Difference between revisions of "Odium"

Later that day, Taravangian killedmanaged to get Szeth and Rayse withto come to him at the same time. When Rayse pulled him into a vision, Taravangian grabbed [[Nightblood]]'s Cognitive aspect and Ascendedstabbed Rayse with it, becomingkilling him. While he had been doing this, Szeth had stabbed him with his belt knife, but just as he died, Taravangian Ascended to become Odium.{{book ref|sa4|113}} His previous [[Old Magic]] afflictions seemed to vanish as soon as he Ascended, giving him both emotion and intelligence in far greater amounts and he possessed all the power of the Shard. Taravangian realized that Rayse had been sliding towards oblivion for a very long time, as he had been severely weakened by his previous battles, especially against [[Honor]]; Rayse had been enslaved by the power he wielded.{{book ref|sa4|114}} ThusRayse's didbody Taravangianappeared become Odium,in the powerplace of rawTaravangian's, untamedalthough fury,it hatredwas so damaged by Nightblood that Szeth was unable to tell the unbounddifference. Some time later, when [[WitHoid]] was walking the hallways in Elhokar's palace, Taravangian confronted him,. andWhen trickedhe Witasked intoHoid believingwhat he would have done in Taravangian's place, Hoid realized that Raysethere was stilla thenew Vessel, ofand Odiumwas unable to hide his terror. HeTaravangian then tampereddestroyed withthe Wit's [[Breath]]sBreaths that he was using to contain histhe memories of their conversation, and redid the whole thing, this time pretending to be Rayse much more effectively.{{book ref|sa4|epilogue}}