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The '''fain''' or '''fainlife''' is a class of lifeforms on [[Yolen]].{{au ref|scadrial}} Although fainlife looks like ordinary flora, the plants and land overtaken by it are bone-white, and spill red liquid when crushed or snapped.{{wob ref|9518}} The [[
The existence of fainlife remains known to [[cosmere]]-aware people after the [[Shattering of Adonalsium]]; when discussing how [[Ruin]] and [[Preservation]] used the Yolish ecosystem as a model for [[Scadrial]], [[Khriss]] was able to mention without further explanation that "of course" this means the non-fain parts.{{au ref|scadrial}}
In one version of [[Dragonsteel Prime|''Dragonsteel'' Prime]], the fainlife had rapidly grown to cover much of the planet, though humans eventually learned to keep it in check with something known as a '''trune ring''';{{wob ref|7825}}{{wob ref|13991}} '''trune''' was the name given to the regular, non-fain ecosystem.{{wob ref|14409}} A type of fainlife known as '''skullmoss''' heralded the advance of further fainlife. Its leaves would sometimes drift across a trune ring and some cities would gather them up and burn them, though this was not strictly neccessary. Merely interacting with the fainlife was safe and some cities even used fain wood for construction, but eating any amount of fainlife was deadly to humans.{{wob ref|13991}}
In a different version of ''Dragonsteel'' Prime, the Yolish version of the [[Shattered Plains]] was the only connection between the fain and non-fain parts of the world. At the Shattered Plains, Sho Del fought humans for a material known as dragonsteel. According to [[Jerick]], at least some Sho Del had also made it past the Shattered Plains and killed civilians, and had attempted to kill his king.{{bws ref|page=dragonsteel-prime-chapter-31-bridge-four-4|text=''Dragonsteel'' Prime Chapter 31|date=2017-10-11}} In this draft, Tamu Keks were long, thin bones that came to a point at both ends that could be found on Sho Del; Jerick was able to sense the power coming off them and warned one of his companions not to touch them.{{bws ref|page=dragonsteel-prime-chapter-33-bridge-four-5|text=''Dragonsteel'' Prime Chapter 33|date=2017-10-16}}
== Trivia ==
* [[Brandon Sanderson|Brandon]] originally [[RAFO]]'d whether any of the original [[Vessel]]s were fain,{{wob ref|8289}} but later said that [[Uli Da]] is a Sho Del.{{wob ref|8933}}
* When writing ''[[Rhythm of War]]'', Brandon debated whether to make the thing in the communication box that [[Mraize]] gave to [[Shallan]] a [[seon]] or a Tamu Kek, but eventually settled on making it a seon because they have personalities whereas Tamu Keks are just bones.{{ref|name=ShardcastInterviewPlaceholder}}
== Notes ==
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