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[InvertShard he/him]

I have a short story prompt for all you writers and I want to see what you do with it. I have made it my signature. Go crazy with it!

 

Edited September 14, 2017 by InvertShard

[InvertShard he/him]

No one has any ideas? Maybe I should have posted this in the writers section.

[The Technovore he/him]

I love it. Dark Adonalsium. I'm imagining something like the Stormlight Archive, but on a much grander scale. The shards would have to unite and fight as one, which would be incredibly difficult with Odium. Sazed (and perhaps Autonomy) would take the head and be most proactive in the preparations. It would undoubtedly have massive casualties, as shards take their investiture back up and it causes chaos on the planets they invested in. Sazed holds the power of two shards (I think), so he'd probably end up having to sacrifice his sanity to delay Dark Adonalsium by creating some kind of barrier.

Then the shards would have to work on uniting each other. They would likely have to splinter Odium and have either one of the other shardholders take it up, or find a new shardholder for it. I would suggest a new shardholder since they would be able to wield the power without being affected too badly by any other force.  They would have to somehow extract the investiture from Sel to give D&D's power to a new shardholder, and then track down and unite anyone left. If it were me I would make Hoid a begrudging shardholder, perhaps of Honor or Odium. Finally, they would choose a holder to take the Shard of Harmony, and when they do, Dark Adonalsium rages forth and confronts them.

Then it would all go down either with all the shardholders working together to take down Dark Adonalsium, or, if there's no way to extract the investiture from Sel, they could overload Sel with all of their power, and throw Sel at Dark Adonalsium like a giant Investiture Nuke. The explosion of power wreaks havoc across the entire Cosmere, and from it forms a red star of pure investiture, creating a new breed of magic. This magic penetrates all three realms, and transcends space, grafting itself randomly upon any surviving humans. This magic has no rules, this magic makes no sense, and it gives different powers to each person. But Dark Adonalsium's investiture corrupts the holders of its power, making them destructive and calloused. They rip apart their society, and rule in chaos, until a band of rebels who have made it their mission to exterminate these investiture-holders stumbles upon the secret that can save their world, and the souls of the holders.

 

Spoiler

And thus, Reckoners becomes Cosmere.

 

[InvertShard he/him]

How about this?

[InvertShard he/him]

Also I haven't read Reckoners.