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There are beings that are considered native to the Cognitive Realm. These Cognitive entities, like the [[spren]] on Roshar, can even form whole civilizations and reside in cities built on the Cognitive land.

 

 

The implications of humans being born in a Realm other than the Physical has not yet been revealed.

 

:''Main article:'' [[Shadesmar]]

 

Shadesmar is the natural habitat of the [[spren]], and is where their true form can be seen. There are spren cities around Shadesmar, presumably on the obsidian lands, on which trees made of crystal also grow.

 

Physical things on the Cognitive Realm on Scadrial appear shrouded in mist. Living things, as well as metallic objects, appear to glow. The Physical land appear misty and fluid, while bodies of water on the Physical Realm appear as solid, dark, smoky stone where mist-emitting plants grow.{{msh ref|2|2}} Worldhoppers have been known to travel by boat across the misty fluid of the Scadrian Cognitive Realm{{qa ref|1182|57|Arcanum Unbounded signing in Chicago, IL|date=Dec 6th, 2016}}, but Cognitive Shadows, Shard Vessels, and the souls of the dead appear capable of walking on the fluid.

 

It is possible to take the misty Cognitive aspect of an object on Scadrial's Cognitive Realm and use it away from its Physical location, as [[Kelsier]] does in [[Mistborn: Secret History]].{{msh ref|4|3}} How this can be done has not yet been fully explained.

 

The Shards of [[Dominion]] and [[Devotion]] were [[Splinter]]ed and trapped in the Cognitive Realm by [[Odium]]. While the power of most other Shards resides in the [[Spiritual Realm]]{{au ref|selish}}, Odium has locked the power of Dominion and Devotion in the Cognitive Realm to ensure that nobody on Sel could gain those Shards.{{17s ref|post|512956|Arcanum Unbounded signing in Hoboken, NJ|date=2016-12-03}} This makes the Cognitive Realm on Sel extremely dangerous as anyone who comes there unprepared would be shredded by the power of the Shards, now collectively known as the [[Dor]].

 

It is unknown if the area of Cognitive land where the [[Ire]] are positioned during the events of [[Mistborn: Secret History]] is in Sel, though the Ire appear to be [[Elantrian]]s who are native to Sel. The area around the Ire building has tall jagged rock formations that look like trees.{{msh ref|5|2}}

 

According to an interview with [[Brandon Sanderson]], there is a world that appears in the Cognitive Realm as an "empty wasteland of near-nothingness."{{reddit ref|mistborn|2ytg2h|cshtsde|text=Could you describe what the Cognitive Realm looks like in a Shardworld other than Roshar?|date=2015-06-25}}.