Tamriel Wolfsbaine Posted June 26, 2023 Posted June 26, 2023 I have a question about Aethers and Shards. How much do they bother eachother? It would seem the Aethers are not fans of the Shards but do the Shards even bat an eye at the Aethers? Can an Aetherbound be hidden from shardic notice via the power of their Aether? If an aetherbound were to aquire a spike of sorts could his Aether hide him from Harmony? Likewise could Harmony hide a person who is being searched for by an aether?
alder24 Posted June 26, 2023 Posted June 26, 2023 7 minutes ago, Tamriel Wolfsbaine said: I have a question about Aethers and Shards. How much do they bother eachother? It would seem the Aethers are not fans of the Shards but do the Shards even bat an eye at the Aethers? Can an Aetherbound be hidden from shardic notice via the power of their Aether? If an aetherbound were to aquire a spike of sorts could his Aether hide him from Harmony? Likewise could Harmony hide a person who is being searched for by an aether? We have literally no information about that. Nothing. Aethers are fairly new in Cosmere, they were widely introduced just in TLM, and that's it.
Quantus he/him Posted June 26, 2023 Posted June 26, 2023 12 minutes ago, Tamriel Wolfsbaine said: I have a question about Aethers and Shards. How much do they bother eachother? It would seem the Aethers are not fans of the Shards but do the Shards even bat an eye at the Aethers? Probably depends on the Shard (and presumably the Prime Aether as well). It'll be a matter of personality compatibility more than anything predictable. 12 minutes ago, Tamriel Wolfsbaine said: Can an Aetherbound be hidden from shardic notice via the power of their Aether? Hoid can hide from shards somehow, but that's the only real example we have of Hiding your presence from a Shard entirely. And he kinda breaks all the rules. 12 minutes ago, Tamriel Wolfsbaine said: If an aetherbound were to aquire a spike of sorts could his Aether hide him from Harmony? Not necessarily a mundane spike since they are fundamentally (and paradoxically) additive, and there are no known powers to steal that could accomplish it. A godmetal spike can do it given very specific circumstances and sources and charges, but we have the one example and no real realmic background info. 12 minutes ago, Tamriel Wolfsbaine said: Likewise could Harmony hide a person who is being searched for by an aether? Probably, since he's the single most powerful being in the cosmere, and WOB confirms the aethers arent as powerful as shards. If Hoid can hide from Shards it's within the reach of mortal power levels, though it might take some unique mix of abilities that are hard or even impossible to replicate. And anything a mortal could do a Shard should be able to, unless fundamentally counter to their Intent or something shardically Binding.
IlstrawberrySeed Posted July 20, 2023 Posted July 20, 2023 On 6/26/2023 at 11:25 AM, Quantus said: Not necessarily a mundane spike since they are fundamentally (and paradoxically) additive, and there are no known powers to steal that could accomplish it. How is it paradoxically additive?
Firesong she/her Posted July 22, 2023 Posted July 22, 2023 On 6/26/2023 at 0:58 PM, alder24 said: We have literally no information about that. Nothing. Aethers are fairly new in Cosmere, they were widely introduced just in TLM, and that's it. I will say we at least have a little. We know that they claim themselves to be equal or superior to Shards, even to Adonalsium itself. But on what Shards think of them, yeah, we have nothing. My headcanon is that they aren't fans, but we don't really know that for sure.
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