Difference between revisions of "Aether of Night"

The book begins with a character named Raeth who is the eldest son of the emperor of the Imperium but because his aether is weak his younger twin brother Hern was chosen as heir and he was chosen to be a Dari, a form of priest. After the first wave of Forgotten kills both his father and his younger twin brother Hern who is the heir he assumes Hern's persona to keep order in the Imperium. He is forced to confront the mistakes that Hern made and try to win a war against an unknown and incredibly powerful foe. He must contend with the senate as well as those on the war council who Hern offended to try and win the war against the forgotten. He also must keep his identity secret because he will be executed if anyone finds out that he was impersonating an emperor. Raeth must also choose a bride to marry and deal with the brides who are actively competing for his hand. During the struggle of the first battle with the forgotten, he gets touched with a drop from the pool of the forgotten which both strengthens his aether and makes a mysterious voice in his head appear. "Aether" was a term used as part of the magic system.

It remains possiblelikely that thean aether-centric book or series will be published in some form, but it would be a complete rewrite.{{wob ref|12512}}{{sots ref|2017}}{{sots ref|2023}} Brandon has mentioned that the general mechanics of the magic system would be retained.{{sots ref|2017}} A substance called "[[aether]]" appeared in ''[[Oathbringer]]'',{{book ref|sa3|i|8}}{{wob ref|12314}} and in ''[[Rhythm of War]]'',{{book ref|sa4|part=ars}} and Aethers were later fully introduced in ''[[The Lost Metal]]'',{{book ref|mb7|39}} leaving the door open for the story to take place in the [[cosmere]],{{wob ref|12512}} and Brandon continues to list it as a cosmere work in his annual [[State of the Sanderson]] posts.{{sots ref|2017}}{{sots ref|2018}} However, it is not high on the priority list since the story would fall outside of the "main" cosmere series.{{wob ref|12395}}{{sots ref|2018}}

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