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| image = https://archmaester.site/portraits/stormlight/sylphrena.jpg<br />
| name = Sylphrena<br />
| title = Syl; Ancient Daughter; honorspren<br />
| house = [[Windrunners]]<br />
| race = Honorspren (Sprencryptic / spren of [[Honor]])<br />
| status = Alive<br />
| region = [[Shadesmar]]; bonded to [[Kaladin]]<br />
| born = Spren of Honor (the Stormfather's "daughter")<br />
| died =<br />
| weapon = Manifests as [[Kaladin]]'s living [[Shardblade]] (a spear)<br />
| fate = Kaladin's bonded honorspren; a leader among her kind<br />
| quote = Honor is alive. He's dead, but he's also alive.<br />
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'''Sylphrena''', almost always called '''Syl''', is one of the most beloved characters in [[The Stormlight Archive]] by [[Brandon Sanderson]]. She is an honorspren -- a spren of [[Honor]] -- bonded to [[Kaladin]], forming the partnership that makes him a [[Windrunners|Windrunner]] of the [[Knights Radiant]]. Curious, playful, and fiercely loyal, Syl is both Kaladin's source of power and the voice of his conscience.<br />
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As an honorspren, Syl is a fragment of the divine, and her bond with a human is forbidden by the other spren -- making her a rebel among her own kind even as she becomes essential to the Radiants' return.<br />
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== Background ==<br />
Syl is an honorspren, one of the "children" of the Stormfather (the great spren of the [[Highstorm]] and the remnant of the dead god [[Honor]]). She is among the oldest of her kind -- referred to as the "Ancient Daughter" -- and bonding [[Kaladin]] against the wishes of the other honorspren in [[Shadesmar]] is an act of rebellion. To do so she risks her very identity, for if the bond breaks she can lose her mind and become a "deadeye," as happened to spren during the ancient [[Recreance]] when the Radiants abandoned their oaths.<br />
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== Biography ==<br />
Syl first appears to [[Kaladin]] as a simple, near-mindless windspren in his darkest days as a slave and bridgeman. As Kaladin's despair gives way to his protective instinct, the bond deepens and Syl grows in intelligence and self-awareness, eventually revealing herself as an honorspren. She guides him toward the Ideals of the [[Knights Radiant]], rejoicing as he speaks each one.<br />
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In ''Words of Radiance'', when Kaladin's hatred and broken oaths threaten the bond, Syl briefly dies -- becoming nearly a deadeye -- before Kaladin's renewed commitment to the Third Ideal restores her, and she manifests fully as his living [[Shardblade]], able to take the form of a spear. Through the later books she remains his constant companion, conscience, and source of [[Stormlight]]-fueled power, and she becomes a leader and advocate among the honorspren for renewing bonds with humans.<br />
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== Character ==<br />
Syl is playful, mischievous, and intensely curious about the human world, delighting in small things and teasing [[Kaladin]] out of his darkness. Beneath the levity she is wise and principled, embodying [[Honor]] itself: she cannot abide lies, oathbreaking, or cruelty. Her bond with Kaladin is mutual and loving -- she helps heal him, and he keeps her alive and sane. She is among the most emotionally important relationships in the series.<br />
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== Powers and abilities ==<br />
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As Kaladin's honorspren, Syl is the conduit for his Surgebinding. Through their bond, Kaladin draws in [[Stormlight]] and wields the Surges of Adhesion and Gravitation. Syl herself can shift between an invisible spren form, a small human-like figure, a ribbon of light, and the form of a living [[Shardblade]] -- typically Kaladin's spear. Honorspren are sapient beings in their own right, with their own society in [[Shadesmar]].<br />
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== Relationships ==<br />
* '''[[Kaladin]]''' -- her bonded Radiant, whose conscience she guards and whose power she enables.<br />
* '''The Stormfather''' -- the great spren of the highstorms, regarded as her father.<br />
* '''The honorspren''' -- her people in [[Shadesmar]], whom she defies and later helps lead toward renewed bonds.<br />
* '''[[Pattern]]''', '''[[Wyndle]]''', and other Radiant spren -- her fellows in the reborn orders.<br />
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== Quotes ==<br />
<blockquote>''Honor is alive. He's dead, but he's also alive.''</blockquote><br />
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<blockquote>''I am yours, and you are mine. We are honor.''</blockquote><br />
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