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| There is ... a third sibling. They are not with us.
| The Stormfather{{book ref|sa3|111}}
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The '''Sibling''' is a notable [[spren]]
== Attributes and Abilities ==
A series of related records left by an [[Elsecaller]] in drawer 1-1 of the [[Urithiru gem archive]] link the Sibling to the health of the tower city. The entries relate the decline of the tower's functionality (particularly with respect to habitation failures) to the withdrawal of the Sibling.{{epigraph ref|sa3|68}}{{epigraph ref|sa3|69}} The author argues that the spren's disappearance was neither intentional nor a result of internal strife among the [[Knights Radiant]].{{epigraph ref|sa3|68}}{{epigraph ref|sa3|70}} The cause of the Sibling's disappearance is unknown. ▼
The Sibling is known to have been alive for at least thousands of years{{book ref|sa3|111}} and possibly much longer, since they likely predate the founding of the [[Knights Radiant]]. Despite being inactive for millenia, they still exist in their previous form;{{wob ref|13032}} this implies that they are functionally immortal. The Sibling does not view themselves as having a gender.{{wob ref|11572}}
===Bondsmith Spren===
Although the Nightwatcher and the Stormfather are known to be connected to [[Cultivation]] and [[Honor]] respectively, the origins and nature of the Sibling are obscure. The Stormfather considers all three of them to be "siblings", and the fact that they are the only three spren that can bond with Bondsmiths{{book ref|sa3|64}} inidicates that they share some characteristics.
===Urithiru===
▲A series of
==History==
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| My research into the cognitive reflections of the spren at the tower has been deeply illustrative. Some thought that the Sibling had withdrawn from men by intent—but I find counter to that theory.
| The third [[Polestone#zircon|zircon]] in drawer 1-1 of the Urithiru
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The Sibling was presumably active during the [[Heraldic Epochs]]. Although they were capable of forming a [[Nahel bond]], it is not confirmed that they did so; although there could never be more than three [[Bondsmith]]s, there were long periods where only one existed.{{epigraph ref|sa3|67}}
The Sibling was somehow the key to certain magical aspects of the tower city of Urithiru that served as the base of the [[Knights Radiant]]. Notably, the Sibling's presence was linked to the climate of the city, allowing the temperature to stay unnaturally warm given Urithiru's elevation. This allowed the Radiants to cultivate crops in the city to sustain the large population there.{{epigraph ref|sa3|68}}{{epigraph ref|sa3|69}} At some point, the Sibling began to withdraw from the tower. The Sibling's withdrawal caused some—but not all— of the city's magical systems to fail; it soon became uninhabitable, and the Radiants were forced to abandon the city.{{epigraph ref|sa3|65}}{{epigraph ref|sa3|69}}{{epigraph ref|sa3|72}} It is not clear why the Sibling disengaged with mankind; an Elsecaller who left notes in the gem archive argued that the spren's disappearance was neither intentional nor a result of internal strife among the [[Knights Radiant]].{{epigraph ref|sa3|68}}{{epigraph ref|sa3|69}}{{epigraph ref|sa3|70}}
After the Sibling's departure, they were not hiding but rather "slumbering" in the millenia following the abandonment of Urithiru and the [[Recreance]].{{book ref|sa3|111}} The Stormfather has generally been reticent to discuss the Sibling with [[Dalinar]] because they were somehow harmed by mankind in the past.{{book ref|sa3|64}}{{book ref|sa3|111}}
==Trivia==
*The Sibling will appear in the first arc of ''The Stormlight Archive''.{{wob ref|13032}}
== Notes ==
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