Roshar Reader

Prologue · reading

A pair of spanreeds on a leveled desk

object · SPAN-reed

Spanreed

spanreeds

A pair of conjoined reed pens. Write with one, and the other writes the same words a kingdom away. Navani uses them; so do merchants and generals who can afford the ruby.
Two pens that are the same pen.
Role
Long-distance writing; the closest thing Roshar has to a letter that talks back
First introduced
Book 2 — End of Words of Radiance
Most recently in view
Book 2 — End of Words of Radiance

Look

An ordinary-looking reed in a gemstone setting, used on a perfectly level writing board. The ruby can be turned to signal, to write, or to sit quiet.

Where

Navani's desk; other spanreed boards across the kingdoms

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