Is Hoid a Herald, or a Shardholder, or something else entirely.
Was the letter posted on the top of chapters to Sazed?
Barring the Almighty, did we seen a Shardholder (like Sazed) in this book?
Hoid is something else entirely.
It is written to a character who exists outside of Roshar. I won’t yet say who.
I think “Shardholder” would get confusing alongside “Shardbearer.” Basically, in the Cosmere’s terms, when someone holds a Shard of Adonalsium, I call that person a Shard of Adonalsium. They are imbued with the power of that Shard, but they also become the Shard. Fans can use whatever terminology they wish, but this is how I term it.
You did at least see the direct effects of two of the Shards of Adonalsium, but I won’t say whether or not you actually saw a Shard of Adonalsium.
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