Little Wilson
You mentioned that half(-ish) Shards are whole at-- during Shadows of Self. Is that counting Splinters?
Brandon Sanderson
Okay, one more time.
Little Wilson
You mentioned that half-- like I think it was at the Bands of Mourning release party-- you said that "half-ish Shards are whole" during Shadows of Self.
Brandon Sanderson
"Half-ish Shards are whole?"
Little Wilson
Yeah, you didn't want to do the math, because it was-- *interrupted*
Brandon Sanderson
Oh, I get it. You're saying-- Okay, so I'm sorry. I'm trying to think of Shards that are half-powered. That's not what you're saying. Half of the existing Shards.
Little Wilson
Yes, yes.
Brandon Sanderson
Okay, got it. Yeah.
Little Wilson
And does that-- is that counting Splinters? Splintered Shards?
Brandon Sanderson
Um, no. I mean, a-- Splintered is one of the ways that they are not considered whole.
Zas678
Like completely Splintered as in Dominion and Devotion.
Brandon Sanderson
Yeah. That's what-- That's the opposite of whole.
Zas678
But having a Splinter, like Endowment...
Little Wilson
Because I-- I was kind of going with "Shattered" <and> "Splintered". So Shattered would be kind of what I was going with Devotion and Dominion.
Brandon Sanderson
Okay.
Little Wilson
And then Splintered would be more like... You mentioned that Honor kind of Splintered himself off to create the spren before--
Isaac Stewart
Oh, and that's mentioned isn't it?
Brandon Sanderson
Right, but you've got to keep in mind that-- um... So in Scadrial, Ruin and Preservation did the same thing. Their bodies are part of the world. They-- if their exist-- like, the things on the Spiritual Realm don't matter where they are in relation to each other and things like this. All those <piece> spren are still Honor, when he was alive. Does that make sense? Like, yes those are little Splinters of Honor, but they are still Honor. It's not like he's diminished, because his whole essence is the world, right? There is no diminishing that. And so that thing is we're talking about the fracturing of the mind and the killing of the Shard. That's the distinction between whole and not whole as I was making it for you there.