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'''Heightening''' is a term used to refer to the different levels of power an [[Awakener]] may attain by accepting more [[Breath]]. Each level grants with it new abilities and powers. As the awakener increases in power, so too does the number of Breaths required to reach the next Heightening.
The Heightenings, while commonly discussed as discrete entities, are in fact merely markers of a continuous progression. Each Breath gathered increases an Awakener's power, giving greater color discrimination or more robust health for example and the heightenings merely mark the point at which these assorted abilities reach their full potential. So, for example, an awakener with 100 breaths has a much better musical ear than an ordinary person while still not having reached the perfect pitch that characterizes the second heightening.
== First Heightening ==
The First Heightening grants a person the ability to see the Breath auras of other instinctively. This allows them to judge roughly how many Breaths the person contains and the general health of that Breath.
== Second Heightening ==
The Second Heightening grants perfect pitch to those who receive it.
== Third Heightening ==
While each gained Breath leads a person to greater appreciation of colors, it isn't until one reaches the Third Heightening that one can instantly and instinctively determine exact shades of colors and their hue harmonics.
== Fifth Heightening ==
At the Fifth Heightening, an Awakener's resistance to aging and disease reaches its maximum strength. These persons are immune to most toxins, including the effects of alcohol, and most physical ailments. (Such as headaches, diseases, and organ failure.) The person no longer ages, and becomes functionally immortal.
Note: [[Returned]] achieve the Fifth Heightening by virtue of their Breath. They do not actually receive two thousand Breaths when they Return, but instead receive a single, powerful Breath, which brings with it the powers of the first five Heightenings.
== Sixth Heightening ==
All persons of the Sixth Heightening and above immediately understand and can use basic Awakening Commands without training or practice. More difficult commands are easier for them to master and to discover.
== Tenth Heightening ==
At the Tenth Heightening, a Awakener gains the natural and intrinsic ability to bend light around white objects, creating colors from them as if from a prism.
== Notes ==
The numbers given above are only estimates, as very little is known about the upper Heightenings. Indeed, even for lower levels, fewer or more Breaths may be required to achieve a given Heightening, depending on circumstances and the strength of the Breath.
[[Category:Magic]]
[[Category:Warbreaker]]
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