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'''Canticle''' is a [[Cosmere#Planets|planet]] in the [[cosmere]]. It is primarily populated with a group of [[Threnody|Threnodites]] that fled the
No Shard currently resides on the planet
== Astronomy ==
It is unknown if other planets exist in the same system as Canticle.
=== Sun ===
Canticle orbits a singular star. This star is heavily Invested, showering the planet with a large amount of Invested light.{{book ref|tsm|1}}{{book ref|tsm|2}}{{book ref|tsm|3}} The sun's Investiture also reflects off of the planet's rings, causing the rings to emit a low level of Investiture onto the surface even on the dark sides of the planet.{{book ref|tsm|5}}{{book ref|tsm|6}} It is integral to the life-cycle of various flora and fauna across the planet,{{book ref|tsm|2}}{{book ref|tsm|3}}{{book ref|tsm|5}} to the Canticle's shifting geography, and to the production of sunhearts.{{book ref|tsm|12}}
== Geography and Ecology ==
Canticle is approximately 161 kilometers (100 miles) in radius, or around 0.025 cosmere standard, though it has an extremely large and dense Invested iron core. This iron core is not the sole source of the gravity, but it is its Invested nature that gives it a gravitational force of around 0.7 cosmere standard and allows it to retain [[wikipedia:Hydrostatic equilibrium|hydrostatic equilibrium]] and maintain a planetary ring system despite its small size.{{cite}}{{book ref|tsm|34}}
The Scadrians have a couple of drones or satellites in orbit, giving them access to cameras to view the planet from above ground.{{book ref|tsm|45}}▼
The planet is orbited by a system of rings with several divisions. These rings play an important role in reflecting sunlight at the night side of the planet, keeping it from complete darkness and helping plants to grow from reflected light and Investiture.{{book ref|tsm|2}}{{book ref|tsm|3}}{{book ref|tsm|5}} These rings have an unknown orbital inclination, as they are not centered at the equatorial region of Canticle and have a notable angle relative to the equatorial plane.{{book ref|tsm|28}}▼
=== Atmosphere ===
Canticle has a retrograde spin; thus, the sun rises in the west and sets in the east.{{book ref|tsm|7}} Its radial velocity is notably slow, at around 28.1 meters per second (62.9 miles per hour), and it has a rotational period of 10 standard hours.{{book ref|tsm|19}}{{book ref|tsm|32}} At the line following the sunset, a storm referred to as the "great maelstrom" occurs due to great changes in pressure and humidity.{{book ref|tsm|8}} This storm is comprised of cyclones of fire that sweep across the landscape.{{book ref|tsm|34}}▼
The planet has a low scale height, thus the thickness of the atmosphere thins rapidly with increasing altitude, with the end of the inner atmosphere being set at around one-thousand feet (304.8 meters) from the surface.{{book ref|tsm|19}}{{book ref|tsm|28}} Due to this, mountains reach into outer space, and are impassible to the planet's inhabitants. ▼
=== Climate and Weather ===
▲The thickness of the atmosphere thins rapidly with increasing altitude, with the end of the atmosphere being set at around one-thousand feet from the surface.{{book ref|tsm|19}}{{book ref|tsm|28}}
At the line following the sunset, a storm referred to as the "great maelstrom" occurs due to great changes in pressure and humidity.{{book ref|tsm|8}} This storm is composed of cyclones of fire that sweep across the landscape.{{book ref|tsm|34}}
{{image|side=right|width=300px|Ambush by Ernanda Souza.jpg|The dark side of Canticle, depicting Canticlite Flora and Fauna, with rings visible in the sky.}}
▲The Scadrians have a couple of drones or satellites in orbit, giving them access to cameras to view the planet from above ground.{{book ref|tsm|45}}
=== Ecology ===
Gazelle-like creatures live near dawn; they are Invested in some way. Their lifecycle and how they survive the daytime heat are currently unknown.{{book ref|tsm|17}}▼
Plant life, fed from Invested light reflected off of the ring system, grows rapidly in the night. The amount of Investiture reflected is approximately ten or twenty [[Breath Equivalent Unit]]s (BEUs) an hour.{{book ref|tsm|5}}
=== Cognitive Realm ===
The Canticle subastral of the [[Cognitive Realm]] is probably violent and filled with shaking and tremors.{{wob ref|16319}}
=== Geography ===
The geography of the planet constantly changes due to the stone melting from the intense heat produced in the atmosphere; this combined with the effect of the planet's Invested core causes eruptions of magma that drastically reshape the landscape.{{book ref|tsm|12}}{{book ref|tsm|34}}{{book ref|tsm|45}} Due to the ever-changing geography, erosion doesn't have time to take place.{{book ref|tsm|12}}
A system of impassable mountains and highlands run along the equator.{{cite}}
=== Ring System ===
▲The planet is orbited by a system of blue and gold rings with several divisions.{{book ref|tsm|2}} These rings play an important role in reflecting sunlight at the night side of the planet, keeping it from complete darkness and helping plants to grow from reflected light and Investiture.{{book ref|tsm|2}}{{book ref|tsm|3}}{{book ref|tsm|5}} These rings have an unknown orbital inclination, as they are not centered at the equatorial region of Canticle and have a notable angle relative to the equatorial plane.{{book ref|tsm|28}}
=== Rotation ===
▲Gazelle-like creatures live near dawn; they are Invested in some way.{{book ref|tsm|17}}
▲Canticle has a retrograde spin; thus, the sun rises in the west and sets in the east.{{book ref|tsm|7}} Its radial velocity is notably slow, at around 28.1 meters per second (62.9 miles per hour),
== Culture ==
=== Religion ===
They
They seem to fear the sun, but also have great respect for it, calling it
=== Language ===
The people on Canticle speak a language
They also speak in a distinct and recognizable manner that seeks to avoid offence or disrespect, an example of this is 'if it pleases you to be disagreed with' instead of simply 'I disagree'.{{book ref|tsm|8}}
People in the far northern corridors speak with an accent that purportedly makes
Names, like back on [[Threnody]], are often related to an emotion, virtue, or even a concept, some examples are: Zeal, Confidence, Divinity.{{book ref|tsm|7}}
=== Clothing ===
The people wear a wide variety of clothes. Officials are often seen wearing high collars that reach all the way to the chin, they also wear gloves.{{book ref|tsm|1}} Most people are swathed in clothing and lots of them wear gloves. Some officials from Union wear formal white coats, with open fronts and insignias on the shoulders.{{book ref|tsm|2}} The civilians wear mostly muted colors. Some women wear skirts, though many prefer long, skirtlike jackets, their fronts open to reveal trousers underneath.
=== Cities and Ships ===
As
Present day, most cities of significant sizes have been incorporated into [[Union]] although a number of small towns remain. There are as much as fifty cities on the planet.{{book ref|tsm|15}}
=== Food ===
The people from Canticle grow crops in the area just in front of dawn, where a small portion of light is reflected to the ground by giant rings around the planet. This technique allows them to harvest every day, requiring only seeds and water.{{book ref|tsm|3}}
They also hunt animals; but their food appears to be rather bland and lacking in spice.{{cite}}
== History ==
At some point, a
Some time after the [[Evil]] a group of Threnodites led by Zellion came to the system,
At some point in the recent history of the cosmere, the [[Cinder King]] found a sick [[Thaylenah|Thaylen]] [[worldhopper]].{{book ref|tsm|16}} The Cinder King killed him, fearing that he was a demon. He then read his books and learned about the wider cosmere. After this he began killing and conquering all the other cities, with the goal of uniting the planet and having all people live in his capital city.
Either shortly before his conquest, or during it, he found the Scadrian Research Center and began trading with them.{{book ref|tsm|44}} He gave them some people, who the Scadrians took heat from. And in return they gave him small tidbits of information, such as how to corrupt a sunheart and make the Charred.{{book ref|tsm|45}}
== List of Known Settlements ==
== Manifestations of Investiture ==
Investiture is relatively commonplace on Canticle. The sunlight is Invested, and the planet's core is also densely Invested.{{book ref|tsm|34}}{{book ref|tsm|45}} The core tries to feed on any Investiture it can, but generally can't take it from people.{{book ref|tsm|34}} When people are placed between the sunlight and the planetary core, the sunlight burns the bodies into [[sunheart|sunhearts]], while the Investiture from their bodies is "carried" along with the sun's Investure to the core. The sunhearts are then charged with excess Investiture produced by the process of Invested joule heating.{{book ref|tsm|45}}
A lot of technology, including the floating cities, is powered by sunhearts. These
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