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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 fragments of the [[Adonalsium|powers of creation]] that have since then gained sentience due to human intervention on [[Roshar]].{{ref|b|sa2|c|3}} They are vastly varied in their appearances, characteristics, and levels of intelligence.{{ref|b|sa2|c|1}} Most spren consist of the essences of [[Honor]] and [[Cultivation]], or a mixture of both that leans towards either one [[Shard]] or the other. Spren that are attracted to emotions, like angerspren or fearspren, have more of Honor than Cultivation, and the spren that are attracted to natural phenomena, like decayspren or windspren, vice versa.{{ref|?|747|5| Are all spren that can Nahel Bond called honorspren or just Windrunner spren?}} There is also another spectrum of spren known as Voidspren that presumably consist of only [[Odium]]'s essence.{{ref|b|sa2|c|3}} Some spren predate the arrival of Honor and Cultivation to Roshar, and perhaps even the [[Shattering]]. These are [[Splinter]]s of [[Adonalsium]] itself that it left behind intentionally and that have attained sentience on their own since then.{{ref|17s ref|4258|post|68628}}
 
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,{{ref|b|sa2|i|9}} impairs their cognitive functions in some ways, 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}}
The [[Parshendi]] also form symbiotic bonds with spren to enter different "Forms." [[Parshmen]] are Parshendi lacking a bond with a spren, and so have no Form.{{ref|b|sa2|i|1}}
 
Each Order of the [[Knights Radiant]] formed a [[Nahel Bond]] with a different type of spren.{{cite}} This bond is similar in nature to the bond between a [[Seon]] and its master.{{ref|17s ref|4220|post|66166}} 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.{{ref|b|wor|c|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.{{ref|b|wor|c|86}}
 
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===Heatspren===
A type of spren mentioned in [[Navani's notebook]]. They can be captured in gems of a certain cut and used in fabrial machines.{{file ref|[[:File:Navani1.jpg| Navani's Notebook: One]]}}
 
=== Highspren ===
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{{url ref|name=poopspren|http://redd.it/1bflq6|Are there poopspren?}}
{{ref|17s ref|4220|post|66166|text=Is the bond between a Seon and its master similar to the Nahel bond between a Surgebinder and his spren?}}
{{ref|17s ref|4258|post|68628|Please explain what you will about shards and splintering and slivers.}}
{{url ref|name=luckspren|http://inkthinker.deviantart.com/art/The-Way-of-Kings-Skyeels-180124400|Skyeel Illustration Description}}
{{ref|17s ref|4884|post|80010|Are the magic fish of the Purelake a result of symbiotic bonds with spren?}}
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