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== Anatomy ==
=== Forms ===
By staying out in a [[highstorm]] with a [[spren]], the Parshendi are capable of bonding with said spren, which has the effect of changing their appearance,{{ref|17s|3238|text=Brandon says that Parshendi need a highstorm to change their form.}} physical abilities, and mental capabilities. These changes are known as '''forms'''.
;War Form:
{{quote|Warform is worn for battle and reign,<br>
Claimed by the gods, given to kill.<br>
Unknown, unseen, but vital to gain.<br>
It comes to those with the will.|15th stanza of the [[Song of Listing]]{{ref|b|sa2|e|13}}}}
War form gives the Parshendi an armor-like carapace; it also seems to give them advanced physical capabilities although it severely hampers artistic ability and is not equipped to handle abstractions.
;Work Form:
{{quote|Workform worn for strength and care.<br>
Whispering spren breathe at your ear.<br>
Seek first this form, its mysteries to bear.<br>
Found here is freedom from fear.|19th stanza of the [[Song of Listing]]{{ref|b|sa2|e|15}}}}
Work form also endows significant physical strength, although without the armor of the war form; those in work form also have thinner fingers. While in work form, the Parshendi find it difficult to commit violence and did not like confrontation.
;Mating Form:
{{quote|Mateform meek, for love to share,<br>
Given to life, it brings us joy.<br>
To find this form, one must care.<br>
True empathy, one must employ.|5th stanza of the [[Song of Listing]]{{ref|b|sa2|e|14}}}}
Mating form is used for reproductive purposes. A few Parshendi maintain mating form constantly, although most enter it only briefly in order to reproduce with a partner: if these partners later entered war form they became a warpair. It is a distracting form which makes productive work difficult.
;Dull Form:
{{quote|Dullform dread, with the mind most lost.<br>
The lowest, and one not bright.<br>
To find this form, one needs banish cost.<br>
It finds you and brings you to blight.|final stanza of the [[Song of Listing]]{{ref|b|sa2|e|17}}}}
Dull form is an older form which was rarely used after the discovery of the newer forms. Those in dull form are not very intelligent.
;Nimble Form:
{{quote|Nimbleform has a delicate touch.<br>
Gave the gods this form to many,<br>
Tho' once defied, by the gods they were crushed.<br>
This form craves precision and plenty.|27th stanza of the [[Song of Listing]]{{ref|b|sa2|e|16}}}}
Nimble form is a form used by the Parshendi scholars because they do not know the correct spren to bond with for a scholar form. It does not impede the mind and the fingers are delicate enough for recording their findings. It grows long hair without any carapace to block it and yeilds delicate swirling patterns in their skin, along with a thinner facial structure.
;Scholar Form:
{{quote|Scholarform shown for patience and thought.<br>
Beware its ambitions innate.<br>
Though study and diligence bring the reward,<br>
Loss of innocence may be one's fate.|69th stanza of the [[Song of Listing]]{{ref|b|sa2|e|18}}}}
;Art Form:
{{quote|Artform applied for beauty and hue.<br>
One yearns for the songs it creates.<br>
Most misunderstood by the artist it's true,<br>
Come the spren to foundation's fates.|90th stanza of the [[Song of Listing]]{{ref|b|sa2|e|20}}}}
{{quote|Artform for colors beyond our ken;<br>
For its grand songs we yearn.<br>
We must attract creationspren;<br>
These songs suffice 'til we learn.|279th stanza of the [[Song of Revision]]{{ref|b|sa2|e|29}}}}
;Mediation Form:
{{quote|Meditationform made for peace, it's said.<br>
Form of teaching and consolation.<br>
When used by the gods, it became instead<br>
From of lies and desolation.|33rd stanza of the [[Song of Listing]]{{ref|b|sa2|e|21}}}}
;Night Form:
{{quote|Nightform predicting what will be,<br>
The form of shadows, mind to forsee.<br>
As the gods did leave, the nightform whispered.<br>
A new storm will come, someday to break.<br>
A new storm a new world to make.<br>
A new storm a new path to take, the nightform listens.|17th stanza of the [[Song of Secrets]]{{ref|b|sa2|e|23}}}}
;Decay Form:
{{quote|Decayform destroys the souls of dreams.<br>
A form of gods, to avoid it seems.<br>
Seek not its touch, nor beckon its screams, deny it.<br>
Watch where you walk, your toes to tread.<br>
O'er hill or rocky riverbed<br>
Hold dear to fears that fill your head, defy it.|27th stanza of the [[Song of Secrets]]{{ref|b|sa2|e|24}}}}
;Smoke Form:
{{quote|Smokeform for hiding and slipping between men.<br>
A form of power, like human Surges.<br>
Bring it 'round again.<br>
Though crafted of gods,<br>
It was by Unmade hand.<br>
Leaves its force to be but one of foe or friend.|127th stanza of the [[Song of Histories]]{{ref|b|sa2|e|25}}}}
{{quote|Smokeform for hiding and slipping 'tween men.<br>
A form of power—like Surges of spren<br>
Do we dare to wear this form again? It spies.<br>
Crafted of gods, this form we fear.<br>
By Unmade touch its curse to bear,<br>
Formed from shadow—and death is near. It lies.|51st stanza of the [[Song of Secrets]]{{ref|b|sa2|e|31}}}}
;Storm Form:
{{quote|Stormform is said to cause<br>
A tempest of winds and showers,<br>
Beware its powers, beware its powers.<br>
Though its coming brings the gods their night,<br>
It obliges a bloodred spren.<br>
Beware its end, beware its end.|4th stanza of the [[Song of Winds]]{{ref|b|sa2|e|22}}}}
Storm form is a newer form discovered during the [[War of Reckoning]]. Little is known about it.
== Notable Parshendi ==
{{for|:Category:Parshendi|a full list of Parshendi|Category: Parshendi}}
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*[[Eshonai]]
*[[Klade]]
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