Sylphrena
also known as Sylphrena, the windspren
A windspren who has followed Kaladin for months. Takes the shape of a tiny young woman in mist-dress, oddly self-aware — she uses his name, asks why he no longer fights, and is surprised that she has a name at all. SA:WoK:Ch 6
A specific small windspren that has trailed Kaladin's slave caravan for months. She takes the shape of a translucent young woman in a white dress, walks on the air, and — impossibly — uses Kaladin's name and remembers things he has done. SA:WoK:Ch 2 superseded at SA:WoK:Ch 6
Presence
appears mentioned absent
Known facts
- fading-memoriesTells Kaladin her memories of him are foggy — instincts more than memories — and that something within her warns: if she stays in the camp she will lose herself. She leaves him, hoping to return.SA:WoK:Ch 9
- returns-to-kaladinReturns from her self-exile after Kaladin chooses life and responsibility at the Honor Chasm — bright and encouraging as he begins to learn each bridgeman's name.SA:WoK:Ch 11
- learns-what-lying-isTells Kaladin she now understands what a lie is, that she did not weeks ago. She is afraid of forgetting: the more she knows, the more she risks losing what she was. He answers that he too is scared to go onward and terrified to go back.SA:WoK:Ch 14
- memory-only-one-year-backCannot remember anything more than about a year back, to when she first saw Kaladin. Notes that most spren have short memories — and immediately wonders how she knows that.SA:WoK:Ch 14
- asks-why-men-lieAsks Kaladin why men lie at all and notes that everyone says Dalinar — the Blackthorn — never does. If everyone lies, she reasons, then it must be the one who does not lie who is the mad one.SA:WoK:Ch 20
- feels-cold-for-the-first-timeLands on Kaladin's chest as he hangs from the wall and tells him she now feels cold — a sensation she did not have before. *I don't like it.* She refuses to leave him for the storm.SA:WoK:Ch 34
- becomes-a-shardblade-for-kaladinResponds to the First Ideal by transforming, for the first time, into a silvery Shardblade in Kaladin's hands.SA:WoK:Ch 67
Appearances
- SA:WoK:Ch 6 Tagging along as a windspren, inspecting Hashal and pinching Kaladin awake on the plateau
- SA:WoK:Ch 9 Sits on Kaladin's shoulder; eventually says goodbye and zips away as a flurry of tumbling translucent leaves
- SA:WoK:Ch 11 Returns to Kaladin after his decision at the chasm; learns the bridgemen's names with him
- SA:WoK:Ch 14 Rides Kaladin's shoulder, watches him drag Moash from the barrack; later joins him in the alley after his plank run
- SA:WoK:Ch 20 Asks Kaladin why men lie; flits onto his plank as he runs
- SA:WoK:Ch 22 Zips ahead of Rock to lead him from one stand of knobweed to the next — visible only to him among the bridgemen
- SA:WoK:Ch 27 Darts through the apothecary's shop while Kaladin trades
- SA:WoK:Ch 30 Watches the drills, then flits with the bridge as a flurry of leaves
- SA:WoK:Ch 32 Hovers as a flurry of leaves; then a girl beside him as the spearmen close in
- SA:WoK:Ch 34 Lands on his chest, says she feels cold, sits on the wall above him as the stormwall closes
- SA:WoK:Ch 35 Stands on his chest with her hands forward through the worst of the wind, as if splitting it; later visible in flashes when lightning fires
- SA:WoK:Ch 38 Stays close, anxious for him
- SA:WoK:Ch 67 Transforms into a Shardblade in his hands
- SA:WoK:Ch 2 (present)
- SA:WoK:Ch 4 Pacing the slave wagon; asking why Kaladin doesn't weep
Related
- relatedKaladin — Bonded windspren who refuses to leave him SA:WoK:Ch 6
- relatedKaladin — Leaves him — fearing for her own self if she stays in Sadeas's camp — promising to try to return SA:WoK:Ch 9
- relatedRock — Sees her where other lowlanders cannot — a Horneater inheritance from the Peaks SA:WoK:Ch 22
Thread
- SA:WoK:Ch 6edgerelated: Kaladin — Bonded windspren who refuses to leave him
- SA:WoK:Ch 6identified-asRevealed to be the same as “the windspren”
- SA:WoK:Ch 6introIntroduced as “Sylphrena”
- SA:WoK:Ch 9edgerelated: Kaladin — Leaves him — fearing for her own self if she stays in Sadeas's camp — promising to try to return
- SA:WoK:Ch 9factfading-memories: Tells Kaladin her memories of him are foggy — instincts more than memories — and that something within her warns: if she stays in the camp she will lose herself. She leaves him, hoping to return.
- SA:WoK:Ch 11factreturns-to-kaladin: Returns from her self-exile after Kaladin chooses life and responsibility at the Honor Chasm — bright and encouraging as he begins to learn each bridgeman's name.
- SA:WoK:Ch 14factlearns-what-lying-is: Tells Kaladin she now understands what a lie is, that she did not weeks ago. She is afraid of forgetting: the more she knows, the more she risks losing what she was. He answers that he too is scared to go onward and terrified to go back.
- SA:WoK:Ch 14factmemory-only-one-year-back: Cannot remember anything more than about a year back, to when she first saw Kaladin. Notes that most spren have short memories — and immediately wonders how she knows that.
- SA:WoK:Ch 20factasks-why-men-lie: Asks Kaladin why men lie at all and notes that everyone says Dalinar — the Blackthorn — never does. If everyone lies, she reasons, then it must be the one who does not lie who is the mad one.
- SA:WoK:Ch 22edgerelated: Rock — Sees her where other lowlanders cannot — a Horneater inheritance from the Peaks
- SA:WoK:Ch 34factfeels-cold-for-the-first-time: Lands on Kaladin's chest as he hangs from the wall and tells him she now feels cold — a sensation she did not have before. *I don't like it.* She refuses to leave him for the storm.
- SA:WoK:Ch 67factbecomes-a-shardblade-for-kaladin: Responds to the First Ideal by transforming, for the first time, into a silvery Shardblade in Kaladin's hands.
Backreferences
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 2
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 4
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 6
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 9
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 11
- factKaladin
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 14
- factThe Nightwatcher
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 20
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 22
- factRock
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 27
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 30
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 34
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 35
- factKaladin
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 40
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 67
- factKaladin
- factFirst Ideal of the Knights Radiant