Difference between revisions of "Cognitive Realm"

;Fluid-Solid reversalinversion: Bodies of water in the Physical Realm appear as solid in the Cognitive, whereas land on the Physical Realm appear as some sort of fluid, the composition of which differs for each region. According to Leras, the reason for this has something to do with the way men think{{msh ref|3|2}}.

The Scadrian region of the Cognitive Realm is called the '''Expanse of the Vapors''' on the [[Shadesmar#The_Shadesmar_Map|Rosharan Shadesmar map]]. On this region, Physical things 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|23|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.

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It has been implied that there are regions in the Cognitive Realm that don't have the solid-fluid-solid inversion seen on Roshar and reversalScadrial.{{qa ref|1108|17|WoR signing in Omaha|date=Mar 13th, 2014}} Whether this is the region of "near-nothingness" is one of these has not yet been confirmed.