Junes

Something just click for me after reading Oathbringer. Odium might not be one of the three original shards on Roshar. Based on a dead rattle in TWoK - "Three of sixteen ruled, but now the Broken One reigns”. At first glance, this seem to refer to Honor, Cultivation, and Odium. However, after reading Oathbringer, I have a reason to believe that Odium might not be one of the original three shards on Roshar as we have always assumed. The third original unknown shards might be 1) splintered by Odium (less likely), 2) hide somewhere from everyone (likely), or 3) fled away from Roshar after the arrival of Odium (more likely). It might even be the survival shard BS have mentioned. My theory is based on the facts that there are three godspreens on Roshar, each a spreen of a shard. Stormfather for Honor, Nightwatcher for Cultivation, and a sleeping spreen for the other original shard of Roshar. I find it is very unlikely for spreen of Odium to bind with a Bondsmith and help knight radiants fight with Odium during prior desolations before Aharietiam. It is more likely for a spreen of the third unknown shard to be the one that bind with a Bondsmith. The unknown shard maybe already be splintered at this point in time (though this is not likely as there would be more impact on Roshar). The unknown shard may just do into hiding and is the one who send Dalinar vision that the stormfather doesn’t know about. Or the unknown shard may have already fled away somewhere (Survival shard is that you?). “Three of Sixteen ruled” makes it sound very obvious that the three are Honor, Cultivation, and Odium. But I think BS is misdirecting us to think the third one is Odium and that he will surprise us by introducing the third unknown shard in the future book. Good example of his superb misdirection of this type is “Unite them”. At first glance it refers to "Unite Alethkar", second glance it is "Unite Rohsar", and third and current glance is it is currently "Unite the three Realms". For this one, I do believe that BS will even pull it one step further by turning it to "Unite Adolnasium". TLDR – “Three of sixteen ruled” refers to Honor, Cultivation, and an unknown shard who either fled Roshar, went into hiding, or splintered after Odium invade Roshar. What do you think about this theory?