Difference between revisions of "Awakening"

The amount of Breath required to Awaken something is related to the complexity of the Command used to awaken it, to its resemblance to the human form and also to the materials in its construction.

 

Awakening object has the additional cost of draining the color of nearby objects. There must be a source of color to Awaken - an effective way to prevent an Awakener from using his art is removing all but grey or white objects in his vicinity. Contrary to popular belief in Idris, black is a very powerful source for fueling Awakening.

 

The [[Tears of Edgli]] are very potent sources of Awakening fuel on account of the fact that they produce very good dyes.

 

The Commands used in Awakening are crucial to its success or failure. Generally they are simple, concrete ideas expressed in phrases of two words or less, usually consisting of a specific verb and a general subject (Eg., "Grab things"). While more complex Commands can be used, the more complex the Command the more difficult the visualization of the Command becomes.

 

Advanced Commands tend to be jealously guarded by Awakeners.

 

The first and most important Command is the one that allows any human being to give their Breath to another human being. This movement of Breath is not technically part of the art of Awakening, but it is a vocal Command that moves Breath, and is the foundation for Awakening. (Note that this Command transfers all of a person's Breath at once, whether the person holds only one Breath or a thousand)

*"My life to yours, my Breath become yours."

*"Your Breath to mine."

 

Simple Commands are composed of a verb and a subject. Examples in [[Warbreaker]] include:

 

*"Attack and grab Denth!" (while this contains two commands, one can easily see the visualization for both being rather the same, so this is probably a simple command. On the other hand, Vivenna is of the royal line and so Awakening is said to come easier to her; this command may have been more complex than it seems)

 

*"Upon call, become my fingers and grip that which I must"

*"Become as my legs and give them strength"

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