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== Terminology == The term '''Investiture'''{{wob ref\|1072}} has only seen in-world use ~~in or~~ by ~~the~~cosmere ~~[[Seventeenth~~aware ~~Shard]],~~individuals ~~[[Ghostbloods]], [[Scadrial\|Scadrians]], [[Vasher]], [[Riino]], [[Navani]], the [[Herald]]s, and~~or ~~[[spren]]~~groups. Most who refer to Investiture use terminology specific to the world in which they reside; Feruchemists refer to the process of Investing a [[Metalmind]] as 'filling' or ‘storing’ and [[Windrunner]]s refer to the process by which they create [[Lashing]]s as 'infusing'.{{wob ref\|5528}} Most characters using this term understand more cogently that the [[cosmere]] encompasses worlds and systems of magic other than their own. '''Kinetic Investiture''' is a term used for Investiture that is being used or expressed.{{wob ref\|15308}}{{wob ref\|5715}}{{wob ref\|7413}}{{~~cite~~book ref\|sa4\|89}} This is the form of Investiture that is able to be detected by [[Bronze\|Seekers]] or absorbed by [[Sand (Taldain)\| white sand]].{{wob ref\|9288}}{{wob ref\|15308}}{{wob ref\|7413}}▼ ~~<!--Kinetic and Static Investiture need citations from RoW, which I know uses those terms. Please somebody help find the chapters where these terms are used.-->~~ ▲'''Kinetic Investiture''' is a term used for Investiture that is being used or expressed.{{wob ref\|15308}}{{wob ref\|5715}}{{wob ref\|7413}}{{cite}} This is the form of Investiture that is able to be detected by [[Bronze\|Seekers]] or absorbed by [[Sand (Taldain)\| white sand]].{{wob ref\|9288}}{{wob ref\|15308}}{{wob ref\|7413}} '''Static Investiture''' is a term used for Investiture that is held within a sphere or other vessel, therefore not being in use.{{wob ref\|15308}}{{~~cite~~book ref\|sa4\|89}} An object containing, or being made up of, Static Investiture is referred to as being '''Invested'''.{{~~cite~~book ref\|sa4\|15}} Invested objects, such as Metalminds or Shardplate, resist being affected by Invested Arts.{{book ref\|sa4\|part=ars}} '''Innate Investiture''' is a term used to refer to added Investiture to a being from birth, not including the natural Investiture that makes up the soul.{{book ref\|mb7\|part=ars}}{{wob ref\|1072}} Examples of Innate Investiture include the fragment of [[Preservation]] in all Scadrians, or [[BioChromatic Breath]] on [[Nalthis]].{{epigraph ref\|mb3\|38}}{{book ref\|wb\|prologue}}{{wob ref\|1072}} '''Unkeyed Investiture''' refers to Investiture that is unkeyed from any [[Connection]] or [[Identity]] to any Shard.{{book ref\|sa4\|97}}{{book ref\|mb7\|39}}{{book ref\|mb7\|40}}{{wob ref\|5656~~}}{{cite~~}}{{expand}} == The Nature of Investiture ==

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