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It is not entirely clear what abilities each of the Shards have. They seem to be limited in some ways by the idea their Shard embodies - for example, neither Ruin nor Preservation was able to create on their own (as creation was contrary to the nature of their Shards), but when they worked together, they were able to create life on [[Scadrial]]. Endowment is apparently able to bring certain individuals back from the dead on [[Nalthis]]. The capabilities of the Shards on [[Sel]] are unknown, as both Skai and Aona were dead by the time the events of [[Elantris]] took place. The only known Shards on [[Roshar]] are The Almighty and Cultivation. The Almighty is confirmed to be dead, and we have as of yet seen nothing of Cultivation, meaning we know very little of their influence on Roshar. It seems likely that the Ten [[Heralds]] and the [[Knights Radiant]] are related to the Shards of Adonalsium as well, though it is not yet entirely clear how.