Difference between revisions of "Burnlands"

When [[Rashek]] took the power at the [[Well of Ascension]], he attempted to move Scadrial closer to its star to burn away the [[Deepness]].{{book ref|hoa|76}} The planet became too hot, so he attempted to move it back. Unfortunately, he overcompensated, and the planet was now too cold for life;{{book ref|hoa|76}} Rashek did not know how to return it to its proper orbit.{{epigraph ref|mb3|4}} He again moved Scadrial closer to the sun, giving up on fixing the orbit and instead deviseddevising other measures to protect humanity from the heat, such as the ashmounts.{{book ref|woa|57}} Because the new orbit was still dangerously hot and the ash was magnetically attracted to the north pole,{{wob ref|8042}} the middle of Scadrial was left vulnerable and scorched clean of life.{{book ref|woa|57}}{{wob ref|1222}} Almost everything not at the poles was destroyed, with a few exceptions.{{wob ref|1222}}{{wob ref|7545}} The planet's calendar changed, and [[cosmere]] scholars were later forced to show two different orbits for Scadrial on their star charts.{{au ref|scadrian}}{{File ref|Starchart scadrial color.jpg|The Scadrian system}}