User:FirstSelector/Surgebinding
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FirstSelector/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 that the Divine Attributes in the Ten Essences table determine if one can become a Surgebinder as well as which Surges they will be able to 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.[citation needed]
Which Surges the Surgebinder can manipulate depends on with what kind of spren he or she forms a Nahel bond.
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Name | Windrunner | Skybreaker | Dustbringer | Edgedancer | Truthwatcher | Lightweaver | Elsecaller | Willshaper | Stonewards | Bondsmith |
Spren | Honorspren | Highspren | unknown | unknown | unknown | Cryptic | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown |
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Abilities
Adhesion
The Adhesion Surge grants the Surgebinder power over pressure and vacuum. It can be used to bind objects together with such strength that the bond will break before the material.Cite error: Invalid <ref>
tag; refs with no name must have content Such a bond can be created in various ways. The most obvious way is for a Surgebinder to infuse one object with Stormlight and presses it up against another. The interface will glow faintly (until the bond breaks) and will attract bindspren. Or, the Surgebinder infuses an area with Stormlight which will then stick any object that comes into contact with it.Cite error: Invalid <ref>
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Windrunners and Bondsmiths have access to this Surge. Creation of these bonds is known colloquially as Full Lashings among Windrunners.
Gravitation
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>
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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 gravitation or a combination of gravitation and pressure.Cite error: Invalid <ref>
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Progression
The Progression Surge grants the Surgebinder power over growth and healing. It can be used to heal wounds and cause plants to grow at a rapid pace.
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.Cite error: Invalid <ref>
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Regrowth is the power of healing.Cite error: Invalid <ref>
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Lightweaving
Lightweaving deals with illusions.Cite error: Invalid <ref>
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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>
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Known Surgebinders
Knights Radiant
Knights Radiant are an organization of Surgebinders who live by the Immortal Words. They comprise of ten different orders. Each order consist of Surgebinders who have access to the same two Surges.