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== Appearance ==
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=== Physical Realm ===
In the Physical Realm, honorspren look like [[windspren]].{{book ref|sa1|2}} They can change their appearance, including forms like fire or clouds, although they always glow (but not illuminate), and are typically white-blue.{{book ref|sa1|40}}{{book ref|sa1|27}}{{book ref|sa4|38}} This being said, they generally seem to prefer a humanoid form. Usually, it's very small -- only about a handspan tall -- but if need be, a honorspren can make themselves as tall as a regular person.{{book ref|sa1|2}}{{book ref|sa3|37}}
=== Cognitive Realm ===
In the [[Cognitive Realm]], honorspren are blue-white and as large as humans.{{book ref|sa3|89}} They appear to be wearing clothes, but the clothes are part of their essence and cannot be changed without [[Stormlight]]. Their clothing tend to range from military uniforms to
Honorspren may also buy real weapons to use.{{book ref|sa4|36}}{{file ref|Shallan's Sketchbook - Honorspren.jpg|Shallan's Sketchbook - Honorspren}} They cannot vanish, or shape-shift.{{book ref|sa3|97}}
=== Nahel bond ===
They can form a [[Nahel bond]] with humans, turning them into [[Surgebinder]]s with the powers of Adhesion and [[Gravitation]]. In return, they gain the ability to think and act like their Shadesmar selves in the Physical Realm.{{book ref|sa1|57}} Among the honorspren, the bond is considered extremely intimate, as it involves the mixing of souls.{{book ref|sa3|108}} Honorspren are always able to sense where their Surgebinder is, even if they are not awake.{{book ref|sa4|25}}{{book ref|sa4|i|1}} They can also hear them over loud noises, such as rushing wind.{{book ref|sa4|10}} With a powerful enough bond, honorspren and their Surgebinder are able to sense each others emotions, as well as communicate with their minds.{{book ref|sa3|108}}{{book ref|sa4|55}} Honorspren can also gain memories of their Surgebinder from before their bond via their connection to the winds and its connection to Honor.{{book ref|sa3|6}}
== History ==
Of all spren, honorspren are noted to have the most human mannerisms.{{book ref|sa3|108}}{{file ref|Shallan's Sketchbook - Honorspren.jpg|Shallan's Sketchbook - Honorspren}} They sometimes engage in grand hunts, tracking down and slaying other creatures of Shadesmar, like gloomspren.{{book ref|sa3|5}}
Honorspren are not liked by other types of sapient spren, and seem to avoid them in turn. In [[Celebrant]], there are none on the streets.{{book ref|sa3|102}} Rather, they have their own cities, forming a grand nation with the capital in [[Lasting Integrity]]. They have several strongholds, including [[Unyielding Fidelity]], in the
According to Syl, while honorspren hate [[inkspren]] and highspren, they merely distrust [[Cryptic]]s.{{book ref|sa4|20}}
* [[Caelinora]] (bonded to [[Huio]]){{book ref|sa3.5|7}}
* [[Riah]]
* [[Sekeir]]
== Trivia ==
* Several honorspren have names derived from wind-related myths and legends -- for example, Sylphrena is named after [[wikipedia:Sylph|sylphs]], wind spirits, while Notum and Borea's names come from [[wikipedia:Notus|Notus]] and [[wikipedia:Boreas|Boreas]], the Greek gods of South and North wind respectively. Vaiu seems similarly named after [[wikipedia:Vayu|Vayu]], a Hindu deity of winds.
* Brandon developed honorspren from windspren. Originally, there were only four windspren that could bond people, each corresponding to one of the four cardinal directions (for example, Syl was initially called the East Wind). Over time, as the spren developed, honorspren were created and made distinctive from windspren.{{wob ref|5324}}
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