The Shard Mercy was also involved in at least one battle with Ambition and Odium. Ambition managed to flee the system, but was still Splintered in a fight with Odium. During the fight, Ambition was dealt a grievous wound, and chunks of her power were flung across the system. Īfter creating the Dor, Odium went on to the Threnodite system, where he found and attacked his initial target, Ambition. He wasn't very experienced at the time, and his countermeasure failed as the Dor did, indeed, begin to gain a measure of sentience. To prevent their remaining power from gaining intelligence of its own, he then pulled them out of the Spiritual Realm and into the Cognitive, creating the Dor and causing Sel's magic systems to become location-dependent. Through means unknown, Odium killed and Splintered them both. Because they had settled together, Odium attacked them since he could argue that they were breaking the agreement the Vessels made about not being in the same system as another Shard. However, before he could find her, he located two other Shards, Devotion and Dominion, in the Selish system. Īt some point after Ascending, Odium went after one of his fellow Shards, Ambition, as he felt most threatened by her intent. One of those killers was Rayse, who chose for himself the Shard of Odium. Odium was created at the Shattering, when the creator god, Adonalsium, was killed by sixteen people, splitting it into sixteen Shards. Ancient History Creation and initial killings ”įor the history of Odium's original Vessel prior to his Ascension, see Rayse#History.

Moreover, Odium's influence sometimes promotes apathy rather than passion, as his followers are encouraged to give up their pain and sense of guilt. On the other hand, the overwhelming amount of emotions inspired by Odium are hateful, among them the aforementioned Thrill and the Rhythms of Odium-derived singer forms. Many of his splinters, the Unmade compel people to give in to powerful sensations - Ashertmarn compels people to revel mindlessly, and Nergaoul inspires exultation in battle. Upon Ascension, Taravangian grappled with the vicious urge to destroy and burn. Rayse himself, however, claims that he's Passion, a Shard of emotions, in particular excessive emotions. Frost claims a straightforward definition: that it is God's own divine hatred. However, interpretation of the Shard's intent is not as simple. The Shard of Odium is even harder to control than Ruin.

Once upon a time evil reigns once more