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=== Before the Shattering ===
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Little is known
The first humans lived on [[Yolen]] and were created by Adonalsium.{{wob ref|5702}}{{msh ref|3|2}} Yolen was also home to [[dragon (cosmere)|dragons]] and [[Sho Del]].{{wob ref|9676}} At some point, a poorly-understood and parasitic ecosystem hostile to humans, known as fainlife, began to develop on Yolen. It began to spread and overtake the landscape, though the other inhabitants eventually learned how to keep it in check.{{wob ref|7825}} Plants and land overtaken by fainlife retain their shape, but turn bone-white and spill red liquid when crushed or snapped.{{wob ref|9518}} Information about fainlife remains accessible enough in the modern cosmere that [[Khriss]] was able to mention it to cosmere-aware people without need for explanation.{{au ref|Scadrial}}
▲Little is known of the extremely distant past of the cosmere: the time before the Shattering of [[Adonalsium]] and the [[Shard]]s.
During this time, Adonalsium created the entire [[Rosharan system]] and grew the supercontinent on the planet [[Roshar]]; as a result, the continent is shaped like the two-dimensional projection of a [[wikipedia: Julia set|Julia set]].{{wob ref|9283}}{{wob ref|3953}}
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}}▼
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During this time, there was a plot to destroy Adonalsium, but it failed.{{wob ref|2648}}▼
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[[Hoid]], the dragon [[Frost]] and the original Vessels all lived before the Shattering.{{wob ref|11070}}
=== The Shattering of Adonalsium ===
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}}
After the Shattering, the new Vessels made some sort of agreement to not interfere with each other,{{epigraph ref|sa3|39}} though the exact agreement was somewhat ambiguous and the Vessels who suggested it did not make sure to get a formal oath from the others.{{wob ref|10835}}{{wob ref|13144}} Regardless, the Shards all eventually settled in some location; some of them together and others alone.{{au ref|Sel}} As a result of the Shattering, all Investiture in the cosmere became aligned with one of the sixteen Shards.{{wob ref|8605}}
=== Odium's Quest ===
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