Difference between revisions of "Splinter"

Brandon has not stated the complete definition of what a Splinter is. The most he 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 |Steelheart Seattle Signing |date=2013-10-14}} 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.{{qawob ref |6994541 |8|HowVericon is2011 a Splinter different from a Sliver?|date=Mar 19th, 20112015-04-12}} One distinguishing factor of a Splinter is that they often have an intent, separate from their Shards'.{{qa ref|618|53|Do Splinters have their own Intent, in addition to the Shards'?|date=Aug 4th, 2011}} 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}}

Examples of Splinters are [[Honorspren]] (Splinters of [[Honor]]){{17s ref|post|66703|Are Honorspren Splinters, or do they hold Splinters?|date=05 October 2013}}, the [[Unmade]] (Splinters of [[Odium]]){{qawob ref |11161672 |26|Are/r/books theAMA Unmade2015 Splinters of Odium?|date=Mar 12th, 20152013-10-14}}, the Divine Breath that [[Returned]] hold (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 (Splinters of [[Devotion]]){{qa ref|949|5|Are the Aons at the heart of Seons shards of Devotion?|date=Jan 18th, 2010}}.