Difference between revisions of "Odium"

'''Odium''' is a [[Shard]] of [[Adonalsium]] <span data-nosnippet>originally held by [[Rayse]]</span>.{{wob ref|7266}} Unlike most other Shards, which typically pick a single world and settle there, Odium has been traveling freely throughout the [[cosmere]] for a long time, deliberately refusing to [[Invest]] himself anywhere. He is responsible for the deaths of at least four Shards -- [[Devotion]], [[Dominion]], [[Ambition]] and [[Honor]].{{au ref|Roshar}} In the present, he's confined to the planet [[Braize]], but his influence canjnkjnkcjnkcjcan be felt on the entire [[Rosharan system]].{{wob ref|9847}} Odium’s [[Investiture]] is typically associated with “burning” gold or violet-black colors,{{book ref|sa3|57}} though it is also often red, the color that signifies corrupted Investiture.{{wob ref|13074}} His overall motif is red-gold, although gold is his "real" color.{{wob ref|13074}}

* Odium's original name was Hatred; Brajncksjcbsjcbkjbckjxbck\jxcbkjzxbczxkmcnbzxnxznznxzjchbjzxhcbzjhcbndonBrandon changed it because, in his words, it was "too on-the-nose", while the name Odium brought the Shard a step closer to Passion.{{wob ref|12312}}