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|At these points, Physical matter, Cognitive thought, and Spiritual essence become one--and a being can slide between Realms.
== Mechanics ==
Perpendicularities are formed at locations with a large concentration of Investiture. The concentration of Investiture brings the three realms closer together and allows travel between them.{{au ref|drominad}} The proximity of the realms also makes [[Soulcasting]] easier.{{book ref|sa3|120}} They occur naturally when a [[Shard]] spends lots of time on a world.{{wob ref|3504}} Generally, leaving a planet would cause the Shard's perpendicularity to disappear. As a result, their presence is often used to indicate the presence of a Shard. Special circumstances, however, can prevent the perpendicularity from disappearing, and there is at least one Shard that fits these circumstances.{{wob ref|2570}}{{wob ref|4740}} [[Aluminum]] can be used to take liquid from a perpendicularity, and it will stay Invested.{{wob ref|9233}} They can be used to see into the Spiritual Realm.{{wob ref|10945}} [[Nightblood]] is able to collapse a perpendicularity.{{wob ref|12915}}
== Known Perpendicularities ==
; Scadrial
* '''Ruin''':
* '''Preservation''': [[Preservation]]'s perpendicularity was the [[Well of Ascension]]. It served as [[Ruin]]'s prison, making it extremely dangerous.{{msh ref|2|1}}
* '''Harmony''': Whether [[Harmony]] has a perpendicularity, and whether it's one or two perpendicularities, has not been revealed.{{wob ref|11311}}{{wob ref|5628}} An article in ''[[The House Record]]'' mentions a woman coming across a perfectly blue pool somewhere in the mountains in the Southern [[Roughs]], and a sudden appearance of a strange figure by the pool. It's possible, though not confirmed, that this could be Harmony's perpendicularity.
; Sel
* '''Devotion''': [[Devotion's Perpendicularity|The Pool]] near [[Elantris (city)|Elantris]] is [[Devotion]]'s perpendicularity
* '''Dominion''': There is a second perpendicularity on Sel,{{wob ref|13093}} presumably of [[Dominion]].
; Threnody
; First of the Sun
; Roshar
* '''Cultivation''': [[Cultivation's Perpendicularity]] is located in the [[Horneater Peaks]], under the surface of one of the [[Horneater Oceans]]. For [[worldhopper]]s of Roshar, it's the main method of travelling between Roshar and its subastral, [[Shadesmar]].{{book ref|sa3|93}} Most recently, it has been besieged by the [[Fused]].{{book ref|sa3|102}}
* '''Honor''': [[Honor's Perpendicularity]] is well-known among worldhoppers and [[spren]] to be unstable and dangerous.{{book ref|sa3|93}} The exact pattern of its appearence is uncertain, although [[Dalinar]] manages to open it upon swearing the Third Ideal of the [[Bondsmiths]]. The perpendicularity closes on its own within a few minutes.{{book ref|sa3|119}}
* The [[Surge]] of [[Transportation]] temporarily creates a miniature perpendicularity, allowing an [[Elsecaller]] or [[Willshaper]] to travel into Shadesmar from anywhere.{{wob ref|1525}} However, returning back to the [[Physical Realm]] presents a far greater challange, and can only be performed in some places.{{book ref|sa2|epilogue}}
;Nalthis
* '''Endowment''': The location of [[Endowment]]'s perpendicularity is unspecified. It is, however, located somewhere in the jungles of [[Hallandren]]. The [[Tears of Edgli]] owe their existence and their unusual properties as dye material to soaking up the [[Investiture]] flowing up from the perpendicularity.{{wob ref|9833}}
== Notes ==
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