sandro Posted November 22, 2013 Report Share Posted November 22, 2013 (edited) Brandon said that bad things would have happened if Kelsier hadn't been around to temporarily take control of Preservation's power after Leras died and hold it until Vin took it. I don't know if this topic has come up before, but I'm wondering what would have happened. Perhaps the following: Shard's power has no mind to shape/control/unify it The the various facets of the shard's intent gain a measure of sentience in order to compensate for the lack of a mind These facets disagree with each other and pull the power of the shard apart into a multitude of splinters. If that's the case, then splintering a shard is as simple as killing the shard's holder and then preventing it from finding a new one for a period of time. Edited November 22, 2013 by sandro 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arook he/him Posted November 22, 2013 Report Share Posted November 22, 2013 Ya but Brandon has said it is a long process to splinter a shard. Of course what if the power were to have died not just splinter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argent he/him Posted November 22, 2013 Report Share Posted November 22, 2013 It is possible that both are possible - Shards Splinter naturally if left without a Holder for too long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asterion137 he/him Posted April 10, 2016 Report Share Posted April 10, 2016 (edited) holy crap u were exactly right like 3 years early (Secret History) [Edit: actually Ruin would have done it but basically right] Edited April 10, 2016 by asterion137 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandro Posted April 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2016 Yay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nashan’Elin he/him Posted April 12, 2016 Report Share Posted April 12, 2016 This topic needs to be upvoted for sheer magical foresight 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandro Posted April 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2016 I'm amazed you were even able to find this thread Asterion. It was buried so deep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asterion137 he/him Posted April 12, 2016 Report Share Posted April 12, 2016 Ya I was looking for secret history threads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blightsong he/him Posted April 12, 2016 Report Share Posted April 12, 2016 Ya but Brandon has said it is a long process to splinter a shard. Of course what if the power were to have died not just splinter. It was a long process for Leras to be killed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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