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|books=[[The Stormlight Archive]], [[The Sunlit Man]]
 
=== Surgebinders ===
When a Surgebinder is also a Dawnshard, potential risks emerge as the Dawnshard can use the spren's substance to fuel the Radiant's abilities.{{book ref|tsm|20}}{{book ref|tsm|21}} This can among other things cause the spren to lose their body in the Cognitive Realm, leaving them as a fragment of themselves.{{book ref|tsm|28}}{{book ref|tsm|epilogue}}The AfterSpren this,can theyalso mainly exist inlose their Surgebinder's mind and must use the Radiant's body to sense the world around them.{{book ref|tsm|29}}{{book ref|tsm|34}}{{book ref|tsm|37}} They are also stripped of most vocal expression, giving them a monotoned voice.{{book ref|tsm|12epilogue}}
 
TheDepending on how much the Dawnshard consumes the pair alsomay loseslose many of their abilities, including Surgebinding and the Radiant being able to communicate with their mind.{{book ref|tsm|30}} TheyEven areafter stillthe ableRadiant tohas sendgiven feelingsup andthe emotionsDawnshard, tothey theircan still use the spren as fuel for their abilities.{{book ref|tsm|2845}} EvenThe afterRadiant thecan Radiantuse hastheir givenShardblade upto absorb Investiture, assuming the Dawnshardblade wasn’t consumed, theyfueling their Dawnshard abilities.{{book ref|tsm|4}} The absorbed Investiture can stillalso furtherbe burnused awayto increase the mindsize and personalitydurability of their Shardblade.{{book ref|tsm|39}} The spren foralso ahas shortsome burstinfluences over the newly gained abilities, being able to activate some of Surgebindingthe Dawnshard's abilities without the knowledge of their Radiant.{{book ref|tsm|456}}{{book ref|tsm|10}}
 
The abilities of the Radiant's Shardblade and Shardplate remain unaffected, even if the spren is completely consumed.{{book ref|tsm|47}}{{book ref|tsm|48}} The Radiant can use their Shardblade to absorb Investiture, fueling their Dawnshard abilities.{{book ref|tsm|4}} The absorbed Investiture can also be used to increase the size and durability of their Shardblade.{{book ref|tsm|39}} The spren can also enable some of the Dawnshard's abilities themselves, without the knowledge of their Radiant.{{book ref|tsm|6}}{{book ref|tsm|10}}
 
== Mythology ==
|And so, the Dawnshards. The four primal Commands that created all things. And then eventually, they were used to undo Adonalsium itself. . . .
|Nikliasorm{{book ref|dawnshard|19}}}}
The Dawnshards pre-dated the Shattering{{book ref|dawnshard|19}}{{wob ref|15933}} and were used as part of a weapon that split Adonalsium into the sixteen Shards.{{book ref|tsm|21}} Following the Shattering something happened so as to make the Dawnshards lose their original form.{{wob ref|10439}} Hoid himself was once a Dawnshard at some point in the distant past,{{wob ref|14300}} holding the Dawnshard diametrically opposed to harm and violence.{{book ref|tsm|21}}{{wob ref|14592}} It is uncertain when he became a Dawnshard, but his time holding it changed his [[spiritweb]] in a similar manner to [[Savant|Savantism]]. These changes meant that long-term Hoid found himself unable to inflict harm on himself or any others, as well as unable to eat any sort of meat. His Dawnshard is in some way connected to the [[First Gem]],{{wob ref|14355}} his eponymous topaz.▼
 
▲The Dawnshards pre-dated the Shattering{{book ref|dawnshard|19}}{{wob ref|15933}}, and were used as part of a weapon that splitby Adonalsium intoto thecreate sixteenall Shardsthings.{{book ref|tsmdawnshard|2119}} Following the Shattering something happened so as to make the Dawnshards lose their original form.{{wob ref|1043915933}} Hoid himself was once a Dawnshard at some point in the distant past,{{wob ref|14300}} holding the Dawnshard diametrically opposed to harm and violence.{{book ref|tsm|21}}{{wob ref|14592}} It is uncertain when he became a Dawnshard, but his time holding it changed his [[spiritweb]] in a similar manner to [[Savant|Savantism]]. These changes meant that long-term Hoid found himself unable to inflict harm on himself or any others, as well as unable to eat any sort of meat. His Dawnshard is in some way connected to the [[First Gem]],{{wob ref|14355}} his eponymous topaz.
Humans in the [[Rosharan system]] used the Dawnshards to destroy their former homeworld of [[Ashyn]], before fleeing to Roshar for survival.{{book ref|sa3|113}}{{wob ref|8243}} It is uncertain how they managed to obtain the Dawnshards or who is responsible for this action, but they were utilized in conjunction with some type of Surgebinding to use powerful versions of the ordinary Surges.{{wob ref|14434}} It is unknown which Dawnshards were present on Ashyn or what happened to them following the fall of the planet.▼
 
The Dawnshards were used as part of a weapon that split Adonalsium into the sixteen Shards around ten-thousand years before the [[True Desolation]].{{book ref|tsm|21}} Following the Shattering something happened so as to make the Dawnshards lose their original form.{{wob ref|10439}}
 
▲HumansAround seven-thousand-seven-hundred years before the True Desolation,{{book ref|sa4|14}}{{book ref|sa4|76}} humans in the [[Rosharan system]] used the Dawnshards toand accidently destroydestroyed their former homeworld of [[Ashyn]], before fleeing to Roshar for survival.{{book ref|sa3|113}}{{wob ref|8243}} It is uncertain how they managed to obtain the Dawnshards or who is responsible for this action, but they were utilized in conjunction with some type of Surgebinding to use powerful versions of the ordinary Surges.{{wob ref|14434}} It is unknown which Dawnshards were present on Ashyn or what happened to them following the fall of the planet.
 
=== Roshar's Shadowdays ===
 
=== Sigzil ===
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{{quote|The Dawnshard was a weapon too valuable to sell. If you knew about it, you either hunted it yourself—or you ran far, far away.
|Sigzil's thoughts on the Dawnshard{{book ref|tsm|45}}}}
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At some point, the [[Knights Radiant|Radiant]] [[Sigzil]] was asked to pick up a Dawnshard by Hoid.{{book ref|tsm|20}} This Dawnshard was the one Hoid had once carried, which is diametrically opposed to the concept of harm.{{book ref|tsm|21}} This Dawnshard had a similar effect to Sigzil as it had on Hoid, preventing him from aging and granting him the ability to Skip. It also gave him the restrictions he would come to call his Torment, a progressively more restrictive inability to intentionally cause injury to another. Sigzil only held it briefly,{{book ref|tsm|10}}{{book ref|tsm|21}}{{cite}} but sometime during this period, Sigzil was threatened, and the Dawnshard fed upon the Investiture that made up his spren [[Auxiliary]], injuring the highspren and leaving only its personality behind.{{book ref|tsm|20}}
 
After giving up the Dawnshard (potentially to Hoid once again){{book ref|tsm|10}} Sigzil believed he would be of no interest to those hunting the Dawnshard.{{book ref|tsm|28}} When he was approached by the Night Brigade, he believed he would be let go if he explained the situation to them.{{book ref|tsm|28}} They instead intended to kill him and use his soul to hunt the Dawnshard themselves. Sigzil instead chose to flee using his ability to Skip, keeping the Night Brigade off the trail of the Dawnshard for as long as he can stay ahead of them.{{book ref|tsm|10}}
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