Difference between revisions of "Cosmere"

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! rowspan=3 |[[Rosharan system|Rosharan System]]

| [[Ashyn]]

| ''[[The Silence Divine]]'' (unpublished)

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'''[[Canticle]]''' is an extremely small planet with a dense, Invested core.{{book ref|tsm|19}} The light of the system's host star is also Invested; when that light reaches the surface of Canticle, it is quickly pulled down to the planet's core, superheating everything in its path.{{book ref|tsm|39}}{{book ref|tsm|45}} As a result, people living on the planet must keep moving constantly in order to stay ahead of the sunrise.{{book ref|tsm|1}}

 

 

'''[[Dhatri]]''' is the homeworld of the [[aether]]s, though they have since spread around the cosmere;{{wob ref|15136}}{{wob ref|15428}}{{wob ref|16254}} the world has been made inhospitable due to an entity known as the [[dark aether]].{{book ref|mb7|47}}

'''[[Lumar]]''' is a backwater planet that is home to the [[aether spores]], a compressed form of [[aether]] that grows dangerously fast when touched by water, which are produced by a variant strain of the aethers on the twelve moons that hang close to the surface of the planet.{{wob ref|15428}}{{book ref|tress|28}}{{book ref|tress|31}}

 

 

The [[UTol system]] is located near where the Shard [[Virtuosity]] Splintered herself and home to two habitable planets.{{book ref|yumi|1}}{{book ref|yumi|part=anotherepilogue}} The eponymous planet of '''[[UTol]]''' is a water-dominated planet inhabited by [[Sho Del]] that seems to be well-known in the cosmere by the space age.{{book ref|yumi|30}}{{book ref|yumi|part=anotherepilogue}} Its sister planet '''[[Komashi]]''' is home to humans and [[Splinter]]s of Virtuosity known as [[hijo]];{{book ref|yumi|17}} before the destruction of the [[father machine]], it was notable for an eternal [[shroud]] of black Investiture covering the planet.{{book ref|yumi|1}}

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| [[Canticle]]

| ''[[The Sunlit Man]]''

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| [[Lumar]]

| ''[[Tress of the Emerald Sea]]''

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| [[Yolen]]

| [[Dragonsteel (series)|Dragonsteel series]] (unpublished)

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Hoid was loosely involved in the plot to Shatter Adonalsium and was present at the Shattering.{{wob ref|10868}}{{wob ref|6470}} He also had the opportunity to take a Shard, but turned it down.{{epigraph ref|sa3|38}}{{wob ref|3337}} He and [[Frost]] both knew the original Vessels personally.{{epigraph ref|sa1|23}}{{book ref|sa2|epilogue}}

 

 

=== Odium's Quest ===

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Sometime after he splintered Devotion and Dominion, Odium finally found Ambition, who had settled in the [[Threnodite system]]. Odium attacked and mortally wounded Ambition, though the Shard fled and was ultimately Splintered elsewhere,{{au ref|Threnody}} in a battle with Odium and [[Mercy]].{{epigraph ref|sa4|27}} These clashes resulted in a wound in the Spiritual Realm and left ripped-off chunks of Ambition's power in the Threnodite system, which twisted the people and planet of [[Threnody]].{{au ref|Threnody}}{{epigraph ref|sa4|27}}

 

{{image|Odium - XV the Devil.jpg|[[Odium]] and the [[Fused]]|side=right|width=200px}}

 

As a result of being trapped in the system, Odium has since been waging a war to free himself from whatever binds him to the system so that he can continue his quest. To that end, he Splintered off pieces of his power to create the [[Fused]],{{book ref|sa3|38}} the [[Unmade]],{{wob ref|9207}} and [[voidspren]],{{au ref|Roshar}} and also Invested in the Rosharan system enough to create and grant access to Invested Art known as [[Voidbinding]].{{wob ref|1540}} When the Fused first appeared, Honor created the [[Herald]]s, who could seal the Fused on [[Braize]], though the Fused tortured the Heralds into allowing them to return to [[Roshar]]. Every time a Herald broke, a [[Desolation]] would begin and the Heralds and [[Knights Radiant]] would fight the Fused until they could be sealed on Braize again. This situation continued for millennia and the Shards remained at a stalemate, especially after nine of the Heralds abandoned the [[Oathpact]], leaving it to [[Talenel]] alone, who was better able to withstand the torture on Braize.{{book ref|sa3|38}} As a result of his past clashes with Shards, Odium has "scars that do not heal," which makes him more careful about future engagements.{{book ref|sa3|16}}

Early in the history of [[Scadrial]], [[Preservation]]'s Vessel, [[Leras]], sacrificed most of his consciousness to imprison [[Ruin]]'s mind in the [[Well of Ascension]], preventing him from destroying the planet.{{epigraph ref|mb3|55}}{{epigraph ref|mb3|60}} In the process, Preservation also stole a piece of Ruin's power and crafted the [[Pits of Hathsin]] to hide it;{{epigraph ref|mb3|78}} the concentration of Investiture there formed a perpendicularity, which came to support an extensive system of interplanetary trade until [[Kelsier]] shattered all of the [[atium]] geodes in the Pits in {{date|1022|FE}}.{{msh ref|2|1}}{{wob ref|1514}}

 

 

Kelsier continued to hold that power until Vin, Leras's chosen successor,{{epigraph ref|mb3|epilogue}} had her link to Ruin—a [[Hemalurgy|Hemalurgically]] charged [[Vin's earring|earring]]—removed, whereupon she began absorbing the [[mist]]s and Kelsier released the portion of Preservation's power he held, allowing Vin to Ascend and become the Vessel of [[Preservation]].{{msh ref|6|7}}{{book ref|mb3|73}} During the [[Battle of Hathsin]], Vin then sacrificed herself in order to kill Ruin's Vessel, [[Ati]].{{msh ref|6|8}}{{book ref|mb3|81}}

beginning the [[True Desolation]].

 

 

 

Shortly after Odium came to this agreement with Dalinar, [[Taravangian]] orchestrated an attack on Odium with [[Nightblood]], which killed Odium's Vessel, [[Rayse]].{{book ref|sa4|113}} Taravangian then Ascended as the new Vessel of Odium; he remains bound by the agreement Rayse made with Dalinar and plans to beat Dalinar.{{book ref|sa4|114}}

{{for|Unpublished works|a complete list of possible future stories Brandon has mentioned}}

The following are confirmed upcoming cosmere stories:

* ''[[Isles of the Emberdark]]'', a novel set in the far future Cosmere announced as a Secret Project alongside the Backerkit campaign for the ''[[Words of Radiance]]'' leatherbound. It is scheduled to be released in 2025.{{url ref|url=https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/dragonsteel/words-of-radiance-leatherbound#story_section_4475|text=''Words of Radiance'' Leatherbound § Shipping & Payment|site=BackerKit|date=2024-03-05}}

* [[Mistborn (series)#Era 3|Era 3 ''Mistborn'' trilogy]], the next Mistborn series, set to take place when Scadrial has achieved a technology level similar to that of the 1980s.{{wob ref|13585}} Planned to be written in the break between books 5 and 6 of The Stormlight Archive.{{wob ref|11548}} Brandon hopes to write all three books before the first one is released, like he did with Era 1.{{wob ref|14683}}

* ''[[The Stormlight Archive]]'' (books 6 through 10){{wob ref|549}}

* [[Mistborn Era 3|''Mistborn'' Era 3]]{{wob ref|14582}}

* ''[[Yumi and the Nightmare Painter]]''{{wob ref|16524}}

* [[Mistborn Era 4|''Mistborn'' Era 4]]{{wob ref|10273}}{{wob ref|9442}}