Difference between revisions of "Ambition"

Ambition may have settled on the planet [[Threnody]] for some time, where some measure of Investiture was in existence, although its origin is unknown. Shortly after the Shattering, the Shard [[Odium]] arrived in the system.{{au ref|threnodite}} Odium desired to be the sole remaining Shard in the Cosmere and considered Ambition to be onea of the mostpossible dangerous rivalsrival; it could face. Asas a result, ithe had them as number one on theirhis list of Shards to eliminate.{{wob ref|1550}} EventuallyAmbition, theOdium, theyand would[[Mercy]], clashwho duringwas aalso present at the conflict, thatfought alsoone includedanother in the space between the planets, struggling in all three [[MercyRealmatic Theory|Realms]].{{epigraph ref |row|27}}{{au Theref|threnodite}} conflictOdium tookgained placethe inupper allhand, threemortally [[Realmaticwounding Theory|Realms]]Ambition and leadtearing tooff chunks of her power, which altered the people of Threnody as well as the planets in the system. Ambition fleeingmanaged to escape the system, but she wouldwas laterkilled beand [[Splinter|Splintered]] elsewherein another location despite fighting back, likely finished off by Odium.{{au ref|threnodite}}{{wob ref|1554}} This battleleft hada profound effectswound on the Spiritual Realm, and affected Threnody in "disturbing" ways,{{epigraph ref|sa4|27}} as well as having far reaching affects elsewhere in the [[cosmere]].{{wob ref|8881}}{{wob ref|1662}} Ultimately this death was not considered a tragedy by some, notably one Shard went as far as to state they were happy Ambition was splintered.{{epigraph ref|sa3|40}}

* While technically fulfilling the requirement of not being on a planet, Ambition is not the Shard Brandon was thinking of when discussing a Shard that did not inhabit a planet.{{wob ref|2550}}