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Was Hoid opposed to splitting Adonalsium?


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Hey pretty simple question but I cant find any answers for it in the Q&A's.

Did Hoid oppose the splitting of Adonalsium?

I know that time and anything to do with Hoid is usually RAFO'd but seeing as he was there and knew all the people involved but didnt get a shard seems to imply that he was either a bystander, missed out on a shard or against what was being done.

 

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Have you read Secret History yet? We get a clue there.

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Hoid's relationship with the sixteen Vessels appears to be a complicated one. Leras refers to Hoid as Cephandrius after hearing that he took something (the lerasium bead) from the Well of Ascension and says that he hoped that when he 'rejected the rest of us' he would stop interfering. Leras also refers to him as an 'old friend'. We don't know the timing of Hoid's rejection but it seems like Hoid either promised not to interfere with the sixteen and their plan at the Shattering or he promised to stay out of their way after it happened. Since we know he was at the Shattering, the former seems more likely but it's one of those things we'll probably only know for sure once Dragonsteel comes out.

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13 hours ago, rock soup said:

Just wondering because Im running on the theory he wants to re-assemble Adonalsium. 

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Something like that seems consistent with what the recipient of Hoid's Letter says in Stormlight Archives. If I remember right, The Letter's recipient disagrees with Hoid's decision to meddle in the affairs of the Cosmere so much. 

 

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this is a link to a forum theory that may explain this, it talks about how a power like surge binding and allomancy reflect intent of a shard. a main point was that to use a magic system you need to have a piece of the shard in you, and it needs to be large enough to fuel it. all people have a piece of preservation in them, yet only some pieces are "large" enough to make them mistings, and even fewer mistborns. is it possible that hoid doesn't want to "reassemble' adonalsium, but become it. he tried to become an elantrian, it is confirmed that he used the lerasium bead [he took it from the well of accession, then in stormlight archive used brass to riot the emotions of people around them at a feast, as he's from yolen, he couldn't have this ability] and he has obtained at least 200 breaths [confirmed on the 17th shard wiki page]  and is spending a long time on roshar, possibly to try to bond with a spren. in other words he's collected a lot of "shards" fro the different sytems, and may want to ascend to the level of adonalsium. this may also be why he cant harm people, as this would prevent him from creating hemalurgic spikes [though others could] and his healing on the spiritual plain may also prevent hemalurgy. it also may be why he said that thing about roshar burning [cant find exact quote] if it means that he can gain a piece of odium.

 

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1 minute ago, Ryan Diggory said:

Which dates? They sent that in 2017... so not long ago

...it's 2019. That was from two years ago.

 

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