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====Dullform====
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| Dullform dread, with the mind most lost.
--><br>The lowest, and one not bright.</br><!--
--><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]]{{epigraph ref|sa2|17}}
====Mateform====
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| Mateform meek, for love to share,
--><br>Given to life, it brings us joy.</br><!--
--><br>To find this form, one must care.</br><!--
-->True empathy, one must employ.
| 5th stanza of the [[Song of Listing]]{{epigraph ref|sa2|14}}
[[File:parshendiwarform.png|thumb|300px|Warform by [[User:Khal]]]]
====Warform====
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| Warform is worn for battle and reign,
--><br>Claimed by the gods, given to kill.</br><!--
--><br>Unknown, unseen, but vital to gain.</br><!--
-->It comes to those with the will.
| 15th stanza of the [[Song of Listing]]{{epigraph ref|sa2|13}}
====Workform====
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| Workform worn for strength and care.
--><br>Whispering spren breathe at your ear.</br><!--
--><br>Seek first this form, its mysteries to bear.</br><!--
-->Found here is freedom from fear.
| 19th stanza of the [[Song of Listing]]{{epigraph ref|sa2|15}}
====Nimbleform====
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| Nimbleform has a delicate touch.
--><br>Gave the gods this form to many,</br><!--
--><br>Tho' once defied, by the gods they were crushed.</br><!--
-->This form craves precision and plenty.
| 27th stanza of the [[Song of Listing]]{{epigraph ref|sa2|16}}
====Mediationform====
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| Mediationform made for peace, it's said.
--><br>Form of teaching and consolation.</br><!--
--><br>When used by the gods, it became instead</br><!--
-->Form of lies and desolation.
| 33rd stanza of the [[Song of Listing]]{{epigraph ref|sa2|21}}
====Scholarform====
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--><br>Though study and diligence bring the reward,</br><!--
-->Loss of innocence may be one's fate.
| 69th stanza of the [[Song of Listing]]{{epigraph ref|sa2|18
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Scholarform produces "long hairstrands and angular features".{{book ref|sa3|i|7}}
====Artform====
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| Artform applied for beauty and hue.</br><!--
--><br>One yearns for the songs it creates.</br><!--
--><br>Most misunderstood by the artist it's true,</br><!--
-->Come the spren to foundation's fates.
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| Artform for colors beyond our ken;
--><br>For its grand songs we yearn.</br><!--
--><br>We must attract creationspren;</br><!--
-->These songs suffice 'til we learn.
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{{for|Regal}}
Many singer forms are considered by the listeners to be forms of power.{{cite}} For a singer to gain one of these forms, they must bond with a [[Voidspren]].{{book ref|sa3|I-7}} Singers wearing a form of power are referred to [[Regal]]s in the context of [[Odium]]'s army.{{book ref|sa3|I-7}} Forms of power are intoxicating to those first come into one,{{book ref|sa3|
Forms of power include: stormform, nightform, smokeform, decayform, and envoyform.
Later, the listeners, manipulated by [[Voidspren]], entered stormform, one of the forms of power. In doing so, the listeners summoned a great storm at the [[Battle of Narak]]: the [[Everstorm]]. The Everstorm, full of Odium's power, passed through the world and restored the slaveform singers Connection and Identity, healed them.
These healed singers exemplified traits of the culture in which they had lived all their lives. The [[Azir|Azish]] singers submitted a complaint to the government, while [[Thaylenah|Thaylen]] singers stole ships and sailed away.{{
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