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The '''Ire''' is a group of exceptionally [[cosmere]]-aware [[Elantrian]] [[worldhopper]]s from [[Sel]] who have constructed a fortress in the [[Cognitive Realm]] between worlds.{{msh ref|5|1}}{{wob ref|13199}} [[Aon#Ire|Aon Ire]], presumably their namesake, means ''age'' or ''time''.{{book ref|elantris|part=ars}}

As a group, the Ire are highly [[cosmere]]-aware and use terms like [[Fortune]], [[Connection]], [[Realmatic Theory]], [[Cognitive Shadow]], and [[Adonalsium]].{{msh ref|5|2}} They were aware that there was something happening to [[Devotion's Perpendicularity]] before the [[Reod]] occurred;{{wob ref|5783}} they were not on Sel during the Reod, but it affected them in some way.{{wob ref|10476}} They have some knowledge of manifestations of [[Investiture]] on other [[ShardworldCosmere#Planets|planets]]s in the cosmere, although they do not always know all the details.{{wob ref|134}} Their outposts on other planets and subastrals may contribute to this knowledge.{{wob ref|13199}}{{wob ref|13060}} [[Ruin]],{{msh ref|6|1}} [[Preservation]],{{msh ref|3|3}} and [[Harmony]]{{wob ref|13199}} were all aware of their fortress. Cosmere scholars [[Khriss]] and [[Nazh]] indicate that the Ire's knowledge far surpasses their own.{{msh ref|3|2}} The Ire communicate with other cosmere scholars and worldhoppers in [[Silverlight]], although they are fairly isolationist. Khriss believes that they may be hiding secrets about Sel and have denied her repeated requests for collaboration.{{au ref|sel}}

The Ire's fortress is located in the Cognitive Realm at the very edge of the subastral of Scadrial, near the space between planets.{{wob ref|6987}}{{wob ref|5671}} The corresponding location in the [[Physical Realm]] is somewhere in the ocean beyond the [[Farmost Dominance]] in the northwest of the [[Final Empire]].{{msh ref|3|2}} It is made of white stones—actually the souls of stones—that glow with a faint, constant blue light.{{msh ref|5|2}} The conduit that connects the fortress to the Dor provides the power needed for the fortress to have permanence in the Cognitive Realm, as the power can be seen coursing through the entire building.{{msh ref|5|2}} It is beautiful and somehow inviting; it is the Ire's most well-constructed facility,{{wob ref|13199}} and is nearly as large as a city.{{msh ref|5|2}}{{msh ref|3|3}} It has numerous windows, with some being narrow, like an arrow slit. The interior of the fortress has stone corridors and multiple large chambers. It also has living quarters for its residents, including bedrooms. Guards keep watch from the roof of the fortress looking for [[Cognitive Shadow]]s, particularly those from [[Threnody]].{{msh ref|5|2}} Horses are also kept in the fortress.{{msh ref|5|3}}

The group also designed (and likely created) a [[Ire's orb|magical orb]] that was filled with apurified pure, brightly glowing liquid[[Dor]] that could grant Connection.{{msh ref|5|2}}{{msh ref|5|3}}{{msh ref|6|4}} The orb was technically created using a known magic system,{{wob ref|4550}} although it was used in a novel way.{{wob ref|1561}}{{wob ref|951316169}} Despite their extensive planning, the Ire may not have been fully prepared for the effects of using the orb.{{wob ref|11820}}