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|slivers=[[Stormfather]]{{wob ref|9207}}
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|vessel=[[Tanavast]]
|magic=[[Surgebinding]]{{wob ref|1640}}
|universe=[[Cosmere]]
|books=[[The Stormlight Archive]]
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{{quote
|I am . . . I was . . . God. The one you call the Almighty, the creator of mankind. And now I am dead. [[Odium]] has killed me. I am sorry.
|Honor to [[Dalinar]]{{book ref|sa1|75}}
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'''Honor''' is one of the sixteen [[Shard]]s of [[Adonalsium]], and one of the three, alongside [[Cultivation]] and [[Odium]], present in the [[Rosharan system]]. The original Vessel of Honor was called [[Tanavast]]. Following his death at the hands of Odium, Honor was [[Splinter|Splintered]].{{wob ref|9810}} Honor’s [[Investiture]] is typically associated with the color blue-white.{{wob ref|13074}}
== Intent ==
=== Stormlight ===
{{for|Stormlight}}
Stormlight is a gaseous form of [[Investiture]] associated with Honor. It was not created by him, as a proto-version of it existed prior to his arrival on [[Roshar]], but in the present day, it has been subsumed into him.{{wob ref|9266}} The largest [[
Stormlight is crucial to the Rosharan ecosystem. Numerous animals form bonds with lesser [[spren]], which most likely require
=== Surgebinding ===
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Surgebinding is a magic system derived from both Honor and [[Cultivation]].{{wob ref|1640}} To utilize it, a person must bond a higher spren, which allows them to inhale
Apart from spren bonds, Honor can also grant the use of Surgebinding through the [[Honorblade]]s, weapons made out of his Investiture.{{wob ref|1572}} Like spren, each Honorblade grants access to only one pair of Surges; in fact, Surgebinding came to be
=== Spren ===
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Spren are [[
The most notable spren of Honor is the [[Stormfather]]. Unlike most other spren, Stormfather was created by Honor intentionally; moreover, he
=== Direct intervention ===
Honor's particular intent lends itself well to binding and forming bonds. Among others, he bound [[Herald]]s to himself and tied them to the cycle of [[Desolation]]s, creating the [[Oathpact]] to protect Roshar.{{book ref|sa3|38}} He also tied Odium to the greater Rosharan system
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{{image|Cultivation and Honor by ML Malandrino.jpg|side=right|width=250px|Honor and [[Cultivation]]}}
=== Creation ===
The Shard of Honor was created, like all others, at the [[Shattering]] of [[Adonalsium]], and picked up by [[Tanavast]]. Though the Shards had an agreement to go their own separate ways, he and [[Cultivation]] traveled together to the [[Rosharan system]].{{epigraph ref|sa3|39}}{{wob ref|1169}} However, whatever the actual text of the agreement, Honor did not consider his actions to be breaking it, or exploiting a loophole in it.{{wob ref|10835}} The reason for that could be that Tanavast and Cultivation's vessel were romantically involved.{{wob ref|2786}}
=== God of Roshar ===
On Roshar, Honor and Cultivation became the gods of the [[singer]]s, a native Rosharan species. An unknown period of time later, human refugees arrived from [[Ashyn]], seeking help after accidentally destroying their own world, and the two permitted them to settle on the planet, likely in the region now called [[Shinovar]]. Unfortunately, along with them came [[Odium]], who by that point had murdered three other Shards -- [[Dominion]], [[Devotion]] and [[Ambition]] -- and was now gunning for either Honor, Cultivation, or both.{{book ref|sa3|111}}{{wob ref|11813}} When the relations between humans and singers of Roshar broke down, singers turned to Odium to help them, leading to the creation of the [[Fused]], [[Cognitive Shadow]]s of singers who could be reborn into the bodies of their kinsmen every time they died.{{book ref|sa3|38}}
To help the people of Roshar, Honor created the [[Herald]]s, binding ten people to himself and giving them similar resurrective ability, although one that did not require body snatching.{{book ref|sa3|38}} Moreover, he bound Odium to the Rosharan system, making it impossible for him to leave.{{wob ref|7989}} Unfortunately for him, the Heralds abandoned the Oathpact after numerous [[Desolation]]s in the event known as the [[Aharietiam]].{{book ref|sa1|part=prelude}} Sometime afterwards, Odium succeeded at [[Splinter]]ing him.{{wob ref|9810}}{{wob ref|9973}}
=== Death ===
{{quote
|I remember at the end Honor was more obsessed with oaths. There were times when the oath itself was more important than the meaning behind it. But he was not a passionless monster. He loved humankind. He died defending you.
|The Stormfather{{book ref|sa3|111}}
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Honor's death, however, was a protracted event.{{wob ref|8144}} Before passing away fully, Honor took some measures to help Rosharans in the future. Chief among them was leaving behind a series of visions to warn of the possibility of the [[True Desolation]], and to leave behind some information that might be helpful.{{book ref|sa1|75}} He prepared [[Stormfather]] to be his inheritor, and gave him the task of choosing the possible recipients of the visions.{{book ref|sa2|89}} At the very end of his existence, Tanavast was still capable of communicating with humans, but by then he was raving and no longer supported the Knights Radiant.{{book ref|sa3|113}}
He died and became Splintered shortly after the [[Recreance]].{{book ref|sa3|113}} Tanavast's [[Cognitive Shadow]] merged with Stormfather, along with the largest portion of Honor's remaining power.{{wob ref|1671}} That remaining power is sufficient to keep Odium bound to Roshar, and the Oathpact ongoing.{{book ref|sa3|57}}{{wob ref|5186}}
== Culture ==▼
== Influence ==
{{image|Honor by Kyle Pearson.jpg|side=right|width=200px|Honor and [[Stormfather]]}}
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Honor is well-known among the Rosharan people, and worshipped as a god.{{book ref|sa1|75}} [[Vorinism]] calls him the '''Almighty''' and claims that he's the only deity, considering worship of [[Cultivation]] to be pagan.{{book ref|sa3|29}} He's believed to be the creator of both Roshar and humanity.{{book ref|sa1|7}} In the Vorin tradition, he has ten names, the last of which, Elithanathile, is only used by [[ardent]]s, the Vorin priests.{{book ref|sa1|7}} It's said he resides in the hearts of all people.{{book ref|sa1|45}} As it's commonly believed that perceiving him directly would cause one to burst into flames from his sheer glory, he's typically represented by a divine prism with ten facets.{{book ref|sa1|7}}{{book ref|sa1|33}}
Honor is also worshipped in [[Azir]] and the surrounding countries, though there he's known simply as God.{{book ref|sa3|122}} [[Singer]]s worshipped him and Cultivation once, before the arrival of [[Odium]].{{book ref|sa3|111}}
* In ''[[wikipedia:Magic: The Gathering|Magic:The Gathering]]'' colors, Honor would be white.{{wob ref|11057}}
== Notes ==
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