Tanavast

Tanavast
Honor/Almighty/Tanavast Fan art by botanicaxu[1]
Biographical information
Ethnicity	Unknown
Nationality	Rosharan
Gender	Male
Status	Dead
Abilities	Shardholder, Surgebinding
Social Information
Aliases	Almighty, Honor
Appears in	The Way of Kings (referred to), Words of Radiance (referred to), Oathbringer (referred to)

Tanavast was the Shardholder of the Shard of Adonalsium, Honor. He is/was a deity, widely worshipped on the world of Roshar. His power stemmed from Honor, which presumably fuels the ten Surges. He was killed, or Splintered, by the Shard Odium sometime after the Oathpact was broken, which was a very long time ago.

“	Whether this was Tanavast's design or not, millennia have passed without Rayse taking the life of another of the sixteen.*	”
–Frost to Hoid

Personality

“	"Tanavast was a fine enough fellow - bought me drinks once - but he was not God."	”
–Hoid to Jasnah

Attributions

The Stormfather refers to Kaladin as a "CHILD OF TANAVAST. CHILD OF HONOR."

Additionally, he refers to him as a "SON OF TANAVAST."

History

Tanavast
Fan art by Kyle Pearson[2]

From the beginning of The Way of Kings, Tanavast is indeed dead, but - according to Brandon - he apparently could have survived Odium's Splintering for a time.

According to Brandon's beta-reader, Drew McCaffrey,[3] Tanavast is now a Cognitive Shadow merged with the Stormfather.

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Notes

*Rayse is/was the Shardholder of Odium.