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'''Connection''' is a Spiritual attribute that represents spiritual connections and relationships between different entities -- living being, locations, items and so on. Like other Spiritual attributes in the [[cosmere]], Connection is quantifiable and can affect or be affected by different [[Investiture|Invested Arts]].
== The Nature of Connection ==
Connection uses [[
When made visual in the [[Physical Realm]], Connection appears as glowing cords of light connecting things together in a complex web.{{book ref|sa4|47}}{{book ref|yumi|22}} The cords are very difficult to understand.{{book ref|yumi|32}}
*'''The Nahel Bond''': The [[Nahel bond]] is formed between sapient beings and certain types of intelligent [[Spren]]. It gives access to [[Surgebinding]], while granting the spren the ability to maintain their cognition in the Physical Realm. There are ten known forms the Nahel Bond can take, each giving access to two different Surges among the ten.
**'''Lesser Spren Bonds''': Non-intelligent spren can theoretically form symbiotic bonds with people.{{wob ref|4783}}
**'''Other Spren Bonds''': Certain spren bond with animals native to Roshar, enhancing those animals and granting them abilities. Animals that are confirmed to have these bonds are [[chasmfiend]]s, [[chull]]s, [[Ryshadium]], [[Larkin]] and [[skyeel]]s.
*'''The Luhel Bond''': The [[Luhel bond]] is typically formed between sapient beings and [[aether|aethers]]. It gives access to aether manipulation abilities in exchange for the sophont giving up water. This bond can be either symbiotic or parasitic depending on the context, and varies in duration and nature.{{book ref|Tress|31}}
*'''Singer Bond''': The singers can bond with a spren. Doing so grants the singer a form with a specific physical and mental change. Not all spren grant a unique form; most spren give the singers dullform. Without a spren, singers exist in what is known as slaveform ([[Parshmen]]).
*'''Shardblades''': [[Shardblade]]s are able to bond with people through the use of charged gemstones. The gem is placed in the hilt of the Blade and after a week of constant contact, the Blade is bonded and can be dismissed from and recalled to the Physical Realm. Once bonded the blade can be dismissed and recalled by syncing with the user's heart to the blade. Ten heartbeats are required. A person's irises will lighten during the bonding process.
*'''Honorblades''': [[Honorblade]]s grant Surgebinding abilities to humans who touch them, but require dangerous levels of [[Stormlight]].{{wob ref|5822}}
*'''Shardplate''': There is some manner of bond between [[Shardplate]] and its wearer that will disappear when the wearer dies, causing
=== Other Uses ===
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