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== Planets ==
{{image|Cosmere constellation map.jpg|A star chart of the cosmere in the Physical Realm|side=right|width=300px}}
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While the cosmere has a wide array of planets, many of them are uninhabited, not significantly Invested, or otherwise not generally relevant to the broader cosmere.{{wob ref|4846}}{{wob ref|15593}} Planets in the cosmere have something akin to souls,{{wob ref|4056}} likely referring to their presence in the Cognitive and/or Spiritual Realms.
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! style="width:14%;" |Planetary System
! rowspan=1 |''Unknown''
| [[Lumar]]
| ''
| ''[[Tress of the Emerald Sea]]''
| {{wob ref|15428}}
| ''None (Referenced in ''[[Oathbringer]]'')''
| {{epigraph ref|sa3|50}}{{wob ref|9081}}
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! rowspan=3 |[[Rosharan system|Rosharan System]]
| [[Ashyn]]
| ''None''
| ''[[The Silence Divine]]'' (unpublished)
| {{au ref|Roshar}}{{wob ref|8869}}
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| [[Braize]]
| [[Odium]]
| [[The Stormlight Archive]]
| {{au ref|Roshar}}{{wob ref|5984}}
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| [[Roshar]]
| [[Cultivation]], [[Honor]]
| [[The Stormlight Archive]]
| {{au ref|Roshar}}{{wob ref|5984}}
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! rowspan=1 |[[Scadrian system|Scadrian System]]
| [[Scadrial]]
| [[Preservation]], [[Ruin]] ([[Final Ascension|combined]] as [[Harmony]])
| [[Mistborn (series)|''Mistborn'' series]]
| {{au ref|Scadrial}}{{wob ref|5984}}
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! rowspan=1 |[[Selish system|Selish System]]
| [[Sel]]
| [[Devotion]], [[Dominion]]
| [[Elantris trilogy|''Elantris'' trilogy]], ''[[The Emperor's Soul]]''
| {{au ref|Sel}}{{wob ref|5984}}
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! rowspan=1 |[[Taldain system|Taldain System]]
| [[Taldain]]
| [[Autonomy]]
| ''[[White Sand]]''
| {{au ref|Taldain}}{{wob ref|5984}}
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! rowspan=1 |[[Threnodite system|Threnodite System]]
| {{wob ref|5984}}{{wob ref|14885}}
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=== Trishardic Systems ===
The [[Rosharan system]] consists of three planets of note. '''[[Ashyn]]''' was nearly destroyed in an apocalypse long ago, though a few cities remain floating in the atmosphere.{{wob ref|8243}}{{au ref|Roshar}} Certain bacteria on the planet are able to grant magical powers, including the ability to keep the floating cities aloft.{{wob ref|12271}}{{wob ref|1862}} '''[[Roshar]]''' is a planet with a [[highstorm|powerful storm]] that frequently blows across the continent and where [[spren]] can cross into the Physical Realm.{{au ref|Roshar}} '''[[Braize]]''' is the prison of the [[Fused]] where the [[Herald]]s are tortured between [[Desolation]]s.{{book ref|sa3|38}} The system is home to the Shards [[Cultivation]] and [[Honor]], though the latter has been Splintered; additionally, [[Odium]] is currently trapped in the system.{{au ref|Roshar}}
=== Dishardic Systems ===
'''[[Scadrial]]''' is the most technologically advanced planet and the most similar to [[Yolen]].{{au ref|Scadrial}}{{wob ref|6732}} Its [[Metallic Arts|three magic systems]] all use metal to store and access [[Investiture]].{{book ref|mb4|part=ars}} The system is home to the Shards [[Preservation]] and [[Ruin]], who have since combined into [[Harmony]].{{book ref|mb3|82}}
'''[[Sel]]''', also known as '''Seol''', is a large planet with three great domains.{{au ref|Sel}} It has many magic systems, which are tied to the user's location and are accessed by creating shapes in the proper form, rather like programming.{{wob ref|1768}} The system is home to the Shards [[Devotion]] and [[Dominion]], who have both been Splintered by Odium.{{au ref|Sel}}
=== Monoshardic Systems ===
The planet '''[[Taldain]]''' is tidally locked between two stars, a blue-white supergiant and a white dwarf. The side of the planet facing the former, [[Dayside]], is a vast desert where Investiture arrives from the light of the star. [[Darkside]] faces the white dwarf, leaving it in perpetual twilight; many things there fluoresce in ultraviolet light. Its [[Shard]], [[Autonomy]], keeps the planet isolated from the rest of the cosmere.{{au ref|Taldain}}
The [[Drominad system]] is home to several planets, all of which have water as a dominant feature. Three of them are inhabited by humans, the most of any planetary system in the cosmere at the time Khriss wrote her essay on the system. The innermost planet, '''[[First of the Sun]]''' has a [[perpendicularity]], though the region around it in the Physical Realm is incredibly dangerous,{{au ref|Drominad}}{{book ref|sotd}} and is home to [[Patji (being)|Patji]], an avatar of Autonomy.{{wob ref|9385}}
'''[[Nalthis]]''' is a world of color. Color is needed to fuel its magic system, [[Awakening]], and those with large amounts of [[Breath]] will enhance the colors around them and can see perfect shades of colors.{{book ref|wb|prologue}} When someone dies, [[Endowment]], the resident Shard, occasionally sends their [[Cognitive Shadow]] back as a [[Returned]] to prevent a tragedy they foresee after their death.{{book ref|wb|57}}{{wob ref|5943}}
'''[[Threnody]]''' is a planet with two principal parts: the [[Fallen World]], which is under the control of an unknown entity called the [[Evil]] that is so dangerous that everyone was forced to leave, and the [[Forests of Hell]], which is home to dangerous [[Cognitive Shadow]]s known as [[Shade]]s. The system used to be home to the Shard [[Ambition]], whose Splintering has severely warped planet.{{au ref|Threnody}}{{epigraph ref|sa4|27}}
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}}
=== Non-shardic Systems ===
'''[[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}}
'''[[Yolen]]''' is the original planet of humans and the location of the [[Shattering]].{{wob ref|5702}}{{wob ref|11602}} It has few inhabitants in the modern era and has been hidden from most of the people of the cosmere.{{wob ref|6545}}{{msh ref|3|2}}
=== Other Notable Worlds ===
'''[[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}}
Little is known about '''[[Bjendal]]''', '''[[Mythos]]''', '''[[Obrodai]]''', and '''[[Vax]]'''. Additionally, there is the homeworld of the [[Sleepless]],{{book ref|sa3.5|18}}{{wob ref|15873}} which may be one of those four planets.
== History ==
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