Difference between revisions of "Ars Arcanum"

The omnibus edition of ''[[White Sand]]'' has pages of Ars Arcanum interspersed throughout; they consist of Khriss' [[Khrissalla's_Journal|original notes]] from her first visit to Dayside [[Taldain]], before she became a worldhopper. They have notes on Taldain astronomy, Dayside fauna, culture and customs, the properties of its [[Sand (Taldain)|Sand]], the abilities of [[Sand mastery|sand masters]], and comparisons of that to [[Starmarks]].

The books in the [[Mistborn series]] each have an Ars Arcanum with the table of [[Metallic Arts]], describing what each of the [[Allomantic]] metals does. TheSince earliermore booksmetals tendare todiscovered haveand lessnew informationthings regardingabout thethem metalsare learned, sothe latertable booksin areeach morelater accuratebook and complete ashas more metals are discovered and newinformation thingswith aboutgreater them are learnedaccuracy. [[The Lost Metal]] adds information from an interview with [[Marsh]].

The Ars Arcanum in ''[[The Stormlight Archive]]'' gives detailed information about the [[Ten Essences]], as well as descriptions of the different [[Surge]]s and how they are used by [[Surgebinder]]s. Some information has been added in each book: a [[Surgebinding#Illumination|Lightweaving]] section appears in ''[[Words of Radiance]]'' and ''[[Oathbringer]]'' contains an additional section about [[Soulcasting]]. ''[[Rhythm of War]]'' contains an additional section about the [[Surge]] of [[Cohesion]], particularly focusing on its use in shaping stone, and mentioned [[microkinesis]].