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The '''Sibling''' is a notable [[spren]] on [[Roshar]].{{book ref|sa4|3}} They are of the same power level as the [[Stormfather]] and the [[Nightwatcher]], and is the third spren historically associated with the [[Order of Bondsmiths]].{{book ref|sa4|110}}{{book ref|sa4|116}} The Sibling manifests physically as many fabrials within the tower of [[Urithiru]] and have control over them, with the crystal pillar being the heart.{{book ref|sa4|111}} They are currently bonded to [[Navani Kholin]].{{book ref|sa4|110}}{{book ref|sa4|116}}

The Sibling is known to have been alive for at least four and a half millennia and is functionally immortal.{{book ref|sa3|111}} The Sibling does not view themselves as having a gender.{{wob ref|11572}} Despite living thousands of years, they remain somewhat naïve. Oathgate spren followsfollow the orders of Siblingsthe Sibling and refersrefer to the Sibling as parentsa parent.{{book ref|sa4|55}}

The Sibling was capable of forming a [[Nahel bond]]. There could never be more than three [[Bondsmith]]s,; there were long periods where only one existed, which might have referred to the Sibling's Bondsmith, as they were vital for Urithiru to properly function.{{epigraph ref|sa3|67}}

The Sibling was somehow the key to certain magical aspects of the tower city of Urithiru that served as the base of the [[Knights Radiant]]. Notably, the Sibling's presence was linked to the climate of the city, allowing the temperature to stay unnaturally warm given Urithiru's elevation. This allowed the Radiants to cultivate crops in the city to sustain the large population there.{{epigraph ref|sa3|68}}{{epigraph ref|sa3|69}} At some point, the Sibling began to withdraw from the tower. The Sibling's withdrawal caused some—but not all— of the city's magical systems to fail; it soon became uninhabitable, and the Radiants were forced to abandon the city.{{epigraph ref|sa3|65}}{{epigraph ref|sa3|69}}{{epigraph ref|sa3|72}} It is not clear why the Sibling disengaged with mankind; an Elsecaller who left notes in the gem archive argued that the spren's disappearance was neither intentional nor a result of internal strife among the [[Knights Radiant]].{{epigraph ref|sa3|68}}{{epigraph ref|sa3|69}}{{epigraph ref|sa3|70}} The Sibling was wounded by the imprisonment of [[Ba-Ado-Mishram]]; this wound resulted in the Sibling losing the rhythm of [[Towerlight]], which in turn stopped [[Urithiru]] functioning.{{book ref|sa4|49}}