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== Appearance and Personality ==

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=== Bronze Palace Heist ===

When the crew entered the grounds of Bronze Palace, Lift spotted Darkness in the streets near the palace and quickly climbed the wall to escape.{{book ref|sa2|i|9}} She used Wyndle to gain access to a room which the thieving crew began ransacking for clothes and shoes. Lift was supposed to keep watch in the room with Gawx, but she left in search of food, and he followed. They disagreed about where to go; she wanted to go to the Prime's quarters where she could find food, but Gawx wanted to go to the Vizers' quarters, which he thought would be mostly empty. They each went their separate ways.

 

 

=== Time in Yeddaw ===

Lift ultimately left the Bronze Palace in Azimir and set out for [[Yeddaw]].{{book ref|sa2.5|1}} While attempting to enter the city she interrupted a local guard, [[Hauka]], while she was reviewing a smuggler who was also trying to enter the city. Lift avoided capture after being discovered in the smuggler's pile of tallew, and then tipped the cart over into the immigrant district of the city. She then jumped off the ledge after it{{book ref|sa2.5|3}} and avoided death by grabbing onto Wyndle to slow her descent.{{book ref|sa2.5|4}}

 

When she found the room where Darkness' lackeys were looking for the information, Lift had Wyndle follow them inside to listen for who they were targeting. She stayed outside the room which was guarded by Szeth, who was sitting in the hallway outside the door. Wyndle did not gather much information other than the fact that the [[Order of Skybreakers|Skybreakers]] had found their target, so Lift followed them when they left the room.{{book ref|sa2.5|15}} She was confronted by Szeth who partially unsheathed [[Nightblood]]. Outside the building Szeth had a conversation with Lift, he informed her that he did not attack her in the hallway because Nightblood liked her. He told her the other Skybreakers were in search of the old man who often sits outside the orphanage. There were rumors that he could change his appearance and he was marked as a potential [[Order of Lightweavers|Lightweaver]]. He told her she had no chance of catching up to them in time, but Lift set out after them anyway.{{book ref|sa2.5|16}}

 

When she reached the orphanage, she heard a scream that made her believe she had come too late. The Stump confronted her outside the orphanage, believing her to be the source of the scream. Lift asked for the last of her three meals to replenish her stormlight before going off to confront the Skybreakers{{book ref|sa2.5|17}}

 

 

Following the revelations of [[Eila Stele]], the coalition that Dalinar had built fell apart, and the Azish fleet sailed away at the urging of Yanagawn's other advisors, despite Lift insisting that they remain. Though she was aboard as they left, she knocked out her guard and escaped to rejoin the other Radiants in the city.{{book ref|sa3|116}}

 

=== Thaylen Field ===

During the [[Battle of Thaylen Field]], Lift initially joined Dalinar; however, he tasked her with retrieving [[Honor's Drop]], a perfect gemstone that the [[Fused]] had recently stolen from the city's gemstone reserve. Though neither of them understood its importance at the time, Lift agreed, and departed before Dalinar could meet Odium.{{book ref|sa3|117}} She spent most of the battle chasing after it, initially alone with [[Wyndle]], then accompanied by [[Szeth]] and [[Nightblood]] once they arrived at Thaylen Field.{{book ref|sa3|118}} However, when Szeth unsheathed Nightblood, the sword went out of control, attempting to devour his [[Investiture]] and destroy him. Lift attempted to heal him from the damage it was causing; however, when she touched him, she was trapped by Nightblood's tendrils and almost overcome as well until Dalinar's [[Perpendicularity]] provided enough power to sate the blade, allowing Szeth to re-sheath it.{{book ref|sa3|119}}

 

 

== Attributes and Abilities ==

=== Thievery ===

Even without any sort of magical help, Lift is a skilled thief.{{book ref|sa2|i|9}} She can scale walls easily and is a skilled enough pickpocket that she can easily steal as many spheres as she likes without it being any sort of challenge. Her mastery of thievery is possibly what drives her to break into heavily guarded locations and steal something so unconventional as food.

 

=== Surgebinding ===

Lift has formed a [[Nahel bond]] with Wyndle, which grants her the ability to Surgebind, although Lift herself is not entirely certain whether she believes this.{{book ref|sa2|i|9}} As with all Surgebinders, Lift gains superhuman strength and speed when she holds [[Stormlight]], as well as the ability to heal quickly from non-mortal wounds. When Lift is invested with Stormlight, she refers to it as her "Awesomeness." She is a member of the order of Radiants known as the Edgedancers. This gives her access to two Surges, Abrasion and Progression. Lift also has a rare and possibly unique ability to convert food to Stormlight through consumption. While this may seem a great blessing, she lacks the ability to gather Stormlight from gemstones and other sources.{{wob ref|8073}}

 

=== Old Magic ===

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Lift's visit to the Nightwatcher leaves her with a rather unique trait, one that is not among the typical power set of the Edgedancers.{{book ref|sa2|i|9}} She exists partially in the Cognitive realm, which grants her some special abilities. The first is that she can touch spren, something that is supposed to be impossible, as they exist mostly in the Cognitive realm. This ability greatly helps Lift with her thievery, as Wyndle takes the form of a vine. He can make handholds or increase the width of ledges for Lift by growing where she needs to go, but no one else is able to see or touch him.

 

== Relationships ==

 

=== Wyndle ===

[[Wyndle]] was assigned to Lift by the [[Ring]], the ruling body of the [[Cultivationspren]]. The two start off on the wrong foot, as Wyndle doesn't appreciate Lift's particular train of thought, while Lift considers him - perhaps half-jokingly - to be a [[voidbringer]]. She enjoys teasing him and making fun of him, and he admits that he'd much rather pick someone calmer to bond, if it was up to him. Though Wyndle knows a lot about [[Realmatic Theory | Realmatics]] and the mechanisms of Radiance, Lift isn't interested in listening to him, and will sometimes withhold information from him in turn.{{book ref|sa2|i|9}}{{book ref|sa2.5|1}}

 

 

=== Dalinar ===

When Lift first sees [[Dalinar]], she is highly mistrustful of him, both because of his past as the Blackthorn and because he is unlike other government official she's familiar with (in her words, "his butt is too nice").{{book ref|sa3|42}} She is more open to listening to him after seeing his first confrontation with [[Odium]].{{book ref|sa3|57}} She steals his food when he's waiting for the officials' decision in [[Azimir]]. That he does not begrudge her for it seems to earn him some points with her, and she even agrees to share some of the stolen food back.{{book ref|sa3|65}}

 

 

It's only in Yeddaw that Lift finds out that Darkness is, in fact, a [[Herald]].{{book ref|sa2.5|9}} After tracking him down again, the two have a confrontation where Lift manages to bring him back to a semblance of sanity and get him to acknowledge that the [[True Desolation]] is here. Though she's naturally afraid of him, she's capable of reaching out to him, even giving him a hug as he breaks down.{{book ref|sa2.5|19}} However, his own thoughts on her are unclear.

 

== Development ==