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'''Spren''' are fragments of the [[Adonalsium|powers of creation]] that have since then gained sentience through the influence of sapient beings on [[Roshar]].{{book ref|sa2|3}} They are vastly varied in their appearances, characteristics, and levels of intelligence.{{book ref|sa2|1}} Most spren consist of the essences of [[Honor]] and [[Cultivation]], or a mixture of both that leans towards either one [[Shard]] or the other. Spren that are attracted to emotions, like angerspren or fearspren, have more of Honor than Cultivation, and the spren that are attracted to natural phenomena, like decayspren or windspren, vice versa.{{
They dwell mostly in the [[Cognitive Realm]]. It is where the powers of creation come alive, shaped and given cognizance by the ideas and concepts of collective experience of sentient creatures being personified as an external entity over time into spren. They have their own societies, politics and cities there. Though [[Shadesmar]] was created by humans and other sentient species, the spren shape, rule, and live there.{{book ref|sa2|1}} The transition of spren into the [[Physical Realm]] leaves holes in their memories,{{book ref|sa2|i|9}} impairs their cognitive functions in some ways, and even alter their appearance.{{book ref|sa2|3}} Once they make the transition, they cannot affect the Physical Realm except in very minor ways.{{book ref|sa2|i|9}}
Spren being far more extensive and numerous than the [[Seon]]s and the [[Skaze]], Splinters of [[Devotion]] and [[Dominion]] respectively, is one of the reasons Roshar does not have the same problem with travelling to the Cognitive Realm as [[Sel]], even though Honor is [[Splintering|Splintered]] just like the other two Shards. On Roshar, spren act as a "release valve" for the uncontrolled power of Honor.{{wob ref|
Spren are deeply connected with the [[Knights Radiant]] and [[Surgebinding]] with the [[Nahel Bond]], and spren are also used to create [[fabrial]]s.
| [[Sylphrena]] on the nature of spren{{book ref|sa3|91}}
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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.
Larger spren have the ability to shape-shift, often mimicking faces, as well as being able to mimic voices. Apart from a few sentient sub-types, spren are not intelligent and therefore speaking with them is an exercise in futility; a fact often learned as a child. Spren are often ignored because of this.{{book ref|sa1|2}} Larger spren also have the ability to pick up small objects and give small pinches of energy.{{book ref|sa1|6}}
Spren do not need to sleep{{book ref|sa1|14}}, and spren can die.{{
The causal link between spren and their namesake is not fully understood on Roshar. Some spren, such as rotspren, are said to cause their namesake, whereas others, such as windspren, are merely attracted to it.{{book ref|sa1|57}}
While spren are often invisible, they are said to be ever present and will appear around the phenomenon they are named for.{{book ref|sa1|7}} The exception is in [[Shinovar]], where spren rarely appear.{{book ref|sa1|i|4}}{{wob ref|8714}} Some spren are easier to find than others, however even the most common will, at times, fail to appear.{{book ref|sa1|i|5}} Larger spren will often appear to a singular person, who they will taunt and play with.{{book ref|sa1|2}} Some humans, such as [[Rock]], have the ability to see these spren, even if the spren in question does not explicitly reveal itself to the viewer. These people are called ''alaii'iku'' by the [[Unkalaki]].{{book ref|sa1|21}}
As creatures of nature, spren are not particularly concerned with good and evil.{{
Lesser spren can also be capable of forming a bond with humans, though it is different from the Nahel bond of true spren.{{wob ref|4783}}
==Symbiotic Relationships==
Some types of spren live in symbiotic relationships with various other creatures extant on Roshar.{{
The [[Ryshadium]] breed of horses gets its unique characteristics from bonds with musicspren.{{book ref|sa3|26}}
The "magic fish" of the [[Purelake]] are another example of Rosharan fauna forming symbiotic bonds with spren.{{
Each Order of the [[Knights Radiant]] formed a [[Nahel Bond]] with a different type of spren.{{
{{Theory}}
;[[Sylphrena]]: [[Honorspren]] of [[Kaladin]]{{book ref|sa1|6}}
;[[Pattern]]: [[Cryptic]] of [[Shallan]]{{book ref|sa2|1}}
;[[Ivory]]: [[Inkspren]] of [[Jasnah]]{{book ref|sa2|prologue}}{{
;[[Stormfather]]: [[Dalinar]]'s spren{{book ref|sa2|88}}
;[[Wyndle]]: [[Cultivationspren]] of [[Lift]]{{book ref|sa2.5|2}}
;Unnamed Honorspren: [[Honorspren]] of [[Teft]] {{book ref|sa3|119}}
;Unnamed Honorspren: [[Honorspren]] of [[Drehy]] {{book ref|sa3|122}}
;Unnamed Cryptic: [[Cryptic]] of [[
;Unnamed Cryptic: [[Cryptic]] of [[Hoid]]
;Unnamed Highspren: [[Highspren]] of [[Szeth]]
;Unnamed Highspren: [[Highspren]] of [[Nale]]
{{quote|It appears I'll have another chance to search for captivityspren.| Axies the Collector{{book ref|sa1|i|5}}}}
A type of spren theorized to exist by Axies to appear around people in captivity. Despite being imprisoned numerous times he has never observed them, leading him to doubt their existence.{{book ref|sa1|i|5}}
While imprisoned, Kaladin sees strange spren like taut wires crossing before him.{{book ref|sa2|62}} These are captivityspren.{{
===Coldspren===
===Greatshell Spren===
A type of spren that has a symbiotic relationship with greatshells, they, in part, enable them to grow to such large sizes.{{
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.{{book ref|sa2|i|3}}
[[File:Kaladin and Syl.jpg|thumb|The honorspren Sylphrena with her bond-mate Kaladin]]
:''Main Article:'' [[Honorspren]]
A type of sentient spren that formed Nahel Bonds with the Knights Radiant Order of [[Windrunners]], granting them their powers. Honorspren grant the [[Surgebinding#Surgebindings|Surges]] of Gravitation and Adhesion.{{17s ref|post|67791}} They were said to be quite "discerning" in deciding who they would bond with.{{book ref|sa1|60}} Sylphrena is a honorspren.{{book ref|sa1|67
===Hungerspren===
The leading edge of a highstorm is home to "thousands upon thousands" of windspren.{{book ref|sa1|34}} Windspren are also a common sight at the tail of a highstorm "chasing after... the highstorm's last gusts."{{book ref|sa1|4}}
Windspren are closely related to [[honorspren]], such as Sylphrena.{{
Windspren are a rare sight in Shadesmar, as they spend almost all their time in the Physical Realm. A windspren in Shadesmar is described as "a line of light like a pinprick in the air that trailed a long, soft luminescence". Their movements in the Cognitive Realm are similar to those in the Physical Realm.{{book ref|sa3|108}}
== Notes ==
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{{17s ref|post|67791|Seattle Signing Report|date=10/14/2013}}
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