Difference between revisions of "Seventeenth Shard"

| I am being chased. Your friends of the Seventeenth Shard, I suspect. I believe they're still lost, following a false trail I left for them. They'll be happier that way. I doubt they have any inkling what to do with me should they actually catch me.

| [[The Letter]] {{epigraph ref|sa1|26}}

The '''Seventeenth Shard''' is a mysterious organization that, along with [[Hoid]] and the [[Shard]]s, is speculated to be influential in the overall [[Cosmere]]. Its members have a nonintervention philosophy,{{wob ref|1735}}, believing that the Shards were split up for a reason and that people shouldn't dabble in mixing them.{{wob ref|1564}} The organization's name was very deliberately chosen.{{wob ref|4439}}

The Seventeenth Shard has a non-interventionist policy when it comes to the planets and Shards.{{wob ref|1735}} They believe that the Shards split up for a reason and they shouldn't dabbleinterfere in bringing them together. They watch the planets but do not approve of getting involved or assimilating into another planet's society. They believe interfering will merely exacerbate the conflicts between the Shards.{{wob ref|1564}} While they have goals beyond chasing down [[Hoid]], those goals are not yet known.{{wob ref|7910}}

[[Ishikk]]Despite thetheir [[Purelake]]rnon-intervention is acting as a guide and informant to three unnamed foreigners who are looking for [[Hoid]].{{book ref|sa1|i|1}} Ishikk has nicknames for the three men: ''Grump''policy, ''Thinker'',members and ''Blunt''. These men have been confirmed to be fromof the Seventeenth Shard. Theyaccidentally brought the common cold to Roshar.{{wob ref|1735}}

* [[Demoux]] - A soldier and [[Seer]] from Scadrial

* [[Baon]] - A soldier and [[sand mastery|sand master]]{{book ref|ws3|6}} from [[Taldain]]

* [[Iyatil]] - A worldhopperformer member from [[Silverlight]] --with a[[Southern formerScadrian]] member,ancestry;{{wob nowref|716}} withleft to join the [[Ghostbloods]].{{wob ref|8134}}