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Questioner
Does the Almighty and the Heralds have anything to do with the bigger cosmere gods and deities?
Brandon Sanderson
Yes.
Questioner
The Heralds, as well?
Brandon Sanderson
...Not as much, but a little bit. They do.
Questioner
Does that mean that the Almighty is able to worldhop as well?
Brandon Sanderson
Well, the Almighty is Honor, and he is one of the Shards of Adonalsium, so he didn't originate on Roshar.
Questioner
Why was Honor mad before his demise?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO.
Questioner
Dalinar's visions are the memories of Honor, correct?
Brandon Sanderson
Yes. Yes, they are things specifically created by Honor...
Questioner
Does that mean that the Recreance happened before Honor's death... since Dalinar sees it?
Brandon Sanderson
Yes. But Honor's death, like Preservation's death, is a protracted event.
mooglefrooglian
Shallan explains the theory that all spren can be divided into two categories (emotions and forces). Jasnah then links these to Cultivation and Honor, and also notes that voidspren are of Odium.
Is this theory maybe a little incomplete? Is there a third category of spren for "sensationspren" like painspren (which don't seem to involve emotions or forces)?
Brandon Sanderson
In Vorin thought, those would be emotions, but that doesn't mean that the scholars who think about these things are right.
17th Shard
What is the name of the Shard which is the Almighty?
Brandon Sanderson
Ah…RAFO!
Questioner
Was Urithiru created by Honor?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO.
Questioner
So far all the spren that have bonded to humans appear to be emotion-based as opposed to nature-based. Is that true for all the Knights Radiant?
Brandon Sanderson
Well it depends. For instance: how would you define Wyndle?
Questioner
I struggled with that one.
Brandon Sanderson
Uh hm. So I would say that you are on the right track, that there is a definite inclination that direction.
Questioner
Towards Honor?
Brandon Sanderson
Yes. There is.
Questioner
Is there other surges then, that are more Cultivation-exclusive or other Knights Radiant that are...?
Brandon Sanderson
We'll RAFO that, but the original Knights Radiant are more focused on Honor and his spren.
Questioner
Are you planning to unite the Shard of Honor with Dalinar? No?
Brandon Sanderson
That's a RAFO. That's a RAFO. That's a read and find out. No answers there for you.
AllomancerSam
If given the opportunity, which Shard would Kelsier want to punch next?
Brandon Sanderson
He would find it really fun to punch Honor. Really fun.
Questioner
Can Honor be revived like with... Preservation?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO.
R'Shara
Did Honor and Cultivation binding Odium to the Roshar system directly cause the death stroke to Honor?
Brandon Sanderson
*sighs indecisively for a good ten seconds* RAFO. It's fiddly.
delvin
Is it possible that Honor's Shard is named Honor, because this is how the man who hold The Shard inerpreted it but not it's real name? In that case could The Shard change the name to something else that would better fit with personality of the new holder? As an example, could Honor become Unity if Dalinar were the holder?
Brandon Sanderson
The name Honor is bigger than Tanavast, though it's not impossible for shards to be interpreted differently by those who hold them, and perhaps other names be applied.
Questioner
I was wondering if there was a connection between when we meet Preservation in Secret History, and the way he is, and the Stormfather. Like, is he dead yet, in Secret History?
Brandon Sanderson
There is a similarity, but-- Dying for a Shard takes a long time, in a lot of cases. So, it's similar. But the Stormfather is something different, *inaudible* remnants left over after the god died.
Questioner
So is he dead?
Brandon Sanderson
Honor is dead, yes. But, at the same time, the Stormfather is kind of his Cognitive Shadow. So-- what does "dead" mean?
Questioner
Is Honor still alive?
Brandon Sanderson
Honor? Honor's dead.
Questioner
What about Tanavast?
Brandon Sanderson
So, um, you can assume that there is no funny business going on there.
Questioner
Did Cultivation foresee Honor’s Shattering?
Brandon Sanderson
That’s a RAFO.
ChocolateRob
(paraphrased)
What does the Stormfather think of Cultivation?
Brandon Sanderson
(paraphrased)
He thinks the same as Honor thinks.
Questioner
Is it fair to say that Honor is focused on the past, and Cultivation is focused on the future? Or nostalgia.
Brandon Sanderson
No. Nope, not fair to say that. But it is an interesting theory. They would disagree with you, but you could make the argument.
Questioner:
(paraphrased)
In the past we have seen that shards that break oaths are made vulnerable by that. And in Mistborn Era 1, we see that the reason that Preservation was able to be killed was that he tried to shelter humanity against Ruin even though his agreement said that Ruin would be allowed to destroy them eventually. Did Honor have an agreement with Odium or the singers about a potential ceasefire between Desolations that was broken by the binding of Ba-Ado-Mishram or other actions taken by humans between Desolations?
Brandon Sanderson
(paraphrased)
RAFO, but I will say that there was not much of a continuatuion to the fighting after a Desolation. It is similar to if you look at stone age and even modern stone age people. Most of them didn't truly understand war and if they did then they almost never thought to exterminate everyone on the other side. So I don't think that it's likely given how far towards societal destruction they were pushed by each desolation.
Questioner
Do the Shards know each others' weaknesses? Like the metal blindness or anything?
Brandon Sanderson
They are not aware of every specific, but they know generalities.
Questioner
So they know that they do have weaknesses.
Brandon Sanderson
Yeah.
Questioner
So would Odium have taken advantage of Honor's weakness to Splinter him?
Brandon Sanderson
You could say that, yeah.
Questioner
Did Dalinar reincarnate Honor at the end of Oathbringer?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO
Questioner
Was Honor Shattered before or after the Recreance?
Brandon Sanderson
I believe after. I'm pretty sure. I mean, he has memories of the Recreance.
Little Wilson
And so are there any Shards that we don't know of that are Shattered?
Brandon Sanderson
Yes.
Zas678's sister
Four, right? Ish?
Brandon Sanderson
Eh... eh... Honor is gone.
Little Wilson
And Devotion and Dominion.
Brandon Sanderson
Devotion and Dominion are gone. There are others. The question is, [is] Cultivation gone or not? I'm not-- I haven't answered that for you. There are others. So this is what I can't-- I'm not gonna <just> share the answer. This is why I'm not gonna give you answers on these things.
Questioner
Does the spren have to be present for a Surgebinder to have their abilities? Because with Dalinar, the Stormfather won’t be around all the time...
Brandon Sanderson
Good Question! Fortunately, the Stormfather is a little more omnipresent. Normally you’re gonna have to have your spren close, but the Stormfather absorbed... is basically Honor’s Cognitive Shadow, which means he’s got a connection to a lot of different things, so he’s not bound by a lot of the rules that others are.
Viper
(paraphrased)
Question about timelines—Was Honor splintered BEFORE or AFTER the Day of Recreance?
Brandon Sanderson
(paraphrased)
You know, I'm going to RAFO that for now.
athos45678
Did Honor and Cultivation interact with Odium when he first came in a neutral way or was it immediately an all out conflict?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO.
Questioner
Seons are Splinters?
Brandon Sanderson
Yes. Splinters of Devotion.
Questioner
Um, Splintered...Honor is the *inaudible*...the stormwall...
Brandon Sanderson
The Stormfather?
Questioner
The Stormfather.
Brandon Sanderson
The Stormfather is technically a Splinter of Honor, but it was an intentional Splinter, that Honor did himself.
Questioner
Does he have another Splinter?
Brandon Sanderson
So, all of the honorspren are Splinters of Honor, but this is a different situation because he actually did this intentionally.
Questioner
Will we ever know the exact place and time Honor's death occurred, and will it be significant?
Brandon Sanderson
Yes, and RAFO.
Did Cultivation come to Roshar with Honor, or was she already on Roshar when Honor arrived?
Good question. They came together.
Eric Hohnbaum
Who provoked the confrontation, Tanavast or Rayse?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO.
Wetlander
Did the Splintering happen before the Recreance?
Brandon Sanderson
I will reveal this as we go. However, be aware that in the past, when a Shard was killed, the person holding it, it is a slow burn to actually kill someone; because power cannot be destroyed. So, what it means to be killed means something a little different in these cases.
Hoser
Did Tanavast survive Honor's splintering?
Brandon Sanderson
Tanavast is dead. Good question. However, that is as of the start of The Way of Kings.
Hoser
So he could have survived the Splintering...
Brandon Sanderson
He could have survived the Splintering.
Hoser
...as a mortal...
Brandon Sanderson
Well, he could have survived for a time, but then he could not have then...
Hoser
...passed away in his sleep...
Brandon Sanderson
Right.
Seonid
If Cultivation and Honor were romantically involved, why did Cultivation not help Honor against Odium?
Brandon Sanderson
She did.
Hoidonalsium
What was the order of the Shards coming to Roshar and changing allegiances? Did humans come with Odium?
Brandon Sanderson
So... you're talking about on Roshar specifically? So, Odium had visited Roshar. The humans gave him more of an ear... The Dawnsingers would have considered him the god of the people who had come, but-- I mean, it wasn't like they necessarily brought him. He was capable of getting around before that. I mean, he did kinda come along with them, he was instrumental in what happened there.
Hoidonalsium
Okay, but he was separate, and after Honor and Cultivation had really settled there?
Brandon Sanderson
Yes, he was after Honor and Cultivation had settled.
Questioner
(paraphrased)
What is the relationship between Nightwatcher and Cultivation?
Brandon Sanderson
(paraphrased)
I expected a hard RAFO, but he said Nightwatcher compared to Cultivation is similar to Stormfather compared to Honor.
Questioner
I'm supposed to ask how Odium and Honor's Investiture could be so similar.
Brandon Sanderson
Odium and Honor, like a lot of the Shards, can be considered to have a similar theme. But that is very common among the Shards, in my opinion.
Questioner
My thought is, you know how the Stormfather in Oathbringer says he's not able, or he's never seen Dalinar be able to create the bridge. Does that mean Honor could be reborn?
Brandon Sanderson
So, there are things standing in the way, but cosmereologically, it is fully possible that another person could become Honor. The Vessel that was holding Honor before is gone. Though the Stormfather is kind of his Cognitive Shadow at this point, in a way. But the power, something else could be done with it. Or it could remain in the state it is now. Your answer is yes, but there are some hindrances along the way.
Mason Wheeler
One of the Letters in Oathbringer suggests that the Shards had a pact to all go their separate ways. And some of them held to it and some of them didn't?
Brandon Sanderson
Yes.
Mason Wheeler
Out of all of them, how is it possible that one of the ones that didn't is the one whose nature is to obsessively keep your word at all costs?
Brandon Sanderson
He would argue that he kept his word.
Mason Wheeler
Okay, so loophole.
Brandon Sanderson
He wouldn't even call it a loophole.
RoboChrist
Would humanity be better or worse off by the end of Oathbringer if Honor ended his visions with:
"This has been a pre-recorded message from Honor. If you have any inquiries, please direct them to the Stormfather or to a local spren representative."
Brandon Sanderson
Dial 9 to refill with Stormlight.
Questioner
What Shard is the opposite of Odium in the sense of the *inaudible*
Brandon Sanderson
There are several that could be considered opposites--
Questioner
I mean in the assimilation sense, you’ve said that Odium doesn’t want to absorb any of the other ones but which one would want to?
Brandon Sanderson
Oh, which one would want to join with him?
Questioner
Or any of them.
Brandon Sanderson
I think that if personalities had been different, Honor and Odium, there would have been a very natural pairing, not that they’re opposites but they would have attracted. [...]
LordSkybreaker
Hey u/mistborn I have a couple questions about Magic: the gathering.
What colors/kind of deck do you play in magic?
What colors are the known shards?
What colors are the various orders of the knights Radiant?
And finally, have you ever thought of doing the story for Wizards Of The Coast on one of their mtg blocks?
Brandon Sanderson
Any combo-style deck I can draft--or esper if I'm constructed.
Ruin: Black. Odium: Red. Honor: White. Preservation: White. Cultivation: Green. Devotion: Green/red. Dominion: Black/White. Autonomy: It's complicated.
(Also, question 3 is way too large for me to commit to right now. And for 4, if the right opportunity came along and they were interested, I could see myself doing this.)
SoupOrMan692
What about Endowment and Ambition?
Brandon Sanderson
Ambition is mono-black, and endowment is probably mono-green. Some of the blue shards are ones we haven't seen as much from yet.
PadraicSeebrr
(paraphrased)
Are the Parshendi of Honor?
Brandon Sanderson
(paraphrased)
No.
Argent
Back in ['14] you referred to Honor's Purposes to me at one point. Is that still a thing in the cosmere?
Brandon Sanderson
Honor's purpose?
Argent
Honor's purposes. You referred to ten of them. Using the concept of Shardic numbers. But I don't have that on record, I don't know anything about it, it's been a confusing topic ever since.
Brandon Sanderson
So that's still a deal. It just plays into the ten names of the Almighty and the ten attributes of the Fools and the ten attributes of the Almighty.
Argent
Are Purposes something every shard has?
Brandon Sanderson
I wouldn't say-- No. It's playing more into the nature of Honor itself.
Striker_EZ
Why didn't Odium take the Investiture away from the Fused that rebelled against him at the end of Rhythm of War? At the end of Oathbringer, Odium tells one Fused that questioned him that he could take "that which gave [the Fused] life." So why didn't he do that to Leshwi and the others?
Brandon Sanderson
This is actually an excellent question. Odium, in his previous incarnation-- we'll see how he acts now-- part of the driving force of Odium is this kind of belief, mistaken or otherwise, that Odium represents all emotion, and strength of emotion, and basically the Passions in lore. Rebelling against him in the way that they did is actually in line with Odium's personal directives. The Vessel may not like it, in fact the power may not like it, but at the same time, there's a part of both of them that acknowledges, this is what they set in motion, and this is an appropriate use of the agency of the agents they chose. And so, unilaterally destroying those who turn against him is actually not an Odium thing. It's more an Honor thing than it would be an Odium thing. It's just not in line with how Odium acts or thinks, even though it's possible and there's threats and... That's not saying Odium wouldn't do it. But acting like Honor is not something Odium would necessarily want to do.
StormAtlas
(paraphrased)
Were Cultivation and Honor romantically involved?
Brandon Sanderson
(paraphrased)
Yes.
Argent
With all the new avatar lore from The Lost Metal, can and should the Stormfather be considered to be an avatar of Honor?
Brandon Sanderson
Ooooh, RAFO! What a wonderful question. There's some fertile ground for theorizing, there. I gave you the prologue of that so you could spend a few years theorizing, guys, so go ahead and go forth.
UndertakerSheep
If I remember correctly, Allomancy is from Preservation, Hemalurgy is from Ruin and Feruchemy is from both Preservation and Ruin.
legobmw99
This is correct. It isn't caused by a shard, but the interaction of two opposing shards
Invisible_Walrus
Would something like that happen between honor and odium?
legobmw99
I just read WoK the other day, I have yet to start in on WoR. That said, my speculation is possibly, but I don't think so. It sounds kind of like Odium isn't from Roshar. Maybe I'm wrong there, but I got that impression. That would mean his form of investiture is somewhere else.
Also, I think that the reason Preservation and Ruin have Feruchemy is also that they worked together to create. There has to be some reason that they interacted while others didn't, and I would guess it is probably their working together
Edit: We could summon [Brandon] but I am almost positive this would get RAFO'd
Brandon Sanderson
...RAFO.
FirstSelector
...On the subject of change, the Tenth Name of the Almighty, Elithanathile, He Who Transforms. Is this related to the fact that Akinah is divided into ten parts, and the things you find there?
Brandon Sanderson
Uh, yes... Are these things all related to the concept of change and why things are divided into ten parts in The Stormlight Archive, and the answer was "Yes, these are all very much interconnected."
Is Honor the only one who created people on Roshar?
RAFO.
Questioner:
(paraphrased)
When it is said that Honor started to go crazy towards the end of the Knights Radiant, were those Knights seeing Honor as he was slowly dying, or were they interacting with a Cognitive Shadow of Honor, like how Preservation left Fuzz behind?
Brandon Sanderson
(paraphrased)
RAFO
CephandriusTW
Stormfather once said that "Three of sixteen ruled but now the Broken One reigns" and that "Odium reigns", is not crazy to think that Odium is the Broken One. My question is, could be possible to fuse Odium's shard (without Rayse) with the remanents of Honor (his Cognitive Shadow) in order to create a new whole Shard? Could Dalinar do something like that? He would be uniting them (two Shards, one of them supposed to be the Broken One and the other that we actually now is a bit broken).
Brandon Sanderson
[That] is possible
Questioner
Hoid says [in Warbreaker] that he learned stories from a place where gods have died. Is that Roshar?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO. I will say this. A god has died on Roshar. Only one, that we know. So, "gods" would not be plural.