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== Appearance ==
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| [[Shallan Davar]]{{book ref|sa1|45}}
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Geographically it appears to be a reflection of [[Roshar]], with its inland seas corresponding exactly to the shape of the land of Roshar. When asked if this is the general rule, Sanderson said "there are places in Shadesmar that are different, and some are the same."{{qa ref|1108|17|ground/water inversion|date=Mar 13th, 2014}}
Areas where there is a lot of thinking (cognitive function) are expanded while areas without any thought are diminished.{{qa ref|1097|22|Whenever a planet has enough thinking life on it...it drops into Shadesmar|date=Dec 6th, 2014}}
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| She stepped up beside the bead statue, noting for the first time the strange clouds overhead. They seemed to form a narrow ribbon of highway, straight and long, pointing toward the horizon.
| [[Jasnah Kholin]]'s first visit to Shadesmar{{book ref|sa2|prologue}}
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== Regions ==
Shadesmar can be visited by those with an inherent Soulcasting ability. On [[Roshar]], entrance is granted by beings that Jasnah calls a type of [[spren]]. They appear in The Way of Kings to Shallan Davar and [[Elhokar Kholin]], and one of these beings (unofficially called a [[truthspren]]) is described by Shallan as
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To be granted entrance to Shadesmar, the person wishing to go there must speak a truth about themselves to the truthspren. Whilst Shallan is in Shadesmar, a voice speaks to her and causes her to Soulcast. It is theorised that this voice belongs to the Cognitive aspect of the goblet she is Soulcasting.
Apparently{{book ref|WoK|70}}, you need Stormlight (or alternative source of power) in order to control objects in Shadesmar, as well as for [[soulcasting]]. Traveling there without sufficient stormlight is considered to be extremely risky.
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