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The majority of spren are a result of the investiture of the Shards Honor and Cultivation, some have more of one or the other but the rest are a mixture of the two. These, for the most part, can be divided into two main groups: emotion spren, which are derived from Honor, and nature spren, which are derived from Cultivation.{{qa ref|?|747|5| Are all spren that can Nahel Bond called honorspren or just Windrunner spren?}} Another category of spren is the Voidspren which are a result of Odium's investiture.{{book ref|sa2|1}} There are also spren which are a result of Adonalsium's investiture which have attained sentience, but not much is known about them.<{{ref |name=adospren />}}

'''Spren''' are a type of magical entity that live on the planet [[Roshar]]. Most are a combination of the powers of the [[Shard]]s [[Honor]] and [[Cultivation]]. Some are more of Honor; others, Cultivation; the rest are a mixture of the two.{{qa ref|?|747|5| Are all spren that can Nahel Bond called honorspren or just Windrunner spren?}} Some spren however pre-date the arrival of Honor and Cultivation, which are [[Splinter]]s of [[Adonalsium]] itself and have achieved sentience.<{{ref |name=adospren />}} Spren act as "release valve" for uncontrolled shardic energy, like the [[Seon]]s and [[Skaze]] of [[Sel]].{{qa ref|?|944|7| Does Roshar have a similar problem, with Honor being Splintered?}}

There are said to be thousands of different kinds of spren, each named for a different type of phenomenon.{{book ref|sa1|49}} There are actually several different varieties of spren. Everything has a "spren" based on how it is viewed cognitively and how long it has been viewed that way.{{book ref|sa1|37}} These spren are the cognitive aspects of objects in the Physical Realm and can be "spoken to" in the [[Cognitive Realm]]. [[Soulcasting]] works by "bribing" this type of spren with [[Stormlight]].{{book ref|sa1|48}} The other main variety of spren are those that manifest in the Physical Realm and are the ones people most often interact with. They are the personification of certain cognitive ideals and concepts, such as natural forces or emotions.<{{ref |name=poopspren />}} These cognitive ideals are similar to those that determine the appearances of the [[Returned]] on [[Nalthis]] and the plausibility of [[Forgery| Forgeries]] on Sel and are based off of human perception.{{qa ref|?|979|165| Are the changing beauty standards of Returned and the "plausibility" of Forgeries determined by the same kind of "cognitive ideals or concepts which have taken on literal personification over time" that some types of Spren represent?}}{{qa ref|?|979|7| You have mentioned that certain spren are an embodiment of concepts. How does that work for the concepts like honor, that can mean opposite things to different culture groups?}}

Spren do not need to sleep, {{book ref|sa1|14}} and spren can die.{{qa ref|?|836|26| Can spren die?}}

As creatures of nature, spren are not particularly concerned with good and evil.{{qa ref|?|755|14| Would that also mean that certain spren had an alignment or would some spren be catered toward good or evil or not?}}

Cryptics are not the only type of manifested spren to dwell in Shadesmar.{{qa ref|?|977|25| Tell us something new about Cognitive Realm, please.}}

Some types of spren live in symbiotic relationships with various other creatures extant on Roshar.<{{ref |name=magicfish />}} Perhaps the best known examples of this are [[greatshell]]s. There is a type of spren that lives in their bodies which contribute to their ability to grow to such large sizes.{{qa ref|?|977|158| What are the smoke-y spren that appear around a dead chasmfiend?}}

The "magic fish" of the [[Purelake]] are another example of Rosharan flora forming symbiotic bonds with spren.<{{ref |name=magicfish />}}

The [[Parshendi]] also form symbiotic bonds with spren to enter different "Forms." [[Parshmen]] are Parshendi lacking a bond with a spren, and so have no Form.<{{ref |name=eshonai />}}

Each Order of the [[Knights Radiant]] formed a [[Nahel Bond]] with a different type of spren. This bond is similar in nature to the bond between a [[Seon]] and its master.<{{ref |name=nahelseon /> }}

Spren that appear around objects bound with a [[Full Lashing]]. They are appear as small splashes of dark blue, or purple, ink.<ref{{tweet ref|group=fn>[https://twitter.com/|user=PeterAhlstrom/status/|428745968599588864| Bindspren are described as dark blue in ''The Way of Kings'' but as purple in ''Words of Radiance''. The variation in color may be a result of differences in lighting between the two sightings.]</ref>}}Their relationship to the Lashings is not fully understood. Kaladin believes they are what hold the objects together, while Sylphrena disagrees, saying they are attracted to the Full Lashing Kaladin had created.{{book ref|sa1|57}}

A type of spren mentioned in [[Navani's notebook]]. They can be captured in gems of a certain cut and used in fabrial machines.{{file ref|[[:File:Navani1.jpg| Navani's Notebook: One]]}}

===Comet Spren<{{ref |group=fn |name=notcanon />}}===

A type of spren mentioned in [[Navani's notebook]]. They can be captured in gems of a certain cut and used in fabrial machines.{{file ref|[[:File:Navani1.jpg| Navani's Notebook: One]]}} They are possibly another name for groundspren.

A type of spren that has a symbiotic relationship with greatshells, they, in part, enable them to grow to such large sizes.{{qa ref|?|977|158}} They look like tiny tongues of smoke, such as those from snuffed candles. They only appear leaving a greatshell's corpse after it has been killed.{{book ref|sa1|15}}

The [[Tai-na]] of the [[Reshi Sea]] have an extraordinary variant of spren, referred to as the "soul" of the greatshell by the [[Reshi]], that allow them to grow to truly gargantuan sizes. These "souls" will sometimes show themselves to people and do such things as slowing a person's fall.<{{ref |name=rysn />}}

A type of spren mentioned in [[Navani's notebook]]. They can be captured in gems of a certain cut and used in fabrial machines.{{file ref|[[:File:Navani1.jpg| Navani's Notebook: One]]}}

A type of sentient spren that formed Nahel Bonds with the Knights Radiant, granting them their powers. They were said to be quite "discerning" in deciding who they would bond with.{{book ref|sa1|60}} Sylphrena refers to herself as honorspren.{{book ref|sa1|67}}{{qa ref|?|836|26| And Syl's what, a Bonding Spren?}}

A type of spren that flies around [[skyeel]]s. They have the appearance of tiny, blue, arrowhead-like fish that dart around the skyeel in the general direction of its travel. It is commonly believed by Rosharan's that they aid the skyeel to fly in some manner, the accuracy of this belief is not known.<{{ref |name=luckspren />}} They are referred to as "luckspren" by sailors, but it may not be their true name.{{file ref| [[:File:Skyeel.jpg| Shallan's Sketchbook: Skyeels]]}}

Windspren are closely related to [[honorspren]], such as Sylphrena.{{qa ref|?|979|61| Are all windspren really just unbonded honorspren?}} This perhaps evidenced by their ability to "stick things together"{{book ref|sa1|2}} although that could be restricted to unbonded honorspren.

During the Era of Solitude on Roshar, most people living in cities believed the [[Voidbringer]]s were a type of evil spren.{{book ref|sa1|45}} This is perhaps a reference to [[Thunderclast]]s which seem to be created from corrupted spren bonding with stone.<{{ref |name=dalinar />}}