Character from The Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson
A corrupted truthwatcher spren who grants Renarin visions of possible futures — tainted by Sja-anat's touch but loyal to his Radiant despite the stain he carries.
Glys speaks softly, almost apologetically, aware that his corrupted nature makes him suspect. He was touched by Sja-anat, the Unmade who corrupts spren, and this changed his abilities — instead of standard Truthwatcher illumination, he grants Renarin visions of possible futures that even Odium cannot fully predict. He carries shame about his corruption but chose to bond Renarin anyway, and their shared experience of being different — wrong, by the standards of their respective peoples — creates a bond of mutual understanding. He is gentle where other spren are commanding, uncertain where they are confident, and brave precisely because his courage costs him more.
Appears as a small red crystalline spren, his coloring distinctly wrong — truthwatcher spren should glow with natural light, but Glys pulses with a reddish hue from his corruption by Sja-anat. His form shimmers and fractures when Renarin receives visions. In Shadesmar, appears more humanoid but retains the red-tinged wrongness.
Also known as: Glys