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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}}
==Development==▼
{{sidequote|I wrote thirteen novels before I sold one. I spent a lot of time practicing and learning, and I love big epic grand series. However, you know, you can't grow up reading the Wheel of Time without loving big series, but advice I heard early on was, selling a big series is actually pretty hard from a new author and if you, for instance, spend your life and you write like six books in the same series, and you send off the first book to someone and they don't buy it, you can't really send them the second book. ... I wanted to expand my chances, and so I wrote thirteen novels in different worlds, all with their own different magic systems and own characters. But secretly I loved the grand epic, and so I started connecting all these worlds during my unpublished era, and telling a hidden epic behind them all that I was setting up for.|Brandon{{qa ref|847|3|I've read a bit online about how you have an overall storyline covering all of your novels|date=Apr 14th, 2012}}|right|350px}}▼
When Brandon was beginning writing and trying to get published, he loved gigantic epic fantasy series. He knew, however, that starting with a big series might not be the best idea. If he wrote four books in a series, and the first one didn't get published, he couldn't submit his sequels. He decided instead to focus on standalones and trilogies. Not only would they be easier to market to publishers, but Brandon also wanted people to trust his writing before digging into something bigger.▼
He still loved the idea of a huge epic series, so he decided to create a "hidden" epic to link his novels together. His ideas for this connected universe--the cosmere--came about when he wrote Elantris, Dragonsteel, and Mythwalker (which became Warbreaker). Brandon had seen other authors who made a single universe for all their books, like Isaac Asimov, but Brandon didn't like how Asimov had to retcon and shoehorn things together to connect their books. Brandon wanted to do the cosmere from the ground-up, so it would always be consistent. ▼
There is a distinct beginning and end to the cosmere sequence. There's about 36 main cosmere books, and Brandon has three "core" cosmere series: Dragonsteel, Mistborn, and Stormlight Archive. Dragonsteel is the start of the cosmere sequence that will tell Hoid's origin and, presumably, the Shattering of Adonalsium. Mistborn will have three big trilogies, its last one being science fiction and shows the end of the cosmere. Stormlight Archive is set in the middle of the cosmere sequence. 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, he wrote cosmere novels in chronological order, but there are books that are skipped, like Dragonsteel and White Sand, some of his earlier, unpublished novels. (Those unpublished novels would need to be rewritten from scratch, much like Brandon rewrote The Way if Kings.) 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. However, more hints to the greater universe are inevitable, and eventually the worlds will cross over and interact, perhaps in the last Mistborn trilogy. ▼
One of the key easter eggs is Hoid, who appears in each cosmere novel. 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. Hoid is doing things behind the scenes, and at some point, we might have Hoid short stories explaining what is doing and why. There are also other people who cross between worlds that eventually Brandon thinks will be incredibly obvious, once we know those characters better. But for now, they are easter eggs. ▼
Brandon does not feel that the cosmere is restrictive to his writing. Though cosmere novels are intensive, as they require more planning and specific rules (Brandon has continuity editors on his internal wiki to keep it straight), 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.▼
The Rithmatist used to be a cosmere novel, and its magics take many elements from cosmere magics, but Brandon decided that Earth is not in the cosmere, nor any alternate Earths. ▼
Eventually, there will be an official timeline for cosmere events. There will probably be a cosmere encyclopedia at some point, but not for a long time. ▼
Brandon does generally plan out which cosmere hints to give to fans, but sometimes he gives hints on the fly. Usually, fans are able to pry much more than he initially intended to tell.▼
==Bibliography of the Cosmere==
*[[Warbreaker]]
*[[Mistborn Era 2]] and [[The Stormlight Archive]]
▲==Development==
▲{{sidequote|I wrote thirteen novels before I sold one. I spent a lot of time practicing and learning, and I love big epic grand series. However, you know, you can't grow up reading the Wheel of Time without loving big series, but advice I heard early on was, selling a big series is actually pretty hard from a new author and if you, for instance, spend your life and you write like six books in the same series, and you send off the first book to someone and they don't buy it, you can't really send them the second book. ... I wanted to expand my chances, and so I wrote thirteen novels in different worlds, all with their own different magic systems and own characters. But secretly I loved the grand epic, and so I started connecting all these worlds during my unpublished era, and telling a hidden epic behind them all that I was setting up for.|Brandon{{qa ref|847|3|I've read a bit online about how you have an overall storyline covering all of your novels|date=Apr 14th, 2012}}|right|350px}}
▲When Brandon was beginning writing and trying to get published, he loved gigantic epic fantasy series. He knew, however, that starting with a big series might not be the best idea. If he wrote four books in a series, and the first one didn't get published, he couldn't submit his sequels. He decided instead to focus on standalones and trilogies. Not only would they be easier to market to publishers, but Brandon also wanted people to trust his writing before digging into something bigger.
▲He still loved the idea of a huge epic series, so he decided to create a "hidden" epic to link his novels together. His ideas for this connected universe--the cosmere--came about when he wrote Elantris, Dragonsteel, and Mythwalker (which became Warbreaker). Brandon had seen other authors who made a single universe for all their books, like Isaac Asimov, but Brandon didn't like how Asimov had to retcon and shoehorn things together to connect their books. Brandon wanted to do the cosmere from the ground-up, so it would always be consistent.
▲There is a distinct beginning and end to the cosmere sequence. There's about 36 main cosmere books, and Brandon has three "core" cosmere series: Dragonsteel, Mistborn, and Stormlight Archive. Dragonsteel is the start of the cosmere sequence that will tell Hoid's origin and, presumably, the Shattering of Adonalsium. Mistborn will have three big trilogies, its last one being science fiction and shows the end of the cosmere. Stormlight Archive is set in the middle of the cosmere sequence. 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, he wrote cosmere novels in chronological order, but there are books that are skipped, like Dragonsteel and White Sand, some of his earlier, unpublished novels. (Those unpublished novels would need to be rewritten from scratch, much like Brandon rewrote The Way if Kings.) 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. However, more hints to the greater universe are inevitable, and eventually the worlds will cross over and interact, perhaps in the last Mistborn trilogy.
▲One of the key easter eggs is Hoid, who appears in each cosmere novel. 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. Hoid is doing things behind the scenes, and at some point, we might have Hoid short stories explaining what is doing and why. There are also other people who cross between worlds that eventually Brandon thinks will be incredibly obvious, once we know those characters better. But for now, they are easter eggs.
▲Brandon does not feel that the cosmere is restrictive to his writing. Though cosmere novels are intensive, as they require more planning and specific rules (Brandon has continuity editors on his internal wiki to keep it straight), 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.
▲The Rithmatist used to be a cosmere novel, and its magics take many elements from cosmere magics, but Brandon decided that Earth is not in the cosmere, nor any alternate Earths.
▲Eventually, there will be an official timeline for cosmere events. There will probably be a cosmere encyclopedia at some point, but not for a long time.
▲Brandon does generally plan out which cosmere hints to give to fans, but sometimes he gives hints on the fly. Usually, fans are able to pry much more than he initially intended to tell.
==Notes==
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