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\|shards=None{{wob ref\|15602}} \|magic=[[Charred]], [[Sunheart]]s \|gravity=0.7 cosmere standard{{book ref\|tsm\|19}}{{au ref\|roshar}} \|radius=0.02 cosmere standard{{book ref\|tsm\|32}} \|universe=[[Cosmere]] \|books=[[The Sunlit Man]] }} ~~}}{{spoiler\|tsm}}~~ {{update\|tsm}} }} '''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 [[Evil]]~~infighting 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 vaporizing 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}} 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}} Humans are an important part of this ecosystem, planting seeds after the land is burned away, allowing for the plants to grow once light is reflected onto them.{{book ref\|tsm\|3}}{{book ref\|tsm\|13}} === Cognitive Realm === === Religion === ~~All people~~People on Canticle believe in [[Adonalsium]] as a deity.{{book ref\|tsm\|11}} They know that Adonalsium is dead and splintered into Shards.{{book ref\|tsm\|47}} Nonetheless they believe that everything that happens is his plan. They believe that the planet [[Threnody]], which was once their homeland, is Hell.{{book ref\|tsm\|11}} At some point, a very powerful being created and Invested Canticle and its sun, for a very specific purpose.{{wob ref\|16261}} Some time after the [[Evil]] a group of Threnodites led by Zellion came to the system, ~~and~~pushed out by infighting amongst their people. They devised the flying Cities, later these people would die and become the first of the [[Chorus]].{{book ref\|tsm\|39}} 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.