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{{magic
|image=Voidlight by Ari Ibarra.jpg
{{update|book=sa3}}▼
|related=[[Lights]], [[Voidbinding]], [[Odium]]
|type=[[Investiture]]
|world=Roshar
|universe=[[Cosmere]]
|books=[[The Stormlight Archive]]
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{{quote
|She stared at that terrible light, and—from the songs—knew it for what it was. The forms of power had been associated with a dark light, a light from the king of gods.
|Eshonai{{book ref|sa3|prologue}}
}}
'''Voidlight''' is a form of gaseous [[Investiture]] associated with [[Odium]].{{wob ref|10390}}
== Acquisition and Properties ==▼
A singer can sing the [[Song of Prayer]] to create a Voidlight sphere, though this would draw Odium's attention.{{book ref|sa4|67}} It appears that this process is perhaps somewhat troublesome or time-consuming, as during battle, the [[Pursuer]] would go to someplace to fetch stored Voidlight instead of creating it directly.{{book ref|sa4|2}} In the past, [[Ba-Ado-Mishram]] is said to have provided it.{{epigraph ref|sa3|80}} The [[Fused]] enter the [[Physical Realm]] suffused with Voidlight.{{book ref|sa3|i|6}} Leaving gemstones out in [[Everstorm]] doesn't infuse them with Voidlight.{{Cite}}
Voidlight is stored in gemstones similar to Stormlight, but these two types of light cannot be stored in the same gemstone.{{book ref|sa4|69}} Voidlight leaks significantly slower than Stormlight.{{book ref|sa4|16}}
Voidlight takes the form of dark, purple-on-black vapor, glowing violet.{{book ref|sa3|54}}{{book ref|sa4|16}} When a person is infused with it, Voidlight spreads over the surface of their skin rather than sinking in.{{book ref|sa3|54}} On the skin, it can be made to pulse, and when a person infused with Voidlight moves, they leave behind trails of violet light.{{book ref|sa3|i|6}}{{book ref|sa3|79}} However, Voidlight does not leak from the Fused.{{wob ref|9412}}
▲== Acquisition ==
Voidlight has an emotional effect similar to Stormlight, but instead of a need to move, it causes a feeling of enhanced passion, and emotions become more vibrant.{{book ref|sa4|67}}{{wob ref|11750}} When drawn into the body of a singer, it infuses mainly the gemheart, rather than the entire body as with Stormlight.{{book ref|sa4|67}} Humans can draw in Voidlight if they learn the correct tone and rhythm.{{book ref|sa4|97}}
== Uses ==
{{image|The Fused by jurassicpencil.jpg|side=right|width=300px| A [[Fused]] glowing with Voidlight}}
Historically, the [[Regal]] forms of the [[singer]]s are associated with Voidlight, which is said to come from the king of gods.{{book ref|sa3|prologue}} Voidlight powers some, if not all, of Regals' special powers.{{book ref|sa4|67}} In the present day, it's used by the [[Fused]] to access [[Surge]]s, similarly to how a [[Surgebinder]] uses [[Stormlight]]. Also similarly, Voidlight provides healing to the person infused with it.{{book ref|sa3|79}} However, Fused do not lose Voidlight when not using it, and it can power their Surges for far longer, albeit more weakly.{{wob ref|9412}} Holding it has some sort of emotional impact, though different from Stormlight's.{{wob ref|11750}}
Several [[Unmade]] are associated with Voidlight. Bonding with [[Yelig-nar]] causes a person to grow violet crystals, including a [[gemheart]] pulsing with Voidlight.{{book ref|sa3|120}} The sphere containing [[Nergaoul]] glows dark purple.{{book ref|sa3|121}}{{book ref|sa3|prologue}} Moreover, when Dalinar sees [[Odium]]'s true nature, the fire it burns with has the same coloring.{{book ref|sa3|57}}
[[Larkin]] are capable of feeding on Voidlight, with no apparent ill effects.{{book ref|sa3|i|13}}
== Trivia ==
* The appearance of Voidlight is inspired by [https://www.thoughtco.com/impossible-colors-introduction-4152091 Stygian colors], a type of chimerical colors.{{wob ref|12842}} A chimerical color can be "perceived" when a person stares at one color until the cones in their eyes tire, then looks at another, with an afterimage causing the colors to mix into imaginary shades in the observer's brain. Stygian colors are a subset of those occurring when the second color is black.{{url ref|url=https://www.thoughtco.com/impossible-colors-introduction-4152091|text=Impossible Colors and How to See Them|site=https://www.thoughtco.com/}}
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