Surgebinding
| Surgebinding | |
|---|---|
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| Related to | Honor |
| Type | End-Positive |
| World of Origin | Roshar |
Surgebinding is a manifestation of Investiture on Roshar. A Surgebinder can manipulate natural forces locally known as Surges.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content Each Surgebinder has access to two adjacent Surges shown in the Knights Radiant table.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content This results in three powers which can be used by Investing, or infusing as known locally, objects or people with Stormlight.
Prerequisites
Surgebinding is not innate to Rosharans. They gain the ability depending on their actions.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content It is thought the Divine Attributes in Ten Essences table determines if one becomes a Surgebinder as well as which Surges they can manipulate. These behaviors attract the attention of one of the ten spren that give access to Surgebinding.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content The spren and the Surgebinder, then, forms a Spiritual bond known as Nahel bond locally.[citation needed]
Which Surges the Surgebinder can manipulate depends on with what kind of spren he or she forms a Nahel bond.
| Spren | Honorspren | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | Cryptic | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Surge | Gravity | Atmospheric Pressure | Division | Friction | Growth | Light | Transformation | Transportation | Surface Tension | unknown |
| Second Surge | Atmospheric Pressure | Division | Friction | Growth | Light | Transformation | Transportation | Surface Tension | unknown | Gravity |
Abilities
Basic Lashing
Basic Lashing alters an object's or being's spiritual gravitational bond to the planet below, instead temporarily linking it to a different object or direction. It allows the Surgebinder to run up walls, send objects or people flying off into the air. Advance user of Basic Lashing can make himself or herself lighter by binding only a portion of his or her mass upward. Binding a quarter of one's mass upward effectively halves that person's weight. Similarly, it is possible to use multiple Basic Lashings to make a being's effective weight higher.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
Reverse Lashing
Reverse Lashing creates a bubble around an object that imitates its spiritual link to the ground beneath it. In effect, this makes the infused object pull other objects towards itself. It is much harder for Reverse Lashing to affect objects touching the ground, where their link to the planet is strongest. Objects falling or in flight are the easiest to influence. Other objects can be affected, but the Stormlight and skill required are much more substantial. It is unknown whether this ability manipulates Gravity or a combination of Gravity and Atmospheric Pressure.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
Full Lashing
Full Lashing temporarily creates an extremely powerful bond between two objects. To use this ability, the Surgebinder infuses an object with Stormlight, then presses another object to it. Most object would break apart before the bond holding them together would.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
Regrowth
Regrowth is the power of healing.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
Lightweaving
Lightweaving deals with illusions.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
Soulcasting
Soulcasting transforms any material into one of Surgebinder's choice. Transforming something into the pure form of an Essence is quite easy.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content Soulcasting requires the corresponding gemstone for the Essence the Surgebinder is trying to transform into. Soulcasting something into blood, for example, requires a garnet infused with Stormlight.[citation needed] The process may leave the gemstone shattered, although the larger the gemstone the less likely it is for that to happen.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content The mass of an object remains the same when it is Soulcast.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content It may not be possible to create gemstones with Soulcasting.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content