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'''Trellium''' is the [[God Metal]] used by [[Paalm]] to hide from [[Harmony]]'s sight and evade capture. The metal is from a [[Shard]] of [[Adonalsium]] currently known in the cosmere but which particular Shard is unknown.{{wob ref|6261}}{{wob ref|13226}} The metal is not known to Harmony. The name is in reference to the force currently known only as [[Trell_(Trellism)|Trell]] on [[Scadrial]], and the metal is associated with that "god", theorized to be a Shard.{{wob ref|8554}}
Trellium is the God Metal, or an alloy of the God Metal, of a Shard that was known when it first appeared.{{wob ref|6261}}{{wob ref|13226}} It cannot be of Ruin or Preservation, as Harmony does not recognize the metal;{{book ref|mb5|epilogue}} it also cannot be of [[Ambition]], [[Invention]], [[Mercy]], [[Valor]], or [[Whimsy]], as they were unknown when it first appeared;{{wob ref|6261}} and it has been confirmed to not be of [[Endowment]].{{wob ref|4389}} It is almost certainly not the God Metal (or an alloy thereof) of [[Devotion]], [[Dominion]], or [[Honor]] as they are all [[Splinter]]ed,{{au ref|Roshar}} which leaves [[Autonomy]], [[Cultivation]], and [[Odium]] as the remaining possibilities. Cultivation has exhibited few signs of interest in affairs beyond [[Roshar]] and it seems unlikely that she was responsible for the metal.
Though Rayse (as Odium) does have a history of acting against other Shards and is making plans to move against Harmony,{{au ref|Roshar}}{{wob ref|7319}} it is unlikely that he is responsible for trellium. He had always planned to not Invest himself in a planet,{{wob ref|227}} and he might be reluctant to commit the Investiture required to create trellium, especially while he is waging the [[True Desolation]] on Roshar. Additionally, Odium's God Metal, [[raysium]], is bright gold,{{book ref|sa4|121}} which does not match the appearance of trellium;{{book ref|mb5|epilogue}} though this does not rule out the possibility that trellium is an alloy of raysium.
Trell is also not likely Taravangian. Harmony distinctly mentions Odium in [[Letters#The Sixth Letter|his second letter]] to [[Hoid]] but shares that he is worried that a Shard or Shards he cannot identify are encroaching on Scadrial.{{epigraph ref|sa4|28}} This serves to say that Trell's influence was on Scadrial before the Transfer of power to Taraganvian, so Odium is not likely to be Trell.
By process of elimination, this suggests that trellium is of Autonomy. Notably, Autonomy is known among cosmere scholars as a Shard that often intervenes on other planets{{au ref|Taldain}} and has avatars on [[First of the Sun]] and [[Obrodai]];{{wob ref|8902}}{{epigraph ref|sa3|50}} [[Trell (Trellism)|Trell]] may be an avatar of Autonomy manifesting on Scadrial.
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