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Stormlight is a form of gaseous Investiture brought by the Highstorms of Roshar. It is an integral part of Roshar's ecosystem, and it is used to fuel most of the magic systems found on the planet.

Properties

• Comes from spiritual realm
• Comes into the physical realm through the stormfather in high storms.
• gaseous
• Does not make things cold
• Can be collected in gems
• Can be collected in the human body, sometimes
• Leaks, but some things can hold it perfectly
• Does not drain faster in a vacuum
• glows (in gems, on human skin)
• goes through thin solids
• cannot go through aluminum
• Can be converted to other forms of investiture

Gemstones left outside during a highstorm become infused with Stormlight. The amount of Stormlight collected is not directly proportional to the strength of the highstorm. When Stormlight is not encased within a gemstone, such as when held by a Surgebinder or leaking from damaged Shardplate, it appears as a luminescent white vapor. It also increases the speed at which plants grow.^{[citation needed]}

Nightblood, the sentient sword from Nalthis, is powered through the use of Breath. Nightblood can also use Stormlight. This can be seen when Szeth uses Nightblood in the battle of Thaylen Field. The sword consumes a great deal of Stormlight from both him and Lift.^{[citation needed]}

Everyone who uses Stormlight for Surgebinding, perceives the "sucking in" of Stormlight slightly differently.^{[citation needed]}

Uses

• Sergebinding
• healing
• fabrials

Stormlight can be used to fuel the operation of fabrials or Surgebinding abilities.^[expand] To use Stormlight, a Surgebinder breathes in the Stormlight and then uses it to power their usage of the various Surges.

Stormlight is used as a currency in Roshar's Cognitive Realm, with moneychangers in Celebrant storing it in perfect gemstones which never go dun. A device is used to transfer stormlight from smaller gemstones into the perfect gemstones, and in exchange one receives credit which can be spent in the city.

Additional Information

• it's possible to sense it's use
• There is no toxic level of stormlight
• Continue use changes the body (eye color, etc)
• A form of stormlight existed before Honor came to Roshar