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Welcome to the Coppermind, the comprehensive wiki about Brandon Sanderson, his novels, and his cosmere universe. We have 4,861 articles, and would like to have many more, so grab a stub or a redlink and make the wiki even better!

Featured Article: Shadesmar

Map of Shadesmar, the Cognitive Realm

Shadesmar is the Cognitive Realm. So far the only known characters to travel there are Hoid, Shallan Davar and Jasnah Kholin. Hoid's method for travelling there is not yet known, though he uses it to travel from world to world. It is possible other worldhoppers use Shadesmar similarly.

Appearance

“... a place with a black sky and a strange, small white sun that hung on the horizon ... Flames hovered nearby ... Like the tips of candles floating in the air and moving with the wind ... An endless dark sea, except it wasn't wet. It was made of the small beads, an entire ocean of tiny glass spheres”
—Shallan DavarTemplate:Bref

Geographically it appears to be a reflection of Roshar, with its inland seas corresponding exactly to the shape of the land of Roshar.

Uses

Shadesmar can be visited by those with an inherent Soulcasting ability in order to Soulcast.... (see more!)

Coppermind News

Cat CAPTCHAs!

So, it is extremely annoying the amount of spam we have been getting. We'd all really like to get to a point where you can edit the wiki without needing to log in, and especially without needing email verification. Pretty annoying. For whatever reason bots/spammers are really good at breaking RECaptcha.

So, now when you register, you should see a much more delightful spam thing: namely, you have to select cats from dogs. It's pretty freaking adorable and almost makes me want to do CAPTCHAs even more. Barely.

I do believe the cat CAPTCHA works fine, but if you are having trouble logging in or you get an error message, can you email me at [email protected] and let me know? -- Chaos2651 (talk) 19:05, 8 July 2012 (EDT)

Wiki Downtime

Hey guys. I'm sorry about the wiki downtime that we recently had. Basically, it turned out that the wiki was using most of our server resources, so in order to save the site I had to take it down temporarily. We've now done some performance tuning so it should roll faster now, and I hope we don't have to do it again. -- Chaos2651 (talk) 18:51, 8 July 2012 (EDT)

Email Validation Required to Edit

We've been hit with some pretty serious spambot action for a long while that the CAPTCHAs haven't seemed to block. For this reason, we are now requiring you to validate your email address before being able to edit pages. This also goes into effect for all current wiki accounts. If you are trying to edit now, you'll get an error and say that you need to validate your email. You'll be directed to your profile and supply an email. Soon, a validation email will appear, so just click the link in your box and you are good.

Unfortunately, this has the effect of requiring you to register a wiki account so your account can be validated at all. I apologize for the annoyance--I know I liked for guests to edit, with the security of a CAPTCHA, but we need to do email validation to stem the flow of spambots.

If we come up with a method to reduce bots another way that is less annoying, we'll do it. However, we thought our other options were even more annoying. We're very sorry for the inconvenience. We'll keep you updated of any changes. -- Chaos2651 05:47, 23 March 2012 (UTC)

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To Do

There are many tasks left to do on the wiki including:

Writing wanted pages
Finding or fixing stubs
Categorizing Uncategorized pages
Adding photos to pages

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 Welcome to '''the Coppermind''', the comprehensive wiki about [[Brandon Sanderson]], his novels, and his [[cosmere]] universe. We have [[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}]] articles, and would like to have many more, so grab a [[:Category:Stubs|stub]] or a [[Special:WantedPages|redlink]] and make the wiki even better!
-==Featured Article: '''The Way of Kings'''==
+==Featured Article: '''Shadesmar'''==
-{{Book|title=The Way of Kings
-|image=TheWayOfKings.png
-|publisher=Tor books
-|released=August 31, 2010
-|series=[[The Stormlight Archive]]
-|isbn=978-0765326355
-|l=no-linkbox
-}}
-'''''[[{{b|twok|}}]]''''' is the first volume of ''[[The Stormlight Archive]]'', an epic fantasy series by [[Brandon Sanderson]].
+[[File:Shadesmar (TWoK).jpg|thumb|right|text-top|300px|x200x|alt=Shadesmar|Map of Shadesmar, the Cognitive Realm]]
-It has three main characters and several minor characters, many of whom are explored through Interludes.
+'''Shadesmar''' is the [[Cognitive Realm]]. So far the only known characters to travel there are [[Hoid]], [[Shallan Davar]] and [[Jasnah Kholin]]. Hoid's method for travelling there is not yet known, though he uses it to travel from world to world. It is possible other worldhoppers use Shadesmar similarly.
-The Way of Kings also has a series of [[The Way of Kings/Epigraphs|Epigraphs]], which give hints of foreshadowing and information about the [[Cosmere]].
+===Appearance===
-===[[The Way of Kings/Summary|Summary]]===
+{{quote|... a place with a black sky and a strange, small white sun that hung on the horizon ... Flames hovered nearby ... Like the tips of candles floating in the air and moving with the wind ... An endless dark sea, except it wasn't wet. It was made of the small beads, an entire ocean of tiny glass spheres|Shallan Davar{{bref|WoK|c|45}}}}
-''{{b|twok|}}'' follows the stories of [[Kaladin]], [[Dalinar Kholin]], and [[Shallan Davar]].
-There are also several minor characters who receive viewpoints; [[Szeth]], [[Adolin Kholin]], [[Wit]], and [[Navani Kholin]] in the main text, and several others in the Interludes.
+Geographically it appears to be a reflection of [[Roshar]], with its inland seas corresponding exactly to the shape of the land of Roshar.
-====Kaladin====
-'''Kaladin''' is the focus character of the novel.
+===Uses===
-At the beginning of his story, he is a squadleader in [[Amaram]]'s army.
+Shadesmar can be visited by those with an inherent Soulcasting ability in order to Soulcast.... '''([[Shadesmar|see more!]])'''
-His storyline then cuts to his time as a slave.
-As a slave in [[Sadeas]]'s army, he is placed in Bridge Four, and made to run headlong into enemy fire with the rest of his bridgecrew to give the army a way to cross the chasms.
-After a period of despair, Kaladin works to improve the life of his bridgecrew... '''([[The Way of Kings|see more!]])'''
 ==Coppermind News==