What were those splinters?

[TheOneKEA]

At the climax of Wind and Truth, when Taravangian began melding the Shards of Honor and Odium into Retribution, the text specifically called out some portions of the Shard that splintered away and went somewhere unknown. This happened just before Kaladin joined the Oathpact and swore the Oath that bound Retribution's power to absorb the spren of Roshar. What were those splinters and where did they go?

I have two theories about what happened to those splinters:

1. My first theory is that those splinters were the counterparts of the Shard held within the spiritwebs of the Heralds, the tanavastium and the spiritwebs of the Honorblades and the newly formed Honorspear, and the spiritwebs of Syl and Nale's unnamed highspren, drawn to them by their Connections to the Shard before Taravangian absorbed it. My theory rests on the fact that Syl was suddenly empowered to accept Kaladin's oath to Ishar; it's not clear from the timeline of the text that the splintering of the power of Honor occurred at the same time that Kaladin swore the oath. But where else would the Investiture to create the Windrunner Honorspear have come from?

2. My second theory is that those splinters were the expression of Dalinar's final gambit, and that they represented Honor's Connections to the other Shards and the means by which he had begged the others for help in the past, sent away by the power as a tangible message to the others that Retribution had been born. This theory is much flimsier since it seems much more plausible that the Shards would have felt the reverberations through the Spiritual Realm entirely on their own, but it makes sense that the Shard could act on its own to send away a more tangible message.

3. My third theory is that those splinters represent the final remnant of the original godspren of Roshar, taken in by Honor when he Invested Roshar and modified the godspren from their original design by Adonalsium. This one is the flimsiest of all since the Wind doesn't seem to react in-text to the return of any lost Investiture.

What does everyone think?

[Nef]

My immediate thought was that the sentient part of Honor decided to send observer pieces of itself, so that it could continue learning what true honor is as requested by Dalinar.

[timeimp]

Kal’s Honor Spear when he become a herald and joined the oathpack. 
 

Syl got an upgrade too, proto storm mommy. 
 

it said “a few pieces” which means there’s some others around watching and waiting. 

[a Faceless Immortal he/him]

The main thing that came to my mind was Kal's new spear. As for the rest, I am unsure.

[Qianweilian He/him]

Does Retribution even notice they are gone? I think Retribution might end up like Harmony, with the powers slightly imbalanced.

[NattyBo]

3 minutes ago, Qianweilian said:

Does Retribution even notice they are gone? I think Retribution might end up like Harmony, with the powers slightly imbalanced.

He notices but quickly moves on because he’s got, ya know; kind of a lot going on at the time