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| Featured In | Mistborn: Secret History |
“This is the in-between step. After death and before ... the Beyond. The Somewhere Else. Where souls must go. ”
The Beyond is an unknown location that the people of the cosmere are drawn to after they die.[1] Almost nothing is known about the Beyond, as not even Harmony—and presumably all other Shards—is able to reach it.[2][3][4][5] Leras occasionally refers to the Beyond as the Somewhere Else.[1]
Transportation
When a person dies, their mind is transported to the Cognitive Realm, though they are not always visible to other people in the Cognitive Realm.[6] For most people, this is nothing more than an "in between" step, as their mind is soon pulled into the Beyond.[1] When they go to the Beyond, they appear to stretch toward an unseen, distant point that defies geometry that has also been described as "nothingness" and "eternity."[7][8][9] People on Scadrial appear to turn into white mist as they stretch.[1] Before someone moves on to the Beyond, their Cognitive aspect can be returned to their physical body with the proper Investiture.[10][5][11][12] Being killed by Nightblood can prevent that from happening,[13] though it is unclear if it also prevents a person's mind from going to the Beyond.
Allomancers, Feruchemists, and people who had a Hemalurgic spike in life can remain in the Cognitive Realm longer before being pulled to the Beyond, while those where were the victim of a Hemalurgic spiking cannot remain as long.[1][14] Silvers can resist the pull of the Beyond indefinitely, though they can still choose to go and still feel the pull of the Beyond when seriously wounded.[7] From this, it is possible to infer that the amount of Investiture a person has or had in life determines the length of time for which they can resist the pull of the Beyond.[6]
Known Travelers
While all people who are not Silvers must go to the Beyond when they finally die,[1] the transitions of the following people to the Beyond have been observed:
Mentions
- While trapped in the Well of Ascension, Kelsier refers to Ruin as "the thing Beyond,"[15] but this is likely a misnomer as a Shard's power is concentrated in the Spiritual Realm.[16]
Trivia
- The relation between the Beyond and the God Beyond, like most questions about the Beyond, is currently RAFO'd.[17]
- If a Ryshadium were to die, it would go to the beyond.[18]
- The Spiritual Realm is not the same as the Beyond, however Shards do not know this instinctively, and some have a better understanding of it than others.[19]
- Ruin claims that Mare "longed for Kelsier to join her in the Beyond," but it seems likely that he was simply lying to manipulate Kelsier and does not actually have knowledge of what occurs in the Beyond.[20]
Notes
- ↑ a b c d e f g Nacidos de la bruma: Historia Secreta parte 1 capítulo 1#
- ↑ Calamity Chicago signing
— Arcanum - 2016-02-22# - ↑ When Worlds Collide 2014
— Arcanum - 2014-08-09# - ↑ Nacidos de la bruma: Historia Secreta parte 6 capítulo 9#
- ↑ a b Brazales de Duelo (libro) capítulo 28#
- ↑ a b Skyward Pre-Release AMA
— Arcanum - 2018-10-27# - ↑ a b Nacidos de la bruma: Historia Secreta parte 6 capítulo 8#
- ↑ Nacidos de la bruma: Historia Secreta parte 1 capítulo 2#
- ↑ Nacidos de la bruma: Historia Secreta parte 6 capítulo 2#
- ↑ Shadows of Self release party
— Arcanum - 2015-10-05# - ↑ Palabras radiantes capítulo 88#
- ↑ Danzante del Filo (novella) capítulo 8#
- ↑ Idaho Falls signing
— Arcanum - 2018-07-21# - ↑ Arcanum Unbounded Chicago signing
— Arcanum - 2016-12-06# - ↑ Nacidos de la bruma: Historia Secreta parte 2 capítulo 1#
- ↑ Shadows of Self Chicago signing
— Arcanum - 2015-10-12# - ↑ Calamity Chicago signing
— Arcanum - 2016-02-22# - ↑ Oathbringer release party
— Arcanum - 2017-11-13# - ↑ Arcanum Unbounded release party
— Arcanum - 2016-11-22# - ↑ Nacidos de la bruma: Historia Secreta parte 4 capítulo 4#