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== Appearance and Personality ==

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=== Appearance ===

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=== Nahel Bond ===

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|Syl to [[Kaladin]]{{book ref|sa1|57}}

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However, there is a downside to this bond. When Kaladin strays from his Oaths and break them, Syl begins to lose her higher mental functions, to the point where she essentially dies.{{book ref|sa2|64}}{{book ref|sa2|69}} However, she is brought back once Kaladin returns to the path of the Windrunner and swears the Third Oath.{{book ref|sa2|84}}

==== Hearthstone and Kholinar ====

{{image|Thepathtohearthstone.png|side=left|width=250px|Syl coming to [[Hearthstone]] with Kaladin}}

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|The bond isn't about what’s right and wrong, is it, Syl. It’s about what '''you see''' as right and wrong.

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|It was a nice dream, wasn't it, Syl? That we could escape? Find peace at long last?

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Syl accompanied Kaladin as he kept himself busy distributing supplies to the former Hearthstone residents in the wake of the failure of most of the tower's [[fabrial]]s. She warned him that she kept seeing [[Voidspren]] about the tower, then started acting like a [[windspren]] as a [[Regal]] approached him in the hallway to avert his suspicion.{{book ref|sa4|41}} Syl led Kaladin to a balcony, where they spoke with Rlain. When Rlain explained his plan to go to the invading force, Syl became sad. Kaladin asked her what was wrong, but she abruptly put on a forced cheerful act.{{book ref|sa4|42}} Just after a [[Alili|messenger]] delivered confirmation of Navani's surrender to Lirin's clinic, Syl entered and gave a silent warning of an enemy soldier approaching. She went back to keeping watch but had to return shortly to warn of a group of soldiers methodically checking each residence; Kaladin hid, so Syl went to eavesdrop for him. Syl and Kaladin, realizing they meant to take Teft with them, had a brief exchange acknowledging the momentous decision they were about to make before entering the room and rescuing Teft, fleeing with him into the depths of Urithiru.{{book ref|sa4|43}}

They went to look for supplies, Syl scouting ahead of Kaladin. As they hid from some singers, they discovered that the invading force were keeping up a pretense of normality outside the tower. They made their way to the sixth floor, where Syl went to check on Lirin and Hesina and reported to Kaladin that they looked fine. She talked Kaladin through using a [[Reverse Lashing]] to open lanterns from a store that they found, allowing him to recover the infused gemstone inside. They continued to the [[Devotary of Mercy]], where Kaladin gained [[Kuno]]'s promise of future help and supplies before returning to their hideout.{{book ref|sa4|49}}

 

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|If we can choose, we can change. If we can't change, then choice means nothing. I’m '''glad''' I feel this way, to remind me that I haven’t always felt the same. Been the same. It means that in coming here to find another Knight Radiant, I was '''deciding'''. Not simply doing what I was made to, but doing what I '''wanted''' to.

|Syl's thoughts on feeling grief{{book ref|sa4|63}}

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As Kaladin took care of Teft with their new supplies, he finally convinced Syl to open up to him about the cause of her recent melancholy moods. She explained about remembering [[Relador]], and they discussed the best way to deal with feelings of sadness and depression. Syl practiced changing colors until they were startled by a noise at the door, which turned out to be [[Dabbid]]. Leaving him with Teft, Syl accompanied Kaladin as he went to investigate the Oathgates. She scouted for him as he climbed the outside of the tower, and when a group of scouts began packing up their supplies, she realized they must have had a functioning [[spanreed]] with them.{{book ref|sa4|55}} Knowing of Navani's desire to discover how the invading force had functioning [[fabrial]]s, Syl and Kaladin gave chase to the group. Having looked ahead, Syl brought Kaladin news of a spanreed hub and also pointed out to him that spren were more visible to everyone than usual because of the corruption in the tower. Deciding it was worth it to proceed despite the added danger of discovery, Kaladin came up with the idea of Syl pretending to be a Voidspren to fool the guards. She wrapped herself in red cloth and successfully distracted the guards while Kaladin snuck past. Approaching the spanreed room via a ventilation shaft, Kaladin snared some fabrials with a rope and relied on Syl to check that the hallway was clear before exiting the shaft. As Syl was preparing to distract the guards again in the guise of a Voidspren, however, the Sibling contacted Kaladin and asked for his help defending one of their nodes.{{book ref|sa4|58}}

 

Kaladin and Syl raced for the node, guided by the Sibling's light. The Pursuer immediately engaged Kaladin, and Syl used her new trick of imitating a Voidspren to distract him for a moment, giving Kaladin a chance to get free. They managed to trap the Pursuer in a room, then returned to the node and destroyed it.{{book ref|sa4|59}} After a night's rest, Kaladin was able to give Navani a report on the preceding day; he also reported to her Syl's findings from her studies of the spanreeds they had acquired. Syl determined that the spren inside were corrupted in a similar manner to [[Glys]], allowing them to operate with [[Voidlight]].{{book ref|sa4|61}} As Kal continued to have nightmares, Syl helped by trying to wake him. He tended to Teft after one such time, and she told him about asking Dalinar to help her understand his feelings. Dabbid came in and delivered Tomor's fabrial to them, and after a half hour Syl reminded Kaladin of his meeting with Navani. After the queen explained to him about placing the conjoined rubies, Syl accompanied him to the ninth floor to do so and then supervised as he practiced with the fabrial.{{book ref|sa4|63}}

 

During another of Kaladin's nightmares, Syl attempted to wake him to tell him that the enemy had found another node in the [[Breakaway]]. When he finally woke, she quickly apprised him of the situation. They caught up to Dabbid, who had taken Kal's spear with the intention of dealing with the problem himself, and rushed onwards. Syl warned Kaladin of the Pursuer's approach; as he fought with the Fused, she was able to help him by turning the dial on his fabrial for him. She scouted out the location of the node, noting its position in the well. Kaladin broke away from the fight at her signal, and she guided him into the water and to the sapphire. Though Raboniel was already there and managed to injure Kaladin, he successfully destroyed the node. Syl led him upwards again, but as she shot out of the well, the Pursuer maneuvered the lid into place and weighted it with his troops. Panicking and terrified, Syl realized that Kaladin was stuck below.{{book ref|sa4|70}} As Kaladin swam away, Syl likely lost her ability to stay manifested in the [[Physical Realm]] but stayed nearby out of instinct.{{book ref|sa4|91}} She entered a state similar to that after the death of Relador, but when Kaladin called out to her the next time he went near the Breakaway, she heard him and broke through back to the Physical Realm.{{book ref|sa4|102}}

|I'm merely ... alive. And this is part of being alive. So I’m grateful, even if part of it stinks.

|Discussing her grief over [[Teft]]{{book ref|sa4|114}}

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After the conflict, Kaladin used the Sylblade to transfer Rlain and [[Venli]]'s group of rebels to the Shattered Plains, where they met up with the Fused who had taken a stand against Odium's forces. Returning to the tower with Rlain, Kaladin, Syl, and the rest of Bridge Four gave Teft and Phendorana a funeral. The group retired to [[Jez's Duty]] afterwards, but Kaladin and Syl lingered at the statue and talked about missing Teft.{{book ref|sa4|114}} They joined the others at the winehouse for a few hours before going to find Dalinar to discuss their future. Syl encouraged Kaladin to ask Dalinar for permission to keep doing his work with those with mental illnesses. After granting it, Dalinar revealed to them their new time limit regarding the contest of champions. Alarmed to hear that they only had ten days, Kaladin and Syl agreed to travel to [[Shinovar]] to help [[Ishar]] recover from his madness enough to help Dalinar learn about his [[Bondsmith]] abilities. Dalinar gave Kaladin [[Hoid|Wit's]] [[trailman's flute|flute]] at the conclusion of the meeting and explained how Lift had found it. Intrigued, the two of them went to the merchant shop to sort through the bins of salvage. To his absolute astonishment, Kaladin found the carved horse that [[Tien]] had just given him in his vision. He explained disjointedly to Syl about the impossibility of it showing up there, and then gathered himself enough to go to the group session he had promised to attend.{{book ref|sa4|116}}

 

== Relationships ==

=== Kaladin ===

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Kaladin's sense of honor becomes confused for a time when [[Moash]] talks to him about helping assassinate [[Elhokar]]. This causes Syl to regress closer and closer to her state like a [[windspren]] and eventually "kills" her.{{book ref|sa2|68}}{{book ref|sa2|74}} When Kaladin confronts Moash with the intent of keeping him from the king, however, Syl is able to make her way back to Kaladin. They restore their bond by swearing the Third Ideal.{{book ref|sa2|84}} After this experience, the two think more deeply about what makes killing right and discuss how the ethics of that question relates to their bond.{{book ref|sa3|31}}

 

=== The Stormfather ===

Syl is one of the the first [[honorspren]] the [[Stormfather]] created rather than [[Honor]]. Because she is the only one to survive the [[Recreance]], he feels very protective of her.{{book ref|sa3|108}} The Stormfather commands her return and either approves of or instigates a bounty after Syl sneaks away to bond Kaladin. This changes with time, however, as he both accepts their bond and bonds a human himself.{{book ref|sa3|102}}{{book ref|sa4|30}}

 

 

[[Relador]] is the first man Syl bonded as a [[Windrunner]].{{book ref|sa4|i|1}} He died shortly before the events of the [[Recreance]], sending Syl into a catatonic state. Because of this, she avoided the fate of the majority of her kinsmen, who became [[deadeye]]s.{{book ref|sa4|87}} When [[Dalinar]] [[Connection|Connects]] her to her past, Syl begins experiencing grief over this loss. This helps her understand Kaladin better.{{book ref|sa4|63}}

 

== Trivia ==