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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 Evil 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}}
 
== Geography and Ecology ==
 
== History ==
At some point, a [[shard]] of Adonalsium investedInvested Canticle and its sun.
 
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, 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 investedInvested, and the planet’s core is also densely investedInvested.{{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}}
 
A lot of technology, including the floating cities, is powered by sunhearts. These investedInvested ‘hearts’ are made by people who perished in the investedInvested 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}}
 
== Trivia ==
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