Difference between revisions of "Dawnshard"

The Dawnshards pre-dated the Shattering{{book ref|dawnshard|19}}{{wob ref|15933}} and were used as part of a weapon that split Adonalsium into the sixteen Shards.{{book ref|tsm|21}} Following the Shattering something happened so as to make the Dawnshards lose their original form.{{wob ref|10439}} Hoid himself was once a Dawnshard at some point in the distant past,{{wob ref|14300}} holding the Dawnshard diametrically opposed to harm and violence.{{book ref|tsm|21}}{{wob ref|14592}} It is uncertain when he became a Dawnshard, but his time holding it changed his [[spiritweb]] in a similar manner to [[Savant|Savantism]]. These changes meant that long-term Hoid found himself unable to inflict harm on himself or any others, as well as unable to eat any sort of meat. His Dawnshard is in some way connected to the [[First Gem]],{{wob ref|14355}} his eponymous topaz.▼

Humans in the [[Rosharan system]] used the Dawnshards to destroy their former homeworld of [[Ashyn]], before fleeing to Roshar for survival.{{book ref|sa3|113}}{{wob ref|8243}} It is uncertain how they managed to obtain the Dawnshards or who is responsible for this action, but they were utilized in conjunction with some type of Surgebinding to use powerful versions of the ordinary Surges.{{wob ref|14434}} It is unknown which Dawnshards were present on Ashyn or what happened to them following the fall of the planet.▼