The Shards of Adonalsium, or Shards, are pieces of the power of Creation itself. There are sixteen Shards in the cosmere. Three of the Shards are located in the Rosharan System: they are Odium, Cultivation, and Honor.

The Shards of Adonalsium, or Shards for short, are sixteen pieces of the power of creation, formed during the Shattering of Adonalsium. [1] [2] They are each named after a specific characteristic or ideal that represents the Shard's primary purpose or motivation.

Jan 22, 2025 · Adonalsium presumably possessed the divine abilities that are associated with the Shards, including the ability to look into the future. Furthermore, Adonalsium was capable of fully making use of the Dawnshards, through which it created the cosmere.

Mar 12, 2025 · The Shattering of Adonalsium (or simply, the Shattering) was a pivotal moment in the history of the cosmere when Adonalsium was killed using the Dawnshards. [1][2][3] Prior to this, there were no Shards, which have been the dominant influence in the cosmere that has thus been shown so far.

Oct 22, 2024 · IMO, Adonalsium was “infinite” because his mind inhabited his soul and was co-extensive with it ... Adonalsium was both “transcendent” – occupying the Spiritual Realm – and “immanent” – pervading the Physical Realm. Adonalsium’s spirit, mind, and body were one. Shards are slices of Adonalsium.

Feb 2, 2025 · After an event called the Shattering of Adonalsium, in which characters from the planet Yolen conspired to kill the creator, its power was split into sixteen Shards. Each Shard is named after its Intent and assigned to a Vessel, which is the mind that then wields that power.

Dec 11, 2024 · All of the power of the Shards was originally contained in one god-like being, known as Adonalsium. This being created the Cosmere some 10,000 years before the events of the True Desolation on Roshar.

Nov 25, 2024 · I've seen a number of posts on 17th Shard and Reddit where people try to map the 16 Shards of Adonalsium onto the Allomantic table. In some cases, they simply saw that both of them were split up into 16 pieces and went from there.

The Shards of Adonalsium are sixteen beings born from the Shattering of Adonalsium, each the manifestation of certain aspects of its being. Each taken in by one of the participants in its Shattering, and were brought to various Shardworlds, which they Invested.

Thus, Adonalsium was intentionally Shattered into sixteen pieces, [8] known as Shards of Adonalsium or 'Shards' for short - which are pieces of the power of creation itself - and that they were then picked up by those sixteen now Shardholders.