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The '''cosmere'''{{qa ref|428|73|Is this "character" a common link between your books for religion or magical or maybe even both?|date=July 2009}} is a fictional universe where Brandon Sanderson's adult epic fantasies (including [[Elantris (book)|Elantris]], [[Mistborn (series)|Mistborn]], [[Warbreaker]], [[The Stormlight Archive]]) are all set.{{qa ref|680|14|I thought I saw somewhere that you said that all your books (yours not WOT) are connected somehow|date=Jan 18th, 2010}} It does not contain Earth.{{tweet ref|22409638968295424}}
 
Brandon has said that it is not important to know about the cosmere to enjoy his books, and that they can be enjoyed separately.{{qa ref|1044|6|The first, most important thing to say to the person who's being sent there is to enjoy the story you're in.|date=Mar 24th, 2014}} Elements of the cosmere slowly be added into the books, behind the scenes, until it comes into the forefront with [[Dragonsteel]] and the final Mistborn trilogy.{{qa ref|1076|7|Are you going to expand on the cosmere in its own book?|date=Mar 6th, 2014}}
==Planets==
 
There are currently ten known planets in the cosmere. Two of these, Threnody and First of the Sun, are minor Shardworlds.{{17s ref|topic|7544|Names of minor shardworlds|date=12 April 2014}} Note that the following chart lists Shards currently on the planet, and may have had other Shards there at other points in time.
 
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! [[Roshar]]
| [[Honor]], [[Cultivation]]{{qa ref|985|6|Were Cultivation and Honor romantically involved?|date=May 22nd, 2013}}
| [[The Stormlight Archive]]{{qa ref|428|106}}
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! [[Scadrial]]
| [[Preservation]], [[Ruin]],;{{qa ref|727|19|Is Scadrial the name of the Mistborn world?|date=2008-10-16}} [[Harmony]]*
| [[Mistborn (series)|Mistborn]]{{qa ref|428|106}}
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! [[Sel]]
! [[Threnody]]
| ''None''
| [[Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell]]{{17s ref|topic|7544|Names of minor shardworlds|date=12 April 2014}}
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! [[First of the Sun]]
|}
 
<nowiki>*</nowiki>[[Harmony]] beingis the combination of two shardsShards, held[[Ruin]] byand [[Preservation]], that are intermingled since they are under the control of [[Sazed|one individual]].{{qa ref|979|174|If Sazed were to die, ratherwould thanhe drop the shards Ruin and Preservation, or would he drop the shard Harmony?|date=Apr 15th, 2013}} Harmony is referred to as a Shard,{{qa ref|642|10|Were Ruin and Preservation two shards or one?|date=Nov 21st, 2011}} though it is not one of the sixteen original piecessixteen Shards of Adonalsium.
 
==History==
{{quote|Even now, I can barely grasp the scope of all this. The events surrounding the end of the world seem even larger than the [[Final Empire]] and the people within it. I have delved and searched, and have only been able to come up with a single name: [[Adonalsium]]. Who, or what, it was, I do not yet know.|[[Harmony]] in the [[Words of Founding]]{{epigraph ref|mb3|39}}}}
 
Little is known of the extremely distant past of the cosmere: the time before the Shattering of [[Adonalsium]] and the [[Shard]]s. It is not even clear who or what Adonalsium exactly is. Is it a god, the God? Is it a force, or person? It isn't clear if it was self-aware or not. Regardless, it is sometimes described as the power of creation,{{qa ref|727|45|The powers of Ruin and Preservation are Shards of Adonalsium, pieces of the power of creation itself.|date=Oct 16, 2008}} possibly a thing with incredible amounts of Investiture (since Investiture is a piece of Adonalsium{{qa ref|1086|3}}), and a power which does not vanish.{{qa ref|977|196|Why does Preservation fueling Allomancy not weaken Preservation compared to Ruin?|date=Sep 2012}}{{qa ref|1116|3|Investiture can not be created or destroyed|date=Mar 25th, 2015}}
 
Humans existed on worlds before this time,{{qa ref|1115|5|Were any of the central cosmere worlds inhabited by humans?|date=Jan 17th, 2015}} though how many is unknown. At the very least, the first humans were on [[Yolen]].{{qa ref|977|198|Where did humanity originate in the cosmere?|date=Sep 2012}} [[Hoid]] in particular is from Yolen.{{qa ref|622|135|He is a primary viewpoint protagonist of '''Dragonsteel'', but that happens before all of the other books|date=Aug 31st, 2011|interview=Reddit AMA 2011|asker=Eric}}{{qa ref|1086|11|Would that be Hoid?|date=Mar 4th, 2014}} All cosmere planets existed prior to the Shattering, and their names existed before the Shards got there.{{qa ref|700|3|Who names the planets?|date=May 31, 2011}}{{qa ref|718|4|Roshar's name predates the Shards' arrival|date=Nov 24, 2011}} Magic ([[Investiture]]) also existed prior to the Shattering, though its form was different.{{qa ref|977|51|Before Adonalsium was shattered, was there magic in the Cosmere and what form did it take?|date=Sept 2012}} The technology level of this society prior to the Shattering was less than present day Earth's.{{qa ref|988|20|What is the technology level of the singular society that existed when Adonalsium Shattered?|date=Dec 6th, 2012}}
 
There was a force that opposes Adonalsium{{qa ref|979|85}} which created a weapon,{{qa ref|1103|1|There was a weapon created by the opposition of Adonalsium|date=Mar 4th, 2014}} but important specifics, such as if it is still around, or if it had played a role in Adonalsium's Shattering, are unknown. There was once a plot to destroy Adonalsium, which failed.{{qa ref|1104|1|Long ago there was a plot to destroy Adonalsium. It failed|date=Jan 6th, 2015}}
The exact timeline of what the Shards did after the Shattering is not clear. Shards settled on specific planets, but could have gone to other places before residing upon the worlds they now stay.
 
Endowment was the only Shard who traveled to [[Nalthis]].{{qa ref|428|59}}{{qa ref|689|25|There's just the one system in Warbreaker, and it's also a world with only one Shard on it|date=Nov 8th, 2011}} At some point during the history of Nalthis, Endowment began intentionally splitting its power, creating what are called Splinters,[[Splinter]]s. thatThese Splinters turnedwere intothe [[divine Breath]], which made the [[Returned]].{{qa ref|428|59}}
 
Bavadin was the single Shard to travel to [[Taldain]].{{qa ref|622|78}}{{qa ref|1076|18|He is the only shard on the planet|date=Mar 6th, 2014}}
Odium traveled to Sel for a short time to attack Devotion and Dominion, and Odium Splintered them.{{epigraph ref|sa1|22}} This left a lot of energy on Sel, and, with no release valve and entity to control the power, [[Shadesmar]] became incredibly hazardous on Sel.{{qa ref|944|7|Does Roshar have a similar problem, with Honor being Splintered?|date=March 2013|asker=Windrunner}} Selish magic itself changed,{{17s ref|topic|2622|The things that they do in those books, couldn't have been done pre-splintering|date=Nov 29th, 2012}} and perhaps the [[Dor]] was created--a force that can drawn upon but with no controlling entity. Odium left Sel after this event, and did not Invest any of his power on the planet.{{qa ref|944|7|Odium did not leave his power behind, one should note|date=March 2013}}
 
At some point--perhaps before Odium's actions on Sel, or after--Honor and Cultivation went to [[Roshar]] together.{{qa ref|985|6|Were Cultivation and Honor romantically involved?|date=May 22nd, 2013}} Later, Odium went to the [[Greater Roshar]] system.{{qa ref|836|49|Is Odium native to Roshar?|date=Sep 22nd, 2012}} Before this, Odium did not settle on a specific planet, but on Roshar, he Invested his power, and his magics are felt there,{{17s ref|post|150659|Odium never really settled on a planet|date=June 10th, 2014}} and perhaps other worlds in the system. Devastating wars called the [[Desolation]]s were fought over Roshar, between Odium's [[Voidbringer]]s and Honor's [[Herald]]s and [[Knights Radiant]].{{book ref|sa1|42}} Cultivation's exact role in the Desolations is not clear, but Honor and Cultivation were a romantic item.{{qa ref|985|6|Were Cultivation and Honor romantically involved?|date=May 22nd, 2013}}
 
Odium eventually killed Honor, using the same method as he did with Devotion and Dominion.{{book ref|sa1|75}} However, Honor was crafty, and even though Honor perished, Odium was then trapped on the Greater Rosharan System.{{epigraph ref|sa2|69}} At some point, Odium ended up being on Braize, which he is currently located, prior to the [[True Desolation]].{{qa ref|1041|4}} Cultivation, on the other hand, survived Odium, and is still alive.{{qa ref|985|5|Is Cultivation's holder still alive?|date=May 22nd, 2013}} Odium has not killed another Shard after this point.{{epigraph ref|sa2|70}}
The Seventeenth Shard are a group of [[Worldhoppers]] moving between planets using various magics, and are perhaps led by the Recipient.{{epigraph ref|sa1|26}} Their members are from many worlds,{{qa ref|987|31|I want to know if the Seventeenth Shard members come from all of the planets, not just Sel|date=Nov 6th, 2012}} including [[Scadrial]], [[Taldain]], and [[Sel]]. They searched for Hoid on Roshar shortly before the [[Everstorm]] was summoned.{{book ref|sa1|i|1}} They may also be nonintervenionists, due to their possible relationship with the Recipient.{{epigraph ref|sa1|26}}
 
There is also [[Khriss]], a Worldhopper who is the most knowledgeable person in the cosmere, by far.{{qa ref|1069|16|Khriss is the most aware by a long shot|date=Mar 11th, 2014}} She writes all the Ars Arcanums,{{qa ref|988|10|Are they all written by the same person?|date=Dec 6th, 2012}}{{17s ref|topic|23181|He is kind of like a cosmere special agent, who gathers things for the person who is writing the Ars Arcanum|date=Feb 7th, 2015}} and as such, is a member of the Seventeenth Shard.{{qa ref|632|4|It's either Hoid or a member of the 17th Shard|date=Nov 11th, 2011}} She has an employee, [[Nazrilof|Nazh]], who, among other things, draws and annotates maps, and collects other things for Khriss.{{17s ref|post|167585|Khriss is Nazh's employer.|date=Aug 8th, 2014}}{{17s ref|topic|23181|He is kind of like a cosmere special agent, who gathers things for the person who is writing the Ars Arcanum|date=Feb 7th, 2015}} Their motivations--and exact relationship with the Seventeenth Shard--are not clear.
 
However, there is an end goal of the Seventeenth Shard.{{qa ref|1075|2|The Seventeenth Shard has a specific purpose|date=Mar 5th, 2014}} In the immediate future, they fear Hoid's purpose will not align with theirs, and so they hunt him down.{{qa ref|1052|77|So they have a task, they have goals, and they are worried that he is going to be at cross purposes to them, so they are trying to hunt him down|date=Mar 21st, 2014}}
====The Catacendre====
 
{{quote|Preservation could never destroy you! He could only protect. That's why he needed to create humankind. All along, Ruin, this was part of his plan!|[[Vin]] to [[Ruin]]{{book ref|mb3|81}}}}
 
Upon Vin's ascension, she tried to oppose Ruin, but learned that she could not do much, for Ruin would oppose her.{{book ref|mb3|76}} On the ground, Elend and Sazed discovered the atium, and Ruin immediately sent his forces to destroy them.{{book ref|mb3|79}}{{book ref|mb3|80}} Ruin, through Marsh, killed Elend, and Vin realized Preservation's plan. Preservation needed someone who could preserve, but also destroy, and Preservation was too touched by his Shard to destroy Ruin. Vin knew she had little left to live for without Elend, and so, directly attacked Ruin with her power. She pressed in, not shying back, and in the assault, killed Ruin and herself in the process.{{book ref|mb3|81}}
Sazed, on the ground at the battle, saw the corpses of Ati and Vin, with the power of their Shards leaking from their bodies, and Sazed took up both Shards together. The power did not vanish as the Well of Ascension's power did; these were the Shards themselves, which, under the control of one mind, could both preserve and destroy, or create. Using the knowledge from his metalminds, he began to remake the world, and undid the damage the Lord Ruler did to Scadrial.{{book ref|mb3|82}} He then created a [[Elendel Basin|paradise]] for them to live in.{{map ref|Elendel Basin}}{{qa ref|637|3|Where did ''Alloy'' come from?|date=Nov 7th, 2011}} The conflict on Scadrial had vanished, for now.
 
Now under the control of one mind, Ruin and Preservation's power began to intermingle, and Sazed became known as [[Harmony]].{{qa ref|979|174|If Sazed were to die, would he drop the shards Ruin and Preservation, or would he drop the shard Harmony?|date=Apr 15th, 2013}} It is considered a single Shard, much like a king of two countries is still just one king.{{qa ref|642|10|Were Ruin and Preservation two shards or one?|date=Nov 21st, 2011}}
 
Odium became aware of Harmony, is scared of him,{{qa ref|1094|40|Is Odium mad about Sazed having two Shards?|date=Sept 4th, 2014}} and is making plans regarding him.{{17s ref|topic|5616|He has "plans" for Harmony, and he is very much aware of Harmony's power|date=Jan 24th, 2014}}
Some ideas that came into the worldbuilding of the cosmere came from Plato's theory of forms, which contributed to the idea of [[Realmatic Theory]], and the idea of the Physical, Cognitive, and Spiritual Realms. In this, the distinction of what is perceived as "ideal" and what is the true ideal is important: true ideals have much to do with the Spiritual Realm, while people's perception of ideals deals with the Cognitive Realm. Another influences is Spinoza, with the idea that God is in everything.{{qa ref|979|11|[Do] you think it is necessary to use philosophy to make a good fantasy world?|date=Apr 15th, 2013}} Brandon also incorporated the idea of a "unifying theory of everything" from physics to the magic in the cosmere. All magics have underlying rules, and are derived from a single unified theory of magic.{{qa ref|622|142|Do you have all the rules for them written down somewhere?|date=Aug 31st, 2011}}
 
There is a distinct beginning, middle, and end to the cosmere sequence, and a clear sequence Brandon wants to tell.{{qa ref|1052|52|there's a beginning, middle, and end to the shattering of Adonalsium and the involvement there.|date=Mar 21st, 2014}} There's about 36 main cosmere books, and Brandon has three "core" cosmere series: [[Dragonsteel]], [[Mistborn (series)|Mistborn]], and [[the Stormlight Archive]],{{qa ref|1077|17|How many series in the cosmere?|date=Mar 7th, 2014}}{{qa ref|112|30|Is it safe to say The Stormlight Archive will become the backbone series of the story of the cosmere?|date=Apr 16th, 2014}} which are well-planned out.{{qa ref|622|120|How much of the Cosmere and its story would you say you already have a plan for?|date=Aug 21st. 2011}} Dragonsteel is the start of the cosmere sequence that will tell [[Hoid]]'s backstory{{qa ref|689|5|When will we see a Hoid book?|date=Nov 8th, 2011}} and, presumably, the Shattering of [[Adonalsium]]. Mistborn will have three big trilogies, its last one being science fiction, deals heavily with the cosmere{{qa ref|977|206|When will be see the whole Cosmere-concept (Shards, the plans of Hoid) at the level of the books?|date=Sep 2012}} and has travel between the different planets of the cosmere.{{qa ref|1076|8|Will you ever have characters use the different systems of magic openly in front of each other?|date=Mar 6th, 2014}} Stormlight Archive is set in the middle of the cosmere sequence.{{qa ref|988|4|What time period do they all fit in, do they all fit in time- at the same time?|date=Dec 6th, 2012}} Generally, the cosmere will not come into the forefront until Dragonsteel or the final Mistborn trilogy,{{qa ref|1076|7|Are you going to expand on the cosmere in its own book?|date=Mar 6th, 2014}} and the final Mistborn trilogy is one of the last cosmere series, if not the last. Brandon has said it will all fit together, and thinks we'll be impressed.{{qa ref|675|5|Do you ever feel stifled?|date=Nov 14th, 2011}}
 
{{sidequote|I hope that people will stick with me for all these books, because I'll do a lot of them. But they will fit together in some really cool ways once they are all done. I think you'll be very very impressed, but that's a while off.|Brandon on the cosmere{{qa ref|675|5}}|left|300px}}
At the start of Brandon's career, he wrote cosmere novels in chronological order, but there are books that are skipped, like Dragonsteel and White Sand,{{qa ref|988|4}} some of his earlier, unpublished novels. (Those unpublished novels would need to be rewritten from scratch, much like Brandon rewrote The Way if Kings.{{qa ref|810|24|Are you planning to revise these books that haven’t been published and to reinvent them, so to speak?|date=May 2012}}) He wanted these cosmere novels to not require knowledge of previous books in the hidden epic of the cosmere. Generally, clues to the cosmere are currently easter eggs, and will not be in the forefront. However, more hints to the greater universe are inevitable, and eventually the worlds will cross over and interact,{{qa ref|979|136|When do you expect to have more crossover between worlds|date=Apr 15th, 2013}} perhaps in the last Mistborn trilogy.
 
One of the key easter eggs is [[Hoid]], a character who appears in each cosmere novel, is one such easter egg. It is not random where he is; Brandon has said that if Hoid appears in a place, that place is about to be very dangerous.{{qa ref|1044|6|What basic concepts regarding shards, magic systems and world hopping do you think are most important?|date=Mar, 24th, 2014}} Hoid is doing things behind the scenes, and at some point, we might have Hoid short stories explaining what is doing and why.{{qa ref|680|29|Will Hoid have a short story, novel or will we have to try and piece it together?|date=Jan 18th, 2010}}{{qa ref|622|135|When will we see a book that basically revolves around the concept of the Cosmere and the shard-travelers?|date=Aug 31st, 2011}} There are also other people who cross between worlds that eventually Brandon thinks will be much clearer later, once we see those characters more.{{qa ref|1078|5|Are there going to be other characters other than Hoid that will be crossing over between books?|date=Oct 14th, 2013}} But for now, they are easter eggs.
 
Brandon does not feel that the cosmere is restrictive to his writing.{{qa ref|675|5}} Though cosmere novels are intensive, as they require more planning and specific rules{{qa ref|997|6|How do you address the different types of magic systems in your different books?|date=May 13th, 2013}} (Brandon has continuity editors, like [[Peter Ahlstrom|Peter]] and Karen Ahlstrom, on his internal wiki to keep it straight{{qa ref|1057|5|Lots of work in my internal wiki mixed with continuity editors.|date=Mar 18th, 2014}}), he feels that if he needs to take a break, he can just write a non-cosmere novel. Those "breather" novels are used to keep Brandon creatively engaged, and are almost always non-cosmere.{{qa ref|944|5|Is this book [Steelheart] part of the Cosmere?|date=Jan 2013}} If there is a concept he really wants to write but doesn't fit in the limitations of the cosmere, he moves it into a non-cosmere book.{{qa ref|979|10|Have you ever felt constrained by this commitment to consistency across the Cosmere?|date=Apr 15th, 2013}}
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[[Dragonsteel]] will be the beginning, before Elantris. Mistborn Era 3--the modern day trilogy--will be between the two halves of Stormlight Archive. Mistborn Era 4, the scifi trilogy is at the end.{{qa ref|112|30|Is it safe to say The Stormlight Archive will become the backbone series of the story of the cosmere?|date=Apr 16th, 2014}} [[Nightblood (book)|Nightblood]], the Warbreaker sequel, will be set closer to Warbreaker than Stormlight Archive.{{qa ref|1108|2|If you write Nightblood, the Warbreaker sequel, chronologically, will it come before or after Stormlight?|date=Mar 13th, 2014}}
 
==Trivia==
===Capitalization===
The capitalization of the word "cosmere" is inconsistent at best from official sources. Generally, in the novels, like Stormlight Archive books, cosmere is uncapitalized,{{book ref|sa1|54}}{{epigraph ref|sa2|75}} but exclusively in [[The Alloy of Law]], its [[Ars Arcanum]] refers to it with a capital C.{{book ref|mb4|part=ars}} Adding to the confusion, these Ars Arcanums are written by the same person,{{qa ref|988|10}} and [[Words of Radiance]]'s Ars Arcanum uses lowercase.{{book ref|sa2|part=ars}}
 
From interviews where Brandon types responses, Brandon sometimes capitalizes cosmere,{{qa ref|944|5}} and sometimes leaves it uncapitalized.{{qa ref|977|17|Hemalurgy really is an oddity in the cosmere|date=Sep 2012}} [[Peter Ahlstrom]], Brandon's assistant, has said that generally, cosmere is uncapitalized in books, but capitalized outside of them.{{tweet ref|607208955069100032}}
 
==See Also==
*[[Shard]]
*[[Adonalsium]]
*[[Investiture]]
*[[Hoid]]
*[[Realmatic Theory]]
 
==Notes==