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=== Investiture ===
[[Investiture]] is a third category of material, analogous to matter and energy; just as matter and energy can be converted into each other, Investiture can be converted to matter or energy, and vice versa.{{wob ref|3544}} Like matter and energy, it can neither be created nor destroyed, only changed from one form to another.{{wob ref|1649}} Investiture thus adheres to the laws of thermodynamics, though, in the cosmere, there is a yet-unknown fourth law that relates to Adonalsium.{{wob ref|3544}} Like regular matter and energy, Investiture, when highly concentrated, causes time dilation.{{wob ref|13425}} Investiture mostly exists in the Spiritual Realm, though it is more precisely understood as transcending the Realms.{{wob ref|5610}} However, it can also exist in a "condensed" form in the Physical Realm as solid, liquid, or gas;{{msh ref|6|7}} any pure Investiture in a solid state is always a metal.{{wob ref|9291}}
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Cosmere scholars term the various methods of utilizing Investiture, such as the [[Metallic Arts]], [[Surgebinding]], and [[Awakening]], "manifestations of Investiture."{{book ref|mb4|part=ars}} Since the Shattering, these can be grouped into three main categories. The most common are those powered directly by the Shards,{{wob ref|4097}} which arise from the interactions between a Shard and the planet they are Invested in.{{wob ref|5269}} Such manifestations of Investiture are capable of far more spectacular results than other manifestations of Investiture.{{wob ref|9385}}{{wob ref|4097}} If a planet does not have a Shard in residence, it inhabitants can still access and use Investiture by the ordinary laws of Realmatics, but, without a Shard to provide additional power, the results are far more limited.{{wob ref|9385}} The last category is the few manifestations of Investiture left over from before the Shattering of Adonalsium,{{wob ref|4097}} of which the only known example is [[Yolen|Yolish]] [[Lightweaving]]. Red generally signifies that one Shard is co-opting and corrupting another Shard's manifestation of Investiture.{{wob ref|8340}}
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When the cosmere began, there was an entity known as Adonalsium that is widely believed to have created the cosmere.{{wob ref|4850}} Perhaps for this reason, Adonalsium is sometimes referred to as "the power of creation."{{wob ref|6072}} Investiture was Adonalsium's power,{{wob ref|5799}} which has led cosmere scholars to conclude that either Investiture seeks intelligence because it used to be Adonalsium or that Adonalsium came into being because Investiture sought intelligence.{{wob ref|9324}}
The exact nature of Adonalsium, however, remains unclear. It may have been a mere force that acted according to specific rules or an actual entity that could think on its own; Khriss suspects the latter.{{msh ref|3|2}} The way Adonalsium saw the cosmere was simply how the cosmere worked; as a result of this, the [[spren]] on [[Roshar]] could not form fabrials prior to the Shattering because Adonalsium did not want them to be able to do so.{{wob ref|13525}} This suggests that Adonalsium may have wanted the Shattering to occur.
==== Shards of Adonalsium ====
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