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|There is Ashyn, the burning planet, which suffered a cataclysm long ago.
Ashyn's magic system was not sickness-based from the start.{{wob ref|11304}} The original magic, which brought about the cataclysm, wasn't exactly like [[Surgebinding]], but shared the same basic principles.{{wob ref|8690}} It might've also been related to Roshar's [[Old Magic]].{{wob ref|12681}} The [[Eila Stele]] mentions humans using the powers of [[spren]] and [[Surge]]s, 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.{{epigraph ref|sa3|115}}
== Development ==▼
▲== Development ==
In the story, Ashynites did not have [[fabrial]]s, but appear to have discovered gunpowder, as some were mentioned carrying flintlock pistols. Abilities granted by diseases included prophecy and changing the color of objects, and were accompanied by sometimes-dangerous side effects, such as physical weakness, hallucinations and deadly fevers. Occasionally, there were some symptoms left behind after the disease was over, called Echoes, which took some time to fade, or didn't disappear at all. People who carried the diseases were called '''Incubators'''.{{wob ref|12303}}▼
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▲In the story, Ashynites
▲* 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.{{wob ref|7584}}
▲* The symbiotic relation between the bacteria and their hosts is similar to that of the [[Aviar]]s 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.
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