Difference between revisions of "Shard"

This principle states that all magic is directly related to a given Shard’sShard's intent.<ref>{{17s|369|The Principle of Intent}}</ref>

[[Awakening]] endows power, so it is of [[Endowment]]; Hemalurgy ruins; and Honor’sHonor's Surgebinding deals with oaths and bonds.

From a Shard’sShard's intent, one can postulate a magic system’s mechanics easier.

It has been theorized that a Shard’sShard's power creates sentience.<ref>{{17s|549|Shardic Sentience}}</ref><ref>{{17s|636|Power generates sentience}}</ref>

<ref>{{17s|549|Shardic Sentience}}</ref><ref>{{17s|636|Power generates sentience}}</ref> Preservation put a fragment of himself into the people on Scadrial, granting them sentience, and the large quantity of Breaths (presumably fragments of Endowment) in [[Nightblood]] are a factor in his sentience.

Endowment’sEndowment's Shardholder is currently unknown, but since the Tears of Edgli are related to color and Awakening, it’sit's been said that Endowment’sEndowment's original name was Edgli.

It is also theorized that Endowment’sEndowment's Shardholder is female.

Since Aona and Skai’sSkai's Shards have been Splintered, it commonly espoused that Seons and Skaze are Splinters of Devotion and Dominion, respectively.