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{{image|Midnight Mother 2.jpg|Re-Shephir and the [[Midnight Essence]]|width=300px|side=left}}
Re-Shephir is capable of shapeshifting, including altering her size. She appears to have very little limitations on what form she takes and is unburdened by the biology of the entities she copies, being able to squeeze through tiny gaps that no human could fit through even in a humanoid form. This being said, Re-Shephir retains her characteristic uniform, oily-black color regardless of her current shape.{{book ref|sa3|25}}{{book ref|sa3|29}} She seems unable to mimic natural sounds; the only noises she's heard making are alien-sounding screeches when she feels threatened.{{book ref|sa3|30}}
She can create entities called [[Midnight Essence]], a substance not wholly unique to herself, that look much like her and may be why she is nicknamed the Midnight Mother. The Midnight Essence can take various forms, both humanoid and beastly, but don't appear to share their mother's shapeshifting abilities. Apart from the color and texture, Re-Shephir can make Midnight Essence resemble specific people she has seen - at least in appearance, as there is no indication that she can replicate voices or behavior.{{book ref|sa3|29}} It's unclear whether Re-Shephir can command the Midnight Essence directly; however, her creations are universally hostile to humans and devoted to defending her, and can operate autonomously.{{book ref|sa3|29}}{{book ref|sa1|19}}
== History ==
{{image|Face the Unmade by Artem Demura.jpg|width=200px|Re-Shephir fighting [[Shallan]] under [[Urithiru]]|side=right}}
Re-Shephir was unmade sometime during the [[Heraldic Epochs]], or perhaps before then, by [[Odium]]. Shallan believes her to have originally been a [[creationspren]].{{book ref|sa3|30}} Though originally, her sole purpose was to sow chaos and unrest among humans through her spawn, she eventually came to be intrigued by mankind, and began to mimic them.{{book ref|sa3|30}} Though it's uncertain whether she remained active between the [[Desolation]]s, the [[Midnight Essence]] she created were a constant threat.{{book ref|sa3|19}} It is unknown when or how she gained access to the Midnight Essence. Along with several other [[Unmade]], she was believed to have been destroyed in the [[Aharietiam]].{{epigraph ref|sa3|109}}
Unfortunately, that was not the case. At some point before the [[Recreance]], she infiltrated [[Urithiru]], and was subsequently captured and imprisoned by an unknown Lightweaver.{{book ref|sa3|30}} Her appearance caused the inhabitants of the tower considerable distress, as an Unmade entering the most sacred structure on [[Roshar]] cast doubts upon its security.{{epigraph ref|sa3|73}} After Urithiru was abandoned, Re-Shephir eventually broke out of her confinement; however, rather than depart, she chose to remain within the city, and took up residence in one of the chambers near the [[Urithiru gem archive]]. There, she coiled around a column of gemstones.{{book ref|sa3|29}} [[Shallan]] theorizes that if [[Ba-Ado-Mishram]]'s gemstone prison was located in Urithiru, Re-Shephir would have found it during these centuries of controlling the tower.{{book ref|sa4|24}} During this occupation, the [[Sibling]] remained hidden and never fought back, so Re-Shephir thought they had died.{{book ref|sa4|49}}
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