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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 deliberately infecting themselves to gain various powers.{{wob ref|1862}} Very little is known about the specific forms of magic granted by the illnesses, though one has been described. It causes hearing loss while allowing its host to manipulate gravity and as such, is crucial to the funcitoning of Ashyn's flying cities, as they are kept aloft by conclaves of people infected with it.{{wob ref|12271}} |
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 deliberately infecting themselves to gain various powers.{{wob ref|1862}} Very little is known about the specific forms of magic granted by the illnesses, though one has been described. It causes hearing loss while allowing its host to manipulate gravity and as such, is crucial to the funcitoning of Ashyn's flying cities, as they are kept aloft by conclaves of people infected with it.{{wob ref|12271}} |
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== Trivia == |
== Trivia == |
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Revisión del 00:05 31 jul 2019
| Ashyn | |
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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]
An ecological catastrophe in the past has destroyed most of the planet, annihilating its biosphere.[7] In the present day, the planet is mostly barren, with a few fertile patches.[3]
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.[7][6] Some people fled the destruction and traveled to the neighboring planet of Roshar, while others stayed in small pockets of habitable land.[8] 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.[9] On Ashyn, there are in turn some people who are aware of Roshar.[10]
Magic
Ashyn currently has no Shard, but Odium possibly spent time there as he followed the Ashynites to Roshar.[11][12] Like most of Rosharan system, the planet is 10-centric.[13]
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 deliberately infecting themselves to gain various powers.[14] Very little is known about the specific forms of magic granted by the illnesses, though one has been described. It causes hearing loss while allowing its host to manipulate gravity and as such, is crucial to the funcitoning of Ashyn's flying cities, as they are kept aloft by conclaves of people infected with it.[15]
Ashyn's magic system was not sickness-based from the start.[16] The original magic, which brought about the cataclysm, wasn't exactly like Surgebinding, but shared the same basic principles.[17] 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 Ashyn.[7]
Trivia
- 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 one of which would involve a doctor combating an illness with various magical effects on its victims.[18]
- 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.
Notes
- ↑ a b Mapa de Roshar system
- ↑ a b Arcanum Ilimitado - Sistema de Roshar#
- ↑ a b SpoCon 2013
— Arcanum - 2013-07-10# - ↑ Stuttgart signing
— Arcanum - 2019-05-17# - ↑ Idaho Falls signing
— Arcanum - 2018-12-29# - ↑ a b Juramentada capítulo 113#
- ↑ a b c Juramentada capítulo 115 Epígrafe#
- ↑ Oathbringer signing Portland
— Arcanum - 2017-11-16# - ↑ Oathbringer Chicago signing
— Arcanum - 2017-11-21# - ↑ Skyward release party
— Arcanum - 2018-11-06# - ↑ Words of Radiance Chicago signing
— Arcanum - 2014-03-22# - ↑ Juramentada capítulo 117 Epígrafe#
- ↑ Arcanum Unbounded San Francisco signing
— Arcanum - 2016-11-30# - ↑ Ad Astra 2017
— Arcanum - 2017-05-05# - ↑ Idaho Falls signing
— Arcanum - 2018-12-29# - ↑ Skyward Pre-Release AMA
— Arcanum - 2018-10-04# - ↑ Oathbringer London signing
— Arcanum - 2017-11-28# - ↑ Brandon's Blog 2006
— Arcanum - 2006-03-10#
