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The '''fain''' or '''fainlife''' is a class of lifeforms on [[Yolen]].{{au ref|scadrial}} Although fainlife looks like ordinary flora, the plants and land overtaken by it are bone-white, and spill red liquid when crushed or snapped.{{wob ref|9518}}
Two of the three sapient species from Yolen, the [[Sho Del]] and [[Dragon (cosmere)|dragons]], are fain;{{wob ref|9676}}{{wob ref|16020}} the Sho Del fill the same niche in the fain ecosystem that humans fill in the normal one.{{wob ref|14342}} Another form of fainlife is '''Tamu Keks''', bones that are somehow similar to [[singer]] [[gemheart]]s and can be used for inter-[[Realmatic Theory|Realm]] communication in some way.{{wob ref|10319}}{{wob ref|14644}}
Though it originated on Yolen, fainlife has spread off of that planet in significant ways.{{wob ref|15333}} Knowledge of its existence is not uncommon among [[cosmere]]-aware people after the [[Shattering of Adonalsium]]; when discussing how [[Ruin]] and [[Preservation]] used the Yolish ecosystem as a model for [[Scadrial]], [[Khriss]] was able to mention without further explanation that "of course" this means the non-fain parts.{{au ref|scadrial}}▼
▲Though it originated on Yolen,
== Dragonsteel Prime ==
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▲* Along with dragons, the Sho Del and Tamu Keks are two of the few things from ''Dragonsteel'' Prime that are still part of the cosmere.{{wob ref|14645}}
* When writing ''[[Rhythm of War]]'', Brandon debated whether to have the communication box that [[Mraize]] gave to [[Shallan]] contain a [[seon]] or a Tamu Kek, but eventually settled on making it a seon because they have personalities whereas Tamu Keks are just bones.{{wob ref|14644}}
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