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'''Lightspren''', more commonly known in [[Shadesmar]] as '''Reachers''', are a subset of spren. ▼
| They like to travel, to see new places. They sail all across Roshar's Shadesmar, peddling goods, trading with other spren.
| [[Azure]]{{book ref|sa3|93}}
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▲'''Lightspren''', more commonly known in [[Shadesmar]] as '''Reachers''', are a subset of sapient spren on [[Roshar]].{{book ref|sa3|93}} Bonding with them makes a person a [[Surgebinder]] of the [[Order of Willshapers]].{{wob ref|9531}}
==Appearance==
In Shadesmar, Reachers appear human, though they have metallic bronze skin, similar to living statues.{{book ref|sa3|99}} They have bronze metal eyes with holes
In the [[Physical Realm]], lightspren appear as a ball of light, small enough to hide in a palm of a hand. The light can grow stronger or fainter, seemingly depending on the spren's mood.{{book ref|sa3|i|11}} They seem to be a little more physical than their kinsmen -- wind pushes them, they are warm to touch, and feel somewhat like silk.{{book ref|sa3|109}} They can communicate through pulsing to [[singer]] Rhythms, which produces bursts of light, as well as audible vibrations.{{book ref|sa3|109}}{{book ref|sa3|115}} For a singer, those vibrations appear to carry more meaning than simple mood, including more abstract concepts like familial relations and high numbers.{{book ref|sa3|121}}
==History==
At some point, Reachers were the spren of the [[Order of Willshapers]]{{wob ref|9531}} of the [[Knights Radiant]] but the [[Recreance]] seems to have instilled a mistrust in humans and their oaths in some of the Reachers, like Ico.{{book ref|oathbringer|101}}▼
The Reachers are the spren who picked up [[Kaladin]], [[Shallan]], [[Adolin]], [[Vivenna|Azure]], [[Pattern]], [[Syl]] and [[Mayalaran]] from the [[Rii Oracle]]'s Lighthouse{{book ref|oathbringer|97}} and conveyed them to Celebrant in exchange for barter supplies.{{book ref|oathbringer|99}}▼
==Culture==
[[File:Venli - XVI. The Tower .jpg|thumb|right|200px|<center><small>by {{a|taratjah}}</small></center> [[Timbre]], a Reacher, in [[Venli]]'s hand]]
They are often guides in Shadesmar as they like to travel to different places, trading and selling goods.{{book ref|sa3|93}} There are Reachers living in [[Celebrant]]{{book ref|oathbringer|102}} and Captain Ico's daughter once lived in the city and worked there at the moneychangers.{{book ref|oathbringer|101}}
Their ships are pulled by [[Mandras]] and they always have more than one as Mandras have a tendency to vanish.{{book ref|sa3|99}} The sailors don't carry weapons aside from knives but their ships are equipped with large harpoons.{{book ref|sa3|99}}
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The Reachers on Ico's ship are barefoot so that they can walk along the vibrating copper lines set into the
▲At some point Reachers were the spren of the [[Order of Willshapers]]{{wob ref|9531}} of the [[Knights Radiant]] but the [[Recreance]] seems to have instilled a mistrust in humans and their oaths in some of the Reachers, like Ico.{{book ref|oathbringer|101}}
▲The Reachers are the spren who picked up [[Kaladin]], [[Shallan]], [[Adolin]], [[Vivenna|Azure]], [[Pattern]], [[Syl]] and [[Mayalaran]] from the [[Rii Oracle]]'s Lighthouse{{book ref|oathbringer|97}} and conveyed them to Celebrant in exchange for barter supplies.{{book ref|oathbringer|99}}
In the [[Physical Realm]], Reachers seem able to move very quickly, although they cannot become invisible. They can hover and fly{{book ref|sa3|i|11}} They are, however, capable of overpowering lesser [[voidspren]], and can live inside the [[gemheart]] of a [[singer]].{{book ref|sa3|120}}
▲The Reachers on Ico's ship are barefoot so that they can walk along the vibrating copper lines set into the ship. [[Shallan]] believes they use it to communicate.{{book ref|sa3|99}}
Reachers are one of the spren types capable of forming [[Nahel Bond]]s. Bonding them makes a person a [[Surgebinder]] with the Surges of [[Transportation]] and [[Cohesion]].{{file ref|TWoK Front Endsheet.jpg|Surgebinding Table}} Notably, they are the first sapient spren to be shown capable of forming a Nahel Bond with a singer rather than a human. While the bond does seem to afford them a higher level of intelligence as it does with other spren, Reachers appear incapable of communication; however, it's uncertain whether this is a consequence of bonding a singer, or of a lightspren bonded to a human would also be mute.{{book ref|sa3|120}}
==Notable Lightspren==
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