Death of Honor etc. question

[Radiant-Twinborn he/him]

Ok, so most of us know the famous, 'Honor is dead' line from Stormlight. But I am confused about that. We see other Shards getting their vessels killed, (Ruin and Preservation) and they just had another person get their power, as they became the new host. How could Odium kill Honor without a new host showing up? 

[Returned he/him]

Honor was Splintered-- the Shard itself fractured and broken apart specifically so that it could not be taken up by another Vessel. The exact method Odium used to do this is unknown, and not the only way to prevent a Shard from being taken by another.

[AerionBFII he/him]

1 hour ago, Radiant-Twinborn said:

Ok, so most of us know the famous, 'Honor is dead' line from Stormlight. But I am confused about that. We see other Shards getting their vessels killed, (Ruin and Preservation) and they just had another person get their power, as they became the new host. How could Odium kill Honor without a new host showing up? 

The difference is that the Shards power was splintered, broken down in to tiny fragments specifically so it cannot be picked up by another.
The reason Odium has splintered other Shards is specifically so that they could not be picked back up and so he cannot be challenged. 
The death of a Shard can take centuries, when odium splintered Honor if somebody picked it up before he died completely the splintering could have been prevented. If the vessel was killed without the shard being splintered or somebody else picking it up the Shard would eventually gain sentience.

 

[Radiant-Twinborn he/him]

That makes a bunch of sense. I guess that might be the reason there are so many tiny shards on Roshar. Thanks for clearing that up.