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I watched the Shardcast episode about the Part Two epigraphs earlier today and of the four new Shards, the one i am the most excited about is Valor. As it was said on the podcast, "valor" can be considered a very close concept to "honor", especially speaking about war and fighting: for example, in Italian, my mother language, the adjective "honorable" is most often traduced with "valoroso" which comes from "valore" (the Italian word for valor). My best guess is that Valor, as Intent, could be focused on concepts like fighting against adversities with bravery, with boldness even if it means fighting till death, but also considering existence as a sequences of challenges to overcome. It would be very nice to learn more about her history, her location and her stance about Odium in the past, but i think that we should probably wait up until Mistborn Era 4 or Dragonsteel (or a Silverlight novel maybe), but at least we know she is willing to discuss with Harmony and Hoid about doing something about Odium right now. As a final note, i've done a quick search on the internet about "Gods of valor" and some interesting results (from Wikipedia) are the following: Nerio, an ancient Roman goddess of war and personification of valor often identified with Bellona or Minerva; Montu, the Egyptian falcon-god of valor and war embodiment of the "conquering vitality of the pharoh"; Suwa Myōjin a japanes god, associated with war but also valor and loyalty and sometimes represented as a snake or even a dragon. Of course it would be wise to include in this list gods like Thor, Tyr, Ares/Mars and Athena/Minerva, even if the last two seem to me, more linked to other attributes than valor, like the chaos and cruelty for Ares, and rationality and wisdom for Athena. So what's your take about this Shard? Also, I'm really bad at figuring out plausible magic systems, so i would like to hear ideas about a possible Invested Art from Valor.