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The use of Surgebinding on Ashyn was not controlled and this ultimately lead to a calamity and the destruction of most of the planet.{{wob ref|9464}}{{wob ref|14434}}{{book ref|sa3|115}}{{book ref|au|Roshar}} The civilisations home to Ashyn would attempt to flee, with many managing to migrate to Roshar as refugees. They were accepted by the local populace.{{book ref|sa3|115}}{{book ref|sa3|116}} [[Odium]] arrived on Roshar along with them.{{book ref|sa3|117}} The memory of Ashyn would have a large effect on Rosharn mythology.{{wob ref|10549}} It is remembered as the Tranquiline Halls.{{wob ref|8496}} |
The use of Surgebinding on Ashyn was not controlled and this ultimately lead to a calamity and the destruction of most of the planet.{{wob ref|9464}}{{wob ref|14434}}{{book ref|sa3|115}}{{book ref|au|Roshar}} The civilisations home to Ashyn would attempt to flee, with many managing to migrate to Roshar as refugees. They were accepted by the local populace.{{book ref|sa3|115}}{{book ref|sa3|116}} [[Odium]] arrived on Roshar along with them.{{book ref|sa3|117}} The memory of Ashyn would have a large effect on Rosharn mythology.{{wob ref|10549}} It is remembered as the Tranquiline Halls.{{wob ref|8496}} |
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+ | Despite the devastation some patches of Ashyn remained hospitable. The magic on Ashyn changed after the destruction to become illness based.{{wob ref|3086}}{{wob ref|11585}}{{wob ref|11304}} This worked off a symbiotic relationship between [[investiture]] and bacteria/viruses,{{wob ref|14143}} by allowing oneself to get infected they gain magical effects. Among the surviving areas of Ashyn are the famous floating cities,{{book ref|au|Roshar}} these cities are held afloat due to a special disease.{{wob ref|12271}} Some on Ashyn remain aware of Roshar's existence.{{wob ref|11741}} |
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 por Isaac Stewart
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| Esquirlas | None |
| Investiduras | Unknown, disease-based |
| Sistema | Rosharan system[1] |
| Universo | Cosmere |
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“There is Ashyn, the burning planet, which suffered a cataclysm long ago. ”
Ashyn is a planet in the Rosharan system that will be the setting of The Silence Divine.[3] It is the first planet from Roshar's sun.[1]
Geography and Ecology
In the past, Ashyn was largely Earth-like, with animals such as birds and horses, and plants like grapes.[4][5] Although it is not known what the ecology of Ashyn was precisely like, it likely closely resembled the Shinovar region on Roshar, as the plants and animals there are ones brought by the original refugees.[6] On Roshar, weather patterns are referred to as "seasons", despite not matching seasons in length, cause, or pattern. This presumably indicates that "season" is a linguistic holdover from Ashyn and therefore that Ashyn has seasons, and, by extension, axial tilt.[7][8][5]
An ecological catastrophe in the past has destroyed most of the planet, annihilating its biosphere.[9] In the present day, the planet is mostly barren, with a few fertile patches.[3] There are some reptiles on it.[10] The planet is called "the burning planet" but it is unknown what this means for its geography.[2]
Population
Ashyn is sparsely populated by humans. There were far more of them in the past, although whether their presence on the planet predates the Shattering is uncertain. At some point, they used the Dawnshards and/or Surgebinding to destroy most of Ashyn.[9][6] Some people fled the destruction and traveled to the neighboring planet of Roshar, while others stayed in small pockets of habitable land.[11] In the present day, this land includes the floating cities Ashyn is known for.[2]
For modern Rosharans, Ashyn is a mythical place, known only as the Tranquiline Halls.[12] On Ashyn, there are some people who are aware of Roshar.[13] Their level of technology relative to one another is difficult to establish.
History
Like the rest of the Rosharan System Ashyn was designed by Adonalsium.[14][4] It was eventually settled by humans. Originally their civilisations had access to powerful magic that was forbidden on Roshar, this magic was named the surges.[15][16][17] Despite it's name however this may have been a magic system only similar to the surges in effect.[18]
“They came from another world, using powers that we have been forbidden to touch. Dangerous powers, of spren and Surges. They destroyed their lands and have come to us begging.”
The use of Surgebinding on Ashyn was not controlled and this ultimately lead to a calamity and the destruction of most of the planet.[16][17][15][20] The civilisations home to Ashyn would attempt to flee, with many managing to migrate to Roshar as refugees. They were accepted by the local populace.[15][21] Odium arrived on Roshar along with them.[22] The memory of Ashyn would have a large effect on Rosharn mythology.[23] It is remembered as the Tranquiline Halls.[12]
Despite the devastation some patches of Ashyn remained hospitable. The magic on Ashyn changed after the destruction to become illness based.[24][25][26] This worked off a symbiotic relationship between investiture and bacteria/viruses,[27] by allowing oneself to get infected they gain magical effects. Among the surviving areas of Ashyn are the famous floating cities,[20] these cities are held afloat due to a special disease.[28] Some on Ashyn remain aware of Roshar's existence.[13]
Magic
Ashyn currently has no Shard, but Odium possibly spent some time there, as he followed the Ashynites to Roshar.[29][30] Like most of the Rosharan system, the planet is 10-centric.[31]
The magic of Ashyn is disease-based. As the bacteria and viruses there seek to keep their hosts alive, they provide them with access to supernatural abilities, which differ depending on the disease. The Ashynites harness this by lowering their immune systems and deliberately infecting themselves to gain various powers.[32][33]
Very little is known about the specific forms of magic granted by the illnesses, though a few have been described. The most important from the survival standpoint causes hearing loss while allowing its host to manipulate gravity. As such, it's crucial to the functioning of Ashyn's flying cities, which are kept aloft by conclaves of people infected with it.[28] Other abilities granted by diseases include flight or passing through walls.[34][35] The ability lasts as long as the person is infected by the disease, and disappears when their immune system overcomes it.[35]
Ashyn's magic system was not sickness-based from the start.[26] The original magic, which brought about the cataclysm, wasn't exactly like Surgebinding, but shared the same basic principles.[36] It might've also been related to Roshar's Old Magic.[37] The Eila Stele mentions humans using the powers of spren and Surges, suggesting that the shift to bacteria and viruses as the focus of Ashynite magic might've happened some time after most people have already evacuated from the planet.[9]
The symbiotic relation between the bacteria and their hosts is similar to that of the Aviars and the worms that grant them powers from First of the Sun, albeit here the humans interact with the magic-granting microorganisms directly rather than through intermediaries.
Development
The earliest reference to Ashyn, though not under that name, can be found in Brandon's blog post from March 10, 2006. Back then, he considered it the sillier of his two ideas for magic disease stories, the more serious of which would involve a doctor combating an illness with various magical effects on its victims.[32] The "silly" story would later be developed into The Silence Divine, though for now, only an early version of the first chapter exists in public (it can be found here). There, several aspects of Ashyn have been established, though their current canonicity is debatable.
In the story, Ashynites do not have fabrials, but appear to have discovered gunpowder, as some are mentioned carrying flintlock pistols. Abilities granted by diseases include prophecy and changing the color of objects, and are accompanied by sometimes-dangerous side effects, such as physical weakness, hallucinations and deadly fevers. Occasionally, there are some symptoms left behind after the disease is over, called Echoes, which take some time to fade, or don't disappear at all. People who carry the diseases are called Incubators.[38]
Trivia
Some of the Heralds were born on Ashyn. [39][40]
Notes
- ↑ a b Mapa de Roshar system
- ↑ a b c Arcanum Ilimitado - Sistema de Roshar#
- ↑ a b SpoCon 2013
— Arcanum - 2013-07-10# - ↑ a b Stuttgart signing
— Arcanum - 2019-05-17# - ↑ a b Idaho Falls signing
— Arcanum - 2018-12-29# - ↑ a b Juramentada capítulo 113#
- ↑ El camino de los reyes capítulo 22#
- ↑ A Memory of Light Seattle Signing
— Arcanum - 2013-02-12# - ↑ a b c Juramentada capítulo 115 Epígrafe#
- ↑ FanX 2021
— Arcanum - 2021-09-16# - ↑ Oathbringer signing Portland
— Arcanum - 2017-11-16# - ↑ a b Oathbringer Chicago signing
— Arcanum - 2017-11-21# - ↑ a b Skyward release party
— Arcanum - 2018-11-06# - ↑ Emerald City Comic Con 2018
— Arcanum - 2018-03-01# - ↑ a b c Juramentada capítulo 115#
- ↑ a b Well of Ascension signed copy
— Arcanum - 2018-03-08# - ↑ a b Waterstones RoW Release Event
— Arcanum - 2020-11-18# - ↑ JordanCon 2021
— Arcanum - 2021-07-17# - ↑ Juramentada capítulo 111#
- ↑ a b Arcanum ilimitado capítulo Roshar#
- ↑ Juramentada capítulo 116#
- ↑ Juramentada capítulo 117#
- ↑ Steelheart Seattle signing
— Arcanum - 2013-10-14# - ↑ Firefight Seattle Public Library signing
— Arcanum - 2015-01-07# - ↑ Skyward release party
— Arcanum - 2018-11-06# - ↑ a b Skyward Pre-Release AMA
— Arcanum - 2018-10-04# - ↑ General Reddit 2020
— Arcanum - 2020-09-24# - ↑ a b Idaho Falls signing
— Arcanum - 2018-12-29# - ↑ Words of Radiance Chicago signing
— Arcanum - 2014-03-22# - ↑ Juramentada capítulo 117 Epígrafe#
- ↑ Arcanum Unbounded San Francisco signing
— Arcanum - 2016-11-30# - ↑ a b Brandon's Blog 2006
— Arcanum - 2006-03-10# - ↑ Ad Astra 2017
— Arcanum - 2017-05-05# - ↑ /r/fantasy AMA 2011
— Arcanum - 2011-09-01# - ↑ a b Phoenix Comicon 2013
— Arcanum - 2013-05-24# - ↑ Oathbringer London signing
— Arcanum - 2017-11-28# - ↑ Stuttgart signing
— Arcanum - 2019-05-17# - ↑ Words of Radiance Los Angeles signing
— Arcanum - 2014-03-05# - ↑ Starsight Release Party
— Arcanum - 2019-11-26# - ↑ Skyward Denver signing
— Arcanum - 2018-11-15#
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