BooksBeforeDeath Posted June 8, 2019 Posted June 8, 2019 I was rereading Way of Kings, and I came across one of those Blank Seconds Before Death messages. It said something like "Where is the Almighty, why has he forsaken us," etc. There was one line that spoke out to me. "Shard of my Soul, where have you gone?" I saw the word Shard, and started thinking, but I couldn't think of any theories that worked, so I took to the forums. Any theories? I'll edit this post soon to include the paragraph; I don't have my book right now.
Use the Falchion Posted June 9, 2019 Posted June 9, 2019 Maybe it's referring to Honor's fate? How the people would feel "abandoned" by Honor's disappearance and death? Or maybe it'll happen in Book 5 or in the second arc. No idea!
RShara she/her Posted June 9, 2019 Posted June 9, 2019 https://coppermind.net/wiki/Category:Epigraphs is a good reference Most of them are going to be about the future, so perhaps someone who becomes cosmere aware will say it at some point?
Wandering Investor Posted June 9, 2019 Posted June 9, 2019 The quote for reference: Quote "Ten orders. We were loved, once. Why have you forsaken us, Almighty! Shard of my soul, where have you gone?" I would guess the "shard" is either referencing the Almighty, or its a radiant referring to their lost spren. Personally, I doubt its the Almighty, as there's no evidence so far that the radiants were aware of the greater context of the shards. Not impossible though. I lean towards it being a radiant asking after their spren, since the start references the orders. Could also be someone addressing their love/husband/wife, although that would be odd considering the first part. 1
+TheFoxQR Posted June 9, 2019 Posted June 9, 2019 I think this is from one of the older Knights Radiant, from when Honor was going mad close to his death. Probably not long before the Recreance. The Knights Radiant were guided by Honor for generations. Honor loved them. But by the time of his death, he was raving at them. He forsook them. Possible interpretation could be quite literal. Honor was the Shard the speaker's soul was made of. In other words, the investiture suffusing their spiritweb was of Honor. Particularly more likely if they were a Radiant of higher Oath, where the spren bond is supposed to practically fuse the spren and their Radiant into one entity. I have a feeling the Heralds' breaking the Oathpact may have played a role in Honor's mistrust of the Knights Radiant by the time he was dying. He didn't trust them to be Honorable anymore. Stormfather's stance against Humans throughout Books 1 and 2 is pretty indicative of what Honor may have been like then.
WhiteEmporer Posted June 9, 2019 Posted June 9, 2019 It could be an expression. The word shard has bounced around Roshar for millennia after all. 1
ScavellTane Posted June 10, 2019 Posted June 10, 2019 Could very well be Melishi asking after the Sibling. If you subscribe to that particular opinion.
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