Anaris

When did odiums "Visit" to Sel take place, in relation to the time elantris is set in.

Personally i think the parshendi belong to the creations of honor, seeing that they seem to have a very strong sense of Honor. As for cultivation, the first question to ask is not why, but if she is still alive. I think that is not definitly said and far from certain. For instance there ist this epigraph in chapter eleven: “Three of sixteen ruled, but now the Broken One reigns.” This could implicate that, while originally having three shardbearers(Honnor, Odium and Cultiation), Odium has now eliminated both of the others, so that roschar now has only one.

I know it comes as a bit of offtopic , but i want to say something about the theory of schallan having a shardblade. Honestly, i find that rather unlikely. As it is said in the books, shardbaldes are literaly priceless. If they were in possesion of a shardbalde, schallan's family could easily have repayed their debts (and probably buyed a smaller kingdom on top) by selling their blade to one of the Alethi highprinces or jah keved, or any other interest group on Roschar for that matter.