Tanavast

Tanavast
	Tanavast ; Fan art by Ari Ibarra[1]
Biographical information
Ethnicity	Yolish
Nationality	Rosharan
Gender	Male
Status	Dead
Abilities	Surgebinding
Social Information
Aliases	The Almighty, Elithanathile, Honor
Family	Unknown
Occupation	Shardholder
Appears in	The Way of Kings (referred to), ; Words of Radiance (referred to), ; Oathbringer (referred to), ; Rhythm of War (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,^[2] by the Shard Odium sometime after the Oathpact was broken, which was a very long time ago.^[3]

“	Whether this was Tanavast's design or not, millennia have passed without Rayse taking the life of another of the sixteen.*	”
–Frost to Hoid^[4]

Personality[]

“	"Tanavast was a fine enough fellow - bought me drinks once - but he was not God."	”
–Hoid to Jasnah^[5]

Attributions[]

The Stormfather refers to Kaladin as a "CHILD OF TANAVAST. CHILD OF HONOR."^[6]

Additionally, he refers to him as a "SON OF TANAVAST."^[7]

History[]

H A T bota — *Honor/Almighty/Tanavast*
Fan art by botanicaxu[2]

Tanavast was one of those individuals who Shattered Adonalsium.^[8] Thereafter, he Ascended as the Shard Honor.

After the Shattering, Tanavast and Koravellium Avast (his lover and currently better known as Cultivation)^[9] came to Roshar^[10] and both Invested in the world.^[11]^[12]^[13]

Some of the many spren found on Roshar were created by Honor and Cultivation at some point before the Desolations began, by Splintering themselves.

Present Day[]

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.^[14]^[15]

According to Brandon's beta-reader, Drew McCaffrey,[4] Tanavast is now a Cognitive Shadow merged with the Stormfather.^[16]

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Notes[]

Tanavast KP — *Tanavast*
Fan art by Kyle Pearson[3]

*Rayse is/was the Shardholder of Odium.^[17]

According to Brandon, the name Honor is bigger than that of Tanavast, though it's not impossible for Shards to be interpreted differently by those who hold them, and perhaps other names be applied.^[18]

References[]

[Rtwokc7-1] The Way of Kings, 7. Anything Reasonable

[2] Splintering

[Rtwokc75-3] The Way of Kings, 75. In the Top Room

[Rworc70-4] Words of Radiance, 70. From A Nightmare

[Rworcepilogue-5] Words of Radiance, Epilogue - Art And Expectation

[Rtwokc46-6] The Way of Kings, 46. Child of Tanavast

[Robc31-7] Oathbringer, 31. Demands Of The Storm

[8] Mistborn: Secret History

[9] Book signing, Albuquerque, NM, 5/22/13

[10] 17th Shard Forum Q&A, 9/25/12

[11] Spren are part of Honor

[12] Spren and Seons

[13] Spren are Splinters

[14] Book signing, Seattle, WA, 10/14/13

[15] Book signing, Orem, UT, 12/6/14

[Robc108-16] Oathbringer, 108. Honor's Path

[17] Shardholder

[18] General Reddit 2020, 1/1/20

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