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== Shards of Adonalsium ==
After Adonalsium shattered into its present form, the pieces were given to or taken by individuals that then had the powers of the aspect of the Shard of Adonalsium.
The existence of a single origin of these shards have been hinted at in Sanderson's novels: {{quote|I sense shards of something long ago, a fractured presence, something spanning the void. I have delved and searched, and have only been able to come up with a single name: '''Adonalsium'''. Who, or what, it was, I do not yet know.|[[Sazed]], preface to Ch. 39 in [[The Hero of Ages]], emphasis added}}▼
For example in [[The Way of Kings]] on page 275 U.S. Hardback it says "Ati was once a kind and generous man, and you saw what became of him." [[Ati]] was the name of the person who held the Ruin-Shard before being killed by [[Vin]] holding the Preservation-Shard at the end of The Hero of Ages. Intentionally killing [[Ati]] went against the nature of the Preservation-Shard, but as Vin had not yet become attuned to it, she was able to use its power to her own ends.▼
▲{{quote|I sense shards of something long ago, a fractured presence, something spanning the void. I have delved and searched, and have only been able to come up with a single name: '''Adonalsium'''. Who, or what, it was, I do not yet know.|[[Sazed]], preface to Ch. 39 in [[The Hero of Ages]], emphasis added}}
It is also possible that those who take the power of a Shard may be able to resist this change to their personality by force of will, like when [[Sazed]] gained the powers of both Ruin and Preservation: "...they threatened to annihilate each other. And yet, because he was of one mind on how to use them, he could keep them separate. They could touch without destroying each other, if he willed it" ([[The Hero of Ages]], pg. 715). How long, or under what conditions, a person can keep their own will is unknown.
▲For example in [[The Way of Kings]] on page 275 U.S. Hardback it says "Ati was once a kind and generous man, and you saw what became of him." [[Ati]] was the name of the person who held the Ruin-Shard before being killed by [[Vin]] holding the Preservation-Shard at the end of The Hero of Ages. Intentionally killing [[Ati]] went against the nature of the Preservation-Shard but as Vin had not yet become attuned to it she was able to use its power to her own ends.
== Trivia ==
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