Difference between revisions of "Taldain"

 

=== Dayside ===

Most of the planet’s Investiture is found on Dayside.{{wob ref|1509}} Much of Dayside is covered in [[Sand (Taldain)|sand]] and rock, the sand itself being covered by lichen. This lichen is where the sand's striking white color comes from as well as the reason it changes from white to black in the process of sand mastery and other forms of investiture.{{book ref|ws|11|review=yes}}

 

 

==== Flora ====

The [[Dorim vine]] is a plant used as a water source on Dayside by its inhabitants, and areas where they grow are not considered to be desert. The plant stores water primarily as a defensive measure against other creatures as its water dissolves the shells of many sand creatures. Because of this any creature attempting to eat the plant would find their mouths beginning to melt.{{book ref|ws|3|review=yes}} As a result, the growth of Dorim vines limits how large sandlings can grow.{{book ref|ws|9|review=yes}}

 

 

==== Fauna ====

[[Sandling]]s inhabit the areas known as the deep sands on the continent, and it is rare for them to venture far from the deep sands.{{book ref|ws|2|review=yes}} Sandlings live by eating the layer of sand exposed to the surface. Similar to what happens when it is used for Sand Mastery, the sand turns dull after being digested and needs to recharge.{{book ref|ws|9|review=yes}}

 

 

== Astronomy ==

Taldain is tidally locked around two suns, this makes it unique among other planets in the Cosmere.{{au ref|Taldain}} It is located between the two suns in the system which orbit one another, because of a layer of dust around one of these suns one half of the world is trapped in endless sunlight and the other half in night.{{au ref|Taldain}} This placement was done purposefully by its creator.{{book ref|ws|part=ars}}{{wob ref|3343}} It is the only planet within the system and a single moon, '''Nizh Da''', has a polar orbit around the world.{{au ref|Taldain}}