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'''Voidspren''' are spren that, instead of being connected to either [[Honor]] or [[Cultivation]], are under [[Odium]]'s control. They are similar to other types of spren in many ways, such as their ability to bond with things in the [[Physical Realm]] and their various shapes and habits. However, these spren fight on the opposite side of the [[Desolation]]s, aiding Odium's goal to destroy the [[Rosharan]]s and ultimately earn his freedom from [[Braize]]. Once they were entrapped by the [[Oathpact]], the voidsprenVoidspren would torture the [[Herald]]s present on Braize in an attempt to get them to bend the bars of [[Damnation]] and release them back to Roshar.{{book ref|sa2|epilogue}}
 
==Bonding==
Like the other types of bonding spren, voidsprenVoidspren can only bond to certain individuals during certain times. For many voidsprenVoidspren, the [[Everstorm]] is needed for the bonding process, likely because of its output of voidlight[[Voidlight]]. The lesser spren that create [[Regal]]s can bond during highstorms, likely because the Regals can't invest the [[voidlight]]Voidlight. The bonding process in the previous Desolations is unknown since this is the first Desolation when Odium summoned the Everstorm. {{cite}}
 
Some Voidspren, like [[Ulim]], are able to bond with a singer without changing their form, residing in their gemheart while leaving the other spren there.{{book ref|sa4|73}} The Voidspren can leave and return from their gemheart at will, without the need for a highstorm.{{book ref|sa4|74}}{{book ref|sa4|77}} This will still influence the singer's emotions, though the influence will leave if the Voidspren exits their gemheart.{{book ref|sa4|74}} While inside their gemheart, the Voidspren can communicate directly with the singer though their mind and even hear their thoughts.{{book ref|sa4|73}}
 
Some Voidspren are able to enter any animal's gemheart, giving them some influence of control, depending on the animal's intelligence.{{book ref|sa4|79}}
 
==Types==
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|Hmm... There are many varieties, she says. Some of golden light, others are red shadows. Curious, yes.
|[[Pattern]], translating for an [[ashspren]], on voidsprenVoidspren{{book ref|sa3|102}}
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There are many varieties of voidsprenVoidspren, and each type, similar to the other bonding spren, serves a different purpose. Some of them can form bonds, and some haven't revealed whether or not they can. [[Raboniel]] has mentioned a type of spren capable of cracking ciphers, but further details about this type of spren are currently unknown.{{book ref|sa4|61}}
 
=== Chaosspren ===
Chaosspren are normally invisible, but within [[Urithiru]] they leave sparks in the air.{{book ref|sa4|56}}
 
===Guiding Spren===
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|That yellow spren isn't any better. Hurry up. Keep moving. She tells us that we're free, then with the very next breath berates us for not obeying quickly enough.
|[[Sah]] on the yellow voidsprenVoidspren{{book ref|sa3|20}}
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These spren haven't shown any bonding abilities, and they serve Odium as guides and messengers. One such spren is [[Yixli]]. They appear as glowing yellow, shaped like windspren with eyes like a [[Shin]]. In order to put themselves at the height of humans onor parshmensingers, they stand on a similarly coloredyellow pillar that rises from the ground. When they walk, another pillar will meet any moving foot, keeping them even.{{book ref|sa3|23}} These voidsprenVoidspren are seen guiding the multiple bands of newly made [[Voidbringers]] to settlements, cities and, in the case of [[Kaladin]]'s group, to [[Kholinar]].{{book ref|sa3|84}}. They are able to detect the arrival of an [[Everstorm]] before it appears.{{book ref|sa3|23}} AnyThey furthercan purposealso thatchoose thesewho voidsprencan fulfilland iscannot unknownsee and hear them in the [[Physical Realm]].{{book ref|sa3|17}}
 
===Secretspren===
These spren are similar to the above spren in their color, being yellowish-white, but instead of appearing similar to windspren, these look more like "vivid yellow spheres cacklingcrackling with energy." They are used during the [[Siege of Kholinar]] to locate any [[fabrial]]s being used in the city. If a fabrial is turned on, these 'screamers' will wail, then start twisting over each other above the area, alerting a quickly-following [[Fused]]. The screamers can also sense when a [[Lashing]] is used, but not when a [[Surgebinding#Illumination|lightweavingLightweaving]] is created. [[Pattern]] explains that he and [[Shallan]] are quieter than [[Syl]] and [[Kaladin]].{{book ref|sa3|69}}. TheThey screamerscan maydetect beStoneshaping, ablebut tonot sensea theWillshaper outputlooking ofinto [[stormlightShadesmar]].{{book ref|sa4|11}} They cannot detect illusions, as they burn through much less [[Investiture]] than a [[Lashing]], and their senses are fully blocked by aluminum. They could also be blocked by certain [[Aviar]] or [[Copper#Allomantic Use|Allomantic copper]], as they are similar to life sense and [[Bronze#Allomantic Use|Allomantic bronze]].{{wob ref|8897}} These spren are useless within Urithiru, since the whole tower is made of fabrials and thus secretspren would have trouble locating a specific usage of Investiture.{{book ref|sa4|56}}▼
 
Overall, secretspren can detect Adhesion, Gravitation, and Cohesion,{{book ref|sa4|11}} but cannot detect Illumination, Transportation (at least when it is used only to look into Shadesmar),{{book ref|sa4|11}} or a [[Shardblade]] being summoned.{{book ref|sa3|69}}
 
=== Stormspren ===
This type of spren can bond with [[singer]]s during a [[highstorm]] or the Everstorm, granting them [[Regal]] power of stormform. The stormspren appear as rolling lightning that moves across surfaces. Among the [[listener]]s, they are described as looking smoky,{{book ref|sa2|i|4}} as well as giving off a "strange red light" and splinters of lightning.{{book ref|sa2|i|5}} Despite a similarity in appearance, they are not of the same species as the spren [[Ulim]], who can in addition take on a human appearance.{{book ref|sa3|i|3}}
 
Stormspren can be found naturally prior to the arrival of the Everstorm. Hundreds of stormspren will appear at where its lightning strikes the ground, and will linger a short while before disappearing.{{book ref|sa4|88}} Their color implies that they are normal spren who have been corrupted. They were not originally of [[Honor]], however.{{wob ref|8733}}
===Screamers===
▲These spren are similar to the above spren in their color, being yellowish-white, but instead of appearing similar to windspren, these look more like "vivid yellow spheres cackling with energy." They are used during the [[Siege of Kholinar]] to locate any [[fabrial]]s being used in the city. If a fabrial is turned on, these 'screamers' will wail, then start twisting over each other above the area, alerting a quickly-following [[Fused]]. The screamers can also sense when a [[Lashing]] is used, but not when a [[Surgebinding#Illumination|lightweaving]] is created. [[Pattern]] explains that he and [[Shallan]] are quieter than [[Syl]] and [[Kaladin]]{{book ref|sa3|69}}. The screamers may be able to sense the output of [[stormlight]]. They cannot detect illusions, as they burn through much less [[Investiture]] than a [[Lashing]], and their senses are fully blocked by aluminum.
 
===Regals Other Regal spren ===
Other types of lesser Voidspren are likewise capable of bonding a [[singer]] and grant Regal powers. Their appearance and regular behavior are by and large unknown, as they rest in the singer's gemhearts to provide them their powers.{{book ref|sa3|120}}
Some lesser voidspren are capable of bonding a [[singer]] during a [[highstorm]] or the [[Everstorm]], granting the singers Regal powers. Two Regal forms have been seen so far: [[Stormform]] and [[Envoyform]]. Voidspren who create Stormform appear as rolling lightning that moves across surfaces. Despite a similarity in appearance, they are not of the same species as the spren Ulim, who can in addition take on a human appearance{{book ref|sa3|i|3}}. The shape of the voidspren which grant Envoyform is unknown, as the only singer in Envoyform is [[Venli]], and her voidspren is held captive inside her own gemheart by [[Timbre]]{{book ref|sa3|120}}.
 
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