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A '''fabrial''' is a [[Stormlight]]-powered mechanical device from [[Roshar]] that uses [[spren]] captured in gemstones to perform a particular supernatural task. The magical properties of modern fabrials can usually be activated by anyone who knows how to use them.{{book ref|sa2|86}} A person who creates or designs fabrials is called an '''artifabrian'''.{{book ref|sa1|part=ars}}
 
== Overview ==
===Design===
The types of spren that can be captured in a gem[[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's 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}}
 
Any [[Surge]] can be replicated by fabrial science.{{wob ref|3013}} However, in the present day, fabrials that use Surges are extremely rare, and most of them date back to the era of the [[Knights Radiant]].{{cite}}
 
The term "fabrial" is often used colloquially to refer to the entire device. Artifabrians, however, call that a "machine", and use the word fabrial to refer specifically to a gem with a captured spren.{{file ref|Navani1.jpg|text=Navani's Notebook: One}}
 
===Use===
In contrast to [[Surgebinding]] or [[Old Magic]], most fabrials can be operated by anyone, as long as they know how to do so (the only exception being the [[Oathgate]]s, which require a Radiant to activate, although that might be a security measure rather than a crucial design element).{{book ref|sa2|86}} Some, like heatrials, are even capable of functioning without human input.{{book ref|sa2|4}}
 
The self-contained nature of fabrials sets them apart from most manifestations of [[Investiture]] in the [[cosmere]], wherein the magic is accessed and directed by the user (often with specific requirements or limitations).{{wob ref|10311}}{{wob ref|3488}}{{wob ref|6247}}
The term "fabrial" is often used colloquially to refer to the entire device. Artifabrians, however, call that a machine, and use the word fabrial to refer specifically to a gem with a captured spren.{{file ref|Navani1.jpg|text=Navani's Notebook: One}}
 
== History ==
* Theoretically, a fabrial could be used to detect emotional [[Allomancy]].{{wob ref|11576}}
* The term "fabrial" will, eventually, come to be used for all magic-based mechanical devices in the [[Cosmere]], such as the mechanism that picks [[Elantrian]]s.{{wob ref|8621}}
* Fabrials are one of very few known magic system in the Cosmere that do not require the user to be [[Investiture|Invested]] themselves or meet certain prerequisites (such as being born in a particular place, as is the case for most [[Sel]]ish magics), the only other being [[Hemalurgy]] and the [[unsealed metalminds]] of [[Scadrial]].
 
== Notes ==