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==Creation==
 
==Creation==
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]].{{article ref|The Letter}} Since [[Odium]] killed [[Tanavast]],{{ref|b|twok|c|75}} the holder of [[Honor]], Honor was Splintered as well.{{qa ref|755|27|Is Honor splintered?}}
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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]].{{article ref|The Letter}} Since [[Odium]] killed [[Tanavast]],{{book ref|twok|75}} the holder of [[Honor]], Honor was Splintered as well.{{qa ref|755|27|Is Honor splintered?}}
   
 
== Notes ==
 
== Notes ==

Revision as of 18:07, 29 August 2014

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

What are Splinters?

Though Brandon has not stated the complete definition of what a Splinter is, in a way they are qualitative opposites of Slivers. Whereas Slivers are people who have been influenced by Shardic power, a Splinter is a thing that has never been human.[1] One distinguishing factor of a Splinter is that they often have an intent, separate from their Shards'.[2] Splinters are a blend of more the spiritual and cognitive and less the physical.[3]

Known Splinters

Examples of Splinters are Honorspren[4], the Divine Breath that Returned hold, which are Splinters of Endowment[5], and the Aons inside of Seons are Splinters of Devotion.[6]

So there are Splinters on Roshar, Sel and Nalthis.

No Splinters on Scadrial

Lerasium and atium--despite being condensed essences of their Shards--are not Splinters, so there are no Splinters in Mistborn.[1]

Creation

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.[7] Since Odium killed Tanavast,[8] the holder of Honor, Honor was Splintered as well.[9]

Notes

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  2. Broken reference - Missing date declaration: Do Splinters have their own Intent, in addition to the Shards'?
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  3. Broken reference - Missing date declaration: Are Splinters primarily Spiritual?
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  5. Broken reference - Missing date declaration: If a returned gives away his/her breath they die right?
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  6. Broken reference - Missing date declaration: Are the Aons at the heart of Seons shards of Devotion?
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  7. The Letter#
  8. The Way of Kings chapter 75#
  9. Broken reference - Missing date declaration: Is Honor splintered?
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