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The '''Stormfather''' is a powerful and unique [[spren]] on [[Roshar]]. Heresponsible isfor the personification of [[highstorm|storms]] and the divines. In [[Vorinism]], heHe is identifiedone withof the [[Herald]]three [[JezerezehBondsmith]]. [[Puuli]]spren, identifiesand himis withcurrently thebonded Heraldto [[KelekDalinar Kholin]].{{book ref|sa3|isa2|189}} To the [[listener]]s, he is known as the '''Rider of Storms'''.{{book ref|sa2|Ii|5}}
 
== Appearance and Personality ==
== Nature ==▼
{{quote
The Stormfather is a spren. He has also merged with the [[Cognitive Shadow]] of the [[Almighty]]{{wob ref|1671}}; in his own words, "the memory men create for him, now that he is gone."{{book ref|sa2|89}} Despite the Vorin view of him, he has stated that he is not a Herald.{{book ref|sa2|83}}
| I have burned and broken cities myself. I can see … yes, I see a difference now. I see pain now. I did not see it before the bond.
| Stormfather{{book ref|sa3|86}}
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Vast majority of the time, the Stormfather is simply an disembodied presence in the skies, or an overpowering voice within the highstorm itself.{{book ref|sa2|83}} On the occassions that he does show himself, he takes the form of an enormous, imperious face made out of the clouds, that seems to stretch from horizon to horizon into infinity.{{book ref|sa3|4}}
 
He's extremely prideful and haughty, convinced of his own power and righteousness. He does not care for humanity, only serving them and sending visions because he was bid to do so by Honor.{{book ref|sa2|83}} He is particularly focused on oaths and keeping them, and does not take kindly to those who would break them.{{book ref|sa3|4}} His sense of justice does not mean he demands that men follow what is ''right'', however; to him, a genocide is not an evil deed if it was done as punishment for oathbreaking.{{book ref|sa3|86}}
 
He's often incapable of understanding human emotions and thoughts, and finds their unstable nature untrustworthy. Over time, when bonded to a human, he begins to gain a sense of empathy and understanding of people.{{book ref|sa3|38}} He also begins to gain a sense of morality, understanding the harm his actions have brought to people.{{book ref|sa3|86}} This does not mean he grows much more kind or gentle, though, as he still believed that the storms are his domain and his alone, and is fine with killing those who would dare to challenge him on that, like sailors on the open sea.{{book ref|sa3|50}}
According to listener beliefs he is one of the spren who betrayed them and protected the humans instead of the listeners. Because of his power, they still respect him; however, and it is thought that he would kill any who do not respect him. This leads to a mix of awe and fear from the listeners.{{book ref|sa2|I|5}}▼
 
<gallery caption="Images of the Stormfather">
The Stormfather by Noblesgal.jpg | The Stormfather by [[Coppermind:Artists/Noblesgal | Noblesgal]]
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== Power ==▼
He controls the [[highstorm]]s, and can summon them to a particular location.{{book ref|sa2|83}} He appears as a giant face during highstorms, although it's unclear whether non-[[Surgebinding|Surgebinders]] can see him.{{book ref|sa1|35}} It was mentioned in listener songs that he could appear to some during a storm, although it was only in song and unheard of to actually happen.{{book ref|sa2|I|5}} He mentions to [[Eshonai]] that he would protect her from her own transformation into [[Regal#Stormform|Stormform]] if he could, but that it was not within his power to shelter people.{{book ref|sa2|I|5}} He is not always present within the highstorms.{{book ref|sa2|i|5}}
 
The Stormfather is able to talk to others in a space that seems outside of time and space.{{book ref|sa3|4}} People experiencing this feel as if everything around them fades away except the area closest to them. Those in the air feel as if they are standing on solid ground and the wind and highstorm seem to stop in place.{{book ref|sa3|31}} After this it feels as if no time as passed. He is not omnipresent and can only see things he is directly over or is in the sight of someone he has bonded with.{{book ref|sa3|16}}
 
He apparently exerts some influence over [[honorspren]] and their ability to form [[Nahel Bond]]s, but could not hold back [[Syl]] so long as [[Kaladin]] said [[Order of Windrunners#The Third Ideal|his oaths]].{{book ref|sa2|84}} He has been [[Nahel bond|bonded]] to multiple [[Bondsmith]]s as their [[spren]] and is currently bonded to Dalinar Kholin.{{book ref|sa2|89}}
 
He was the carrier of [[Dalinar]]'s [[Dalinar's visions|visions]],{{book ref|sa2|83}} and was instructed by Honor to give the visions to someone who would best be served by them, as well as a future Bondsmith.{{book ref|sa2|89}}{{book ref|sa3|28}} These visions can be given to anyone as long as they are close to a highstorm and can be given to more than one person at a time.{{book ref|sa3|38}} While experiencing a vision, a person will feel as if they have been transported to another place. The people they interact with will see them as someone else. The visions feel very real and the person can experience pain while in them. The visions often depict places of ancient times.{{book ref|sa1|60}} People cannot summon a [[Shardblade]] in a vision. While in a vision a person will attempt to act out what is happening with their physical bodies and may need to be restrained.{{book ref|sa1|19}} The language spoken will be specific to the time and place of each vision. Participants do not need fluency in these languages, nor do these languages need to be in current use on Roshar.{{book ref|sa2|4}}{{book ref|sa1|60}} Languages that can be used include the [[Dawnchant]].{{book ref|sa3|34}} When bonded to a Bondsmith, the Stormfather can give these visions to his Bondsmith at any time, even if they are not close to a highstorm. He can also have them be placed in a vision that someone else has been placed in.{{book ref|sa3|28}} When his Bondsmith is put into a vision, they can use Surgebinding,{{book ref|sa3|38}} and the Stormfather can show them any vision and transport them to different areas of the vision.{{book ref|sa3|1}} He can also slow down the time of the visions but leave those brought into it unaffected.{{book ref|sa3|34}} The Stormfather has almost complete control over the visions but others can override him and enter on their own, such as [[Lift]] using her boon from the [[Old Magic]] or [[Shard]]s.{{book ref|sa3|42}}{{book ref|sa3|56}}
 
The Stormfather has a large amount of raw Investiture, having more than the [[Unmade]], but is very restricted in what he can do.{{wob ref|12591}}
 
== History ==
The bond allows the Stormfather to show Dalinar his visions at will.{{book ref|sa3|1}} He also marries Dalinar and Navani atop Urithiru.{{book ref|sa3|4}}
 
== Abilities and Attributes ==
== Other ==▼
 
Being strung up in a highstorm is referred to as being judged by the Stormfather.{{book ref|sa1|21}}
▲=== Nature ===
[[File:The Stormfather - XXI. The World .png|thumb|right|300px|<center><small>by {{a|taratjah}}</small></center>]]
 
{{quote
|1=<span style='font-variant: small-caps'> I am a sliver of the Almighty himself! </span>
|2=Stormfather{{book ref|sa2|89}}
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Stormfather is a [[spren]], making him naturally immortal and intangible. Unlike most other spren, he is mostly present in the [[Physical Realm]] rather than [[Shadesmar]], and thus cannot see inside of it, even though his highstorms affect it.{{book ref|sa3|97}}{{book ref|sa3|107}} He is one of the most powerful spren, with an immense amount of [[Investiture]], greater even than that of the [[Unmade]], although he is much more restricted than them in what he can do with it.{{wob ref|12591}}
 
He has merged with [[Tanavast]]'s [[Cognitive Shadow]], making him something akin to a [[Sliver]] along with being a [[Splinter]].{{wob ref|1671}} He considers himself to be a memory men created for the Almighty, now that the god himself is gone.{{book ref|sa2|89}} It's unclear how much of Tanavast is left within him, as though he seems to share some of his memories and opinions, particularly in regards to [[Cultivation]], his standoffish nature does not match what has been seen of Tanavast.{{wob ref|2767}}
 
=== Highstorms ===
Stormfather commads the [[highstorm]]s, the powerful hurricanes that scour Roshar at regular intervals. While he ordinarily sticks to his schedule, he can summon them to a particular location if need be.{{book ref|sa2|83}} The highstorms also grant him the ability to summon [[Stormlight]], although he cannot do so outside of a highstorm.{{book ref|sa3|68}}
 
While he rides the storms, and can perceive everything within them.{{book ref|sa3|8}} However, his consciousness is not restricted to them -- he is capable of speaking to [[Dalinar]] from great distances, and unlike other Radiant spren, he does not need to remain close to him.{{wob ref|4268}} This being said, he does not have absolute control over everything that happens within his storms, and he's incapable of stopping singers from using it to bond with spren, even [[voidspren]].{{book ref|sa2|i|5}}
 
Within a highstorm, Stormfather is capable of communicating with people, appearing as an enormous face and speaking in a thunderous voice.{{book ref|sa1|35}} It's uncertain whether there are prerequisites to being able to see him, altough so far, only [[Surgebinder]]s and [[singer]]s have met with him in this manner.{{book ref|sa2|i|5}}{{book ref|sa1|35}}
 
=== Visions ===
{{for|Dalinar's visions}}
 
Stormfather is capable sending people visions, so long as his target is in an area experiencing a highstorm. Whether or not a person is currently awake or asleep is irrelevant, and it appears that the vision cannot be resisted.{{book ref|sa1|18}} The visions can be given to more than one person at a time, as long as all other than his bonded Surgebinder are within a highstorm.{{book ref|sa3|38}}
 
The visions Stormfather sends out have been bestowed upon him by [[Honor]] near the end of the Shard's life, to be given to those who would be best served by them, such as possible future Bondsmiths.{{book ref|sa2|89}}{{book ref|sa3|28}} They play out as a pre-recorded, heavily interactive scenes, set in another place and another time. The target of the vision assumes the role of someone who lived in that time and place, and the people conjured up by the vision interact with them as though they were that person.{{book ref|sa1|18}}
 
The target cannot summon their [[Shardblade]], although they are capable of using their Surgebinding abilities.{{book ref|sa1|18}}{{book ref|sa3|103}} They can, however, feel pain and attempt to act out their actions within a vision, which sometimes requires that their physical bodies be restrained.{{book ref|sa1|19}} They will speak the language matching the time period and location of the vision, even if they aren't normally able to speak it.{{book ref|sa1|60}}
 
While the Stormfather ordinarily has a cycle of visions he goes through on a loop, he can send his bonded Bondsmith to them even outside of a highstorm, and transport the Bondsmith into any area of the vision "map".{{book ref|sa3|1}} He has almost complete control over the visions, being able to insert people as various characters within them and manipulate the passing of time, but entities such as [[Shard]]s or [[Lift]] can override him.{{book ref|sa3|34}}{{book ref|sa3|42}}{{book ref|sa3|56}}
 
=== Dreams ===
Outside of the visions, Stormfather is capable of communicating through dreams.{{book ref|sa2|32}} Those dreams usually take place in a blank space that seems outside of time and space.{{book ref|sa3|4}} People experiencing them feel as though everything around them fades away, replaced by solid ground and wind that seems to stop in place.{{book ref|sa3|31}} Unlike the visions, the dreams seem to take up no time at all in the real world.{{book ref|sa3|16}}
 
=== Nahel Bond ===
{{quote
|1=<span style='font-variant: small-caps'> I will not be a simple sword to you. I will not come as you call, and you will have to divest yourself of that... monstrosity that you carry. You will be a Radiant with no Shards. </span>
|2=Stormfather upon bonding [[Dalinar]].{{book ref|sa2|89}}
}}
 
Stormfather is one of the three great [[Bondsmith]] spren. Forming a [[Nahel Bond]] with him grants one the power over the [[Surge]]s of [[Cohesion]] and [[Adhesion]].{{file ref|TWoK Front Endsheet.jpg|Surgebinding Chart}} He is currently bonded with [[Dalinar Kholin]].{{book ref|sa2|89}}
 
While a Bondsmith can use Adhesion the way a [[Windrunner]] would,{{book ref|sa3|28}} they can also apply their powers in different manner, using them more in the [[Spiritual Realm|Spiritual]]. Using Spiritual Adhesion, a Bondsmith can form a connection between themselves and another person, allowing them to speak their language.{{book ref|sa3|65}} They also seem capable of hearing the spiritual aspects of objects, and use this to mend broken things back whole.{{book ref|sa3|59}} Bondsmiths can also summon stormlight at will, although this requires significant effort.{{wob ref|12295}}{{book ref|sa3|122}}
 
There are several differences between Stormfather and other Radiant spren. Unlike them, he is capable of maintaining consciousness in the Physical Realm even without the Bond, although it grants him deeper understanding of humanity and its foibles, along with the ability to empathize with others and more human responses, like cursing.{{book ref|sa3|38}} He also doesn't become a Shardblade, either due to his immense power or due to his immense dislike for humanity.{{book ref|sa2|89}} He can, however, speak directly into his Surgebinder's mind -- something other spren are only capable of when in Shardblade form.{{book ref|sa3|4}}
 
=== Honorspren ===
Stormfather is the creator of the modern [[honorspren]], a duty that was bestowed upon him by [[Honor]] shortly before the latter's death. Following the [[Recreance]], where almost all of them have been killed, he stopped doing so; however, he would eventually create ten of them, which would eventually create others, leading to the resurgence of the race.{{book ref|sa3|108}}
 
Today, many honorspren treat him as an honored ancestor and obey his wishes, with [[Syl]] in particular referring to him as her father.{{book ref|sa3|108}}{{book ref|sa2|86}} Stormfather, in turn, considers them his children.{{book ref|sa2|83}} He apparently exerts some influence over their ability to form [[Nahel Bond]]s, although he cannot stop them if their Surgebinder sais the proper Oaths.{{book ref|sa2|84}}
 
▲== OtherCulture ==
The [[Vorin]] religion often identifies the Stormfather with the [[Almighty]], as well as one or more of the [[Herald]]s. In [[Alethkar]], it's commonly believed that [[Jezrien]] and the Stormfather are the same entity.{{book ref|sa1|34}} In [[Natanatan]], the same is said about [[Kalak]].{{book ref|sa3|i|1}} A common punishment for some criminals in Vorin countries is being strung up in a [[highstorm]], to be "judged by the Stormfather", which typically equals a death sentence.{{book ref|sa1|21}}
 
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▲== PowerTrivia ==
He considers the honorspren to be his children.{{book ref|sa2|83}}
* Stormfather has two different "modes" of speech. He uses <span style='font-variant: small-caps'>all caps</span> when talking to those unbonded to him, or when speaking so that everyone can hear him. He speaks normally when communicating directly with [[Dalinar]] after the latter becomes a Bondsmith.{{book ref|sa3|4}} Interestingly, there are only two other characters shown speaking in all-caps -- [[Cultivation]], and [[Syl]], the latter only when about to be resurrected by [[Kaladin]].{{book ref|sa3|114}}{{book ref|sa2|84}}
* While Stormfather refers to several people as "children of Honor", Kaladin is the only one he calls "child of Tanavast". There is some significance to it.{{wob ref|12688}}
 
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