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'''Awakening''' is the art of giving the semblance of life to an inanimate object by infusing it with [[Breath]].
 
An Awakener can release some of their stored Breath into an object at the same time giving the object a commandCommand. The awakenerAwakener must also be in contact with a colored object which will be drained to gray in order to fuel the awakeningAwakening in addition to the infused Breath. If the commandCommand is valid and correctly visualised then the object will attempt to carry it out. For example, an Awakener could give a piece of rope the commandCommand "Hold things" so that, when infused it will wrap itself around objects close to it.
 
The amount of Breath required to awakenAwaken something is related to the complexity of the commandCommand used to awaken it, to its resemblance to the human form and also to the materials in its construction.
==Commands==
The commandsCommands used in awakeningAwakening 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 commandsCommands can be used, the more complex the commandCommand the more difficult the visualization of the commandCommand becomes.
 
Advanced Commands tend to be jealously guarded by Awakeners.
*"Fetch keys" "Find tunnels" (both of these Commands appear simple, but the visualizations required are actually quite complex)
*"Awaken to my Breath, serve my needs, live at my Command and my word." (The Command to create Lifeless. Although it is not specifically identified as such, this is most likely the Command that was invented by the Five Scholars that allowed the creation of Lifeless with only one Breath, something Brandon Sanderson says was one of the events that led to the Manywar)
 
==External Links==
[http://www.brandonsanderson.com/annotation/book/Warbreaker=''Warbreaker'' Annotations]
 
 
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