Almas Posted August 30, 2018 Report Share Posted August 30, 2018 Theoretically could Harmony split his power in half, both halves with equal parts Preservation and Ruin, and assuming he found someone who fit the power, could he give them half? Effectively creating two piecemeal regular sized shards with the same intent? What could be the outcomes? I wonder if the two Harmonies would end up being symbiotic somehow. Acting together, peacefully, and cooperatively, but always in opposite ways. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goody153 Posted August 30, 2018 Report Share Posted August 30, 2018 I don't think that would work. The way vessels seem to work is all or nothing type. Like either you are either all Ruin or all Preservation or everything of both. Shards seem to stop each other from mixing with each other (aka the different investiture resist each other ). Anyways that's just my headcannon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steel Inquisitive he/him Posted August 30, 2018 Report Share Posted August 30, 2018 I think it could work because preservation and ruin are mixed to the point of being one shard. It would be hard on both of them... Trying to maintain perfect harmony while having to contend with someone else (no matter how similar they are they will have differences of opinion.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MountainKing Posted August 30, 2018 Report Share Posted August 30, 2018 It wouldn't work, even though the shards are one shard they remember being two shards so they will split back into what they originally were. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calderis he/him Posted August 30, 2018 Report Share Posted August 30, 2018 If your talking a full Shard level transfer, I doubt it. Quote CosmereQuestioner Like Adonalsium, could Harmony split into 2 shards OTHER THAN Ruin/Preservation with the right intent. You once stated that it is plausible that with a different intent Adonalsium could have shattered into a DIFFERENT 16 shards. You have also said that Harmony is one shard (or could be viewed this way.) My question: Could Harmony split/be split into 2 shards OTHER THAN Ruin/Preservation (yet still complementing/opposite) with the right intent of the splitter? And if not is this because Harmony is still too invested in Scadrial as Ruin/Preservation? Brandon Sanderson Almost anything is possible... but it is very, very unlikely that Harmony would split except back to Ruin/Preservation. source 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quantus he/him Posted August 30, 2018 Report Share Posted August 30, 2018 Agreed, it would most likely default to Preservation/Ruin still. The two arent fully integrated/Mixed, so there's still a pre-existing fault line there. As I understand it though, the blending is something of an ongoing process, so it might someday reach a point where the two halves redefine into the new whole. Well, less likely when one of those halves is Preservation, I have to think that bit wouldnt let go of the old forms easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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