Etruscan he/him Posted November 24, 2017 Report Share Posted November 24, 2017 Didn't see anything about this with a very cursory search, but I was having a look through some WoB and found this, which appears to be saying that "Ingenuity" is the name of one of the as of yet unknown Shards. To me that fits very well, and could potentially become a very interesting, invention based magic system in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Extesian he/him Posted November 24, 2017 Report Share Posted November 24, 2017 There was some discussion of this at the time with this follow up Quote David J. Foster It sounds like [Brandon] identified a new shard, Ingenuity, in an interview in Bulgaria. Can you verify this? Peter Ahlstrom That is news to me! Maybe [Isaac] can ask him. Isaac Stewart I asked [Brandon]. He said readers can interpret his words how they want. Source So you're right to ask the question but he is deliberately non-commital. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalaCrisp88 Posted November 25, 2017 Report Share Posted November 25, 2017 He has said that Adonalsium could have split up into different shards, so ingenuity isn't necessarily going to be a canon shard in the Cosmere storyline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZenBossanova Posted November 27, 2017 Report Share Posted November 27, 2017 On 11/25/2017 at 1:20 PM, 8giraffe8 said: He has said that Adonalsium could have split up into different shards, so ingenuity isn't necessarily going to be a canon shard in the Cosmere storyline. Did Brandon really say that specifically about Ingenuity? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Kholin Posted November 28, 2017 Report Share Posted November 28, 2017 (edited) Anybody want to bet that Hoid eventually picks up that Shard? He is a rather good Wit, after all. That, or an Intellect/Wit shard. Edited November 28, 2017 by DarthKholin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The One Who Connects he/him Posted November 28, 2017 Report Share Posted November 28, 2017 On 11/27/2017 at 10:03 AM, ZenBossanova said: Did Brandon really say that specifically about Ingenuity? No. That was an extension of 8giraffe8's thoughts. Brandon has said Adonalsium could've split in different ways, so giraffe is thinking that that possibility could allow Brandon to talk about potential what-if Shards in less specific questions like that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weltall Posted November 28, 2017 Report Share Posted November 28, 2017 6 hours ago, DarthKholin said: Anybody want to bet that Hoid eventually picks up that Shard? He is a rather good Wit, after all. That, or an Intellect/Wit shard. My guess is no, if such a Shard exists Hoid wouldn't pick it up, based on a couple of WoBs we have. Hoid was offered a Shard we haven't seen yet If Hoid were to be tempted by a Shard, it would be Endowment Now, these are slightly fuzzy because in the case of the second WoB Brandon could have been thinking of only the shards he'd revealed to us (which didn't include Ambition and arguably didn't include Autonomy) but in general it seems to imply that Hoid might be interested in taking up Endowment if he could but he wasn't interested in/willing to take whichever of the sixteen was offered. And he may not want to be bound by whatever limitations are placed on the Shards, no matter what power might come with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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