Difference between revisions of "Survival Shard"

The one hint to its existence is a cryptic quote that Brandon signed in a book. Responding to the question "Give us the name of a Shard's intent we have not seen before," he wrote, "there is one who just wants to hide and survive."{{17swob ref|topic|2652|Give us the name of a Shard's intent we have not seen before|date=09 December 20122788}} This is likely referring to surviving [[Odium]]'s onslaught against the other Shards.

The Shard's intent is only tangentially related to its desire to hide. The desire comes from its knowledge of events in the Cosmere.{{17swob ref|post|392615|text=That shard is well aware of what is going on in the Cosmere, and is smart enough to try and just get away from it all.|date=Jan 26th, 2016326}} This desire to not be caught is "quite intelligent".{{wob ref|date=2017-3-18|7889|Warsaw signing}}