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|There is an original, shrouded and hidden somewhere in the cosmere. I've yet to find it, but I '''have''' found stories.
  
|There is an original, shrouded and hidden somewhere in the cosmere. I've yet to find it, but I '''have''' found stories.
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'''Yolen''' is a planet in the [[cosmere]] where the [[Shattering of Adonalsium]] happened.{{wob ref|11602}}{{wob ref|3919}} It's the homeworld of all the original [[Vessel]]s, along with [[Hoid]] and [[Frost]].{{wob ref|4736}}{{wob ref|8343}} The inhabitants of Yolen are called the Yolish.{{book ref|sa3|part=ars}}
  
'''Yolen''' is a planet in the [[cosmere]] where the [[Shattering of Adonalsium]] happened.{{wob ref|11602}}{{wob ref|3919}} It's the homeworld of all the original [[Vessel]]s, along with [[Hoid]] and [[Frost]].{{wob ref|4736}}{{wob ref|8343}} The inhabitants of Yolen are called the Yolish.{{book ref|sa3|part=ars}}
   
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Yolen is the setting of the unpublished novels ''[[The Liar of Partinel]]'', ''[[The Lightweaver of Rens]]'' and ''[[Dragonsteel Prime]]''.{{wob ref|5984}} ''[[Dragonsteel (series)|Dragonsteel]]'' proper, the prequel to the cosmere as a whole, will be set there.{{wob ref|1024}}
  
   
 
== Geography and Ecology ==
  
== Geography and Ecology ==
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Very little is known about Yolish geography, other than that it has some unusual features.{{wob ref|3377}} Its gravity and other measurements are considered the '''cosmere standard''' by [[cosmere]]-aware scholars like [[Khriss]].{{au ref|Scadrian}} Its ecology is divided into two distinct parts. Parts of it are similar to post-[[Catacendre]] [[Scadrial]], with similar flora and fauna. These parts are called '''trune'''.{{wob ref|14409}} Other parts are covered in '''fainlife''', a poorly-understood, parasitic ecosystem hostile to humans.{{au ref|Scadrian}}{{wob ref|7825}} Although fain has the shape of ordinary flora, the plants and land overtaken by it are bone-white, and spill red liquid when crushed or snapped.{{wob ref|9518}} There is something similar to a [[perpendicularity]] on Yolen, despite the lack of a Shard.{{wob ref|14885}}
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Very little is known about Yolish geography, other than that it has some unusual features.{{wob ref|3377}} Its gravity and other measurements are considered the '''cosmere standard''' by [[cosmere]]-aware scholars like [[Khriss]].{{au ref|Scadrian}} Its ecology is divided into two distinct parts. Parts of it are similar to post-[[Catacendre]] [[Scadrial]], with similar flora and fauna. These parts are called '''trune'''.{{wob ref|14409}} Other parts are covered in '''fainlife''', a poorly-understood, parasitic ecosystem hostile to humans.{{au ref|Scadrian}}{{wob ref|7825}} Although fain has the shape of ordinary flora, the plants and land overtaken by it are bone-white.{{book ref|tsm|10}} There is something similar to a [[perpendicularity]] on Yolen, despite the lack of a Shard.{{wob ref|14885}}
   
 
One form of known fainlife are Tamu Keks, which are similar to singer gemhearts,{{wob ref|10319}} and can be used for inter-Realmatic communication.{{wob ref|14644}}
  
One form of known fainlife are Tamu Keks, which are similar to singer gemhearts,{{wob ref|10319}} and can be used for inter-Realmatic communication.{{wob ref|14644}}
   
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Yolen is home to three sapient races: humans, [[Dragon (cosmere)|dragons]] and [[Sho Del]].{{wob ref|3768}} By [[Roshar]]an year {{Rosharan date|1174}}, [[Frost]] is the only known inhabitant, and though there are more people living there, the Yolish population is rather small.{{wob ref|2565}}{{wob ref|6545}} While not all humans originated from Yolen, it was the first world on which they've appeared.{{wob ref|822}} Many languages currently in use across the [[cosmere]] are derived from Yolish ones.{{wob ref|3773}}{{wob ref|14900}}
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Yolen is home to three sapient races: humans, [[Dragon (cosmere)|dragons]] and [[Sho Del]].{{wob ref|3768}}{{book ref|tsm|10}} By [[Roshar]]an year {{Rosharan date|1174}}, [[Frost]] is the only known inhabitant, and though there are more people living there, the Yolish population is rather small.{{wob ref|2565}}{{wob ref|6545}} While not all humans originated from Yolen, it was the first world on which they've appeared.{{wob ref|822}} Many languages currently in use across the [[cosmere]] are derived from Yolish ones.{{wob ref|3773}}{{wob ref|14900}}
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Trees on Yolen, presumably in fain areas, are bone-white.{{book ref|tsm|10}}
   
 
Yolen has a strange astronomy that would be impossible under ordinary laws of physics.{{wob ref|15595}}
  
Yolen has a strange astronomy that would be impossible under ordinary laws of physics.{{wob ref|15595}}
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Yolen has a [[perpendicularity]].{{wob ref|14885}}
   
 
== Culture ==
  
== Culture ==
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On Yolen, Dragons were seen and worshipped as gods.{{wob ref|16142}}
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On Yolen, Dragons were seen and worshipped as gods.{{wob ref|16142}} Before the Shards started getting involved with other planets, Yolen was one of the most technologically advanced planets in the cosmere, having reached the Bronze Age.{{wob ref|16320}}
   
 
== History ==
  
== History ==
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Yolen is one of the oldest inhabited worlds in the cosmere, and the first on which humans have appeared.{{wob ref|822}} It's also the homeworld of [[Adonalsium]], the entity believed to be the cosmere's creator deity.{{wob ref|11398}} At some point, fain either appeared or traveled there, and began spreading, overtaking the original landscape. After some time, the original inhabitants learned how to deal with it and keep it back.{{wob ref|7825}}
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Yolen is one of the oldest inhabited worlds in the cosmere, and the first on which humans have appeared.{{wob ref|822}} It's also the world of [[Adonalsium]], the entity believed to be the cosmere's creator deity.{{wob ref|11398}} At some point, fain either appeared or traveled there, and began spreading, overtaking the original landscape. After some time, the original inhabitants learned how to deal with it and keep it back.{{wob ref|7825}}
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Eventually, Yolish society advanced to the Bronze Age, making it the most advanced planet in the cosmere during this period.{{wob ref|16320}}
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At several points in Yolen's history, [[Microkinesis]] was misused to explosive effect and resulting in disastrous consequences that are not fully understood.{{book ref|sa4|part=ars}}
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People worldhopped to other planets on rare occasions over Yolen's history.{{wob ref|13219}}
   
 
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=== The Shattering of Adonalsium ===
 
At some point, sixteen Yolish people,{{wob ref|7939}} not all of whom were human,{{wob ref|4736}} came together to kill Adonalsium for various reasons.{{msh ref|3|2}} The [[Shattering of Adonalsium]], as it came to be known, dramatically altered the entire cosmere. All [[Investiture]] that once belonged to Adonalsium was divided between the [[Shard]]s created by its death, and the preexisting magic systems were altered in how they functioned.{{wob ref|8605}}{{wob ref|3314}}
  
At some point, sixteen Yolish people,{{wob ref|7939}} not all of whom were human,{{wob ref|4736}} came together to kill Adonalsium for various reasons.{{msh ref|3|2}} The [[Shattering of Adonalsium]], as it came to be known, dramatically altered the entire cosmere. All [[Investiture]] that once belonged to Adonalsium was divided between the [[Shard]]s created by its death, and the preexisting magic systems were altered in how they functioned.{{wob ref|8605}}{{wob ref|3314}}
   
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Following the Shattering, most Shards left Yolen to go their own separate ways.{{epigraph ref|sa3|39}} Many humans have also abandoned it, spreading across the cosmere.{{wob ref|3773}} Over the following millennia, it has become hidden in some way, shrouded from prying eyes, making reaching and researching it extremely difficult.{{msh ref|3|2}} By the time of the [[True Desolation]] on Roshar, its remaining population is very small.{{wob ref|6545}}
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Following the Shattering, most Shards left Yolen to go their own separate ways.{{epigraph ref|sa3|39}} Many humans have also abandoned it, spreading across the cosmere.{{wob ref|3773}} Over the following millennia, it has become hidden in some way, shrouded from prying eyes, making reaching and researching it extremely difficult.{{msh ref|3|2}} By the time of the [[True Desolation]] on Roshar, its remaining population is small.{{wob ref|6545}}
   
 
== Magic ==
  
== Magic ==
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Yolen appears to have several magic systems, though only two are known.
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Yolen appears to have several magic systems, though only two are known.{{wob ref|15144}}
   
 
=== Lightweaving ===
  
=== Lightweaving ===
 
{{for|Yolish Lightweaving}}
  
{{for|Yolish Lightweaving}}
   
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Lightweaving is cosmere's original illusion magic. It's capable of creating auditory and visual manifestations, either independent or attached to a host.{{book ref|sa3|part=ars}} It can produce disguises, as well as alter the appearance of other substances, like smoke.{{wob ref|5775}}{{wob ref|8329}} It's most similar to the [[Surge]] of [[Illumination]] from [[Roshar]], albeit less restrictive, not requiring a [[spren]] bond.{{wob ref|8909}} Hoid learned this original form of Lightweaving on Yolen.{{book ref|warbreaker|32}}
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Lightweaving is the cosmere's original illusion magic. It's capable of creating auditory and visual manifestations, either independent or attached to a host.{{book ref|sa3|part=ars}} It can produce disguises, as well as alter the appearance of other substances, like smoke.{{wob ref|5775}}{{wob ref|8329}} It's most similar to the [[Surge]] of [[Illumination]] from [[Roshar]], albeit less restrictive, not requiring a [[spren]] bond.{{wob ref|8909}} Hoid learned this original form of Lightweaving on Yolen.{{book ref|warbreaker|32}}
   
 
The Shattering appears to have changed something in Lightweaving, as the original magic is only semi-functional.{{wob ref|11587}}
  
The Shattering appears to have changed something in Lightweaving, as the original magic is only semi-functional.{{wob ref|11587}}
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* [[Bavadin]] ([[Autonomy]])
  
* [[Bavadin]] ([[Autonomy]])
 
* [[Koravellium Avast]] ([[Cultivation]])
  
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* [[Invention|Invention's Vessel]]
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* [[Whimsy|Whimsy's Vessel]]
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* [[Valor|Valor's Vessel]]
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* [[Virtuosity|Virtuosity's Vessel]]
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* The [[Shattered Plains]], as well as the [[Bridge Four]] plot and the character of [[Lunamor]], were originally on Yolen. Brandon moved them to [[Roshar]] upon seeing concept art made by [[Ben McSweeney]] for ''[[The Way of Kings]]''.{{wob ref|8601}}
  
* The [[Shattered Plains]], as well as the [[Bridge Four]] plot and the character of [[Lunamor]], were originally on Yolen. Brandon moved them to [[Roshar]] upon seeing concept art made by [[Ben McSweeney]] for ''[[The Way of Kings]]''.{{wob ref|8601}}
 
* There is a saying on Yolen: "May two worlds become one to you." This is not referring to [[Realms]].{{wob ref|2741}}
  
* There is a saying on Yolen: "May two worlds become one to you." This is not referring to [[Realms]].{{wob ref|2741}}
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* While gods existed and died on Yolen prior to the Shattering, these gods were not Shards.{{wob ref|1921}}
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* While gods existed and died on Yolen prior to the Shattering, these gods were not Shards.{{wob ref|1921}} Current information suggests these gods were dragons.{{wob ref|16142}}
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* Yolen is the setting of the unpublished novels ''[[The Liar of Partinel]]'', ''[[The Lightweaver of Rens]]'' and ''[[Dragonsteel Prime]]''.{{wob ref|5984}} ''[[Dragonsteel (series)|Dragonsteel]]'' proper, the prequel to the cosmere as a whole, will be set there.{{wob ref|1024}}
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* Yolen has Earth-like physical parameters, that is to say, its gravity and radius are comparable to Earth.{{au ref|scadrial}}{{wob ref|669}}
   
 
== Notes ==
  
== Notes ==

Latest revision as of 22:25, 23 April 2024

Yolen
Shards None[1]
Investitures Yolish Lightweaving, Microkinesis
Surface Gravity 1 cosmere standard[2]
Radius 1 cosmere standard[2]
Universe Cosmere
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“There is an original, shrouded and hidden somewhere in the cosmere. I've yet to find it, but I have found stories. ”

Yolen is a planet in the cosmere where the Shattering of Adonalsium happened.[4][5] It's the homeworld of all the original Vessels, along with Hoid and Frost.[6][7] The inhabitants of Yolen are called the Yolish.[8]


Geography and Ecology[edit]

Very little is known about Yolish geography, other than that it has some unusual features.[9] Its gravity and other measurements are considered the cosmere standard by cosmere-aware scholars like Khriss.[10] Its ecology is divided into two distinct parts. Parts of it are similar to post-Catacendre Scadrial, with similar flora and fauna. These parts are called trune.[11] Other parts are covered in fainlife, a poorly-understood, parasitic ecosystem hostile to humans.[10][12] Although fain has the shape of ordinary flora, the plants and land overtaken by it are bone-white.[13] There is something similar to a perpendicularity on Yolen, despite the lack of a Shard.[1]

One form of known fainlife are Tamu Keks, which are similar to singer gemhearts,[14] and can be used for inter-Realmatic communication.[15]

Yolen is home to three sapient races: humans, dragons and Sho Del.[16][13] By Rosharan year 1174, Frost is the only known inhabitant, and though there are more people living there, the Yolish population is rather small.[17][18] While not all humans originated from Yolen, it was the first world on which they've appeared.[19] Many languages currently in use across the cosmere are derived from Yolish ones.[20][21]

Trees on Yolen, presumably in fain areas, are bone-white.[13]

Yolen has a strange astronomy that would be impossible under ordinary laws of physics.[22]

Yolen has a perpendicularity.[1]

Culture[edit]

On Yolen, Dragons were seen and worshipped as gods.[23] Before the Shards started getting involved with other planets, Yolen was one of the most technologically advanced planets in the cosmere, having reached the Bronze Age.[24]

History[edit]

Yolen is one of the oldest inhabited worlds in the cosmere, and the first on which humans have appeared.[19] It's also the world of Adonalsium, the entity believed to be the cosmere's creator deity.[25] At some point, fain either appeared or traveled there, and began spreading, overtaking the original landscape. After some time, the original inhabitants learned how to deal with it and keep it back.[12]

Eventually, Yolish society advanced to the Bronze Age, making it the most advanced planet in the cosmere during this period.[24]

At several points in Yolen's history, Microkinesis was misused to explosive effect and resulting in disastrous consequences that are not fully understood.[26]

People worldhopped to other planets on rare occasions over Yolen's history.[27]

“I learned it many, many years ago from a man who didn't know who he was, Your Majesty. It was a distant place where two lands meet and gods have died. But that is unimportant.”

—Hoid referencing Yolen while explaining his style of storytelling to Siri.[28]

The Shattering of Adonalsium[edit]

At some point, sixteen Yolish people,[29] not all of whom were human,[6] came together to kill Adonalsium for various reasons.[3] The Shattering of Adonalsium, as it came to be known, dramatically altered the entire cosmere. All Investiture that once belonged to Adonalsium was divided between the Shards created by its death, and the preexisting magic systems were altered in how they functioned.[30][31]

Following the Shattering, most Shards left Yolen to go their own separate ways.[32] Many humans have also abandoned it, spreading across the cosmere.[20] Over the following millennia, it has become hidden in some way, shrouded from prying eyes, making reaching and researching it extremely difficult.[3] By the time of the True Desolation on Roshar, its remaining population is small.[18]

Magic[edit]

Yolen appears to have several magic systems, though only two are known.[33]

Lightweaving[edit]

For more information, see Yolish Lightweaving.

Lightweaving is the cosmere's original illusion magic. It's capable of creating auditory and visual manifestations, either independent or attached to a host.[8] It can produce disguises, as well as alter the appearance of other substances, like smoke.[34][35] It's most similar to the Surge of Illumination from Roshar, albeit less restrictive, not requiring a spren bond.[36] Hoid learned this original form of Lightweaving on Yolen.[28]

The Shattering appears to have changed something in Lightweaving, as the original magic is only semi-functional.[37]

Microkinesis[edit]

For more information, see Microkinesis.

Prior to the Shattering, Yolen was host to some form of magic related to the manipulation of atomic particles, known as axi.[38] The power allows its users to observe atoms and interact with them directly,[39] although they are incapable of creating nuclear fission.[40] Axi can also be used to refer to the smallest theoretical division of matter.[38]

Notable Yolish[edit]

Trivia[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ↑ a b c JordanCon 2021
    — Arcanum - 2021-07-16#
  2. ↑ a b c Arcanum Unbounded - The Scadrian System#
  3. ↑ a b c Mistborn: Secret History part 3 chapter 2#
  4. ↑ Skyward San Diego signing
    — Arcanum - 2018-11-07#
  5. ↑ General Reddit 2015
    — Arcanum - 2015-06-02#
  6. ↑ a b Kraków signing
    — Arcanum - 2017-03-21#
  7. ↑ Oathbringer San Diego signing
    — Arcanum - 2017-11-14#
  8. ↑ a b Oathbringer Ars Arcanum#
  9. ↑ /r/books AMA 2015
    — Arcanum - 2015-04-07#
  10. ↑ a b Arcanum Unbounded - The Scadrian System#
  11. ↑ RoW Release Party
    — Arcanum - 2020-11-17#
  12. ↑ a b TWG Posts
    — Arcanum - 2007-02-12#
  13. ↑ a b c The Sunlit Man chapter 10#
  14. ↑ BookCon 2018
    — Arcanum - 2018-06-01#
  15. ↑ Shardcast Interview
    — Arcanum - 2021-01-23#
  16. ↑ Stormlight Three Update #4
    — Arcanum - 2016-09-28#
  17. ↑ Arcanum Unbounded Fort Collins signing
    — Arcanum - 2016-11-29#
  18. ↑ a b Calamity Chicago signing
    — Arcanum - 2016-02-22#
  19. ↑ a b General Twitter 2016
    — Arcanum - 2016-01-03#
  20. ↑ a b Stormlight Three Update #4
    — Arcanum - 2016-10-03#
  21. ↑ JordanCon 2021
    — Arcanum - 2021-07-16#
  22. ↑ General Reddit 2022
    — Arcanum - 2022-04-01#
  23. ↑ a b Tress Spoiler Stream
    — Arcanum - 2023-03-31#
  24. ↑ a b Dragonsteel 2023
    — Arcanum - 2023-11-21#
  25. ↑ The Great American Read: Other Worlds with Brandon Sanderson
    — Arcanum - 2018-10-25#
  26. ↑ Rhythm of War Ars Arcanum#
  27. ↑ Prague Signing
    — Arcanum - 2019-10-26#
  28. ↑ a b Warbreaker chapter 32#
  29. ↑ Words of Radiance Philadelphia signing
    — Arcanum - 2014-03-21#
  30. ↑ Oathbringer London signing
    — Arcanum - 2017-11-28#
  31. ↑ Leipzig Book Fair
    — Arcanum - 2017-03-24#
  32. ↑ Oathbringer chapter 39 epigraph#
  33. ↑ Mini-Con 2021
    — Arcanum - 2021-11-22#
  34. ↑ White Sand vol.1 release party
    — Arcanum - 2016-06-28#
  35. ↑ Oathbringer release party
    — Arcanum - 2017-11-13#
  36. ↑ Orem signing
    — Arcanum - 2017-12-21#
  37. ↑ Skyward release party
    — Arcanum - 2018-11-06#
  38. ↑ a b Skyward Pre-Release AMA
    — Arcanum - 2018-10-22#
  39. ↑ Stormlight Three Update #4
    — Arcanum - 2016-10-19#
  40. ↑ Leipzig Book Fair
    — Arcanum - 2017-03-24#
  41. ↑ OdysseyCon 2016
    — Arcanum - 2016-04-08#
  42. ↑ Shadows of Self signing London UK
    — Arcanum - 2015-10-19#
  43. ↑ The Way of Kings Annotations
    — Arcanum - 2017-11-10#
  44. ↑ Arcanum Unbounded San Francisco signing
    — Arcanum - 2016-11-30#
  45. ↑ Warsaw signing
    — Arcanum - 2017-03-18#
  46. ↑ Barnes and Noble Book Club Q&A
    — Arcanum - 2009-07-08#
  47. ↑ Salt Lake City Comic-Con 2014
    — Arcanum - 2014-09-04#
  48. ↑ The Alloy of Law Annotations
    — Arcanum - 2014-03-14#
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