Difference between revisions of "Roshar"

In Roshar, seasons change unpredictably, lasting only a few weeks before changing to something else. The [[Weeping]], however, is consistent. It marks the end of an old year, and the coming of a new one, with four weeks of constant rain, no highstorms, and featuring a single day in the middle that is either clear or contains a highstorm, depending on the year.

 

Roshar's environment has developed in a unique way due to its highstorms. Plants and animals have developed shells and other means of protection against the harsh environment.

 

Roshar's surface gravity is, at 0.7g, significantly weaker than that of Earth. This (in part) is responsible for the native creatures growing so large.{{qa ref|532|3|Did you have to do lots of research?|date=Sep 16th, 2010}}

 

Highstorms are super-storm systems which progress through Roshar regularly. They start in a place called the Origin, and travel from east to west across Roshar. The first part of a storm to hit an area is the stormwall, a curtain of wind and rain, a massive wave of water, rock, and debris that is the most dangerous part of the storm. Trailing a highstorm is a period called the riddens, a short time of drizzles and small gusts of wind.

 

It has been stated by [[Zahel]] that the highstorms are [[Investiture| Invested]].

 

Because of the mountain range that cuts [[Shinovar]] off from the rest of Roshar, the country has a unique environment. Shinovar is the only place on Roshar that does not get hit by highstorms, and therefore, it is the only place that has soil. The Shin are able to grow food and raise animals that are more familiar to Earth, such as strawberries and horses.

 

Roshar has several notable heavenly bodies, such as the moons. The first moon is [[Salas]]. It is violet, and is the smallest moon. The middle moon is [[Nomon]], which is a bright, pale blue. And the final moon is [[Mishim]], which is small and green. The Shin call the moons the Three Sisters, and call each moon by its order. So Salas is the First Sister, Nomon the Second Sister and Mishim, the Third Sister.

 

 

There are two other inhabitable planets in Roshar's system, which is known as [[Greater Roshar]]: [[Braize]] and [[Ashyn]].{{17s ref|post|62323|Correct spellings (by Eric)|date=09 August 2013}}

 

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