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A '''Splinter''' is a specific type of fragment of a [[Shard]]'s power.

Brandon has not stated the complete definition of what a Splinter is. The most heHe has said is that it is a term used by certain people in the [[Cosmere]] for a power of [[Adonalsium]] which has no person holding it, which has attained self-awareness.{{wob ref|10563}} (although not all Splinters are self-aware{{wob ref|6538}}). In a way they are qualitativethe oppositesopposite of [[Sliver]]s. Whereas Slivers are people who have been influenced by Shardic power, a Splinter is a thing that has never been human.{{wob ref|4541}} One distinguishing factor of a Splinter is that they often have an intent, separate from their Shards'.{{wob ref|10089}} Splinters are amore blendstrongly ofconcentrated morein the spiritual[[Spiritual Realm|Spiritual]] and cognitive[[Cognitive Realm]]s and less in the physical[[Physical Realm|Physical]].{{wob ref|4066}}

Examples of Splinters are [[Honorsprenspren|Rosharan spren]] (Splinters of [[Honor]] and [[Cultivation]]){{wob ref|3017}}, the [[Unmade]] (Splinters of [[Odium]]){{wob ref|1672}}, the Divinedivine Breath that [[Returned]] hold (Splinters of [[Endowment]]){{wob ref|6724}}, and the [[Aon]]s inside of [[seon]]s (Splinters of [[Devotion]]){{wob ref|4679}}. Although there are no natural Scadrian Splinters ([[Ruin]] and [[Preservation]] never made any{{wob ref|3020}}), there are some Rosharan spren present in Scadrial's Cognitive Realm.{{wob ref|817}}