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|books=[[The Stormlight Archive]], [[The Sunlit Man]]
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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}}
== Philosophy ==
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The individuals who join the Skybreakers generally believe in following a strong moral code.{{wob ref|13773}} They wish to prevent both anarchy and tyranny. To do so, they enforce the law on everyone. They particularly want to make sure the other orders of Radiants do not use their powers to break the law and become tyrants.{{wob ref|16450}} They used moral codes and legal structures to fight for justice and causes they believed in.{{wob ref|13733}}
Before the Recreance, the Skybreakers were merciful and understood that the law is not perfect. They viewed the law as an ideal to strive towards.{{wob ref|13733}} Highspren would accept their Radiants following codes that may endorse illegal activity. For example, a Skybreaker could follow the code of a criminal organization.{{wob ref|13766}} Since the Recreance, the Skybreakers have gotten far more strict and merciless in their behavior. The group largely seems to follow Nale's opinion on what codes and laws to follow.{{wob ref|13773}} This may be related to the fact that Nale has lost his ability to feel emotions under the torturing in [[Damnation]]. While they still follow the law to the letter, they are not above getting the law changed or instituting the most strict punishments possible to suit their needs.{{book ref|sa2.5|8}}{{book ref|sa2.5|16}} Exploiting loopholes in codes is also encouraged among them.{{book ref|sa3|98}}
|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
=== 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}}
[[Surgebinding#Division|'''Division''']] allows them to destroy or degrade things around them.{{book ref|sa2|part=ars}} Skybreakers do not have access to the Surge of Division until after the Third Ideal.{{book ref|sa3|90}} Restricting access to Surges based on oaths is rare among the orders and few do it. {{wob ref|13774}}
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Skybreakers' [[Shardplate]] is formed of [[gravitationspren]], and glows a blue color.{{book ref|sa4|110}}{{book ref|tsm|47}}
== History ==
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