Are all shard holders human?

[Prontos]

Apologies if this has been asked before. 

While reading the Scadrial intro in Arcanum Unbounded today I noticed the following paragraphs, 

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Scadrial, another dishardic planet, is characterized by a host of unique features. It is only one of two places in the cosmere where humankind does not predate the arrival of Shards. Indeed, I am convinced from my studies that the planet itself did not exist before it's Shards, Ruin and Preservation, arrived in the system. They picked a star with no relevant planets in orbit, specifically choosing this location because it was empty, so they could place there whatever they wished. 

Yes, the shards undoubtedly used humans from Yolen as a model (indeed, both of the Vessels for these Shards were human before their Ascensions) in creating life.

Which made me wonder, are all Shard holders human? Do we know of any non-human Shard holders? 

[Calderis he/him]

http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1178#5

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QUESTION

Was Bavadin nonhuman?

BRANDON SANDERSON

RAFO. There is at least one Shard who wasn't human, but I'm not ready to reveal who was or wasn't just yet.

 

[Prontos]

Thank you kindly 

[Yata he/him]

All the original Vessels are Yolish and there are three sapient races on Yolen. Humans, Dragon and Shodel (I am unsure about the last name) so some of the Vessels could be Dragon or Shodel.... Of course this is true only for the original ones, if the Shards changed owner the new Vessel could be almost everything avaliable.

[+Extesian he/him]

3 hours ago, FiveLate said:

I am pretty sure that I read a WOB that said that the only shard held by someone other than the original Vessel was Harmony.

I don't believe there is but if you can find one I'd love to be proven wrong. This WoB kind of implies it has happened (but VERY tenuously and could just be talking about Harmony).

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BRANDON SANDERSON (PARAPHRASED)

Brandon said offhandedly, "It is not random who got which Shard." Also, Shards very rarely change hands. Brandon emphasized the "very" there.

 

[Yata he/him]

12 hours ago, FiveLate said:

I am pretty sure that I read a WOB that said that the only shard held by someone other than the original Vessel was Harmony.

Like Extesian said, I remember the "rarely WoB" but as "rarely" is hard to quantificate...I added the hypotetitcal case of others new Vessels ;-)

I will use this post to add something to the OP, there are people who believe Edgli (Endowment's vessel) is a Dragon

Edited August 6, 2017 by Yata