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In the [[Physical Realm]], the cosmere is a star cluster of about 50 to 100 stars.{{wob ref|9284}} The laws of physics are the same as our own, except when the other Realms are involved.{{wob ref|6360}} Currently, ten solar systems are known in the cosmere containing a total of twelve major planets. The cosmere is also home to other celestial objects, including several dwarf planets, gas giants, and constellations.{{article ref|Cosmere#Planets}}
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The [[Cognitive Realm]] is closely modeled on the Physical Realm, though there are significant differences. Geography in the Cognitive Realm is influence by people's perceptions of the world. As a result, outer space is significantly compressed in the Cognitive Realm, as people do not spend much time thinking about the space between planets.{{wob ref|1392}} At least in the regions of the Cognitive Realm around [[Roshar]] and [[Scadrial]], land and water are inverted—what is solid land in the Physical Realm is unstable ground in the Cognitive, while bodies of water in the Physical are solid in the Cognitive.{{msh ref|3|2}}{{book ref|sa3|89}} The reason for this inversion also has something to do with how people think, as well as where they are likely to pass.{{msh ref|3|2}} The Cognitive Realm is home to several kinds of entities, including certain [[Cognitive Shadow]]s and [[spren]]. Such entities can safely traverse the Cognitive Realm where it is not solid, but physical beings attempting to do so risk drowning in whatever makes up the local Cognitive Realm.{{msh ref|2|1}}{{book ref|sa3|89}} The appearance of the Cognitive Realm around a particular planet seems to reflect salient characteristics of that planet—around Scadrial, for instance, it is composed of mist, while around Roshar it is composed of spheres.{{msh ref|1|1}}{{book ref|sa3|89}}
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The [[Spiritual Realm]] is the Realm of [[Connection]], [[Identity]], and [[Fortune]].{{tes ref|12}}{{wob ref|10298}} Neither distance nor time truly exist there,{{wob ref|6129}} which allows Shards to see far beyond where their attention is currently focused in the other Realms and to see the future,{{wob ref|730}}{{wob ref|10298}} as they exist primarily in the Spiritual Realm.{{wob ref|6304}} Since the Spiritual Realm is not truly a place, travel to it does not so much involve literally going there, but rather seeing the various Connections of the present and into the future. For example, when [[Elend Venture]] burned [[atium]] with [[duralumin]], he was pulled mostly into the Spiritual Realm for a moment and understood [[Leras]]' plan for the death of [[Ati]].{{wob ref|6304}}{{book ref|mb3|81}} Visions, such as the ones [[Honor]] left for potential [[Order of Bondsmiths|Bondsmiths]], almost always involved being pulled partially into the Spiritual Realm, with an additional "Cognitive framework" to provide the structure of the vision.{{wob ref|9562}} The spiritual aspect of something is the idealized form of that thing.{{wob ref|7425}} A person's aspect in the Spiritual Realm is known as a [[Spiritweb]] or Spiritual DNA,{{wob ref|115}} and also contains information about how the person sees themself and the things to which they are connected.{{tes ref|12}} Magical healing in the cosmere usually works by using [[Investiture]] to make a person's condition in the Physical Realm more closely match their idealized self in the Spiritual Realm, which means healing is usually limited by how a person views themself.{{wob ref|9441}}
=== Adonalsium ===
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|There was a God. Adonalsium. I don’t know if it was a force or a being, though I suspect the latter.
|[[Khriss]] on [[Adonalsium]]{{msh ref|3|2}}
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It is not clear who or what Adonalsium was/is. It is unclear whether it is a force, a person, a god, or the metaphysical god. It isn't clear if it was self-aware or not. Regardless, it is sometimes described as the power of creation,{{wob ref|6072}} possibly a thing with incredible amounts of Investiture (since Investiture is a piece of Adonalsium,{{wob ref|5799}}) and a power which does not vanish.{{wob ref|1266}}{{wob ref|1649}}
There are also other forces outside of things derived from Adonalsium. One is a force that opposes Adonalsium, which still exists,{{wob ref|4078}} and some say there are "subtle forces" being manifest, separate from Adonalsium, perhaps referring to the [[God Beyond]].{{wob ref|9929}}{{wob ref|3436}}
==== Shards of Adonalsium ====
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|[Odium] is far greater than I, but the power of ancient Adonalsium permeates him. And controls him. Odium is a force like pressure, gravitation, or the movement of time. These things cannot break their own rules. Nor can he.
|The [[Stormfather]] on [[Shard]]s of Adonalsium{{book ref|sa3|16}}
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Adonalsium split into sixteen pieces, referred to as Shards of Adonalsium, each taking a particular facet, or intent, of the greater power of Adonalsium. Sixteen people took up those Shards, becoming the first [[Vessel]]s and effectively ascending into godhood. Hoid and [[the Recipient]] knew these sixteen people prior to their Ascension, as they were familiar with their original names.{{epigraph ref|sa1|23}}{{epigraph ref|sa2|69}}{{epigraph ref|sa2|70}} Some of these individuals and the Shard they took up are: [[Aona]] ([[Devotion]]), [[Skai]] ([[Dominion]]), [[Ati]] ([[Ruin]]), [[Leras]] ([[Preservation]]), [[Tanavast]] ([[Honor]]), [[Rayse]] ([[Odium]]), [[Bavadin]] ([[Autonomy]]), [[Edgli]] ([[Endowment]]), and [[Uli Da]] ([[Ambition]]). There is one more known Shard, [[Cultivation]], whose Vessel is female but otherwise unknown.▼
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▲| All things exist in three Realms, Gaotona. '''Physical''', '''Cognitive''', '''Spiritual'''. The Physical is what we feel, what is before us. The Cognitive is how an object is viewed and how it views itself. The Spiritual Realm contains an object’s soul— its essence— as well as the ways it is connected to the things and people around it.
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It was not random who took up the Shards,{{wob ref|5490}} and there was some sort of design in the way Adonalsium was split.{{wob ref|9956}}▼
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It turned out that, though the power of a Shard required a mind to control it, the specific intent of the Shard would slowly warp the mind of those that hold it.{{epigraph ref|sa1|18}}{{wob ref|4130}} It is not known whether the original Vessels knew this when they took up their Shards. Eventually, the people who took up the Shards would simply be referred to as their Shard's name, and referred to as Shards.▼
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The Shards were now the primary source of magic in the cosmere,{{wob ref|4097}}
[[File:Cosmere constellation map.jpg|thumb|right|A star chart of the cosmere in the Physical Realm]]▼
▲[[File:Shadesmar (TWoK).jpg|thumb|left|A map of [[Shadesmar]], the region of the Cognitive Realm around [[Roshar]].{{wob ref|5814}} Regions labelled "Expanse" lead to other planets in the cosmere.{{wob ref|1392}}]]
== Planets ==
▲[[File:Cosmere constellation map.jpg|thumb|right|A star chart of the cosmere in the Physical Realm]]
There are currently twelve known planets in the cosmere. Three of these planets (Ashyn, Braize, and Roshar) are known to be in the same solar system.{{map ref|Roshar system}}
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Little is known of the extremely distant past of the cosmere: the time before the Shattering of [[Adonalsium]] and the [[Shard]]s.
Humans existed on worlds before this time,{{wob ref|6759}} though how many is unknown. At the very least, the first humans were on [[Yolen]].{{wob ref|5702}} [[Hoid]] in particular is from Yolen.{{wob ref|4039}}{{wob ref|5808}} All cosmere planets existed prior to the Shattering, and their names existed before the Shards got there (with the exception of [[Scadrial]], which was created by [[Ruin]] and [[Preservation]] in the image of Yolen).{{wob ref|7262}}{{wob ref|4773}} Magic ([[Investiture]]) also existed prior to the Shattering, though its form was different.{{wob ref|1118}} The technology level of this society prior to the Shattering was less than present day Earth's.{{wob ref|9882}}
=== The Shattering of Adonalsium ===
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|Sixteen people, together, killed Adonalsium, ripping it apart and dividing its essence between them, becoming the first who Ascended. [They were] a diverse group, with equally diverse motives. Some wished for the power; others saw killing Adonalsium as the only good option left to them. Together they murdered a deity, and became divine themselves.
|[[Khriss]] on the original [[Vessel]]s{{msh ref|3|2}}
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▲| Ati was once a kind and generous man, and you saw what became of him.
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Eventually, a group of people that opposed Adonalsium came together and plotted its destruction.{{wob ref|4078}}{{wob ref|2539}} They created a weapon,{{wob ref|5602}} which was expended in its use;{{wob ref|2246}} though remnants of it are the cause of [[Hoid]]'s immortality.{{wob ref|10439}} The group consisted of people of all three sapient species on [[Yolen]]: humans [[dragon (cosmere)|dragons]], and [[Sho Del]].{{wob ref|9676}} Possibly by using that weapon, in an event known as the [[Shattering|Shattering of Adonalsium]], that group of people managed to destroy Adonalsium and split it into the sixteen [[Shard]]s of Adonalsium. They did so intentionally{{wob ref|4438}} and, by doing so, they became the first Vessels of the Shards.{{msh ref|3|2}} Hoid was present at the Shattering and had the opportunity to take a Shard, but turned it down.{{wob ref|6470}}{{wob ref|3337}} The Shattering occured on Yolen, though there is some "weirdness" with regard to Yolen and location,{{wob ref|11602}} and occurred all at once.{{wob ref|1292}}
▲Adonalsium split into sixteen pieces, referred to as Shards of Adonalsium, each taking a particular facet, or intent, of the greater power of Adonalsium. Sixteen people took up those Shards, becoming the first [[Vessel]]s and effectively ascending into godhood. Hoid and [[the Recipient]] knew these sixteen people prior to their Ascension, as they were familiar with their original names.{{epigraph ref|sa1|23}}{{epigraph ref|sa2|69}}{{epigraph ref|sa2|70}} Some of these individuals and the Shard they took up are: [[Aona]] ([[Devotion]]), [[Skai]] ([[Dominion]]), [[Ati]] ([[Ruin]]), [[Leras]] ([[Preservation]]), [[Tanavast]] ([[Honor]]), [[Rayse]] ([[Odium]]), [[Bavadin]] ([[Autonomy]]), [[Edgli]] ([[Endowment]]), and [[Uli Da]] ([[Ambition]]). There is one more known Shard, [[Cultivation]], whose Vessel is female but otherwise unknown.
▲It was not random who took up the Shards,{{wob ref|5490}} and there was some sort of design in the way Adonalsium was split.{{wob ref|9956}}
▲It turned out that, though the power of a Shard required a mind to control it, the specific intent of the Shard would slowly warp the mind of those that hold it.{{epigraph ref|sa1|18}}{{wob ref|4130}} It is not known whether the original Vessels knew this when they took up their Shards. Eventually, the people who took up the Shards would simply be referred to as their Shard's name, and referred to as Shards.
After the Shattering, the
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