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Soulstone

Soulstone is a type of rock on Sel used for Forgery. It is the ideal medium for the creation of soulstamps.
== Appearance and Properties ==
Soulstone is a fine grained rock, similar in appearance to soapstone. It is white with blood red flecks mixed in.
In its natural state, soulstone is almost as soft as chalk, yet it does not chip when scraped. When a piece of soulstone is held in a fire, it becomes extremely hard, like quartz. Once hardened, it has a gray and red marbled appearance. 
== Usage in Forgery ==
A soulstamp can be made from many types of material, but soulstone is the preferred medium for Forgers. Precision in soulstamps is crucial—taking off too much or too little by mistake is devastating—but soulstone effectively negates this problem. Because it is soft and does not chip, it can be carved very precisely. Additionally, the fact that soulstone can be hardened under flame significantly increases the durability of the stamp. These properties make the stone invaluable to a Forger, especially for soulstamps that they will reuse often or particularly complex stamps such as Essence Marks. The only way to create a better stamp is to use crystal, but it is exceptionally difficult to carve.
==History==
Wan ShaiLu first learned to carve soulstone during her apprenticeship as a Forger. She was not allowed to touch soulstone in the early part of her training.
During Shai's imprisonment in the Rose Palace, she requested a large quantity of soulstone to use in the creation of Ashravan's Essence Mark. Although Frava was hesitant to provide her with such a powerful material, she relented since Shai would not have been able to succeed without it in the required timeframe. Shai was happy with the quality and quantity of the soulstone that she was given. After successfully creating Ashravan's Essence Mark, she took some extra soulstone with her when she escaped the palace.
== Notes ==
Category:Forgery
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Soundstick

Soundsticks are wooden sticks that, when banged together, produce a loud noise. They are used to overload the senses of a Tineye or Mistborn burning tin.
A Smoker uses soundsticks to overload Vin's tin-enhanced hearing during her fight with Ashweather Cett's assassins. After the Watcher kills the Smoker, Vin uses the soundsticks to fight off a group of Thugs.
== Trivia ==
Years before The Well of Ascension was published, a member of Brandon's writing group suggested the idea of soundsticks to him. Brandon loved the idea, as it plays off the benefit Mistborn get from burning tin and fits well with the concept of actions and reaction in Allomancy.
== Notes ==
Sourmelon

Sourmelon is a fruit that grows in the highlands of Duladel and JinDo on Sel.
They are bright red, and able to fit in a pocket.
Lukel somehow manages to get a contact that lets him get a shipment of sourmelons a whole month before the harvesting season begins. Lukel partners with Roial, who sends his half of the melons to Svorden, much to the chagrin of Ahan, whose shipments will arrive too late and overripe.
== Notes ==
Category:Selish food
Sousa

Sousa is a pilot in the DDF on Detritus. It is unclear whether Sousa is a callsign or this pilot's name.
Sousa fought against the Krell in the Battle of Alta and did not survive the battle, however, if they did, they would be considered a First Citizen. It is unclear which flight Sousa belonged to or how they died, however, it is possible that they were a part of Hope Flight.
Ironsides may have greatly disliked Sousa, however, it is unclear.
== Notes ==
South Hallen Channel

South Hallen Channel is a location in the Sea of Lost Lights. It leads to the Emberdark Channel, where one can either go to Emberdark and beyond to the Burning Gardens, or go north to Celebrant.
It is unclear what exactly "Hallen" is, but there is also a North Hallen Channel directly north of the South Hallen Channel. Hallen might refer to the body of water between the rivers that the two channels lie along.
In the Physical Realm, the South Hallen Channel appears to lie along a tributary of the Deathbend River.
== Notes ==
South Seran

South Seran is a body of water at the edge of the Eastern Dominance. It passes into the Crescent Dominance at one spot. It is connected its sibling, North Seran by the River Seran, and is the larger of the two Serans.
There is a settlement (or possibly plantation) on the northeast side of South Seran, where it connects to the River Seran.
== Notes ==
Southern Depths

The Southern Depths is the ocean to the south of Roshar. It lies off the coast of Tukar, Marat, and Thaylenah. It is presumably quite deep. It also likely extends to the south pole of the planet. Control of Thaylenah's waters dictates control of the entirety of the Southern Depth, however, true dominance of the region requires control of Emul and Tukar as well.
In 1173, Shallan Davar and Jasnah Kholin traveled through the Southern Depths on the Wind's Pleasure on their way to the Shattered Plains.
The strategic importance of Thaylenah led to the Voidbringer forces attacking Thaylen City near the beginning of the True Desolation. A Thaylen merchant ship tried to scout for Voidbringers in the Southern Depths near Marat and spotted a large number of ships at dock along the coast. The ship relayed the information via spanreed. Then, figures with glowing eyes--the Fused--rose from a nearby city, attacking the ship, and the ship was never heard from again. Shortly thereafter, the Voidbringer forces launched from Marat to Thaylen City, using the Everstorm to propel them quickly across the Southern Depths, triggering the Battle of Thaylen Fields.
The Urithiru coalition gained control of the Southern Depths several months after the Battle at Thaylen Field, after the Thaylen navy won the area and forced the enemy ships to retreat to the coast of Iri.
== Notes ==
Southern Islands

The Southern Islands are a series of isles between the Sea of Yomend and Sea of Lennes, once known as the Southern Sea. Very little is known about them.
During the time of the Final Empire, it had several settlements on it, and at least one nation existed on it during Classical Scadrial.
The Bennet used to live on the Southern Islands. They were a highly developed people and were famous for being brave seafarers and brilliant cartographers. Some of the maps the Final Empire used were developed by Bennet explorers. Their belief was the Truths of the Bennet.
They have an unnamed mountain range running down their length.
== References ==
Sovereign

The Sovereign is a historical figure in Southern Scadrial.
He helps the southern society recover from the Ice Death by gifting them medallions that enabled those touching them to tap Feruchemical heat. He becomes their leader, both socially and spiritually, and later travels with some of his priests to a temple in the Seran Range of Elendel Basin where he stores the Bands of Mourning.
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Category: Aliases
Sovereign's temple

The Sovereign's temple is a building in the Seran Range of Elendel Basin. It was built by the Sovereign and his priests to house the Bands of Mourning.
== History ==
Allik Neverfar told the story of the Sovereign's Temple to Marasi Colms during their attempt to find it. The Sovereign left Southern Scadrial with a group of elite priests. They built a temple hidden in tall mountains and were commanded to guard the Bands of Mourning until his return. Some priests eventually returned to Southern Scadrial with stories of the Temple and its purpose. Many Southern Scadrians interpreted this as a challenge issued by the Sovereign to find the Bands. A group of Hunters decided that the power was too tempting, and went on an expedition to destroy the Temple. Along the way, some members mutinied and attempted to take the Bands for themselves. They were turned back due to many of their men being killed by the Temple's traps, and were executed when they returned home.
== Location and Appearance ==
The Sovereign's Temple is located near the highest peaks of the Seran Range southeast of Dulsing. The temple is a bleak stone fortress, one story tall, and built of field stones. At the entrance there is a large statue of the Sovereign holding a wooden spear, topped with the Bands of Mourning, re-forged into a spearhead. Inside the entrance to the Temple is a long hallway with a lighting mechanism powered by ettmetal at the start.. Various traps litter the Temple hallway, which include spikes, spiked logs, pits lined with spikes, poison darts, and acid, presumably to guard against kandra. Past the traps is a door surrounded by a number of unknown symbols. Pressing on three of the symbols activates the door, causing it to open. The three symbols are explained to be a language only the Sovereign knows and consists of a circle, a triangle, and some other (not described) symbol. 
== Notes ==
category: possessive articles
Space bus

The "space bus" is a hion-powered spacecraft that was used by a group of explorers from Nagadan on Komashi to travel to UTol. It was then stolen by Hoid and Design.
== Context ==
For an unknown reason (possibly related to Virtuosity's Splintering), UTol was the only celestial object visible through the shroud that covered Komashi for over 1,700 years. This caused it to be of great interest to the residents of Komashi during that time period. As Nagadan technology advanced, astronomers were able to use telescopes to determine that the "star" was in fact an inhabited planet. However, no radio signals were detected from UTol, leading the Nagadan to conclude that its inhabitants were less technologically developed than their own society.
== Function ==
The spaceship functions similarly to the trains and buses found in Nagadan, riding along a pair of hion lines that originate on Komashi; the lines for the ship project from the planet into space. The hion provides both power and guidance, and the ship presumably must remain connected to the lines at all times. Nikaro believes that the hion lines for the space bus were strengthened somehow in order to cover such a large distance. A nonresident of Komashi can manipulate the hion to navigate the ship. 
The vessel was capable of reaching the Iron Seven Waystation, which lies an unknown distance from Komashi.
== Mission to UTol ==
The vessel traveled from Komashi to UTol with a crew of astronauts on board, and completed one orbit before landing. During the orbit, the explorers confirmed the lack of radio signals from previous observations and performed a survey of the limited landmasses on the planet, finding a few settlements but theorizing that many of the residents lived on boats in the expansive oceans. Once the explorers landed, they used a camera to show the inhabitants as non-humans with four arms, shocking Nikaro, who had believed the "star" to be the homeworld of Yumi. As hion viewers can only display in magenta and teal, the explorers had to describe the skin tone of the aliens, describing them as pale, the color of "chalk". It is unclear what happened after the astronauts encountered the aliens, but the ship returned to Nagadan at some point. 
== Theft ==
After Yumi destroyed the father machine, Hoid was freed from the paralysis he had suffered since arriving on Komashi. Unwilling to wait the three years before he and Design could next be "picked up" by an unknown party, Hoid agreed to follow the Cryptic's plan to steal the spaceship and pilot it to Iron Seven Waystation, likely allowing the pair to leave the UTol system. Design's simple plan, involving Hoid imitating one of the astronauts (possibly using Lightweaving) to gain access to the ship, was successful. The subsequent fate of the ship is unknown.
==Notes==
Spanky

Spanky is the nickname given by Hoid to a spirit-corpse of unknown origin that he rides in the Cognitive Realm around Scadrial.
==Appearance==
Spanky is clothed in a white robe and floats face-down, unmoving, in the mists. 
==Attributes and Abilities==
Spanky is a Cognitive Shadow. Hoid speaks to Spanky and they are able to mumble something in return, so they seem to retain a low level of sapience. It is difficult to move Cognitive Shadows between planets, so it is likely that Spanky physically died on Scadrial. There are multiple methods of becoming a Cognitive Shadow in the cosmere, but they are relatively rare on Scadrial. Spanky's origin and the reason why they are mostly unresponsive to their surroundings are unknown.
==History==
As a Cognitive Shadow, Spanky was able to float on the mists of the Scadrian subastral. Because Hoid partly existed in the Physical Realm, he used the corpse as a vessel to avoid falling through the mists. How Hoid first found Spanky is not known. He carried an oar that he coated with a glowing substance made of Investiture in order to allow him to steer the spirit as he rode it. Hoid claimed that Spanky's parents were still living, although he was bantering with Kelsier and may have fabricated this fact.
==Trivia==
*Despite the rarity of Cognitive Shadows on Scadrial, Spanky is not someone important in the cosmere.
== Notes ==
es:Azotitos
Spanreed

A spanreed is a type of conjoiner fabrial developed sometime before the War of Reckoning that enabled long distance communication on the world of Roshar.
== Function and Mechanics ==
Spanreeds, like all conjoiner fabrials, are made by capturing a spren inside a ruby and splitting it in half. The two halves are then embedded in reed pens. The two pens can then mimic the movements of the other, exactly. The energy required for the second pen to move is provided by the holder of the first pen, which feels twice as heavy as an ordinary pen would. The farther apart spanreeds are, the heavier the pens became after activation. This can be used to triangulate the position of the opposite spanreed. Furthermore, they cannot communicate faster-than-light, due to a mixture of the fact they grow heavier the further apart they are, and a lag between the communication of two spanreeds, presumably proportional to the distance between them.
The setting of the ruby can be rotated to switch between different "modes." One is to alert the possessor of the spanreed's twin that a conversation is desired. Another to alert the first that the message was received. The third and fourth notches sync the movements of the two pens, each notch makes one pen the transmitter and the other the receiver. Vorin men who do not write can communicate with a spanreed by turning the gem on and off to indicate that they are still alive.
Spanreeds cannot be used effectively whilst moving when its pair is stable. Since the function of fabrials is dependent on the user's frame of reference, a spanreed in motion would be incapable of relaying a clear message to its stationary pair. If both spanreeds are on the same ship, for example, then the spanreed would function properly because both users have the same frame of reference. This is also why spanreeds are unaffected by the planet's motion and curvature. 
It is possible to create three or more linked spanreeds by breaking a ruby into more than two parts. However, all attempts have currently been unsuccessful.
Spanreeds are incapable of interrealmatic communication between the Physical and Cognitive Realms.
== History ==
As of , shortly after the War of Reckoning began, spanreeds were still regarded as a recent innovation.
By the sixth year of the war, spanreeds have achieved widespread use, at least among the Vorin nations, from the Shattered Plains, to Kharbranth, and even to the isolated estates of House Davar.
As of , Tashikk is beginning to become a spanreed hub, with several people and places having reeds connected to various businesses in Tashikk. The Tashikk operator is hired by the remote user to exchange messages, to research on your behalf, and to make other enquiries.
== Notes ==
Sparkflicker

A sparkflicker (sometimes spark-flicker) is a Herdazian fire striker that can also be worn as an ornament.
It is similar in use to flint-and-steel, albeit it lacks the flint. Rather, a Herdazian wearing a sparkflicker uses their own nails (which are crystalline, owing to their singer ancestry) to start the fire. In addition, it is sometimes used as an ornament or a decorative article of clothing. It has no martial application.
In the Shattered Plains warcamps, a Herdazian is seen using a sparkflicker and oil to make bursts of flames in the air. The Mink carries a sparkflicker with him to the coalition's conflict in Emul and is seen absently creating sparks while he speaks with Jasnah Kholin following a battle. Some Alethi believe that all Herdazians wear sparkflickers, though Havarah, an Alethi with Herdazian ancestry and fingernails, doesn't carry one.
== Notes ==
Category: Clothing
Spears

Commander Spears is M-Bot's previous pilot, and a cytonic. He has the ability to extend his life using cytonics, and likely had other abilities as well. However, he cannot hyperjump.
== Appearance and Personality ==
In M-Bot's projection, Spears appears as a clean-cut, young-looking man with tan skin, and wears a crisp uniform Spensa doesn't recognize.
Spears was likely acutely aware of the dangers associated with artificial intelligence, as M-Bot assumes Spears to be the one who severely limited his functions and capabilities.
== History ==
One hundred and seventy two years before M-Bot is found by Spensa, Commander Spears traveled to Detritus in search of taynix slugs where, for some reason, he deactivated M-Bot. He disappeared into the nowhere at some point after. He lived in the nowhere for hundreds of years, using his cytonic abilities to extend his life. He tried to escape through the lightburst, but he was unpracticed with his powers and the delvers destroyed him. Afterward, the delver known as Chet made a body based off of his form to disguise himself as a human.
== Relationships ==
=== M-Bot ===
Due to his damaged memory banks, M-Bot remembers nothing of Spears or their history together, besides his name, appearance, and final command. As M-Bot has no knowledge of the Krell, it seems likely that neither did Spears, however, Spears was likely aware of the Superiority. 
== Notes ==
Spensa's great-grandfather

Spensa's great-grandfather is a historian aboard the Defiant. He is married to Spensa's great-grandmother and is the father of Becca Nightshade, Spensa's Gran-Gran. 
By virtue of being part of the engineering corps, Spensa's great-grandfather is resented and feared by the other occupants of the Defiant. As Gran-Gran implies that her mother was the only cytonic aboard the Defiant, it is likely that her father did not possess the defect.
==History==
Spensa's great-grandfather traveled as part of the Defiant fleet prior to its crash onto Detritus. It is unknown as to whether he was born on one of the ships or joined the fleet later in life.
At some point he married Spensa's great-grandmother. It is unknown as to whether Spensa's great-grandfather was a part of the engineering corp before he married his wife, or if he was brought into the group through their union. The pair worked together in the engine room, with Spensa's great-grandmother using her cytonic abilities to jump the fleet. Spensa's great-grandfather's exact job in the engine room is unclear. The pair had a child, Becca Nightshade, while aboard the Defiant.
Some time after her birth, Becca's father began telling her stories of Old Earth while she sat with him in the engine room. 
The day the Defiant crashed, Spensa's great-grandfather was with his wife and daughter in the engineering bay. After an explosion occurred on the bridge the captain called down in an angry panic to relay orders to Spensa's great-grandmother, which she refused. The engineers sided with the scientists to defy the military and command staff, and Spensa's great-grandmother brought the fleet to Detritus, using her abilities to perform faster than light travel. After the ship crashed, Becca's father carried her from the rubble of the ship, leaving behind his dead wife who had died during the crash.
After the crash it is likely that Becca's father raised her in one of the newly formed colonies on Detritus. How or when he died is unknown. 
== Relationships ==
=== Becca Nightshade ===
Becca and her father often spent time together in the engine rooms and he would tell her stories while he worked. After the ship crashed, he became her sole carer as his wife had died when she had brought the fleet to Detritus. Becca's love of telling stories to Spensa is likely due to her fathers enjoyment and dedication to keeping the stories of Old Earth alive.
== Notes ==
Spensa's mother

Spensa's mother is a food saleswoman. She lives in Igneous Cavern along with her daughter and her mother-in-law, Becca Nightshade.
== Appearance and Personality ==
Spensa's mother is a tall, lean woman with shoulder length hair. She wears an old, worn jumpsuit.
As the wife of the "The Coward of Alta," Spensa's mother is looked down on by her fellow Defiants. After Zeen was portrayed as a deserter by the DDF she was offered a big apartment and a cushy job, if she went along with the DDF's story. She refused this offer and began selling food to workers in the Igneous Caverns, therefore showing herself to be a proud woman.
== Notes ==
Spensa Nightshade/Gallery

== Official artwork ==
Spensa features on vast majority of the covers for the Skyward series.
Covers
Spensa.jpeg | by Charlie Bowater Portrait from Skyward cover
Skyward IT cover art.jpg | by Federico Musetti From the Italian cover of Skyward
Spensa Character Pin.png | by Spensa Character Pin
== Fanworks ==
Spensa by Clint Lockwood.jpg | by Portrait
Spensa LittleGreyDragon.png | by With M-Bot
Spensa and Doomslug by Ralf Melevo.jpg | by With Doomslug
Spensa by cccrystalclear.jpg | by Watched by the eyes
Claim the Stars by astrolauu.jpg | by Claim the Stars
Spensa by jurassicpencil.jpg | by With Doomslug
Spensa by Tara Spruit.jpg | by Portrait
BlessYourStars.PNG | by With Kimmalyn
DOOMSLUGandSpensa.PNG | by With Doomslug
YouAreAmazing.PNG | by With Jorgen Weight
SpensaNightshade.PNG | by Portrait
Spensa'_Family.PNG | by With her mother and father
Spensa and Doomslug by Bernardo Curvello.jpg | by With Doomslug
Spin and Kitsen by Jillustrations.PNG | by Disguised as Alanik
Spensa and Morriumur by Jillustrations.PNG | by With Morriumur
Spensa by Mikaela Bell.jpg | by With Doomslug
Spensa by Egilde Art.jpg| by 
Spensa by Hinumay.jpeg| by With Doomslug
Spensa in a Flight Suit by Hinumay.jpeg| by 
Spensa Hologram by tinted.sketches.png| by Activating her holographic disguise
Spensa in the Nowhere by Eccos.jpg| by In the Nowhere with Chet and M-Bot
Spensa and Chet by Egilde Art.jpeg| by In the Nowhere with Chet and M-Bot
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