day.{{book ref|sa3|40}}
 
== Philosophy ==
|The Third Ideal of the Skybreakers, as sworn by [[Szeth]]{{book ref|sa3|121}}
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Also called the Ideal of Dedication, this is a specific oath to dedicate oneself to a greater truth, either a code or, sometimes, a person. A Skybreaker squire must first bond their [[Highspren]] before taking this oath, and it is the minimum oath required before the Surge of Division can be used. Swearing this Ideal makes someone a full Skybreaker. This oath is the furthest that most Skybreakers ever swear.{{book ref|sa3|90}} If the code they swear to follow changes after they swear to it, they must follow the changes.{{wob ref|13766}} Nale warned that following people as an Ideal may result in some issues since  people are easily subject to change.{{book ref|sa3|117}} Nonetheless, some Skybreakers choose to follow Nale as their third Ideal.{{book ref|sa3|117}}
 
=== The Fourth Ideal ===
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|I will cleanse the Shin of their false leaders, so long as Dalinar Kholin agrees.
|The Fourth Ideal of the Skybreakers, as spoken by [[Szeth]].{{book ref|sa3|121}}.
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This Ideal is also called the Ideal of Crusade, and requires that a Skybreaker undertake a personal quest and complete it to the satisfaction of their highspren. Once completed, the Skybreaker is elevated to the rank of master. Masters are able to accept squires. Most Skybreakers never make it to this Ideal, and the ones that do can spend decades at the Third Ideal before completing their quest.{{book ref|sa3|90}}
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