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==Symbiotic Relationships==
Some types of spren
=== Bonds with animals ===
Large animals, most notably the [[greatshell]]s, utilize spren bonds to grow to enormous sizes that would not be otherwise possible. There seem to be two types of spren facilitating this -- an unknown type living in their gemhearts, and [[mandras]], which decrease the pull of gravity on their bodies.{{wob ref|1227}}{{book ref|sa3|99}} [[Skyeels]] also form bonds with mandras, which allow them to outright fly despite not having wings.{{book ref|sa3|99}}
Non-crutacean creatures forming Nahel bonds include the [[Ryshadium]], a breed of horses which have evolved to form a bond with some type of spren -- most likely musicspren.{{book ref|sa3|26}} This bond is the most likely reason for the Ryshadium's unusually high intelligence, as well as their prodigious strength and other adaptations to Rosharan geography.{{book ref|sa3|10}}{{au ref|Rosharan}} The "magic fish" of the [[Purelake]] are another example of Rosharan fauna forming symbiotic bonds with spren.{{wob ref|2109}} Eating the fish grants numerous benefits, ranging from curing stomach aches to outright supernatural ones like predicting when someone will come to visit or locating missing persons.{{book ref|sa1|i|5}} Whether or not the Ryshadiums and the fish have gemhearts is unknown.
=== Singer Forms ===
[[Singer]]s can attain different forms by taking a spren into their gemheart during a [[highstorm]].{{book ref|sa2|i|5}} Each such form comes with a slightly different physical shape, and even different biology -- for example, only [[mateform]], and possibly [[slaveform]] and [[dullform]] are capable of reproducing, while [[warform]] is taller and more muscular, with ridges and natural plating to protect its wearer.{{wob ref|3400}}{{book ref|sa2|79}}
Such bonds are formed only with non-sentient spren, and once the singer changes a form, the spren is released from the gemheart, unharmed.{{wob ref|136}}
Each Order of the [[Knights Radiant]] formed a [[Nahel Bond]] with a different type of spren.{{wob ref|6651}} This bond is similar in nature to the bond between a [[seon]] and its master.{{wob ref|3035}} The bond between a knight and their spren could be strengthened by verbally or mentally stating certain [[Immortal Words|Ideals]] or ideas related to their Order. Once the bond has strengthened to a certain point, the spren gains the ability to become a [[Shardblade]] when needed.{{book ref|wor|84}} A sword was the base form for a shardblade since they were fashioned after the [[Honorblade]]s but they could become any shape their knight needed such as a spear, hammer, or shield.{{book ref|wor|86}}▼
[[File:Kaladin Wind.jpg|thumb|left|170px|<center><small>by {{a|Julia Metzger}}</small></center> [[Syl]] with [[Kaladin]], using [[Gravitation]] ]]
=== Known Surgebinders' spren ===▼
=== Nahel Bond ===
Each Order of the [[Knights Radiant]] forms a [[Nahel Bond]] with a different type of true spren.{{wob ref|6651}} This bond is similar in nature to the bond between a [[seon]] and its master.{{wob ref|3035}} The spren gains the capacity to retain higher mental functions while bonded; the human gains access to [[Surgebinding]]. Each Nahel Bond grants access to two [[Surge]]s, with every Surge shared between two orders.{{file ref|TWoK Front Endsheet.jpg|Surgebinding Chart}} Surgebinders that are organized into proper Orders, rather than acting on their own, are known as [[Knights Radiant]].
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Spren known to facilitate Nahel Bonds include:
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* [[Honorspren]] ([[Windrunners]])
* [[Highspren]] ([[Skybreakers]])
* [[Ashspren]] ([[Dustbringers]])
* [[Cultivationspren]] ([[Edgedancers]])
* [[Cryptic]]s ([[Lightweavers]])
* [[Inkspren]] ([[Elsecallers]])
* [[Reachers]] ([[Willshapers]])
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[[Bondsmiths]] powers are granted by some of the unique spren, including [[Stormfather]].{{book ref|sa2|89}} The names of spren of the orders of [[Stonewards]] and [[Truthwatchers]] are not known at this point, although the spren themselves have been seen. A Truthwatcher spren appears as a patch of light, as if reflected from a mirror, while in the Physical Realm;{{book ref|sa2.5|20}} a Stoneward spren looks like a humanoid figure with skin of cracked stone and molten light glowing from within while in Shadesmar.{{book ref|sa3|102}}
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