On Highspren

[Usseewa ✾ She♡Her ✾]

We don't have a ton of information about Highspren (or other types of Radiant spren). What interests me is the whole "rift in reality" aspect of the Highspren (I've made some posts related to this already). It really seems like Highspren actually show a window into somewhere else in space (whether within the cosmere or outside it). Here is some information:

I couldn't find any relevant WoBs using this query: https://wob.coppermind.net/adv_search/?query=highspren

The Wiki mostly repeats information found in the books (which is expected, and actually helpful for location said info).

The Highspren show a view of “unfamiliar stars” that is stationary as they move, like a “moving window onto an alternate reality” (Rhythm of War I-7, p. 830).

Kaladin remarks that the stars “stay stationary [when the highspren moves]—as if [the highspren] were a portal” (Wind and Truth Ch. 86, p. 853).

They are different from other types of Radiant spren (with the Oaths/Bonds).

Shallan sketched them:

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I wonder if--since she has a "photographic memory"--the stars sketched would actually be accurate. If so, we might be able to use that to find out more about what the Highspren are showing (if anything), and where. See my beginnings to a 3D model of the Cosmere's stars: 

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Here is a post I found relating to Highspren "windows":

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Some thoughts on Highspren and their windows/portals:

• They seem different than other types of Radiant spren (although you could say the same about Cryptics. Maybe they are all just "unique" to each other?)
• Do they have a "body" somewhere?
• Do they show another place or another time? Or both? Neither?
• Maybe they show a "zoomed out" view of the universe/galaxy that the Cosmere is in, so that all the normally recognizable details (such as Taln's scar) would be too miniscule to be visible, and what they would be viewing through a Highspren would be galaxies or star clusters.
• What's with the Physical realm form?
• Do they all show the same view? If two Highspren stood side-by-side, would their windows "fit together"? Or, if one Highspren stood somewhere, moved away, then another came and stood exactly where the first was, would the second's star view look the same?

What does everyone think?

Edited December 30, 2025 by Theory
Added info. SPAG.