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{{quote| Spren appear when something changes—when fear appears, or when it begins to rain. They are the heart of change, and therefore the heart of all things.| [[Hesina]] to [[Kaladin]]{{ref|b|sa1|c|37}}}}
'''Spren''' are a type of magical entity that live on the planet [[Roshar]]. They 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.{{ref|?|747|5| Are all spren that can Nahel Bond called honorspren or just Windrunner spren?}}
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==Physiology==
While spren are often invisible, they are said to be ever present and will appear around the phenomenon they are named for.{{ref|b|sa1|c|7}} Some spren are easier to find than others, however even the most common will, at times, fail to appear.{{ref|b|sa1|i|5}} The exception is in [[Shinovar]], where no spren appear.{{ref|b|sa1|i|4}}
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==Symbiotic Relationships==
Some types of spren live in symbiotic relationships with various other creatures extant on Roshar.
{{quote| I didn't know men got this old. You sure he's not decayspren wearing a man's skin?| Sylphrena to Kaladin{{ref|b|sa1|c|17}}}}
A type of spren referenced by [[Sylphrena]].{{ref|b|sa1|c|17}} Very little is known about them, such as how they are different from rotspren.
===Exhaustionspren===
A type of spren that appear around exhausted people. Their physical appearance has not been described, but they appear among the Kholin forces following the Battle of the Tower.{{ref|b|sa1|c|68}}
===Fearspren===
{{quote| Fearspren—wiggling and violet—sprang up through the wood and wriggled in the air.| The Way of Kings: Chapter Six{{ref|b|sa1|c|6}}}}
{{quote| As he spoke, he attracted a few hungerspren. They looked like brown flies that flitted around the man's head, almost too small to see.| The Way of Kings: Chapter Two{{ref|b|sa1|c|2}}}}
A type of spren that appears around people experiencing extreme hunger. They appear as tiny brown flies that flit around the hungry person.{{ref|b|sa1|c|2}}
===Laughterspren===
{{quote| A few laughterspren—minnow-like silver spirits that darted through the air in circular patterns—began to zip about them.| The Way of Kings: Chapter Fourteen{{ref|b|sa1|c|14}}
A type of spren that appears in the presence of laughter. They have the appearance of small, silver minnows that dart in circular motions around those who are laughing.{{ref|b|sa1|c|14}}
===Lifespren===
{{quote| A few lifespren—tiny, glowing green specks—floated around the shalebark mounds. Some danced amid the rifts in the bark, others in the air like dust motes zigzagging up, only to fall again.| The Way of Kings: Chapter Thirty-Nine{{ref|b|sa1|c|39}}}}
===Riverspren===
{{quote| [The Purelake] was filled with tiny fish, colorful cremlings, and eel-like riverspren.| The Way of Kings: Interlude One{{ref|b|sa1|i|1}}}}
A common type of spren that appear in bodies of water such as rivers or the Purelake. They are often described as being "eel-like."{{ref|b|sa1|i|1}} They are among the larger varieties of spren and have the ability to mimic faces and expressions as well as voices, often choosing to torment people while doing so.{{ref|b|sa1|c|2}}
===Rotspren===
{{quote| Rest… and keep that wound clean. We don't want to attract any rotspren. Let me know if you see any. They are small and red, like tiny insects.| Kaladin{{ref|b|sa1|c|21}}}}
A common type of spren that appear around infected tissue and rotting corpses.{{ref|b|sa1|c|2}}{{ref|b|sa1|c|27}} They have the appearance of tiny red, translucent insects that gather around infected wounds.{{ref|b|sa1|c|21}}
Unlike most spren, which most Rosharans believe are only attracted to their namesake, rotspren are said to be the cause of sickness and infection.{{ref|b|sa1|c|57}} They are seen to be repelled by water and antiseptics such as [[Lister's Oil]], [[Knobweed Sap]], and [[other thing.{{ref|b|sa1|c|10}}{{ref|b|sa1|c|22}}
===Starspren===
{{quote| It was the time between moons, and so he was lit mostly by the firelight; there was a spray of stars in the sky above. Several of those moved about, the tiny pinpricks of light chasing after one another, zipping around like distant, glowing insects.| The Way of Kings: Chapter Forty{{ref|b|sa1|c|40}}}}
A rare type of spren that appear at night amongst the stars. They appear as small points of light that chase one another like insects.{{ref|b|sa1|c|40}}
===Windspren===
{{quote| Windspren were devious spirits who had a penchant for staying where they weren't wanted…| The Way of Kings: Chapter Two{{ref|b|sa1|c|2}}}}
A common type of spren that appear in the presence of wind. As one of the larger types of spren, windspren are able to change their appearance at will, though they often appear as "ribbons of light without form."{{ref|b|sa1|c|2}}
The leading edge of a highstorm is home to "thousands upon thousands" of windspren.{{ref|b|sa1|34}} Windspren are also a common sight at the tail of a highstorm "chasing after... the highstorm's last gusts."{{ref|b|sa1|c|4}}
Windspren are closely related to honorspren, such as Sylphrena.{{ref|?|979|61| Are all windspren really just unbonded honorspren?}} This perhaps evidenced by their ability to "stick things together"{{ref|b|sa1|c|2}} although that could be restricted to unbonded honorspren.
==Possible Spren==
===Captivityspren===
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