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So, for this theory I will be mainly referencing The Coppermind: Preservation, Intent, and Hoid. So. The main part of my theory is as follows: Hoid once was affected by the shard Preservation, he never held it, we know that because "the shards ruin and preservation were drawn to each other." So, I'm not sure how he was moulded by the shard but, he was. For my first piece of evidence, I will cite the Coppermind page on Hoid, more specifically: Abilities: "Extremely long life and time dilation" this quote shows that Hoid is being Preserved by something, because while other characters show long life, it is because of breath, while Hoid has breath, the power of breath doesn't also come with time dilation, and here they are in the same "ability. Secondly, another ability Hoid has is "Regeneration" this is similar evidence, but not as strong. And for my final price of major evidence, and the thing that got me thinking about this, "inability to hurt others - Hoid cannot easily kill people "because of curtain things in his past."." This is the most important part of my theory, because no character that I know of has this specific inability. It is also one half of preservation's intent. That was the evidence, and almost at the end of my theory, I bring up a quote from the Intent section of the Coppermind "a shard's intent can warp the personality of it's holder" we know preservation's intent (to preserve, just in case there are some people who don't know) and this intent seems to be almost, personified in Hoid's abilities (as well as inabilities) So. In conclusion: Hoid cannot hurt, be. Hurt, and he might not even be able to die. I don't know how this happened, but I can assume that preservation (the shard, not the shardbearer) had something to do with it Note: this is my first theory, so I'm not the best at formatting and stuff, so, I would really appreciate tips and stuff in the comments.