Difference between revisions of "Splinter"

== What are Splinters? ==

Though Brandon has not stated the complete definition of what a Splinter is, in a way they are qualitative opposites of [[Sliver]]s. Whereas Slivers are people who have been influenced by Shardic power, a Splinter is a thing that has never been human.{{qa ref|699|8|How is a Splinter different from a Sliver?|date=Mar 19th, 2011}} One distinguishing factor of a Splinter is that they often have an [[intent]], separate from their Shards'.{{qabroken ref|qa|552|?|Do Splinters have their own Intent, in addition to the Shards'?}} Splinters are a blend of more the spiritual and cognitive and less the physical.{{qa ref|979|68|Are Splinters primarily Spiritual?|date=Apr 15th, 2013}}

== Known Splinters ==

Examples of Splinters are [[Honorspren]]{{17s ref|4254|post|66703|Are Honorspren Splinters, or do they hold Splinters?|date=05 October 2013}}, the Divine Breath that [[Returned]] hold, which are Splinters of [[Endowment]]{{qa ref|680|13|If a returned gives away his/her breath they die right?|date=Jan 18th, 2010}}, and the [[Aon]]s inside of [[Seon]]s are Splinters of [[Devotion]].{{qa ref|949|5|Are the Aons at the heart of Seons shards of Devotion?|date=Jan 18th, 2010}}

== No Splinters on Scadrial ==

== 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]],{{book ref|twok|75}} the holder of [[Honor]], Honor was Splintered as well.{{qa ref|755|27|Is Honor splintered?|date=Apr 17th, 2012}}