Difference between revisions of "Roshar"

Roshar is the second planet from its sun{{au ref|Roshar}}. It has several notable heavenly bodies, including three moons. The first and smallest moon is violet [[Salas]]. It is violet, and is the smallest moon. The middle moon is [[Nomon]], which is a bright, pale blue. And theThe final moon is [[Mishim]], which is smallsmaller than Nomon and green. The Shin callrefer to the moons as the Three Sisters, and call each moon by its order., Sowith Salas isbeing the First Sister, Nomon the Second Sister and Mishim, the Third Sister. All three moons rise and fall in the same order every night and have highly unstable orbits, suggesting they were placed artificially.

Other notable features of Rosharan sky are [[Taln's Scar]], and [[Tear|Reya's Tear]]. The Scar is a great swath of red stars that stand out against the white ones.{{book ref|wok|2}} Taln's scarIt is important in Rosharan astrology, particularly its position on one's seventh birthday.{{book ref|wok|33}} The [[Tear]] is a particularly bright star, innamed theafter Rosharan sky. It's name comes from thea single tear shed by a woman named [[Reya]] infrom Rosharan Mythologymythology.{{book ref|wor|31 }}

There are two other inhabitabletelluric planets in the [[Rosharan system]]: [[Braize]] and [[Ashyn]].{{17s ref|post|62323|Correct spellings (by Eric)|date=09 August 2013}} AllBoth 3of planetsthem are currently inhabited. The remaining celestial bodies in the system are ten gas giants, named after Vorin numerals, which are separeted from the telluric planets by an asteroid belt.{{au ref|Roshar}}