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They are extremely similar to the [[spren]] of [[Roshar]], and much like spren, they bond with humans.{{wob ref|12148}} They offer their masters unconditional love, and will be negatively affected by something happening to their humans, such as the transformation into a [[Reod]] Elantrian.{{book ref|elantris|1}}{{book ref|elantris|16}} Unlike spren, seons do not grant their bonded humans any particular abilities, but they do have magical talents of their own. Most notably, two seons can link together to allow for instant communication between their masters, with each seon taking on the appearance of the person on the other side of the link.{{book ref|elantris|2}}
 
Their equivalents formed from [[Dominion]]'s investitureInvestiture are the [[skaze]].{{au ref|Sel}}
 
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Very little is known about Devotion, as itshe was splintered amore longthan time7700 agoyears before the [[True Desolation]].{{book ref|sa4|14}}{{book ref|sa4|76}} The Shard was created at the [[Shattering of Adonalsium]], along with fifteen others, and picked by [[Aona]].{{msh ref|3|2}} She and [[Dominion]], for an unknown reason, decided to strike out together to [[Sel]], where they passively influenced a number of local cultures, though ultimately decided to take on a more laissez faire approach to human development.{{au ref|Sel}} At some point early on, [[Odium]] came along and, possibly with some assistance from [[Autonomy]], killed both Shards and [[Splinter]]ed them.{{book ref|sa1|22}}{{wob ref|2614}}{{au ref|Sel}}
 
Once the [[Vessel]]s were dead, the remnants of the two Shards were pushed together into Sel's [[Cognitive Realm]] to prevent anyone from taking up the power or the powers themselves from achieving sentience; this created the [[Dor]].{{wob ref|2546}}{{wob ref|1473}} This plan was not entirely successful, as over time, the Dor has begun to attain self-awareness of its own.{{au ref|Sel}}
 
Due to her early death, Devotion is not particularly influential in modern-day [[cosmere]], but her corpse, in form of the [[Dor]], has made travel to and from [[Sel]] through the [[Cognitive Realm]] highly difficult.{{au ref|Sel}} It's possible some remnant of her is still present within it, or at least within her [[perpendicularity]], [[the Lake]], as it speaks to [[Elantrian]]s thrown into it.{{book ref|elantris|61}}
 
During the [[True Desolation]] on [[Roshar]], [[Harmony]] sends [[Letters#The Sixth Letter|a letter]] to [[Hoid]], in which he expresses how troubled he is by Devotion's and Dominion's deaths, as he had not known that Shards could be [[Splinter]]ed in such a way.{{epigraph ref|sa4|26}}
 
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