Andrew C Posted June 13, 2014 Posted June 13, 2014 Warning: This might contain (heavily masked) spoilers for a different Cosmere book and/or series (which will not be named) as it deals with the prospect of Shards transforming. I was thinking recently about how the first five books and second five will tell separate stories, and came up with one possibility. This isn't really supported by anything in SA but does have some similiarities to another Cosmere work. The end of the first series will likely see two of the shards merge (forming Wrath if it is Honor and Odium; Discord if it is Odium and Cultivation; or Symbiosis if it is Honor and Cultivation), but with Odium held at bay temporarily, but somehow the most powerful of the three. Honor is splintered at the moment but we don't really know much about what that means in practice. The second series will then show the devastated Roshar dealing with the new Shard situation and a final conclusion that possibly sees all three merge somehow or sees Odium's influence kept within limits. 1
Terisen he/him Posted June 13, 2014 Posted June 13, 2014 I'm not sure we'd see the same resolution twice to close the only two series that Brandon has published so far in the Cosmere. I do think you're on to something with the "big bad" being a bit different in each 5 book arc, though.
Andrew C Posted June 15, 2014 Author Posted June 15, 2014 I'm not sure we'd see the same resolution twice to close the only two series that Brandon has published so far in the Cosmere. I do think you're on to something with the "big bad" being a bit different in each 5 book arc, though. I'm of the belief that the "One" referred to in the Ym interlude is Adonalsium, and that we will see shards reunite in some fashion, or at least that it was Adonalsium's initial plan that the shards would return together in time.
Left he/him Posted June 15, 2014 Posted June 15, 2014 I think that in the end, both Honor and Cultivation will be splintered, but Odium will have been destroyed and spread throughout the Cosmere.
signspace13 he/him Posted June 15, 2014 Posted June 15, 2014 Symbiosis seems like an odd outcone to honor+cultivation I would think of something more like nurture, and odium+cultivation may equal deprivation. But yeh cool idea
Andrew C Posted June 16, 2014 Author Posted June 16, 2014 Symbiosis seems like an odd outcone to honor+cultivation I would think of something more like nurture, and odium+cultivation may equal deprivation. But yeh cool idea It's really all speculation as to what they'd become. Wrath seems the most obvious one and is somewhat hinted at in the second Letter (something like 'Rayse has taken on God's wrath without the attributes that give it context'), and it is definitely a mixture of honor and hatred. Symbiosis was the hardest to think of anything for. It somewhat does fit, but is far from perfect. Interestingly, Symbiosis and Odium together would become Parasitism, which is a not something you'd get from combining Wrath and Cultivation (which might be Justice). In the event that this was how the series is resolved, many pairings and/or triplings are possible.
signspace13 he/him Posted June 16, 2014 Posted June 16, 2014 It's really all speculation as to what they'd become. Wrath seems the most obvious one and is somewhat hinted at in the second Letter (something like 'Rayse has taken on God's wrath without the attributes that give it context'), and it is definitely a mixture of honor and hatred. Symbiosis was the hardest to think of anything for. It somewhat does fit, but is far from perfect. Interestingly, Symbiosis and Odium together would become Parasitism, which is a not something you'd get from combining Wrath and Cultivation (which might be Justice). In the event that this was how the series is resolved, many pairings and/or triplings are possible. Hmm I feel like that makes Odium already Wrath, I feel like justice would more likely be a combination of Odium and honour, as hatred would be justice, In fact I feel like that would be quite a positive shard as a whole. putting all three together would make something that would be very hard to describe with a single word, each shard alone has it's name but if you put three of them together than I feel like the interactions would change them to such a degree that they could no longer be described as one thing.
Patrick Star Posted June 20, 2014 Posted June 20, 2014 Odium + Honor = Genghis Khan. It would go all around the Cosmere, honorably demanding a fair surrender (and absolutely destroying anyone who refused).
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