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{{shard info
|image=Tanavast.jpg
|status=[[Splinter|Splintered]]
|books=[[The Stormlight Archive]]
}}
{{update|sa4}}
{{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.
== Intent ==
Honor seeks to uphold oaths and agreements, and to
== Associated magic ==
{{image|The Lights of Roshar by Connor Chamberlain.jpg|side=right|width=250px|Creating one of [[Roshar]]'s [[Lights]]}}
=== Stormlight ===
{{for|Stormlight}}
Stormlight is crucial to the Rosharan ecosystem. Numerous animals form bonds with lesser [[spren]], which most likely require Stormlight as fuel. Moreover, large quantities of Stormlight are necessary for [[singer]]s to change forms.{{book ref|sa2|i|5}} In [[Shadesmar]], spren derive sustenance from Stormlight.{{book ref|sa1|101}} While humans do not normally utilize Stormlight themselves, its presence makes them significantly healthier.{{wob ref|912}}
=== God Metal ===
[[Honorblade]]s are made out of the God Metal of Honor.{{wob ref|13996}}
[[Shardblade]]s and [[Shardplate]] are both made out of a mixture of the unnamed God Metals of Honor and Cultivation. The precise proportion of the two differs depending on the type of [[spren]] that forms the Blade, or the order to which the Plate belongs; as such, there are at least ten alloys.{{wob ref|11211}}{{wob ref|11949}}{{wob ref|2541}}
{{image|Honor by Heatherly.png|side=left|width=200px|In the [[highstorm]]}}
=== Surgebinding ===
{{for|Surgebinding}}
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 Stormlight and use it to control [[Surge]]s, a set of ten fundamental forces, although a single spren bond allows access to only two of them.{{wob ref|7663}} Some
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
=== Spren ===
== History ==
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=== 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
=== God of Roshar ===
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}}
{{image|Dead Honor by Ari Ibarra.jpeg|side=left|width=200px|Honor's death}}
=== Death ===
{{quote
|The Stormfather{{book ref|sa3|111}}
}}
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}}▼
▲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 the [[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}}▼
▲He died and
== Culture ==▼
== Influence ==
{{image|Honor by Kyle Pearson.jpg|side=right|width=200px|Honor and the [[Stormfather]]}}
{{quote
|The Almighty accepted the excellence of any man or woman, regardless of what they did.
|[[Vorin]] doctrine{{book ref|sa1|18}}
}}
Honor is well
Vorins believe that the Almighty is also responsible for sorting out the dead and deciding on their afterlife. The best possible outcome is to be sent to battle in [[Tranquiline Halls]], the lost paradise, and reclaim it from the [[Voidbringer]]s. To achieve this, one has to pick a Calling - a purpose in life - and a Glory, an aspect of the Almighty that one strives to emulate.{{book ref|sa1|18}}
Honor is also
* According to Brandon Sanderson, in ''[[wikipedia:Magic: The Gathering|Magic: The Gathering]]'' colors, Honor would be mono-white.{{wob ref|11057}}
== Notes ==
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