Difference between revisions of "Sleepless"

Hordelings can be specially bred to enhance specific capabilities of a Sleepless, such as a heightened sense of smell or increased memory capacity, although this process takes some time.{{book ref|sa2.5|18}} [[Nikli]] notes that it took three hundred years to breed hordelings that could imitate human fingers.{{book ref|sa3.5|18}} Hordelings can mimic inanimate objects.{{book ref|sa4|64}} Over the course of many generations, some have even managed to breed hordelings that are able to mimic the powers of a [[larkin]].{{wob ref|12658}} There is a limit on both the total mass and number of hordelings a Sleepless can have at any given time,{{wob ref|12043}} but the maximum number would definitely allow a Sleepless to become much larger than human-sized,{{wob ref|11672}}{{wob ref|11953}} up to the size of a [[santhid]] corpse{{book ref|sa3.5|8}} and possibly even larger. Because they can continually create new hordelings to replace any that are lost, the personality of a Sleepless can live forever, as long as not too many of the hordelings are destroyed at once.{{wob ref|3885}} Swarms on planets other than Roshar would breed their hordelings as needed to imitate whatever life forms are native to that world.{{wob ref|14317}}