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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 [[Sho Del]] fill the same niche in the fain ecosystem that humans fill in the normal one.{{wob ref|14342}} Another form of fainlife is '''Tamu Keks''', bones that are somehow similar to [[singer]] [[gemheart]]s and can be used for inter-[[Realmatic Theory|Realm]] communication in some way.{{wob ref|10319}}{{
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}}
== Dragonsteel Prime ==
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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
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}}
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* [[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}}
* Along with [[dragon (cosmere)|dragons]], the Sho Del and Tamu Keks are two of the few things from ''Dragonsteel'' Prime that are still part of the cosmere.{{wob ref|14645}}
* When writing ''[[Rhythm of War]]'', Brandon debated whether to
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