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Surgebinding is a manifestation of Investiture on Roshar. A Surgebinder can manipulate natural forces locally known as Surges.[1] Each Surgebinder has access to two adjacent of the ten Surges shown in the Knights Radiant table.[2] This results in three powers which can be used by Investing, or infusing as known locally, objects or people with Stormlight.
Prerequisites
[![File:Surges.jpg|thumb|Glyphs of the Surges]]
Surgebinding is not innate to Rosharans. They gain the ability depending on their actions.[3] 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.[4] The spren and the Surgebinder, then, forms a Spiritual bond known as Nahel bond locally.{{cite}}
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
[![File:Gravity Surge-glyph.svg|thumb|left|75px|Gravity]] 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.[5]
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.[5]
Full Lashing
[![File:Pressure Surge-glyph.svg|thumb|left|75px|Atmospheric Pressure]]
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.[5]
Slicking
[![File:Friction Surge-glyph.svg|75px|thumb|left|Friction]]
Slicking makes the Surgebinder temporarily frictionless. The Surgebinder can target specific parts of his or her body to use this ability. It allows the Surgebinder to ride the thinnest rope at speed, dance across rooftops or move through a battlefield like a ribbon on the wind. It is unknown whether external objects can be affected by Slicking or the ability requires objects constant touching to Surgebinder.[6]
Growth
[![File:Growth Surge-glyph.svg|75px|thumb|left|Growth]] Growth accelerates organic growth to tremendous speeds. The Surgebinder can infuse the seeds to a plant with Stormlight and in seconds, it will become fully developed. It is unknown if this ability only works on plants.[6]
Regrowth
Regrowth is the power of healing.[6][7]
Lightweaving
[![File:Illumination Surge-glyph.svg|75px|thumb|left|Light]]
Lightweaving deals with illusions.[8]
Soulcasting
[![File:Transformation Surge-glyph.svg|75px|thumb|left|Transformation]]
Soulcasting transforms any material into one of Surgebinder's choice. Transforming something into the pure form of an Essence is quite easy.[9] 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.{{cite}} The process may leave the gemstone shattered, although the larger the gemstone the less likely it is for that to happen.[10] The mass of an object remains the same when it is Soulcast.[11] It may not be possible to create gemstones with Soulcasting.[12]
Known Surgebinders
Notes
- ↑ Broken reference - Missing date declaration: Will The Way of Kings series be based on one of the worlds and magic systems you have already created?
— Theoryland - {{{date}}}# - ↑ Broken reference - Missing date declaration: You've mentioned that each of the smaller glyphs on the inside cover of the The Way of Kings represents a type of magic.
— Theoryland - {{{date}}}# - ↑ Broken reference - Missing date declaration: Brandon talking about the link between his magic-systems
— Theoryland - {{{date}}}# - ↑ Broken reference - Missing date declaration: It is special to certain types of spren
— Theoryland - {{{date}}}# - ↑ a b c The Way of Kings Ars Arcanum#
- ↑ a b c Broken reference - Missing date declaration: Steelhunt Lift Interlude
— Brandon's website - {{{date}}}# - ↑ The Way of Kings chapter 19#
- ↑ Broken reference - Missing date declaration: But, if you find a way to do illusion magic in one of my worlds it's going to work pretty much like Lightweaving, regardless of which planet you're on.
— Theoryland - {{{date}}}# - ↑ The Way of Kings chapter 72#
- ↑ The Way of Kings chapter 15#
- ↑ The Way of Kings chapter 5#
- ↑ The Way of Kings chapter 33#
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