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|If Light is Investiture, and all Investiture is deity, and deity has Intent, then Light must have Intent.
|[[Navani]]{{epigraph ref|sa4|71}}}}
Gaseous Investiture within the [[Rosharan system]] manifests as a number of different '''Lights''', each associated with one or more [[Shard]]s. These Rosharan Lights include the three pure ones - [[Stormlight]], [[Voidlight]], and [[#Lifelight|Lifelight]] - a few hybrids ([[#Warlight|Warlight]] and [[#Towerlight|Towerlight]] being the only confirmed ones), and the [[#Anti-Light|anti-Light]]s.
=== Towerlight ===
Towerlight is the very substance of the spren known as the [[Sibling]], and as they are the child of Honor and Cultivation, so is Towerlight the product of the melding of these two Shards' Investitures, tones, and rhythms. It can only be created by the Sibling and their Bondsmith, though the imprisonment of Ba-Ado-Mishram rendered them unable to produce more than small amounts - enough to power only the most essential of Urithiru's fabrials;{{book ref|sa4|69}} a deficiency that appears to have ended when [[Navani]] Kholin became the Sibling's current Bondsmith. A key factor in the creation of Towerlight is the Sibling's ability to hear both of their parents' songs - Cultivation's, which they could hear and sing on their own, and Honor's, which Navani had to provide for them.{{book ref|sa4|110}} Because of this, it is unclear whether the Sibling is truly "healed", or losing the bond - and Navani - would mean that they lose Towerlight once again.
In appearance, Towerlight resembles both Stormlight and Lifelight, as it glows with a soft blue-green light. When split through a prism, it produces two rainbows of color, one with a wider blue band, and one with a wider green one.{{book ref|sa4|65}} Towerlight's rhythm - the Rhythm of the Tower - evokes the "boundless energy of Cultivation, always growing and changing, and the calm solidity of Honor - organized, structured."{{book ref|sa4|110}} The psychological effects of holding Towerlight are unknown.
=== Anti-Voidlight ===
Anti-Voidlight is the first anti-Light to be discovered on Roshar - by King Gavilar, not long before his death. His research into the Lights of Roshar and the ability to transport them between planets in the system allows him to come into possession of a sphere of anti-Voidlight - a sphere he gives to Szeth moments before dying. That sphere, and the anti-Voidlight within it, eventually lead [[Navani]] to also discover how to create anti-Light.
Anti-Voidlight glows faintly violet-black and appears to fainly warp the air around itself. Its tone - and song - sound identical to those of Voidlight, but they induce an adverse reaction in the Fused, and presumably other creatures heavily Invested by Odium, such as Voidspren. When made to touch the soul of such creature, anti-Voidlight reacts violently with the Voidlight there, resulting in permanent death.{{book ref|sa4|97}}
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