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The '''Rosharan system''', also known as '''Greater Roshar''', is the name given to the planetary system containing the [[
== The Sun ==
The centre of the system is situated a large sun around which all of the planets orbit.{{wob ref|7966}} Though it is smaller than [[UTol system|UTol's sun]].{{book ref|yumi|35}}
== Planets ==
The Greater Roshar system is composed of three terrestrial planets and ten gas giants, divided by the asteroid belt.
=== Ashyn ===
'''[[Ashyn]]''' is the closest planet to the Rosharan system's sun.
Ashyn has a notable axial tilt, allowing it to experience seasonal variation.{{wob ref|11448}}
; [[Roshar]]: The second planet is the eponymous Shardworld of Greater Roshar, and the primary setting of the [[Stormlight Archive]]. The [[Shard]]s of [[Honor]] and [[Cultivation]] can be found here. Roshar features a single supercontinent, also called Roshar, on which its inhabitants live. Three moons, [[Roshar#Planetary System|Salas, Nomon, and Mishim]], orbit the planet. The majority of Roshar's sentient lifeforms lives on Roshar.▼
It is visible in the sky from Roshar.{{book ref|sa4|80}}
; [[Braize]]: A cold planet, perhaps outside the habitable zone. While no humans live here, there do exist self-aware Splinters that inhabit either the planet or its Cognitive manifestation.{{au ref|Roshar}} Braize is where the Shard of [[Odium]] resides.{{wob ref|9847}} In Rosharan mythology, Braize is referred to as Damnation, and is where Rosharan Heralds returned to between [[Desolation]]s.{{book ref|sa3|121}}▼
{{image|Inner Rosharan System by Art Noob.jpg|The inner Rosharan system|side=right|width=400px}}
Beyond the asteroid belt are ten gas giants. These outer planets, which are designated by [[Ten Essences|Vorin numerals]], are '''Jes''', '''Nan''', '''Chach''', '''Vev''', '''Palah''', '''Shash''', '''Betab''', '''Kak''', '''Tanat''', and '''Ishi''', in order of increasing distance from the sun. The Rosharan gas giants have a minor presence on Shadesmar, which indicates that they are uninhabited. None of these planets have moons or ring systems.{{map ref|Roshar system}}▼
=== Roshar ===
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Roshar has a surface gravity or approximately 0.7g, and a radius of approximately 5663 kilometres, just under 0.9 cosmere standard.{{au ref|roshar}}{{wob ref|10231}} The planet has a substantial atmosphere, and has a partial pressure of oxygen that is higher than standard cosmere.{{au ref|roshar}}{{wob ref|1806}}
Roshar has no axial tilt.{{wob ref|11448}} It has a solar day of twenty Rosharan hours, and rotates around five-hundred times every orbit.{{wob ref|248}}
Three moons, [[Roshar#Planetary System|Salas, Nomon, and Mishim]], orbit the planet in unstable, highly eccentric orbits.{{map ref|Roshar system}}{{wob ref|8096}}{{wob ref|12702}}
The majority of the Rosharan System's sentient lifeforms lives on Roshar.
=== Braize ===
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The land is cold, barren, and inhospitable to all biological life;{{book ref|sa4|80}} it is constantly swept by winds.{{book ref|sa4|80}} Its atmosphere is much thinner than Roshar's.{{book ref|sa4|80}}
Like Ashyn, it is visible in the sky from Roshar.{{book ref|sa4|80}}
=== Gas Giants ===
▲Beyond the asteroid belt are ten gas giants. These outer planets, which are designated by [[Ten Essences|Vorin numerals]], are '''Jes''', '''Nan''', '''Chach''', '''Vev''', '''Palah''', '''Shash''', '''Betab''', '''Kak''', '''Tanat''', and '''Ishi''', in order of increasing distance from the sun.
The existence of ten of these, and the relation it has to the importance of 10 to Honor and the Rosharan System, is currently unknown.{{wob ref|2745}}{{wob ref|14144}}
The Rosharan gas giants have a minor presence on Shadesmar, which indicates that they are uninhabited.{{au ref|roshar}}{{wob ref|1540}}{{wob ref|2262}} None of these planets have known moons or ring systems.{{map ref|Roshar system}}{{wob ref|13014}}
== Astronomy ==
In the greater Cosmere, the Rosharan system lies between [[Taldain]], [[Scadrial]], [[Nalthis]] and [[Sel]], and is the closest to the latter. It is one of the stars in the
== Inhabitants ==
The Rosharan system is inhabited by
It is likely that Roshar saw several waves of human
== History ==
The Rosharan system was created prior to the [[Shattering]], and was crafted directly by Adonalsium about 12 to 13 thousand years before the True Desolation.{{epigraph ref|sa2|66}}{{wob
The system was created for a specific purpose.{{wob ref|12702}} The Rosharan spren [[Stormfather]] and the [[Singers]] likely predate it as well.
After the Shattering, the Shards Honor and Cultivation settled on Roshar, becoming the gods of Singer people. Humans initially settled on Ashyn, but following the destruction of its environment around 7000 Rosharan years before the True Desolation,{{book ref|sa4|14}}{{book ref|sa4|111}} migrated to Roshar, and were granted the land that comprises modern [[Shinovar]]. The Shard Odium arrived on Roshar alongside them, and while the Singers believe it to be the human god, the exact relation is unclear.{{book ref|sa3|111}}
Honor trapped Odium in the system by unknown means, and the shard settled on Braize. However, when the relationship between humans and Singers deteriorated to the point of war, Odium took the Singers under his wing, creating the first Fused and starting the cycle of Desolations, periodic invasions of Roshar.{{book ref|sa1|part=prelude}} During that time, Honor was killed by Odium, but his pact with Odium, along with the [[Oathpact]] that governs the Desolations, prevented Odium from leaving the system.{{book ref|sa3|57}}
Over the past 4.5 thousand years, the Rosharan system has enjoyed a period of relative stability, although this ended with the start of the [[True Desolation]].▼
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== Mythology ==
Several of the Rosharan system's celestial bodies have legends associated with them.
=== The planets ===
=== The moons ===
== Notes ==
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