Confused Posted August 1, 2015 Posted August 1, 2015 (edited) Kill the person who became the Shard -- the mind that controls the power. If you do so without any other sentient life form around, what happens? The power diffuses, "frantically" seeking a mind to direct it (like the mists in HoA, according to Sazed). With no sentient life nearby, each sufficiently large dollop of power will at some point develop sentience on its own (with "bizarre" effects) -- and become a splinter. So the trick is, catch them alone (Tanavast) or alone together (Aona and Skaize), with no other sentient life form nearby. Odium's failure to catch Tanavast completely alone will cause him big time trouble. (If this has already been discussed, affirmed, rebutted, etc. elsewhere, sorry!) Edited August 1, 2015 by Confused 1
Moogle Posted August 1, 2015 Posted August 1, 2015 Splintering doesn't require you kill the Shardholder in question first: WetlanderDid the Splintering happen before the Recreance?Brandon SandersonI will reveal this as we go. However, be aware that in the past, when a Shard was killed, the person holding it, it is a slow burn to actually kill someone; because power cannot be destroyed. So, what it means to be killed means something a little different in these cases.hoserDid Tanavast survive Honor's splintering?Brandon SandersonTanavast is dead. Good question. However, that is as of the start of The Way of Kings.hoserSo he could have survived the Splintering...Brandon SandersonHe could have survived the Splintering.hoser...as a mortal...Brandon SandersonWell, he could have survived for a time, but then he could not have then...hoser...passed away in his sleep...Brandon SandersonRight.(source)
natc Posted August 1, 2015 Posted August 1, 2015 With a WoB like that, watch one of the characters be a descendant of Tanavast. *partially joking but wouldn't really mind* 1
Confused Posted August 1, 2015 Author Posted August 1, 2015 Moogle, I recall this WoB but am uncertain of its application here. I will accept the statement that you don't have "to kill the Shardholder... first" to splinter. I was simply offering one way to accomplish splintering (since there seems to be some mystery about it). I would expect the Shard not to die immediately, because he/she has been living off all that investiture. (Sazed's comment about the Shard's inhabiting power like normal people inhabit flesh and blood (or something like that - I"m sure you'll find the actual quote). It's probably like the gold compounder who was executed at the end of AoL, proportionate to the amount of investiture involved. But somehow splintering happens. And my suggestion is plausible as one mechanism, even if it takes a long time. 1
Emerald101 he/him Posted August 1, 2015 Posted August 1, 2015 -- snip -- This is a good theory for the concept behind splintering a shard, but we still have no idea of the mechanism that makes this splintering possible.
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