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| There is an original, shrouded and hidden somewhere in the cosmere. I've yet to find it, but I '''have''' found stories.
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'''Yolen''' is a planet in the [[Cosmere]]
Yolen is the setting of the unpublished novels ''[[The Liar of Partinel]]'', ''[[The Lightweaver of Rens]]'' and ''[[Dragonsteel Prime]]''.{{wob ref|5984}} ''[[Dragonsteel]]'' proper, the prequel to the Cosmere as a whole, will be set there.{{wob ref|1024}}
== Geography and Ecology ==
Very little is known about Yolish geography, other than that it has some unusual features.{{wob ref|3377}} Its gravity and other measurements are considered the '''cosmere standard''' by [[cosmere]]-aware scholars like [[Khriss]]. Its ecology is divided into two distinct parts. Parts of it are similar to post-[[Catacendre]] [[Scadrial]], with similar flora and fauna. Other parts are coverd in fainlife, a poorly-understood, parasitic ecosystem hostile to humans.{{au ref|Scadrian}}{{wob ref|7825}} Although fain has the shape of ordinary flora, the plants and land overtaken by it are bone-white, and spill red liquid when crushed or snapped.{{wob ref|9518}}
Yolen is home to three sapient races: humans, [[Dragon (cosmere)|dragons]] and [[Sho Del]].{{wob ref|3768}} By [[Roshar]]an year {{Rosharan date|1174}}, [[Frost]] is the only known inhabitant, and though there are more people living there, the Yolish population is rather small.{{wob ref|2565}}{{wob ref|6545}} While not all humans originated from Yolen, it was the first world on which they've appeared.{{wob ref|822}} Many languages currently in use across the [[cosmere]] are derived from Yolish ones.{{wob ref|3773}}
== History ==
Yolen is one of the oldest inhabited worlds in the cosmere, and the first on which humans have appeared.{{wob ref|822}} It's also the homeworld of [[Adonalsium]], the entity believed to be cosmere's creator deity.{{wob ref|11398}} At some point, fain either appeared or traveled there, and began spreading, overtaking the original landscape. After some time, the original inhabitants learned how to deal with it and keep it back.{{wob ref|7825}}
At some point, sixteen people -- not all of them human{{wob ref|4736}} -- came together to kill Adonalsium for various reasons.{{msh ref|3|2}} The [[Shattering of Adonalsium]], as it came to be known, dramatically altered the entire cosmere. All [[Investiture]] that once belonged to Adonalsium was divided between the [[Shard]]s created by its death, and the preexisting magic systems were altered in how they functioned.{{wob ref|8605}}{{wob ref|3314}}
Following the Shattering, most Shards left Yolen to go their own separate ways.{{epigraph ref|sa3|39}} Many humans have also abandoned it, spreading across the cosmere.{{wob ref|3773}} Over the following millennia, it has become hidden in some way, shrouded from prying eyes, making reaching and researching it extremely difficult.{{msh ref|3|2}} By the time of the [[True Desolation]] on Roshar, its remaining population is very small, although the fain ecosystem seems to be doing just fine.{{wob ref|6545}}{{au ref|Scadrian}}
== Magic ==
Yolen appears to have several magic systems, though only two are known.
=== Lightweaving ===
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Lightweaving is cosmere's original illusion magic. It's capable of creating auditory and visual manifestations, either intependent or attached to a host.{{book ref|sa3|part=ars}} It can produce disguises, as well as alter the appearance of other substances, like smoke.{{wob ref|5775}}{{wob ref|8329}} It's most similar to the [[Surge]] of [[Illumination]] from [[Roshar]], albeit less restrictive, not requiring a [[spren]] bond.{{wob ref|8909}}
The Shattering appears to have changed something in Lightweaving, as the original magic is only semi-functional.{{wob ref|11587}}
=== Particle Manipulation ===
Yolen is host to some form of magic related to manipulating sub-atomic particles. The power allows its users to observe atoms and interact with them directly.{{wob ref|3812}} This being said, this power is incapable of creating nuclear fission.{{wob ref|3308}} In that system, the atoms are referred to as '''[[axi]]'''. Modern cosmere scholars use the term either in this context, or to refer to a smallest theoretial division of matter.{{wob ref|11359}}
== Notable Yolish ==
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* [[Hoid]]
* [[Frost]]
* [[Leras]] ([[Preservation]])
* [[Ati]] ([[Ruin]])
* [[Tanavast]] ([[Honor]])
* [[Uli Da]] ([[Ambition]])
* [[Edgli]] ([[Endowment]])
* [[Aona]] ([[Devotion]])
* [[Skai]] ([[Dominion]])
* [[Rayse]] ([[Odium]])
* [[Bavadin]] ([[Autonomy]])
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== Trivia ==
* [[Brandon Sanderson]] named Yolen after [[wikipedia:Jane Yolen|Jane Yolen]], who wrote ''Dragon's Blood'',
* The tree branch with writing on it from [[Mraize]]'s collection comes from Yolen.{{wob ref|5331}}
* The [[Shattered Plains]], as well as the [[Bridge Four]] plot and the character of [[Lunamor]], were originally on Yolen. Brandon moved them to [[Roshar]] upon seeing concept art made by [[Ben McSweeney]] for ''[[The Way of Kings]]''.{{wob ref|8601}}
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