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 1 — End of The Way of Kings
- Most recently in view
- Book 1 — End of The Way of Kings
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
