Editing Beyond

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{{row/kv|Universe|[[Cosmere]]}}
{{row/kv|Featured In|''[[Mistborn: Secret History]]''}}
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|This is the in-between step. After death and before ... the Beyond. The Somewhere Else. Where souls must go.
|[[Leras]] explaining the relationship between the [[Cognitive Realm]] and the Beyond to [[Kelsier]]{{msh ref|1|1}}
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The '''Beyond''' is an unknown location that the people of the [[cosmere]] are drawn to after they die.{{msh ref|1|1}} Almost nothing is known about the Beyond, as not even [[Harmony]]&mdash;and presumably all other [[Shard]]s&mdash;is able to reach it.{{wob ref|6556}}{{wob ref|2717}}{{msh ref|6|9}}{{book ref|mb6|28}} [[Leras]] occasionally refers to the Beyond as the '''Somewhere Else'''.{{msh ref|1|1}}

== Transportation ==
When a person dies, their mind is transported to the [[Cognitive Realm]], though they are not always visible to other people in the Cognitive Realm.{{wob ref|11427}} For most people, this is nothing more than an "in between" step, as their mind is soon pulled into the Beyond.{{msh ref|1|1}} When they go to the Beyond, they appear to stretch toward an unseen, distant point that defies geometry that has also been described as "nothingness" and "eternity."{{msh ref|6|8}}{{msh ref|1|2}}{{msh ref|6|2}} People on [[Scadrial]] appear to turn into white mist as they stretch.{{msh ref|1|1}} Before someone moves on to the Beyond, their Cognitive aspect can be returned to their physical body with the proper [[Investiture]].{{wob ref|5888}}{{book ref|mb6|28}}{{book ref|sa2|88}}{{book ref|sa2.5|8}} Being killed by [[Nightblood]] can prevent that from happening,{{wob ref|10440}} though it is unclear if it also prevents a person's mind form going to the Beyond.

[[Allomancy|Allomancers]], [[Feruchemy|Feruchemists]], and people who had a [[Hemalurgy|Hemalurgic]] spike in life can remain in the Cognitive Realm longer before being pulled to the Beyond, while those where were the victim of a Hemalurgic spiking cannot remain as long.{{msh ref|1|1}}{{wob ref|1528}} [[Silver]]s can resist the pull of the Beyond indefinitely, though they can still choose to go and still feel the pull of the Beyond when seriously wounded.{{msh ref|6|8}} From this, it is possible to infer that the amount of [[Investiture]] a person has or had in life determines the length of time for which they can resist the pull of the Beyond.{{wob ref|11427}}
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[[Ruin]] claims that [[Mare]] "longed for [[Kelsier]] to join her in the Beyond," but it seems likely that he was simply lying to manipulate Kelsier and dos not actually have knowledge of the Beyond.{{msh ref|4|4}}

While trapped in the [[Well of Ascension]], Kelsier refers to Ruin as "the thing Beyond,"{{msh ref|2|1}} but this is likely a misnomer as a Shard's power is concentrated in the [[Spiritual Realm]].{{wob ref|6304}}-->

== Known Travelers ==
While all people who are not Silvers must go to the Beyond when they finally die,{{msh ref|1|1}} the transitions of the following people to the Beyond have been observed:
* [[Vin]]
* [[Elend]]
* [[Ati]]
* [[Rashek]]
* [[Goradel]]

== Trivia ==
* The relation between the Beyond and the [[God Beyond]], like most questions about the Beyond, is currently [[RAFO]]'d.{{wob ref|6555}}

== Notes ==
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