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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 squabbling caused by the Evilinfighting on their homeworld to take up residence elsewhere,{{book ref|tsm|15}} led by a preacher named [[Zellion (Threnody)|Zellion]].{{book ref|tsm|39}}{{wob ref|15612}} The planet is constantly barraged with intense sunlight which causes the land and atmosphere to heat to such levels that it burns and melts anything near it, going as far as vaporisingvaporizing humans.{{book ref|tsm|1}}

No Shard currently resides on the planet.,{{wob ref|15602}} and there are no [[perpendicularity|perpendicularities]].{{book ref|tsm|44}}

== GeographyAstronomy ==

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.

The natives on Canticle are primarily descended from inhabitants of [[Threnody]] that departed for the planet soon after the [[Evil]] attacked their ancestors.{{book ref|tsm|15}} Many have pale skin, though nearly as many have darker skin close to that of an [[Azir|Azish]] person.{{book ref|tsm|3}} Some people, although not too many, have a variety of shades between.{{book ref|tsm|17}}

These people tell each other lots of stories, though all of them have some kind of moral.{{book ref|tsm|26}} A lot of the stories they tell involve children being eaten by shades.

Most of the planet's cities have been conquered by the [[Cinder King]], and the ones who haven't have been forced to the poles.{{book ref|tsm|11}} The Cinder King rules via two methods. A monopoly on [[Sunheartsunheart]]s and the threat of his [[Charred]]. Each city also elects a Lodestar, who functions as their Chief Navigator and leader. of the city.{{book ref|tsm|20}} Below the Cinder King are also a lot ofother officials, but it's unknown how much power they have.{{book ref|tsm|2}}{{book ref|tsm|26}}

The people on Canticle speak a language veryclosely closerelated to the languageThrenodite Threnodites speaklanguage.{{book ref|tsm|2}} The only known examples of this language are: ‘Sess'Sess Nassith Tor’Tor' which meanstranslates somethingroughly liketo ‘one'one who escaped the sun.’' and ‘Kor'Kor Sess Nassith Tor’Tor' which probablycan be presumed to meansmean something similar.

They also speak in a distinct and recognisablerecognizable manner that seeks to avoid offence or disrespect, an example of this is 'if it pleases you to be disagreed with' instead of simply 'iI disagree'.{{book ref|tsm|8}}

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. Many—bothMany men and women—wearwomen wear hats with wide brims.{{book ref|tsm|1}}{{book ref|tsm|2}}

As Canticle’sCanticle's Sun kills anyone who touches its light, the people have to constantly keep running from it.{{book ref|tsm|1}}{{book ref|tsm|2}} To do this, they live in large flying cities{{cite}}, each located in a different ‘corridor’'corridor' (latitude).{{book ref|tsm|15}} There are approximately 50 communities on Canticle each flying in parallel corridors.{{book ref|tsm|15}} The largest city is Union, which has absorbed all other cities of significance or size and has de facto control over nearly every inhabitable corridor on the planet.{{book ref|tsm|12}} The cities are in turn made out off smaller ships, which can link together.{{book ref|tsm|3}} theyThey have many different kinds of ships. Special types include [[Hovercycle|hovercycles]], farming ships, a type of ship made for sowing and harvesting crops, and Prospectersprospectors, which are capable of finding [[Sunheartsunheart]]s.{{book ref|tsm|23}}{{book ref|tsm|3}}{{book ref|tsm|12}} The people on Canticle also have access to hoverbikes.{{book ref|tsm|7}} [[Union]] also has some sort of Arena, although it's unknown if this is a regular thing among these cities.{{book ref|tsm|6}} All ships are powered by sunhearts.{{book ref|tsm|11}}

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}}

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}}

A lot of technology, including the floating cities, is powered by sunhearts. These Invested 'hearts' are made by people who perished in the Invested sunlight while in the direct path between the sun and the planet. Sunhearts can be recharged.{{book ref|tsm|45}} Recently the [[Cinder King]] learnedwas taught how to use the local investiture to make [[Charred]] fromby Scadrian researchers on the planet.{{book ref|tsm|45}}

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