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'''Roshar''' is the native name for the planet on which ''[[The Stormlight Archive]]'' is set. It is also the name of the supercontinent on which the main events of the series take place{{17s ref|post|42186|It is a supercontinent|date=26 September 2012}}. People from Roshar are called Rosharans.{{17s ref|post|42111|Selish, Scadrian, Nalthian, Rosharan.|date=26 September 2012}}
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{{for|Rosharan life|a list of Rosharan flora and fauna}}
| [[Hoid]]'s opinion on the ecosystem and Fauna of Roshar.{{book ref|sa2|59}}
}}
== History ==
;{{Rosharan date|1173}}
: [[Bridge Four]] rescues [[Dalinar|Dalinar's]] army.{{book ref|sa1|68}}
== Culture and Society ==
=== Nations ===
Roshar's population categorizes their history into a number of epochs. Most notable is the [[Silver Kingdoms]] Epoch, or the Heraldic Epoch, when the [[Knights Radiant]] kept the peace. They protected Roshar from their home, the great city of [[Urithiru]]. The Silver Kingdoms are:
{{columns|
*[[Iri]]
*[[Shin Kak Nish]]
*[[Sela Tales]]
*[[Aimia]]
*[[Makabakam]]
*[[Valhav]]
*[[Rishir]]
*[[Alethela]]
*[[Natanatan]]
*[[Thalath]]
}}
In the the modern era, the Era of Solitude, the current division of countries and regions in Roshar are:
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*[[Thaylenah]]
*[[Frostlands]]
*[[Alethkar]]
*[[Herdaz]]
*[[Jah Keved]]
*[[Tu Bayla]]
*[[Triax]]
*[[Tu Fallia]]
*[[Greater Hexi]]
*[[Marat]]
*[[Tukar]]
*[[Emul]]
*[[Azir]]
*[[Yulay]]
*[[Marabethia]]
*[[Babatharnam]]
*[[Desh]]
*[[Yezier]]
*[[Alm]]
*[[Tashikk]]
*[[Liafor]]
*[[Steen]]
*[[Aimia]]
*[[Shinovar]]
*[[Iri]]
*[[Rira (country)|Rira]]
}}
=== Calendar ===
The Rosharan calendar is divided up into ten months, with ten weeks each. Both the months and the weeks are named after the numbers on the [[Ars Arcanum]], and are sometimes combined into abbreviations. Such abbreviations have the full name of the month and two suffixes, for week and day. Each week is five days, so the year in Roshar is 500 days, ultimately defined by the time between two [[Weeping|Weepings]].{{book ref|sa2|46}} Although the Rosharan year is 500 days long, these days are shorter than on Earth and a Rosharan year is equivalent to 1.1 Earth years.{{17s ref|post|89705|Roshar year is 1.1 Earth years|date=25 January 2014}}{{17s ref|post|49011|Length of Roshar days and years|date=12 February 2013}} As an example Chachel means it's the third day of the week.{{book ref|sa1|46}} Interestingly, Kaladin, who gets paid once a week, refers to payday as "third pass"{{book ref|sa1|14}}. Presumably, this means that another way to talk about days of the week is by saying first, second, third, fourth or fifth pass.
<center>Abbreviation Examples
{| class="infobox"
!Abbreviation
!Month
!Week
!Day
|-
|Chachanan
|Chach
|Nan
|Nan
|-
|Jesachev
|Jes
|Chach
|Vev
|-
|Kaktach
|Kak
|Tanat
|Chach
|}
</center>
== Planetary System ==
{{for|Rosharan System}}
Roshar is the second planet from its sun{{book ref|arcanum unbounded}}. It has several notable heavenly bodies, including three 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.
[[Taln's Scar]], is a great swath of red stars that stand out against the white ones.{{book ref|wok|2}} Taln's scar is important in Rosharan astrology, particularly its position on one's seventh birthday.{{book ref|wok|33}} The [[Tear]] is a particularly bright star in the Rosharan sky. It's name comes from the single tear shed by [[Reya]] in Rosharan Mythology.{{book ref|wor|31 }}
There are two other inhabitable planets in Roshar's solar system, which is known as [[Greater Roshar]]: [[Braize]] and [[Ashyn]].{{17s ref|post|62323|Correct spellings (by Eric)|date=09 August 2013}} All 3 planets are currently inhabited.{{au ref|Roshar}}
== Notes ==
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