Dawnshard (The Stormlight Archive, #3.5)

by Brandon Sanderson

“Remember what I taught you. About coming to know the sailors. About the hazing. Not a perfect solution . . .” “But instead an imperfect solution,” he whispered, “for an imperfect world.”

“Mere words cannot explain. The Dawnshards are Commands, Rysn. The will of a god.”

“The most powerful forms of Surgebinding transcend traditional mortal understanding,” Nikli said. His body began to re-form, hordelings crawling back into place. “All their greatest applications require Intent and a Command. Demands on a level no person could ever manage alone. To make such Commands, one must have the reasoning—the breadth of understanding—of a deity. And so, the Dawnshards. The four primal Commands that created all things.” He paused. “And then eventually, they were used to undo Adonalsium itself. .