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{{image|Arcanum Unbounded.jpg|The cover of ''[[Arcanum Unbounded]]'', featuring [[Khriss]]|side=right|width=300px}}
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|You’ve stumbled into something far, far bigger than you, your politics, or your little planet ... Your questions are dangerous. Once you step behind the curtain and see the actors as the people they are, it becomes harder to pretend the play is real.
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Investiture can be divided into two categories: '''kinetic Investiture''' and '''static''' or '''innate Investiture'''.{{book ref|sa4|89}}{{wob ref|5715}} Kinetic Investiture refers to Investiture actively doing something. When Investiture is kinetic, it can often be detected by various methods, such as [[Allomancy|Allomantic]] [[bronze]] or [[sand (Taldain)|sand from the Dayside of Taldain]].{{wob ref|571515308}}{{wob ref|9521}} Static or innate Investiture refers to all Investiture not actively doing something, fromsuch theas piece of [[Preservation]] in all [[Scadrial|Scadrians]] toa [[Feruchemy|Feruchemical]] charge in a metalmind.{{wob ref|571515308}}{{wob ref|1072247}}{{wobbook ref|6927mb5|12}} At least some forms of static Investiture, including [[Lights]] not actively powering anything, can also be detected by [[Taldain]]'s sand, though they affect the sand much more slowly than kinetic Investiture does.{{book ref|sa4|89}} The term '''innate Investiture''' denotes a direct conduit between a person and the Spiritual Realm,{{wob ref|5715}} such as the piece of [[Preservation]] in all [[Scadrial|Scadrians]] or [[Breath]],{{wob ref|1072}} and would likely be a subcategory of static Investiture.
 
Cosmere scholars term the various methods of utilizing Investiture (such as the [[Metallic Arts]], [[Surgebinding]], and [[Awakening]]) '''Invested Arts'''.{{book ref|sa3|part=ars}} Since the Shattering, these can be grouped into three main categories. The most common are those powered directly by the Shards,{{wob ref|4097}} which arise from the interactions between a Shard and the planet they are Invested in.{{wob ref|5269}} Such Invested Arts are capable of far more spectacular results than other Invested Arts.{{wob ref|9385}}{{wob ref|4097}} If a planet does not have a Shard in residence, its inhabitants can still access and use Investiture by the ordinary laws of Realmatics, but, without a Shard to provide additional power, the results are far more limited.{{wob ref|9385}} The last category is the few Invested Arts left over from before the Shattering of Adonalsium,{{wob ref|4097}} of which the only known example is [[Yolen|Yolish]] [[Lightweaving]].
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While the cosmere has a wide array of planets, twelve are currently known that are relevant to the broader cosmere. Three of these planets—Ashyn, Braize, and Roshar—are in the same planetary system.{{au ref|Roshar}} Cosmere planets have something akin to souls.,{{wob ref|4056}} likely referring to their presence in the Cognitive and/or Spiritual Realms.
{{image|Cosmere constellation map.jpg|A star chart of the cosmere in the Physical Realm|side=right|width=350px}}
 
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