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'''Odium''' is a [[Shard]] of [[Adonalsium]] held by [[Rayse]].{{wob ref|7266}} Unlike most other Shards, which typically pick a single world and settle there, Odium has been travelling freely throughout the [[cosmere]] for a long time, deliberately refusing to [[Invest]] himself anywhere. He is responsible for the deaths of at least four
== Intent ==
[[File:Midnight Mother 1.jpg|thumb|right|200px|<small>by [[Coppermind:Artists/DNAVENOM|DNAVENOM]]</small> [[Re-Shephir]], an [[Unmade]] of Odium ]]
=== Spren ===
Despite his reservations about [[Invest]]ing into a planet, Odium has created numerous [[spren]] in the Rosharan system, known collectively as [[voidspren]].{{book ref|sa2|81}} Some of them are intelligent, and capable of autonomous thought despite not being bonded to an living creature, in contrast to most spren of [[Honor]] or [[Cultivation]].{{book ref|sa3|17}}{{book ref|sa3|i|3}} Others are as mindless as ordinary emotion or nature spren. [[Singer]]s can bond the latter to become [[Regal]]s, taking the spren into their [[gemheart]]s to gain forms with supernatural abilities ranging from speaking all languages, to summoning lightning.{{book ref|sa2|81}}{{book ref|sa3|i|7}}
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Standing apart from regular voidspren are the Unmade, a group of nine great [[splinter]]s of Odium, each granted immense power.{{book ref|sa3|1}}{{wob ref|1672}} What power this is precisely varies from Unmade to Unmade -- some are capable of influencing human
=== Fused ===
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Fused are [[Cognitive Shadow]]s of singers bound to Odium. This grants them numerous benefits, chief among them the ability to resurrect by taking over a body of their living kinsmen. During the [[True Desolation]], this can occur when the [[Everstorm]] passes over
Other than the ability to resurrect, the Fused possess other powers. They can use voidlight to heal themselves, as well to fuel their use of [[Surge]]s. Unlike [[Surgebinder]]s, however, the Fused have access to only one Surge each.
Odium was created at the [[Shattering]], when the creator god, [[Adonalsium]], was killed by sixteen people, splitting him into sixteen [[Shards]].{{msh ref|3|2}} One of those killers was [[Rayse]], who chose for himself the Shard of Odium.{{epigraph ref|sa2|71}}
At some point after Ascending, Odium went after one of his fellow Shards, [[Ambition]], as he felt most threatened by her intent. However, before he could find her, he located two other Shards
After creating the Dor, Odium went on to [[Threnodite system]], where he fought and subsequently killed Ambition and its Vessel, [[Uli Da]]. While fighting, Ambition was dealt a grievous wound, and chunks of her power were flung into [[Threnody]], greatly affecting the system in ways not yet fully understood.
==== Battle with Honor ====
There were several elements of the plan. One, as one of his [[Unmade]], [[Nergaoul]], was still free, Odium sent him to [[Alethkar]] to faciliate the [[Thrill]] among the Alethi. Over the centuries, the battle-rage brought about by Nergaoul became normal, and even desirable for the Alethi men, which would later allow Odium to use it to control them.{{book ref|sa3|115}} Moreover, the Thrill allowed Odium to groom a champion whom he could later put in command of his armies and use to release himself. In the final decades of the [[Era of Solitude]], such a potential champion appeared in the form of [[Dalinar Kholin]]. Odium focused on him to ensure he had as many hooks in him as possible.{{book ref|sa3|118}}
Odium also focused on the [[listener]]s, a group of [[singers]]
=== True Desolation ===
As the True Desolation began and the [[Fused]] started taking over human territory, Odium focused on [[Dalinar Kholin]] while maneuvering his forces towards [[Thaylen City]], where the confrontation between the two sides would occur.{{book ref|sa3|107}} He hijacked one of [[Dalinar's visions]] and let the other man believe that Odium was the Almighty for a short while before revealing himself. Although Dalinar refused to release him at the time, Odium was certain that Dalinar would eventually do so, and showed him his true form when Dalinar began to get too comfortable. He did not, however, agree to the contest of champions Dalinar suggested.{{book ref|sa3|57}}
At the same time, he also interacted with [[Venli]], stopping the Fused from taking her over and turning her into an [[envoyform]] instead to spread his propaganda among the newly awakened singers.{{book ref|sa3|i|6}} When she didn't work hard enough to his satisfaction, he tortured and threatened her, causing Venli to
Dalinar and Odium spoke once more in a different vision, after Dalinar attempted to negotiate with Venli. Odium initially attempted to tear the vision apart, although Dalinar managed to send Venli out of it before that could happen. Odium then appeared to Dalinar and scolded him for thinking that any sort of accord between the two races was possible, before reassuring Dalinar that peace would, indeed, happen -- after Roshar was destroyed.{{book ref|sa3|109}}
==== Deal with Taravangian ====
King [[Taravangian]] of [[Kharbranth]] had been planning to strike a deal with Odium for some time, as neither he nor his [[Diagram (literature)|Diagram]] believed that defeating a god would be plausible.{{book ref|sa3|i|5}} As such, he found a way to communicate with the Shard, both by writing and through actions such as opening the [[Kholinar]] [[Oathgate]] to let the [[Voidbringers]] invade [[Urithiru]].{{book ref|sa3|122}}
Some time after the Battle of Thaylen Field, Odium obliged him, visiting him in Urithiru after Taravangian let him in by opening a window. Odium revealed that he knew perfectly well that Taravangian had both brilliant and less intelligent days, and deliberately visited on one of the latter, to make sure that Taravangian knew he had nothing to negotiate with. Though Odium praised the Diagram, he used it to show how much further his own future sight reached. This inadvertedly let Taravangian know that Odium was unable to perceive anything involving [[Renarin Kholin]].{{book ref|sa3|122}}
On [[Threnody]], Odium's battle with [[Ambition]] had vast ramifications for the entire system, though what exactly this entails is unclear. It's possible that the [[Evil]] that had taken over [[Homeland]], as well as the [[Shade]]s, are a side effect of the battle between the Shards.{{au ref|Threnody}}
On [[Roshar]], Odium's influence is felt most acutely through the numerous [[Desolation]]s he caused, as well as the murder and subsequent splintering of [[Honor]], which
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