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Just watch. Tia will turn out to be an epic, and her weakness will be cola.

It's entirely possible that it is, but here's my reasoning for it. I was thinking the shards bear human like qualities instead of what I consider "nature" like qualities. By nature, I mean the atypical, Earth, Wind, Fire, Water, Heart (Captaaain Planet!). I don't consider Honor to be a part of nature, instead, I think it's a purely human creation, but I digress, I'm rather new to the Cosmere so I could be off base completely. Hopefully, I'm explaining myself clearly, because it's a rather abstract thought even in my brain, and I can't back it up with anything.

I have much to learn sensei...

I wonder if we've met Cultivation yet. I'm with the group that believes she is Shin, but I wouldn't be surprised if she was a minor character somewhere that's "cultivating" someone's personality to become better? I'd like to say Dalinar's wife but that kind of blows the Shin theory out of the water.

Lol that must have cost a FORTUNE. Do you know how much a platinum wedding band costs?! Also, I like the new series, even if I am 28 . It's not as "new" as the last airbender, and it's lacking a little in the comedy area. I still like it, and it's set to my DVR every Saturday. I think it'll pick up a bit when they finally reveal Korra's avatar state, and she unloads a butt whooping (and subsequently gets blamed/banished for the destruction wrought) Of course, I hadn't ever heard of Avatar until I randomly came across it on Netflix a couple of years ago. 1 week, that's how long it took to watch ALL 61 episodes.

Could be. I would think it's simpler than that though. Mar: to damage or spoil to a certain extent; render less perfect, attractive, useful, etc.; impair or spoil: Shadesmar reminds me of The Ways in The Wheel of Time in a way, but that will most certainly change as we learn more about it.

Hi all, I'm new. I just finished WoK, and read the mistborn trilogy a few months ago. I had NO idea about the wide cosmere universe, and if I had, I think I would have enjoyed mistborn a good deal more. I was actually leary about reading WoK because Mistborn kind of dragged along for me, but I'm glad I did. WoK is in my top 10 books of the past decade now, and it's sparked a whooole new interest in Sanderson. Also, the title was what I was thinking when Preservation fell from the sky in Mistborn. Sang to "It's raining Men" of course haha.

No worries dood. I had no idea about the greater world of Sanderson until I finished WoK. So, I've basically only been studying this stuff for about a day. This was just my first random shot in the dark. I was hoping it was something simple, and predictable as complete opposite, but oh well.

Hey all, new here and just finished reading WoK. I was just wanting to point out that we're missing a critical piece of information in regards to these shards. Purpose. What is the finished product when all of these shards come together? I have a hard time believing that it's the power of "Creation". I don't see Honor playing a big role in Creation, but if we break down the word Adonalsium I think we get a better picture. Let's break it apart Adon which means: "a beau," 1620s, from Gk. Adonis, name of the youth beloved by Aphrodite, from Phoenician adon "lord," probably originally "ruler," from base a-d-n "to judge, rule." Adonai, an O.T. word for "God," is the Heb. cognate, with pl. of majesty. I get "lord, ruler, to judge, rule" as the primary descriptors. The last part -ium is the typical naming convention for elements. So basically, The Ruler's Element. It may not mean a hill of beans since it's pure specualtion, but I think it defines one major point. It's a God/Supreme Being, and as such, I believe these "shards" are "human-like elements, which just brings up another point. The shards will be human qualities. I think this fits with what we've seen so far. Cultivation, Honor, Odium (hatred), Ruin, Preservation, Endowment, Devotion, Dominion are all humanlike qualities. Now, I believe Honor's equal and opposing shard is Duplicity, as shown by Sadeas. That's just pure speculation again. Another wild guess would be to Dominion's opposite: Submission. So my list goes: Ruin-Preservation Honor-Duplicity Dominion-Submission Cultivation-Reap(I believe this would be the one Odium would absorb since it's the closest to a destruction like shard) Odium-(I almost believe Odium has absorbed more than 1 shard like Sazed has because what could be scarier than a big bad guy with multiple shards? Also, since Harmony is now composed of TWO shards, there has to be an opposite force to equal him out right? So I guess I could enter Harmony here as Odium's opposite.) Endowment- Devotion-