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|Ruin's consciousness was trapped by the Well of Ascension, kept mostly impotent. That night, when we discovered the Well for the first time, we found something we didn't understand. A black smoke, clogging one of the rooms.
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Though we discussed it after the fact, we couldn't decide what that was. How could we possibly have known?<br />
The body of a god—or, rather, the power of a god, since the two are really the same thing. Ruin and Preservation inhabited power and energy in the same way a person inhabits flesh and blood.
▲The body of a god—or, rather, the power of a god, since the two are really the same thing. Ruin and Preservation inhabited power and energy in the same way a person inhabits flesh and blood.
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All are extensions of the
In its Physical form, it can appear as a solid, and does one specific thing.
On Scadrial, a
In its liquid form, it is most potent.
The [[Well of Ascension]] is one such pool of a
Many Shards have such a [[Shardpool]].
Raoden encounters a Shardpool, where [[hoed]] can go to relieve their pain.
That pool is theorized to be Aona's Shardpool.
It is not clear what the gaseous form of Shards (the Spiritual power) do in general, but the mists--the power of Preservation--are able to fuel Allomancy as if working as a metal.
The black smoke that was found in the chamber before the Well of Ascension was
Based on [[Realmatic Theory]], it is known that the spiritual power is tied to the afterlife in the corresponding world and is the area in which shardblades are stored, so it is reasonable to conclude the gaseous form of Shards are somehow tied to this plane of existence.
There are further subdivisions of Shards: Slivers and Splinters.
=== [[Sliver]] ===
A Sliver is a human intelligence who has held the power and released it.
▲A Sliver is a human intelligence who has held the power and released it.<ref name='vericon_sliver'>{{17s|420|Vericon Report}}, Q: Is the definition of Sliver: Someone who has held a large part of the raw form of a Shard temporarily?</ref>
There is a certain threshold of power where one would be considered a Sliver of Adonalsium.
Every person on [[Scadrial]] has a bit of the power of Preservation, but they are not technically Slivers.
Though there is some grey area in what it means to be a Sliver, individuals who have directly held the power of a Shard are usually termed Slivers.
The [[Lord Ruler]] held a bit of Preservation at the [[Well of Ascension]] and letting it go.
This altered him, and that residue of a Shard inside him was what scholars would term a Sliver.
After Vin gave up [[Preservation]], she was considered a Sliver, as was Kelsier by the end of the [[Mistborn trilogy]].
Elantrians are not slivers.{{ref|?|680|26}}
===Splinter===▼
▲=== [[Splinter]] ===
Splinters are the qualitative opposites of Slivers, as Splinters have never been human.
It refers to a specific kind of fragment of a Shard's power.
Brandon has not told us the complete definition of a Splinter.
Lerasium and atium, despite being condensed essences of their Shards, are not Splinters.
One distinguishing factor of a Splinter is that they often have an [[intent]], separate from their Shards'.
The divine Breath that [[Returned]] hold are the only confirmed Splinter (a Splinter of [[Endowment]]
It is been theorized that [[Seon]]s are Splinters, and Brandon has said this line of theorizing is very close to being correct
It is not clear how Splinters are formed, though it appears a Shard must actively create one.
Endowment seems to be able to form them at will for [[Returned]].
[[Odium]] traveled to Sel and Splintered [[Devotion]] and [[Dominion]].{{ref|a|The Letter}}
Since [[Odium]] killed [[Tanavast]],
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