Adonalsium'sSpren Posted March 30, 2020 Report Share Posted March 30, 2020 How are seons made? It doesn't mention it anywhere in Elantris. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honorless Posted March 30, 2020 Report Share Posted March 30, 2020 (edited) Sel had two Shards of Adonalsium: Devotion and Dominion, like Roshar has Honor, Cultivation and Odium, and Scadrial has Preservation and Ruin. Devotion (Aona) and Dominion (Skai) were killed by Odium long ago, their power was Splintered and stuffed into the Cognitive Realm, forming the Dor. Seons are Splinters of Devotion, like how Honorspren are Splinters of Honor and the Divine Breath of the Returned are Splinters of Endowment. To be more specific, the Aons at the centre of the Seons are Splinters of Devotion. Quote Viper (paraphrased) At one point someone [on 17th Shard] asked you if seons were Shards of-- Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased) Aona. Viper (paraphrased) Devotion ... yeah Aona, and you said that was close. My question is: are the Aons at the HEART of the seons Shards of Devotion? Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased) No, but close. Viper (paraphrased) But... I was sure... the floating Aon at the heart, that's not a Shard... Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased) *taking pity* You're close but a word is wrong. You're using the wrong terminology. Viper (paraphrased) SPLINTER. Are the Aons at the heart of seons SPLINTERS of Aona? Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased) Yes. A Memory of Light Milford Signing (Feb. 16, 2013) Quote Chaos (paraphrased) This is other information we overheard while we were there. Skaze are the evil seons, and are related to Skai. Seons are related to Aona. Ancient 17S Q&A (May 1, 2010) Quote Questioner Seons are Splinters? Brandon Sanderson Yes. Splinters of Devotion. Questioner Um, Splintered...Honor is the *inaudible*...the stormwall... Brandon Sanderson The Stormfather? Questioner The Stormfather. Brandon Sanderson The Stormfather is technically a Splinter of Honor, but it was an intentional Splinter, that Honor did himself. Questioner Does he have another Splinter? Brandon Sanderson So, all of the honorspren are Splinters of Honor, but this is a different situation because he actually did this intentionally. Arcanum Unbounded Seattle signing (Dec. 1, 2016) Quote Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased) Seons are remnants of a dead Shard. Footnote: Specifically, the Aons at their core are Splinters of Devotion.Alloy of Law 17th Shard Q&A (Nov. 5, 2011) Quote Kogiopsis (paraphrased) How long before the events of Elantris did Odium kill Aona/Devotion and Skai/Dominion? Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased) Same time as the origins of the seons. Footnote: Kogiopsis: This was the second-closest I came to getting RAFO'd. He was sort of jovially apologetic about this answer; I tried to get a solid number of years but to no avail.Rithmatist Denver signing (May 16, 2013) Quote Questioner I recently reread Elantris and I came to an interesting conclusion: that the seons are similar to the spren. Brandon Sanderson They are. Questioner And are they Servitude, broken pieces of Servitude. Brandon Sanderson So, they are actually broken pieces of Devotion, which is a similar concept, but yes. Questioner And then the Elantrians are based off of Dominion then? Brandon Sanderson Dominion are the skaze. They are referenced briefly. Questioner Then Hoid talks to them, or-- Brandon Sanderson Hrathen references the skaze in his thoughts. I show a skaze I believe in the extra bonus scene, don't I? Questioner Where Hoid is going to jump into the well? Brandon Sanderson Yes, there is a skaze there, that's a skaze. Questioner ...I'm assuming then, we can look forward to the skaze! Brandon Sanderson You can look forward to the skaze being involved in things, definitely . White Sand vol.1 Orem signing (June 29, 2016) Edited March 30, 2020 by Dreamer 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quantus Posted March 30, 2020 Report Share Posted March 30, 2020 (edited) One more useful WOB: Quote [edited to remove mistborn spoilers] little wilson So, did the-- my gosh, on Sel-- the Aons-- not the Aons-- the seons did they exist before the Splintering? Brandon Sanderson They did not. That's a good question. But they are not the majority of the power. They're just little pieces, they are like the sparks when something gets destroyed. The sparks are not the majority but they are the sparks that were thrown off, if that makes sense? Holiday signing (Dec. 12, 2015) Edited March 30, 2020 by Quantus 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karger Posted March 30, 2020 Report Share Posted March 30, 2020 4 hours ago, Adonalsium'sSpren said: How are seons made? It doesn't mention it anywhere in Elantris. We know they are splinters of shards like Spren. Pieces of the shard that now have identity but we don't know how they generate naturally or artificailly. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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