What impressions would the other shards make if you looked at them?

[Sythrin]

Whenever we meet a shard in one of the books we get a glimpse of their infinite self and what they represent.

When we mer Preservation we got things like never changing mountains, or the deep dark untouched depths of an ocean cliff. Unchanging and isolated.

When we looked at Ruin, we saw shredded darkness. As darkness was too complete. Or the winds that ever so slightly chip away on stone and make it smaller.

When we saw Odium. We saw a 1000 kisses, pain of wars and rage as hot as a burning sun.

 

What do you think would happen if you see another one?

My theories:

Cultivation. Its clear. Forests, life and even death. The life circle from plants being sproutet, to animals eating them and at the end bacteria forming the rotting corpse into soil again.

Honor would be for me, the weight of a kings crown. The iron clank of iron shackles. The satisfying feeling of keeping a promise or finding your lost bretheren after an epic battle and giving them a hand.

Autonomy i imagine. The lone wolf howling at the moon. Or the lone twig breaking in a silent forest breaking. Small but penetrating and asuring itself in the silence of the night.

The peacock showing its feathers and the isolation of a lost island.

 

What are yours?

[AnAirSickFool]

I am glad someone asked this question. I have always wondered myself and had never thought to ask others.

I like the idea for Cultivation and Autonomy and Honor that you gave.

I would give my thoughts on a few.

Endowment: the joy of giving rather then receiving. the blessing of being born with gifts and the joy of being able to use them. 

Devotion: the feeling of giving everything to a cause or person. the weight of promises given freely for what you believe in. The zeal of giving your soul for something bigger then yourself.

Dominion: The feeling of being pressed down by something irresistible. the glory of knowing that your word is absolute. the fear of those in power. the joy of adding more to what you have without end.