adonalsium Nohadonalsium theory - Hot take:

[Crem Brulée He/Him]

Following the Nohadon = Adonalsium theory. 

What if instead of Nohadon being a remnant of Adonalsium, or instead being one the hiding shards (Reason or Valor), I think it could be both.

What if during the shattering Adonalsium took one of the the shards of Reason or Valor and went hiding on Roshar (which explains both why the shard went into hiding and the place of hiding being Roshar since it was Adonalsium's pet system).

Since vision Nohadon or whoever took Dalinar's soul seems to hold shard level power but on the other hand, the theory of Adonalsium = Nohadom got me pretty convinced. I thought, why not both?

I'll let you guys work out the rest , since I'm not very fluent in the  details of Reason vs Valor being the shard on Roshar yet.

 

Edited March 10, 2025 by Crem Brulée

[alder24]

23 hours ago, Crem Brulée said:

What if during the shattering Adonalsium took one of the the shards of Reason or Valor and went hiding on Roshar (which explains both why the shard went into hiding and the place of hiding being Roshar since it was Adonalsium's pet system).

Then everyone would know that Adonalsium is alive and they would have killed him again. There were 17 people present during the Shattering, 16 of them Ascended and became Shards as planned, only Hoid refused to Ascend. They know who got what Shard, they would know that one Shard was taken by someone from the outside of their group. Moreover, The Sibling and the Stormfather were able to recognize that a new Vessel has Ascended from the change in tone of Odium's Shard, but where didn't know who that is as it was unfamiliar to them - Adonalsium was familiar to everybody, both the new Vessels and the spren on Roshar, they would be able to instantly recognize that he took up a Shard just by listening to its pure tone. And lastly, Adonalsium was said time and time again to be dead, by Hoid, Khriss and other Shards/Vessels.