You mentioned that “half-ish” of the existing Shards are whole at the time of Shadows of Self. Is that counting splinters?
No. Splintered is one of the ways they are not considered whole. (He’s thinking about Dominion and Devotion and says that’s the opposite of whole)
I was thinking about shattered versus splintered, and going with shattered with Devotion and Dominion. And then splintered would be Honor separating a piece of himself to create the spren (pre-Shattering).
On Scadrial, Ruin and Preservation did the same thing. Their bodies are part of the world. Things on the spiritual realm don’t matter where they are in relation to each other. All those spren are still Honor, when he was alive. Does that make sense? Yes, they’re splinters of Honor, but they’re still Honor. It’s not like he’s diminished, because his whole essence is the world. There’s no diminishing that. So we’re talking about the fracturing of the mind and killing of the Shard. That’s the distinction between whole and not whole.
Are there any Shards we don’t know of that are Shattered?
Yes. (Zas’ sister says “Four….ish…right?”) Eh….Honor is gone. Devotion and Dominion are gone. There are others. The question is is Cultivation gone or not? I haven’t answered that for you. There are others. So this is why I’m not going to give you answers on this.
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