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A few wording updates/capitalisation/stylisation changes. I don't think we need to state that every Allomantic metal is similar when used in a fabrial when we've already said so in the previous paragraph, this just seems repetitious. It is very useful though to list that Tin is the opposite. I tried to clarify the sentence about how the spren reactions parallel the metals in the paragraph above to make it clearer though it might need further tweaking.
(A few wording updates/capitalisation/stylisation changes. I don't think we need to state that every Allomantic metal is similar when used in a fabrial when we've already said so in the previous paragraph, this just seems repetitious. It is very useful though to list that Tin is the opposite. I tried to clarify the sentence about how the spren reactions parallel the metals in the paragraph above to make it clearer though it might need further tweaking.) |
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During the [[Heraldic Epochs]], the [[Knights Radiant]] knew how to create [[Surge]] fabrials, including [[Soulcaster]]s, healing fabrials, and [[Oathgate]]s. Their knowledge of non-Surge fabrials, which the modern fabrial science concerns itself with, was far less advanced than that of the current scholars.{{book ref|sa3|96}} Some principles, however, were known even then: among others, the lifts in [[Urithiru]] were created with conjoining fabrials.{{book ref|sa3|24}} With the fall of the Radiants, knowledge of most fabrials was lost, with Soulcasters as the major exception. Over time, the stories of Radiant fabrials became vastly exaggerated, with many people believing that they were far more numerous, and much more advanced, than what modern science has created.{{book ref|sa3|96}}
According to [[Nikli]], the original Aimians used devices to terraform Aimia to make it habitable, equating those devices with early fabrials. [[Nikli]] insinuates that the [[scouring of Aimia]] was caused by destruction of these fabrials during a number of wars, perhaps the Desolations, because the islands of Aimia could not sustain life without them.
While the fabrials were known for centuries, it was only recently that the pace of fabrial inventions picked up, with creations such as the heating fabrials and [[spanreed]]s being only a few decades old at most. Most research occurs in the eastern nations of [[Alethkar]] and [[Jah Keved]], with [[Navani Kholin]] as a particularly important patron. [[Half-shard]]s, an important breakthrough in fabrial research that attempts to mimic [[Shardplate]], were only perfected in 1173, at the tail end of the [[Era of Solitude]].{{book ref|sa1|22}}
== Mechanics ==
{{image|Navani2.jpg|An excerpt from [[Navani's notebook]] depicting an Emotion Bracelet and examples of
Creating modern fabrials requires trapping the proper type of [[spren]] in a gemstone cut for that purpose.{{book ref|sa3|33}} To trap the spren, artifabrians lure it into a gemstone with something it loves and knows well. Once it is lured into the gem, the spren cannot easily escape.{{book ref|sa3|100}} The types of spren that can be captured in a [[polestone]] depend on the gem's type and color, implying that there are thousands of possible combinations.{{file ref|Navani1.jpg|text=Navani's Notebook: One}} These fabrial-gems are encased in a wire frame, but it is unknown whether this has an effect on the fabrial. Their power can be determined by the pattern of Stormlight that gets filtered through the gemstone, although it cannot be seen with the naked eye.{{file ref|Navani2.jpg|text=Navani's Notebook: Two}} Spren corrupted by [[Sja-anat]] will behave differently in a fabrial.{{wob ref|11659}}
It appears that fabrials are affected by the frame of reference of their user. For example: a spanreed being used on a ship at sea will also transfer the motion of the ship to the conjoined spanreed unless the user can conceive of both spanreeds as belonging to the same frame of reference.
=== Surge Fabrials ===
=== Reactions to Metal ===
Once trapped in a gem, spren respond to stimuli in consistent and predictable ways. The metal frame surrounding the gem creates the stimuli the spren react to - pressing metal against a flamespren in a ruby increases and decreases heat.{{book ref|sa3|33}} Spren react to different metals in different ways
==== Zinc ====
[[Zinc]] in contact with a gemstone will cause its captured spren to more strongly manifest
==== Brass ====
[[Brass]] in contact with a gemstone will cause its spren to withdraw and its power to dim
==== Bronze ====
[[Bronze]] in contact with a gemstone will cause it to alert someone of objects, entities, or phenomena nearby by increasing its brightness.
==== Pewter ====
[[Pewter]] in contact with a gemstone will cause it to express a certain attribute in force, correlated to the type of spren trapped in the gemstone
==== Tin ====
[[Tin]] in contact with a gemstone will cause it to diminish nearby attributes. Unlike other metals, this seems the opposite of its allomantic use, to increase sensory acuteness.
==== Iron ====
[[Iron]] in contact with a gemstone will cause it to attract nearby substances.
==== Raysium ====
[[Raysium]] conducts
=== Modification with aluminum ===
If a fabrial is used inside a room lined with aluminum, it will be impossible to sense the use outside of that room. If the fabrial requires outside connection (e.g. conjoiner, and specifically spanreed), the conjoined half outside of the room will not function properly because the pairing has been interrupted. If the fabrial can be used entirely within the room (e.g. a
It is possible to alter the function of a conjoiner (ruby) fabrial to transfer only certain components of motion between the conjoined halves (e.g. A spanreed that can only transfer vertical motion, but not lateral) by inserting pieces of aluminum foil into the fabrial gemstone housing. It is thought that aluminum impacts a spren's ability to sense thoughts, and therefore this may function by blocking parts of the "signal" between the two gemstones.
==== Drainer ====
Though their name is unknown, these fabrials can partially drain
==== Urithiru lifts====
==== Stormlight transfer device ====
These devices can move
==== Threnodite shadow detector ====
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