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'''Threnody''' is the [[Cosmere#Planets|world]] that contains the [[Forests of Hell]].{{wob ref|5603}} It is the setting for the story [[Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell]]. It is a temperate world with notable features such as large forests, mountains and oceans. This planet is populated by humans,
== Geography and Ecology ==
The planet itself contains two large continents separated by an ocean.{{au ref|Threnody}}
There are a wide variety of herbivores in the Forests including rodents, deer, birds, rabbits, and turkeys.{{book ref|sfs}} Hogs are kept by some of the inhabitants of the Forests, but they are not eaten.
Plants that grow in the Forests include [[fenweed]], which can be used as a poison, and [[wetleek]]s, whose sap glows under the light of a specific type of [[glowpaste]]. There are also large fields of pale white mushrooms that grow in the Forests.
== History ==
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Some time later, the Shard [[Odium]] arrived in the system, intent on killing Ambition.{{au ref|Threnody}} The two Shards fought in interplanetary space, battling on all three [[Realmatic Theory|Realms]]. Odium tore chunks of Investiture off Ambition during the fight, mortally wounding the other Shard. These broken chunks of power twisted every planet in the system, including Threnody and its people. Ambition fled the system, pursued by Odium.
=== Abandonment of the Fallen World ===
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| [[Silence Montane]]'s thoughts on Homeland{{book ref|sfs}}
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Soon after the discovery of the Forests of Hell, a mysterious force known as the [[Evil]] appeared on the larger continent of Threnody.{{au ref|Threnody}} Its exact origin is uncertain, but the Evil consumed the entire continent of mankind
=== Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell ===
There
== Culture and Society ==
=== Race and Language ===
There appears to be little sense of importance to race or ethnicity among the modern Threnodites.{{book ref|sfs}} Some people have darker skin than others, but there
=== Religion ===
| Silence's Grandmother on the God Beyond{{book ref|sfs}}
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Little is known about the cultures of the nations that once existed on the [[Fallen World]], as they were destroyed in their entirety.{{book ref|sfs}} The people of a place that is now simply called [[Homeland]] worshiped the [[God Beyond]], basing a religion around it. They symbolized this religion with a dagger, which was often made of silver and carved with symbols of divinity. They also made small shrines to their god. This religion
=== Fortress Towns ===
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The people that fled to the smaller continent did not set up nations there upon their arrival.{{book ref|sfs}} Fearing that the Evil would manage to follow them across the ocean, they instead founded several [[Fortress Town]]s{{au ref|Threnody}} in the mountains, such as [[Bastion Hill]] and [[Lastport]].{{book ref|sfs}} They focused on making these places cities into fortresses rather than homes, and even much later these places still feel as if they are half-built.{{au ref|Threnody}} Nonetheless, these serve as centers of civilization and law within the Forests.{{book ref|sfs}} They have their own legal systems that lay out procedures for things such as marriages, taxation, bounty hunters, and debt collection. A person must have citizenship at a fort if they wish to live there, so Homesteaders and others cannot simply move into the forts. These towns claim to own the paths through the Forests and the land on either side, but in reality have little authority beyond their own walls. The fortdwellers see some waystops along the roads as being strategically important and dislike when they are owned by "unknown elements" like Silence Montane. They tax those homesteaders and waystops outside the cities, ostensibly charging to maintain the roads and send out occasional patrols of soldiers. In reality, the
Lives spent living in the mountains
=== Homesteaders ===
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The Threnodites who homestead the Forests of Hell are a tough, practical people.{{book ref|sfs}} They are more focused on survival than anything else, and have little time for sentimentality and emotion. The forestborn are much more at home with the Forests and the shades than the fortfolk. Most cannot afford enough silver to fully encircle their homes and lands, so they live among the shades,
Homesteaders primarily survive by farming the fertile forest clearings for grain to produce flour and other higher
=== Economy ===
As [[silver]] is the only known material capable of wounding a shade or healing the withering damage their touch inflicts, it is one of the most critical resources on the planet.{{book ref|sfs}} Homesteaders carry weapons of silver and pouches of silver dust, in case of injury. Barriers made of silver can be embedded in the ground or around a door frame to create areas that shades cannot access. These are commonly used to protect waystops in the Forest. However, once silver has been touched by a shade, it blackens and becomes ruined, useless against any future shades, making silver a precious commodity. While Threnodites make use of a coin-based currency, measures of silver form the basis of the Threnodite economy. Homesteaders grow the majority of crops and breed most livestock, which they sell back to the Fortress Towns in exchange for silver. It is implied that the silver is mined in the mountains near the Fortress Towns, giving them control of the resource. Silver prices often fluctuate, which can put hardship on those in the forests who are trying to pay the fort taxes while still having enough silver to defend themselves.
Since the Fortress Towns have such a weak grasp on the Forests themselves, they provide an ideal refuge for criminals fleeing the justice of the fortfolk.{{book ref|sfs}} As such, bounty hunting is a common occupation, especially among the forestborn. This is further incentivized by fort law, which allows bounty hunters to keep anything that belongs to the person they bring in, except for stolen goods. Famous bounty hunters, such as the [[White Fox]] and [[Bloody Kent]], have become legends and folk heroes, with elaborate stories told about their exploits and the mysterious powers they are reputed to control. Some bounty hunters work in groups, and may track a high
=== Technology ===
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Before the arrival of the Evil, the people of Homeland had discovered gunpowder.{{book ref|sfs}} However,
In terms of weaponry
== Manifestations of Investiture ==
:''See also: [[Shade]]s''
Unlike some of the other worlds in the Cosmere where full Shards of Adonalsium are present, such as [[Roshar]] or [[Scadrial]],
Prior to Odium's clash with Ambition, there was some other form of Investiture already in existence, but its precise origin is still unknown.{{au ref|Threnody}} It may simply be a natural manifestation of Investiture, or it could be related to Ambition. It is uncertain whether this Investiture still exists.
=== Perpendicularities and Subastral ===
Without a full Shard currently residing on the planet, Threnody lacks a stable [[perpendicularity]]
== Planetary System ==
:''Main article: [[Threnodite System]]''
Threnody is the the third planet in the Threnodite system, located between the planets of Elegy and Purity, orbiting a red star.{{map ref|Threnodite system}} The planet itself has no moon. Visible in the night sky of Threnody is an unusually bright patch of stars, called '''Starbelt'''
== Notable Threnodites ==
*[[Silence Montane]]
*[[Chesterton Divide]]
*[[Nazrilof]]
== Development ==
[[Brandon Sanderson]]
== Trivia ==
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