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Despite his penchant for keeping things organized, Sigzil is not content with only being a clerk, and wants to be the "first into the sky," rather than spending all his time poring over ledgers.{{book ref|sa3|35}} He is encouraging and optimistic to his friends.{{book ref|sa3|46}}{{book ref|sa4|79}}
 
His personality changed greatly after he became a Dawnshard and fled Roshar, as the events and a life of fleeing the Night Brigade had a great effect on him.{{citebook ref|tsm|8}}
 
==== Religion ====
Sigzil has been trained with the spear and spearman tactics by Kaladin, and he uses the weapon "acceptably."{{book ref|sa2|12}} He can read and write the Azish script, though out of deference to Alethi ideals he sticks with using glyphs to record written reports as Bridge Four's clerk.{{book ref|sa3|35}} His understanding of other cultures, ability to work easily with numbers, and his level-headedness are all assets to the [[Order of Windrunners]].{{book ref|sa4|6}} Sigzil also speaks [[Alethi]] and [[Malwish]].{{book ref|tsm|44}}
 
Unlike most people, Sigzil is Connected to two places: Roshar and Canticle.{{book ref|tsm|40}} Due to his Connection to Canticle, Sigzil is able to share Investiture with other [[Threnody|Threnodites]], directly transferring it via touch.{{book ref|tsm|13}}{{book ref|tsm|39}}
 
=== Surgebinding ===
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Sigzil has bonded an [[honorspren]]{{book ref|sa4|19}} and has sworn at least the [[Order of Windrunners#The Fourth Ideal|Fourth Ideal]] of the Order of Windrunners,{{book ref|tsm|42}} which allows him to draw in [[Stormlight]] and use the [[Surge]]s of [[Surgebinding#GravitationAdhesion|GravitationAdhesion]] and [[Surgebinding#AdhesionGravitation|AdhesionGravitation]].{{book ref|sa3|35}}{{book ref|sa3|55}} Eventually, his bond was broken{{book ref|tsm|29}}{{book ref|tsm|40}} (although he retained some control over his old powers){{book ref|tsm|28}} and he bonded a [[highspren]] known as [[Auxiliary]],{{book ref|tsm|28}} reaching at least the [[Order of Skybreakers#The Fourth Ideal|Fourth Ideal of that order]] as well.{{book ref|tsm|42}}
 
With these bonds, Sigzil has access to both [[Shardblade]] and [[Shardplate]].{{book ref|tsm|6}}{{book ref|tsm|48}} After being exposed to Canticle's sun, his Shardplate burns with red-orange light, and trails smoke.{{book ref|tsm|47}}{{book ref|tsm|48}}