Splinter

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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,Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content the holder of Honor, Honor was Splintered as well.[8]

Notes

  1. ↑ a b Broken reference - Missing date declaration: How is a Splinter different from a Sliver?
    — Theoryland - {{{date}}}# Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "qa-699-8" defined multiple times with different content
  2. ↑ Broken reference - Missing date declaration: Do Splinters have their own Intent, in addition to the Shards'?
    — Theoryland - {{{date}}}#
  3. ↑ Broken reference - Missing date declaration: Are Splinters primarily Spiritual?
    — Theoryland - {{{date}}}#
  4. ↑ Broken reference - Missing date declaration: 66703
    — 17th Shard forums - {{{date}}}#
  5. ↑ Broken reference - Missing date declaration: If a returned gives away his/her breath they die right?
    — Theoryland - {{{date}}}#
  6. ↑ Broken reference - Missing date declaration: Are the Aons at the heart of Seons shards of Devotion?
    — Theoryland - {{{date}}}#
  7. ↑ The Letter#
  8. ↑ Broken reference - Missing date declaration: Is Honor splintered?
    — Theoryland - {{{date}}}#

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