Difference between revisions of "Aether"

The people of the coreplanet aetherwith planetprimal aethers hold it as a sacred tenet that the aethers predate Adonalsium and are independent of its creations.{{book ref|mb7|42}} Aethers are revered by these people. They believe that aethers made all people, creating them to each think differently from one another.{{book ref|mb7|epilogue|1}} They also believe humans were gifted with rebirth by the aethers to encourage, bless, and uplift their fellow people.{{book ref|mb7|51}} Those that follow the aethers also hold that people return to the aethers upon their deaths to reflect upon their choices in life.{{book ref|mb7|47}} It is believed that people who have made poor choices are cursed to wait a long time until their next rebirth. {{book ref|mb7|51}} They often swear with phrases such as "by the first aether".{{book ref|mb7|39}}

Aetherbound are the Invested servants of the primal aethers of the core aether planet. They are Connected to one of the twelve aethers and granted a bud of that aether’s core. The bud at least sometimes appears as a physical change to the body of the person that corresponds with the aether they have bonded.{{book ref|mb7|42}} Unlike other bonds like between spren and Radiant, each aetherbound is not Connected to their own individual aether.{{wob ref|15429}} Instead they are all bound to the same primal aether; for instance all roseite aetherbound have a bud from Silajana.{{book ref|mb7|42}}

The dark aether is some sort of threat present on the corehomeworld aetherof homeworldthe primal aethers. It may have made the planet inhospitable for roseite aetherbound or any aetherbound.{{book ref|mb7|47}} It may be related to the forces present in the aetherbound Prasanva's homeland and some sort of extermination.{{book ref|mb7|42}} Prasanva has gone offworld in search of other allies to bring back to help fight this dark aether.{{book ref|mb7|47}}

Aethers have been present in the cosmere since at least prior to the Shattering of Adonalsium, and may predate Adonalsium altogether.{{book ref|mb7|42}} While they were initially native to a single world, different variants of the aethers have since spread to other planets,{{wob ref|15429}} and now claim to have no specific planet of origin.{{wob ref|15136}} At some point a conflict with the dark aether began on the planet of the primal aethers,{{book ref|mb7|47}} which was too difficult to be defeated by Prasanva and may have led to his exile.{{book ref|mb7|42}}

At some point Mraize may have visited a world containing aethers, as he has a piece of roseite in his collection.{{wob ref|12395}}{{book ref|sa2|43}} As Mraize is a [[worldhopper]],{{wob ref|1394}} the provenance of the roseite aether in his collection is unknown, but he is not able to make use of that piece of aether.{{wob ref|9288}} Later his laundress [[Mem]] was tasked with removing an aether stain on Mraize's [[Azish]] cavalrylord's suit. She thought it might be a combination of oil and blood and had a great deal of difficulty removing the stain, but eventually cleaned it off without damaging the suit's delicate [[Mycalin]] dye. Mraize was surprised by her success and gave her a bonus.{{book ref|sa3|i|8}}

In the later stages of the cosmere, the aethers are also usefulrelevant forto future space travelage.{{wob ref|14429}}

* Aethers originated in the unpublished novel ''[[Aether of Night]]''. Elements of the novel have already been repurposed into other works,{{wob ref|8206}} and it would be completely rewritten before the world is introduced to the cosmere.{{sots ref|2017}} Aethers and their home planet are confirmed to exist, but the details have not been canonized.{{wob ref|12512}}{{wob ref|14031}}{{wob ref|13971}}

{{partialcomplete}}