Favorite Shard

[Toaster Retribution he/him]

Just gonna ask a random question: which of the known Shards are your favorites, and why?

[teknopathetic he/him]

I love Endownment the most. It seems like she is actively trying to help her people and potentially, maybe, fight back against Odium. We have seen some evidence that she's moving her peices around and bringing back some returned for fairly large reasons. She is one of the best at foresight afterall. 

 

I also have a strong sense of sadness towards Ambition's demise. His/Her death kind of upset me, and I hope Ambition, being ambition, managed to plan something quite ambitious post-alleged death. Ambition was in hiding for a long time, long enough to see Devotion and Dominion go down, so I feel like he/she might not be completely out of the running cosmere-wise. Part of me thinks the shades on Threnody are more than just a wooops of war. 

Edited April 16, 2017 by teknopathetic

[Dragon314 he/him]

Well, preservation is my fav. idk why, it's just that we get the biggest look at him and he is hilarious. Not what you would expect at all.

[CaptainRyan he/him]

It is tough to say as we do not get a ton of time with any of the Shards. Harmony is an obvious choice for me. Honor is another. So, as I dislike "favorite" questions on principle I will respond with two answers! 

[Zennix he/him]

My favorite Shard would have to be Odium. Seriously, this dude is bad. I mean, things always get interesting whenever he's involved. That doesn't mean that I'd want to meet him. 

[Toaster Retribution he/him]

I will go ahead and answer my own question, and for my part it is Autonomy. She is mysterious, seems like a cool character from the little we know (she shut down travelling from/to Taldain and influences religions all over the Cosmere). The whole freedom theme is also really cool.

[AeonaRin she/her]

I also like Edowment the most, she's sweet. Another favourite of mine is Cultivation  especially if she'll really be revealed to be Nightwatcher, because boon/curse system is soo cool. 

[Modal Seoul he/him]

My favorite is Preservation, because he seems the most down-to-earth. (Also his sarcasm)

[Farnsworth]

Honor. He represents the goodness in people, and I feel like he is Odium's antithesis.

[Ciridae]

It's probably between Cultivation and Autonomy for me. Both seem to have some big things going on behind the scenes. I think that Cultivation fits so well with the unique ecology on Roshar, which is a big part of why I love the books. One of my favorite theories is that Cultivation is using her foresight and the Nightwatcher's boons and curses to empower key players to do specific things later on (like Mr. T and Lift), not unlike Endowment with the Returned. 

As others have said Autonomy is really fascinating as well, I just wish we knew a bit more about her. But the way she's been set up so far makes me hope that she will have a major role to play on a cosmere-wide scale.