Jeremy

I guess I was presupposing that Odium wasn't one of the three. The epigram for chapter 11 of WoK states that "Three of sixteen ruled, but now the Broken One reigns." I guess you could make an argument either way about whether Odium is meant to be one of the original "three of sixteen", but I am personally of the opinion that, since we know that Odium isn't native to Roshar, the Broken One is meant to be separate. Of course, that's merely speculation on my part, and I'm not too attached to the conclusion. Of course, if Odium IS one of the three, there wouldn't a missing Shard on Roshar, so my whole theory is moot. Also, the fact that Szeth doesn't think about Truth in any of his viewpoints in the published WoK kind of weakens my theory about Truth as a Shard. Quite possibly an old name for Honor, and it has since been changed. Meh. Worth thinking about, but I could easily be wrong.

So, this might be a little crazy, and is based on a recently posted deleted scene, so take it with a grain of salt, but what about Truth as the third unknown/missing shard on Roshar? You can read the scene in full here: http://brandonsanderson.com/library/147/The-Way-of-Kings-Prime-Jeksonsonvallano In particular, references to Truth made by Jek (aka the Shin assassin we now know as Szeth), make it seem like some god-like figure named Truth was/is a prominent figure in the Shin belief system (potentially shedding some new light on the whole notion of what it means to be Truthless). One specific quote from the deleted scene that led to this theory is "As it was, however, Truth forbade the attacking of children, women, and non-warriors". Of course, Truth and Honor are similar concepts, and it could be that Brandon has simply decided to call the Shard "Honor" in the time since this was written back in 2003. If I've missed something somewhere and we already know what the third shard on Roshar is/was, would somebody be able to direct me to a quote? Thanks.

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