Order of Windrunners
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| Order of Windrunners | |||
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| Herald | Jezrien | ||
| Spren | Honorspren | ||
| Surges | [[{{{surge-}}}]] & [[{{{surge+}}}]] | ||
| Plate spren | Unknown | ||
| World of Origin | Roshar | ||
| Universe | Cosmere | ||
The Order of Windrunners was an order of the Knights Radiant on Roshar.
The Windrunners were Surgebinders who used the two Surges of Adhesion and Gravitation, and they absorbed Stormlight from gems by inhalation. The combination of these two Surges resulted in the three Lashings. These powers were gained by bonding with an honorspren however there may be other ways to gain these abilities as with Szeth. The glow of the Windrunners Shardplate was blue. Kaladin displayed the ability to ride the Highstorms, though it is unknown if this was an ability of all of the Knights Radiant, just the Windrunners, or if this was an unrelated ability specific to Kaladin.
Historical
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Known Windrunners
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Ideals of the Windrunners
The Ideals of the Knights Radiant, also known as the Immortal Words, are a set of rules by which the Radiant lived. The First Ideal, identical for all orders of the Radiants, is used as their motto. Each of the Radiant Orders then might have had additional ideals that were unique to each order.
The First Ideal
“Life before death, strength before weakness, journey before destination.”
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The Second Ideal
“I will protect those who cannot protect themselves.”
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The Third Ideal
“I will protect even those I hate, so long as it is right.”
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Powers
- Main Article: The Three Lashings
The Windrunners use the Surges of Adhesion and Gravitation. The combination of these two Surges resulted in the three Lashings.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have contentCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
Basic Lashing
Changes the Gravity of a person or object.
Gives the user the ability to bind people or objects to different surfaces or in different directions.
Full Lashing
Binds objects together, until the Stormlight runs out.
Reverse Lashing
Gives the thing that is being touched be the Surgebinder a gravitational pull.
Smaller Objects are drawn to it.
Requires constant contact.
Quotes
“Now, as the Windrunners were thus engaged, arose the event which has hitherto been referenced: namely, that discovery of some wicked thing of eminence, though whether it be some rogueries among the Radiants' adherents or of some external origin, Avena would not suggest. —From Words of Radiance, chapter 38, page 6”
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“There came also sixteen of the order of Windrunners, and with them a considerable number of squires, and finding in that place the Skybreakers dividing the innocent from the guilty, there ensued a great debate. —From Words of Radiance, chapter 28, page 3”
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