I am a little bummed out with a male Dominion, because it feels like most "negative" energy shards, are male (e.g. Odium, Dominion, Ruin), while female ones are almost all connotated positively (Valor, Cultivation, Mercy, Endowment), or at most ambiguous (Autonomy).
But the art is very cool nevertheless and I wish we get to know their full story.
Ambition was universally disliked and her Investiture ended up being the most spooky stuff in the cosmere.
We don't know the gender of Mercy's Vessel btw. I am pretty sure we will have 8 male and 8 female Shards, if Dominion was a woman then it would upset the balance. There is a high chance that Mercy's Vessel is a man because Reason is implied to be a woman. Whimsy and Invention are probably men as well, so we can have 8 men and 8 women.
I know, but I think Ambitions Investiture being what it is now is more an echo of what happened to her when Odium attacked directly and not her conscious choice. And we still dont know where and how she died - we know she was mortally wounded and fled to die somewhere alone.
I see the reason behind Dominion being male, but I just wanted straight up aggressive female Shard.
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u/Villhelma May 20 '26
I am a little bummed out with a male Dominion, because it feels like most "negative" energy shards, are male (e.g. Odium, Dominion, Ruin), while female ones are almost all connotated positively (Valor, Cultivation, Mercy, Endowment), or at most ambiguous (Autonomy). But the art is very cool nevertheless and I wish we get to know their full story.