The shrill yellow spren
A glowing yellow ribbon of a spren that travels with the Hearthstone runaways and shrieks an alarm when it finds Kaladin watching them from the brush. SA:OB:Ch 14
Known facts
- is-a-voidspren-guiding-the-parshmenIs a higher spren on the order of Syl herself — a *Voidspren*, of the enemy — and is invisible to Kaladin but visible to the parshmen and to Syl, whom it has so far mistaken for a passing windspren. It is the spren guiding the Hearthstone runaways and giving them their marching orders.SA:OB:Ch 17
- looks-shin-and-builds-stone-as-she-walksAppears to Kaladin in the bunker as a tiny narrow-faced woman with large Shin-like eyes in a long flowing dress, standing on a translucent pillar of golden-yellow stone; with each step around him a fresh spike of yellow stone rises from the ground to meet her bare foot.SA:OB:Ch 23
- is-only-a-messenger-not-a-decisionmakerTells Kaladin she would happily accept his spear in the coming war but the final word is not hers: she is *but a messenger*, and the answer waits at the band's destination.SA:OB:Ch 23
Events
- SA:OB:Ch 14 Zips past the camp's tarps as a yellow ribbon of light, screaming a warning that the watcher is in the shrubs behind the bearded one.
- SA:OB:Ch 17 Travels with the column unseen by Kaladin — visible to Syl and to the parshmen, pacing them like a sheepdog and pressing them to march on through the day, which they refuse for the sake of their grain.
- SA:OB:Ch 23 Reveals herself to Kaladin inside the bunker on a pillar of golden stone, walks circles around him as fresh spikes rise under her feet, presses him on why he is still with the band, and offers him a place in the war as a spear-carrier.
Backreferences
- summarySA:OB:Ch 17
- summarySA:OB:Ch 20
- summarySA:OB:Ch 23