Questioner
What differentiates a minor Shardworld like First of the Sun?
Brandon Sanderson
The amount of Investiture, and whether there is actually a Shard in presence.
Questioner
I'm assuming there is not one there?
Brandon Sanderson
There is not one there.
Questioner
So it's like a Splintered one from something else?
Brandon Sanderson
No what you'll find is that the worlds were all created with a level of-- a little bit of sort of ambient magic. What you'll find in worlds like that is things like, Shadows for Silence and things like this, the magic, it's not necessarily "people with magic" it's you can interact with nature...
Questioner
So there is inherent Investiture...
Brandon Sanderson
There is inherent investiture in every world created but you are going to see-- You aren't going to find Mistborn on a world like that but what you might find is a way there are magic aspects to the setting. Spren could exist on a world like that but they would be like the minor spren, you wouldn't find Syl, but you would find something like lifespren.