40,275
edits
m (→Notes: -cols) |
m (tweak) |
||
The existence of a single origin of these shards have been hinted at in Sanderson's novels:
{{quote
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]]{{epigraph ref|mb3|39}}, emphasis added
}}
Another example is the ''{{b|sa1}}'' epigraphs, which mentions that:
{{quote
|[[The Letter]]{{epigraph ref|sa1|18}}
}}
[[Ati]] was the name of the person who held Ruin before being killed by [[Vin]] holding Preservation at the end of ''{{b|THoA}}''.
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:
{{quote
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.
|[[Sazed]]'s revelation on the [[Hero of Ages]]{{book ref|mb3|82}}
}}
How long, or under what conditions, a person can keep their own will is unknown.
|