Difference between revisions of "Spren"

 

=== Functioning ===

{{for|Deadeye|more information about spren death}}

 

 

== Classification of Spren ==

 

While their variety is near-infinite, all spren can be classified into several groups.

In [[Shadesmar]], true spren have their own culture, politics and nations; though the Cognitive Realm was created by creatures of the Physical, it is spren who shape and rule it.{{book ref|sa2|1}} Some spren, like Cryptics or [[highspren]], have nation-states, composed wholly of spren of their own kind;{{book ref|sa2|epilogue}}{{book ref|sa3|47}} others, like honorspren, seem to rule a nation of their own, but also allow other types of true spren to live with them.{{book ref|sa3|108}} There are also city-states such as [[Celebrant]], where various spren live together.{{book ref|sa3|102}}

 

 

=== Odium's Influence ===

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}} When the bond is formed with a lesser [[voidspren]], the singer gains a [[Regal]] form.{{book ref|sa3|i|7}}

 

 

=== Nahel Bond ===

 

==== Alespren ====

{{quote

|Test successful. Have noted spren who appear only when one is severely intoxicated. Appear as small brown bubbles clinging to objects nearby. Further testing may be needed to prove they were more than a drunken hallucination.

 

==== Deathspren ====

{{quote

|Only the dying could see deathspren. You saw them, then died. Only the very, very lucky few survived after that. Deathspren knew when the end was close.

A rare type of spren that appear around good and well-thought-out arguments. They take the appearance of tiny stormclouds.{{book ref|sa1|7}}{{book ref|sa2|35}} They seem to be quite rare, although they can often be seen in [[Azir]].{{book ref|sa3|65}}

 

 

==== Luckspren ====

 

==== Cryptics ====

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In the Physical Realm, highspren are described as looking like black slits in reality, with white glowing stars shining through.{{book ref|sa3|98}} They seem to have their own settlements in Shadesmar and appear rather isolationistic, with none to be seen in places like [[Celebrant]].{{book ref|sa2|epilogue}}{{book ref|sa3|102}} Other spren consider them to be strict and rule-bound.{{book ref|sa3|107}}

 

 

==== Honorspren ====

 

==== Oathgate Spren ====

{{quote

|We are apologetic. We have been… alone very long. We would enjoy granting passage to men again. But we cannot do that which was forbidden.

 

== Corrupted Spren ==

 

The Unmade [[Sja-anat]] has the ability to corrupt spren, which she calls Enlightening. In the past, she could only corrupt lesser spren; presently, even Radiant spren and [[Oathgate]] spren are possible for her to Enlighten.{{book ref|sa3|97}} These corrupted spren are drawn to the same phenomena, but are different in appearance from the typical spren. [[Syl]] believes that corrupted spren can be recognized by vividly red color, though not all spren fit this description.{{book ref|sa3|89}}

 

=== Stormfather ===

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The Unmade are a group of nine ancient spren of [[Odium]].{{book ref|sa3|1}} Each of them are exceedingly massive and powerful, and each has a unique form and effect on the surrounding enviornment.{{epigraph ref|sa3|89}} They vary vastly in not only their appearance, but also their level of intelligence, with some being mindless, while others are capable of complex thought.{{book ref|sa3|120}}{{book ref|sa3|84}} Unlike most servants of Odium, many Umade have remained on Roshar after the [[Aharietiam]], and dwell there to this day.{{epigraph ref|sa3|92}}

 

 

The Unmade are: