Difference between revisions of "Lumar"

Owing to the moons being of equal distance to one another, each sea is of the same size, and roughly the same pentagonal shape.{{book ref|tress|42}} This functions geometrically as twelve pentagons can tesselate the sphere, and due to the shape of the seas and the planet, each sea would border five others, with three around each vertex. The surface is uneven -- each sea is effectively a pile of sand, highest at the lunagree and lower on the border, where spores of the neighboring seas intermingle. However, the sheer size of the seas makes the incline imperceptible unless one is extremely close to the peak.{{book ref|tress|46}} Far below the surface, the seafloor is full of thermal vents that pump out great amounts of air bubbles. This leads to the spores [[wikipedia:Fluidization|fluidizing]], which makes the oceans behave akin to liquid. The locals call this process '''the seethe'''. The seethe usually lasts days; however, it will commonly pause for varying periods of time, known as '''stillings''' leaving all ships sailing across it '''sporelocked''' until it picks up again.{{book ref|tress|8}}{{book ref|tress|12}} During those periods of calm, the ocean is solid enough to walk on, though one must exercise great care when doing so.{{book ref|tress|12}}

 

 

The seas are not especially deep, measuring only a few hundred yards at their deepest.{{book ref|tress|51}} There is an entire complex ecosystem of its own at the bottom; however, nothing is known about it.{{book ref|tress|51}} It is a matter of research by [[Xisisrefliel]] and his servants.

* The spore oceans came about due to Brandon's fascination with the process of fluidization, as well as his desire to properly introduce aethers into the published Cosmere.{{wob ref|15423}}

* By the time ''Tress of the Emerald Sea'' was written, Lumar's location in the cosmere, and the layout of its star system, had not been established.{{wob ref|15451}}

 

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