Difference between revisions of "Canticle"

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}}

All people on Canticle believe in Adonalsium as a deity.{{book ref|tsm|11}} They know that Adonalsium is dead and splintered into shardsShards.{{book ref|tsm|47}} Nonetheless they believe that everything that happens is his plan.

They also believe that the planet [[Threnody]], which was once their homeland, is Hell.{{book ref|tsm|11}}

They seem to fear the sun, but also have great respect for it, calling it names like ‘the Sky Tyrant’ and more. {{book ref|tsm|12}}It is unknown however if this is a part of their religion or if it’s simply a part of their mindset.

The people on Canticle speak a language very close to the language Threnodites speak.{{book ref|tsm|2}} The only known examples of this language are ‘Sess Nassith Tor’ which means something like ‘one who escaped the sun.’ and ‘Kor Sess Nassith Tor’ which probably means something similar.

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

Names, like back on [[Threnody]], are often related to an emotion or even a concept, some examples are: Zeal, Confidence, Divinity.{{book ref|tsm|7}}

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

As Canticle’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’ (latitude).{{book ref|tsm|15}} 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 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}}

Some time after the [[Evil]] a group of Threnodites led by Zellion came to the system, and 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, Thethe [[Cinder King]] found a sick [[Thaylenah|Thaylen]] [[worldhopper]].{{book ref|tsm|16}} The Cinder King killed him, fearing that he was a demon. andHe then read his books, informingand himlearned ofabout 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. 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 Sunheartsunheart and make the charredCharred.{{book ref|tsm|45}}

The floating cities on Canticle are powered by [[Sunheart]]ssunhearts. 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]] learned how to use the local investiture to make [[Charred]] from Scadrian researchers on the planet.{{book ref|tsm|45}}