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{{quote| Spren appear when something changes—when fear appears, or when it begins to rain. They are the heart of change, and therefore the heart of all things.| [[Hesina]] to [[Kaladin]]{{ref|b|sa1|c|37}}}}
'''Spren''' are a type of magical entity that live on the planet [[Roshar]]. Most are a combination of the powers of the [[Shard]]s [[Honor]] and [[Cultivation]]. Some are more of Honor; others, Cultivation; the rest are a mixture of the two.{{ref|?|747|5| Are all spren that can Nahel Bond called honorspren or just Windrunner spren?}} Some spren however pre-date the arrival of Honor and Cultivation
Spren are deeply connected with the [[Knights Radiant]] and [[Surgebinding]] with the [[Nahel Bond]], and spren are also used to create [[fabrial]]s.
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There are said to be thousands of different kinds of spren, each named for a different type of phenomenon.{{ref|b|sa1|c|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.{{ref|b|sa1|c|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]].{{ref|b|sa1|c|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.<ref name=poopspren /> These cognitive ideals are similar to those that determine the appearances of the [[Returned]] on [[Nalthis]] and the plausibility of [[Forgery| Forgeries]] on Sel and are based off of human perception.{{ref|?|979|165| Are the changing beauty standards of Returned and the "plausibility" of Forgeries determined by the same kind of "cognitive ideals or concepts which have taken on literal personification over time" that some types of Spren represent?}}{{ref|?|979|7| You have mentioned that certain spren are an embodiment of concepts. How does that work for the concepts like honor, that can mean opposite things to different culture groups?}}
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 do not need to sleep, {{ref|b|sa1|c|14}} and spren can die.{{ref|?|836|26| Can spren die?}}
==Symbiotic Relationships==
Some types of spren live in symbiotic relationships with various other creatures extant on Roshar.
The [[Parshendi]] also form symbiotic bonds with spren to enter different "Forms."
Each Order of the [[Knights Radiant]] formed a [[Nahel Bond]] with a different type of spren.{{cite}} This bond is similar in nature to the bond between a [[Seon]] and its master.<ref name=nahelseon />
===Alespren===
{{quote| Test successful. Have noted spren who appear only when one is severely intoxicated. Appear as small brown bubbles clinging to objects nearby. Further testing may be needed to prove they were more than a drunken hallucination.| [[Axies]] the Collector{{ref|b|sa1|i|5}}}}
A rare type of spren that appear only in [[Iri]].
Axies theorized their existence but was only able to observe them once, leading him to doubt their existence.
▲Axies theorized their existence but was only able to observe them once, leading him to doubt their existence. As there are other stories of people seeing them, their existence is likely.{{ref|b|sa1|i|5}}
===Angerspren===
{{quote| Vamah was watching them stand there, and his expression was as thunderous as a highstorm, angerspren boiling up from the ground around him like small pools of bubbling blood.| The Way of Kings: Chapter Fifteen{{ref|b|sa1|c|15}}}}
A common type of spren that appear around people experiencing anger.
Among the Parshendi, angerspren have the appearance of bolts of lightning that radiate out from the feet of the angry individual.<ref name=eshonai />
===Anticipationspren===
{{quote| A few anticipationspren—like red streamers, growing from the ground and whipping in the wind—began to sprout from the rock and wave among the soldiers.| The Way of Kings: Chapter Six{{ref|b|sa1|c|6}}}}
A common type of spren that appear around people looking forward to something.
===Bindspren===
{{quote| He thought he could faintly make out tiny spren, dark blue and shaped like little splashes of ink, clustering around the place where the rock met the wall.| The Way of Kings: Chapter Fifty-Seven{{ref|b|sa1|c|57}}}}
Spren that appear around objects bound with a [[Full Lashing]].
===Coldspren===
A type of spren mentioned in [[Navani's notebook]]. They can be captured in gems of a certain cut and used in fabrial machines.{{ref|[[:File:Navani1.jpg| Navani's Notebook: One]]}}
===Creationspren===
{{quote| Her drawing gathered about a half-dozen of them, pulling them by her act of creation just as a bright fire would draw flamespren.| The Way of Kings: Chapter Seven{{ref|b|sa1|c|7}}}}
An uncommon type of spren that appear around creative acts such as painting or drawing.
When drawing, the more skilled one is, the more likely creationspren are to appear.{{ref|b|sa1|c|7}}
===Cryptics===
:''Main Article:'' [[Cryptic]]s
A type of spren connected to [[Shadesmar]] and innate Soulcasting ability.{{ref|b|sa1|c|45}}{{ref|?|977|67|Is one of the symbolhead-spren responsible for Shallan's ability to Soulcast?}}
===Cusicesh===
:''Main Article:'' [[Cusicesh]]
A unique spren, the only known member of its sub-type, that appears in [[Kasitor]] Bay at the same time each day.
===Deathspren===
{{quote| Only the dying could see deathspren. You saw them, then died. Only the very, very lucky few survived after that. Deathspren knew when the end was close.| The Way of Kings: Chapter Thirty-Eight{{ref|b|sa1|c|38}}}}
A type of spren that appears only to people near death.
===Decayspren===
{{quote| I didn't know men got this old. You sure he's not decayspren wearing a man's skin?| Sylphrena to Kaladin{{ref|b|sa1|c|17}}}}
A type of spren referenced by [[Sylphrena]].{{ref|b|sa1|c|17}}
===Exhaustionspren===
A type of spren that appear around exhausted people.
===Fearspren===
{{quote| Fearspren—wiggling and violet—sprang up through the wood and wriggled in the air.| The Way of Kings: Chapter Six{{ref|b|sa1|c|6}}}}
A common type of spren that appear around people experiencing fear.
===Flamespren===
{{quote| Tiny flamespren danced around [the torches], like insects made solely of congealed light.| The Way of Kings: Prologue{{ref|b|sa1|prologue}}}}
A common type of spren that appear around fire.
The [[ardent]] [[Geranid]] was studying flamespren when she discovered that if she measured them in someway the spren seemed to be "stuck" by that measurement.{{ref|b|sa1|i|8}} This is similar to the physical process of {{wp|wave-function collapse}} in {{wp|quantum mechanics}}.▼
▲The [[ardent]] [[Geranid]] was studying flamespren when she discovered that if she measured them in someway the spren seemed to be "stuck" by that measurement.{{ref|b|sa1|i|8}}
===Gloryspren===
{{quote| Below, his men cheered, sending up calls that rose above the Parshendi war chant. Gloryspren sprouted around him.| The Way of Kings: Chapter Sixty-Five{{ref|b|sa1|c|65}}}}
A type of spren that appears around people experience pride in their accomplishments.
===Gravityspren===
A type of spren mentioned in [[Navani's notebook]].
===Greatshell Spren===
A type of spren that has a symbiotic relationship with greatshells, they, in part, enable them to grow to such large sizes.{{ref|?|977|158}}
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.<ref name=rysn />
===Groundspren===
A type of spren to which Rosharans attribute the pull of gravity.{{ref|b|sa1|c|49}}
===Heatspren===
A type of spren mentioned in [[Navani's notebook]].
===Honorspren===
[[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, granting them their powers.
===Hungerspren===
{{quote| As he spoke, he attracted a few hungerspren. They looked like brown flies that flitted around the man's head, almost too small to see.| The Way of Kings: Chapter Two{{ref|b|sa1|c|2}}}}
A type of spren that appears around people experiencing extreme hunger.
===Laughterspren===
{{quote| A few laughterspren—minnow-like silver spirits that darted through the air in circular patterns—began to zip about them.| The Way of Kings: Chapter Fourteen{{ref|b|sa1|c|14}}}}
A type of spren that appears in the presence of laughter.
===Lifespren===
{{quote| A few lifespren—tiny, glowing green specks—floated around the shalebark mounds. Some danced amid the rifts in the bark, others in the air like dust motes zigzagging up, only to fall again.| The Way of Kings: Chapter Thirty-Nine{{ref|b|sa1|c|39}}}}
A common type of spren that appears around plant-life, particularly just after highstorms.
===Logicspren===
{{quote| There were said to be logicspren—in the form of tiny stormclouds—who were attracted to great arguments...| The Way of Kings: Chapter Seven{{ref|b|sa1|c|7}}}}
A rare type of spren that appear around great arguments.
===Luckspren===
A type of spren that flies around [[
===Musicspren===
{{quote| Musicspren zipped through the air around [the drummers], the tiny spirits taking the form of spinning translucent ribbons.| The Way of Kings: Prologue{{ref|b|sa1|prologue}}}}
A type of spren that appear around musical performances.
===Painspren===
{{quote| Painspren swarmed the ground, like small orange hands or bits of sinew, reaching up from the ground amid the blood of the fallen.| The Way of Kings: Chapter Forty-Seven{{ref|b|sa1|c|47}}}}
A common type of spren that appear around those experiencing pain.
===Passionspren===
{{quote| Passionspren, like tiny flakes of crystalline snow, floated down in the air around them.| The Way of Kings: Chapter Sixty-One{{ref|b|sa1|c|61}}}}
A type of spren that appears around those experiencing romantic passion.
===Rainspren===
{{quote| [Rainspren] were said to be the souls of raindrops...| The Way of Kings: Chapter Forty-Four{{ref|b|sa1|c|44}}}}
A type of spren that appears most often during the [[Weeping]].
===Riverspren===
{{quote| [The Purelake] was filled with tiny fish, colorful cremlings, and eel-like riverspren.| The Way of Kings: Interlude One{{ref|b|sa1|i|1}}}}
A common type of spren that appear in bodies of water such as rivers or the Purelake.
===Rotspren===
{{quote|
A common type of spren that appear around infected tissue and rotting corpses.{{ref|b|sa1|c|2}}{{ref|b|sa1|c|27}}
Unlike most spren, which most Rosharans believe are only attracted to their namesake, rotspren are said to be the cause of sickness and infection.{{ref|b|sa1|c|57}}
▲Unlike most spren, which most Rosharans believe are only attracted to their namesake, rotspren are said to be the cause of sickness and infection.{{ref|b|sa1|c|57}} They are seen to be repelled by water and antiseptics such as [[Lister's Oil]], [[Knobweed| Knobweed Sap]], and [[Larmic mucus]].{{ref|b|sa1|c|10}}{{ref|b|sa1|c|22}}
===Starspren===
{{quote| It was the time between moons, and so he was lit mostly by the firelight; there was a spray of stars in the sky above. Several of those moved about, the tiny pinpricks of light chasing after one another, zipping around like distant, glowing insects.| The Way of Kings: Chapter Forty{{ref|b|sa1|c|40}}}}
A rare type of spren that appear at night amongst the stars.
===Windspren===
{{quote| Windspren were devious spirits who had a penchant for staying where they weren't
A common type of spren that appear in the presence of wind. As one of the larger types of spren, windspren are able to change their appearance at will, though they often appear as "ribbons of light without form."{{ref|b|sa1|c|2}}
The leading edge of a highstorm is home to "thousands upon thousands" of windspren.{{ref|b|sa1|c|34}}
Windspren are closely related to [[honorspren]], such as Sylphrena.{{ref|?|979|61| Are all windspren really just unbonded honorspren?}}
▲Windspren are closely related to honorspren, such as Sylphrena.{{ref|?|979|61| Are all windspren really just unbonded honorspren?}} This perhaps evidenced by their ability to "stick things together"{{ref|b|sa1|c|2}} although that could be restricted to unbonded honorspren.
==Possible Spren==
===Captivityspren===
{{quote|It appears I'll have another chance to search for captivityspren.| Axies the Collector{{ref|b|sa1|i|5}}}}
A type of spren theorized to exist by Axies to appear around people in captivity.
===Dawnsingers===
According to the ardent [[Kabsal]], the [[Dawnsingers]] were "kindly spren sent by the Almighty" to care for mankind after being expelled from the Tranquiline Halls.{{ref|b|sa1|c|45}}
===Nightspren===
A type of spren believed to exist by more traditional, rural followers of Vorinism.
===Nightwatcher===
Most Rosharans believe the [[Nightwatcher]] to be a very powerful type of spren.{{ref|b|sa1|c|52}}
===Voidbringers===
During the Era of Solitude on Roshar, most people living in cities believed the [[Voidbringer]]s were a type of evil spren.{{ref|b|sa1|c|45}}
==Notes==
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