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'''Shadesmar''' is a [[Roshar]]an word for the [[Cognitive Realm]].{{wob ref|4445}} The word Shadesmar is sometimes used in non-Rosharan contexts when referring to that Realm.{{wob ref|5814}}{{wob ref|7199}}

 

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Geographically, Roshar in the [[Cognitive Realm]] appears like an inversion of the continent in the Physical Realm, with its inland seas corresponding exactly to the shape of the land of Roshar. The "seas" are made of tiny dark glass beads that represent objects that exist in the Physical Realm. These beads are bean-sized, or slightly larger than a fingernail.{{wob ref|8533}} There are spren that look like "little green and orange people, only a few inches tall" climbing around the spheres.{{book ref|sa3|89}} When asked if this is the general rule, Sanderson said "there are places in Shadesmar that are different, and some are the same."{{wob ref|7200}}

 

Living things manifest on Roshar's Cognitive Realm as flames. If the person is strongly influenced by [[Odium]] (and presumably certain other Shards), the flame turns red.{{book ref|sa3|116}} A flame vanishes when the person represented by it dies.

 

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The sky on Roshar's Shadesmar is black, with strange cloud formations and a small, cold sun. The land, which corresponds to bodies of water on the Physical Realm, appear to be made of obsidian. Trees made of crystal grow on this land.{{book ref|WoR|7}} Shadesmar has "weather" as described by the spren, but rather than meteorological phenomena, it changes the features of the land and creates different effects on the its spren inhabitants. For example, a "crystalline" day will exhibit a faint shimmer of violet-pink haze in the air, and plants will grow so rapidly that the growth is visible. On other days, spren may become more energetic or lively, or more dreary and downcast. Shadesmar does not exhibit changes in temperature or precipitation. {{book ref|sa4|75}}

 

Land masses appear as lakes or oceans of glass beads. The beads represent "souls of objects." {{book ref|sa3|89}}

 

The map of Shadesmar labels several areas in the Cognitive Realm, including regions called "Expanses" that are outside of [[Roshar]]. If you walk far enough (likely for days) in the direction of one of those Expanses, you can arrive on another world.{{wob ref|1392}} The areas labeled are as follows:

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:''Main article:'' [[Spren]]

 

'''Spren''' are [[Splinter]]s that reside mainly in the Cognitive Realm of Roshar. Each spren represents an idea or concept, and are described as ideas that gained life.

 

There is great variety among spren, both in appearance and in cognitive levels. Some spren are intelligent enough to build their own civilizations and live on cities in Shadesmar, while others are more like animals.{{book ref|WoR|1}} Most of these spren appear and behave differently when they transition to the Physical Realm.

 

{{image|Elsecaller.png|side=right|width=150px|An [[Elsecaller]] in Shadesmar}}

The [[ardent]]s in Roshar are aware of Shadesmar{{book ref|sa1|i|8}}, and have used fabrials that allow them to [[Soulcast]] objects through it. There are also people whose bond with certain types of [[spren]] grants them access to Shadesmar. One type of such a spren, called a [[Cryptic]], is described by [[Shallan]] as

 

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For a member of the [[Order of Lightweavers]] to be granted entrance to Shadesmar, the person must have spoken enough truths about themselves to their bonded Cryptic. In Shallan's case, the Cryptic she calls [[Pattern]] no longer required truths for her to enter Shadesmar{{book ref|WoR|7}} after she confessed her darkest secret.{{book ref|WoK|70}} Pattern helps Shallan Soulcast by acting as a translator between her and the objects represented by the glass beads.

 

Another type of spren that give access to Shadesmar are [[Inkspren]]. They bond to [[Elsecaller]]s and follow the same structure of Oaths as the orders besides Lightweavers. However, their access to Shadesmar seems to come primarily through the manipulation of the surge of [[Transportation]], which they share with the Order of [[Willshapers]], who are able to look into Shadesmar as an image overlaid onto the Physical Realm, aiding the user in checking their surroundings for living beings.{{book ref|sa4|11}}

 

Both Orders can use the glass beads in Shadesmar to form various structures that can be used there. For example, [[Jasnah]] can create a raft out of Shadesmar beads that she could stand safely on.{{book ref|WoK|70}} While trapped in Shadesmar, Shallan uses this ability on several occasions. While attempting to use the [[Thaylen City]] [[Oathgate]], she makes a wall physically appear there, rather than just being made of beads. This is called manifesting, and is described as being dangerous by Captain [[Notum]].

 

Azure, Shallan, and Kaladin all get impressions from the beads they pick up while in Shadesmar, so it should be reasonable to say that any Invested person can manifest objects there. Adolin, not being an Invested person, gets only the vaguest impressions of the objects the beads represent.

 

Ingesting the beads and then moving to the Physical Realm would not be good for a person.{{wob ref|12032}}

 

[[Stormlight]] (or an alternative source of [[Investiture]]) is needed{{book ref|WoK|70}} in order to control objects in Shadesmar, as well as for [[Soulcasting]]. Traveling there without sufficient Stormlight is considered to be perilous.

 

When [[Shallan]] tries to use the corrupted Oathgate in [[Kholinar]] it transports all those in the control room to Shadesmar.{{book ref|sa3|87}} [[Azure]] tells them that the way to get out is to go to where the [[Horneater Peaks]] are in the Physical Realm and use [[Cultivation's Perpendicularity]].{{book ref|sa3|93}}

 

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