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{{quote| Spren appear when something changes—when fear appears, or when it begins to rain. They are the heart of change, and therefore the heart of all things.| [[Hesina]] to [[Kaladin]]{{ref|b|sa1|c|37}}}}
 
'''Spren''' are a typefragments of magicalthe entity[[Adonalsium|powers of creation]] that livehave onsince thethen planetgained sentience due to human intervention on [[Roshar]].{{ref|b|sa2|c|3}} MostThey are avastly combinationvaried in their appearance, characteristics, and level of theintelligence.{{ref|b|sa2|c|1}} powersMost spren consist of the powers of [[ShardHonor]]s and [[HonorCultivation]], andwith a balance of mixture that is leaning towards either one [[CultivationShard]] or the other. SomeSpren that are attracted to emotions, like angerspren or fearspren, have more of Honor; others,than Cultivation;, and the restspren that are aattracted mixtureto ofnatural thephenomena, like decayspren or windspren, vice twoversa.{{ref|?|747|5| Are all spren that can Nahel Bond called honorspren or just Windrunner spren?}} SomeThere sprenis howeveralso pre-dateanother the arrivalspectrum of Honorspren andknown Cultivation,as whichVoidspren arethat [[Splinter]]spresumably consist of only [[AdonalsiumOdium]]'s itself and have achieved sentiencepower.<{{ref|b|sa2|c|3}} name=adosprenSome />spren Sprenhowever actpredate asthe "releasearrival valve"of forHonor uncontrolledand shardicCultivation energyto Roshar, likeand perhaps even the [[SeonShattering]]s. andThese are [[SkazeSplinter]]s of [[SelAdonalsium]].{{ref|?|944|7| Doesitself Rosharthat it left behind intentionally and that have aattained similarsentience problem,on withtheir Honorown beingsince Splintered?}}then.<ref name=adospren />
 
They dwell mostly in the [[Cognitive Realm]]. It is where the powers of creation come alive, shaped and given cognizance by the ideas and concepts of collective experience of sentient creatures being personified as an external entity over time into spren. They have their own societies, politics and cities there. Though the [[Shadesmar]] was built by humans and other sentient species, the spren shape, rule, and live there.{{ref|b|sa2|c|1}} The transition of spren into the [[Physical Realm]] leaves holes in their memories, impairs their cognitive functions in some ways,{{ref|b|sa2|i|9}} and even alter their appearance.{{ref|b|sa2|c|3}} Once they make the transition, they cannot affect the Physical Realm except in very minor ways.{{ref|b|sa2|i|9}}
 
Spren being far more extensive and numerous than the [[Seon]]s and the [[Skaze]], Splinters of [[Devotion]] and [[Dominion]] respectively, is one of the reasons Roshar does not have the same problem with travelling to the Cognitive Realm on [[Sel]], even though Honor is [[Splintering|Splintered]] just like the other two Shards. On Roshar, spren act as a "release valve" for the uncontrolled power of the Honor.{{ref|?|944|7| Does Roshar have a similar problem, with Honor being Splintered?}}
 
Spren are deeply connected with the [[Knights Radiant]] and [[Surgebinding]] with the [[Nahel Bond]], and spren are also used to create [[fabrial]]s.
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