Storywatching

There are 2 types of stories. Ancient and Seen. Seen stories are the large majority of stories. Ancient, however, are stories that are significantly rarer.

Cosmere Level Notes: Stories act as parts of a Spiritweb. On Uviab, Spiritwebs are known as Anthologies. When leaving Uviab, instead of everything being made up of stories, they have spiritwebs. When a change is made to the spiritweb (or Anthology) with Storywatching, investiture goes and heals that specific part of the spiritweb (or Anthology) that was changed to make the physical represent exactly what was changed in the spiritweb. Cultivation put up a barrier so that only the most skilled Storywatchers would be able to tamper with a Sentient Being’s Anthology.

The Storywatchers: Those who previously wielded Microkinesis became Storywatchers on Uviab once the Great Cultivating happened. Because of the planet’s new and unique composition, it is very easy to learn Storywatching. While those born as Storywatchers have a far easier time Storywatching, anyone with enough practice can become a Storywatcher. Even for natural born Storywatchers, Storywatching takes a lot of time and practice.

Storyseeing->Storychanging->Storymolding: These are the 4 stages of Storywatching. Storyseeing is the first step, and what makes you a Storywatcher. Once you get there, you can go up as much as you want. Storyseeing allows you to see and observe stories around you. This allows you to very easily learn things about anything, just by peering into their stories. This also gains an ability that almost lets you predict your opponent’s next move, although that takes much time and practice. Storychanging is a very common Storywatching step. Storychanging allows you to directly change stories or move them around. Although taking lots of time and effort, Storychanging allows you to rewrite stories. Although the more rewriting you do, the more and more effort it takes to rewrite it. And rewriting a Sentient Being’s Anthology is impossible with Storychanging alone. The most powerful Storychangers were also known to be able to write entirely new stories from nowhere (Many of these have no physical matter attached and work as illusions). Storychangers also have the ability to deactivate stories. The very last step is the very rarest. Very few ever have a chance to practice enough to get there. Storymolding is the act of Storywatching a Sentient Being’s Anthologies. This means rewriting (or maybe just writing) your Anthology, or maybe swapping stories from Anthologies from one person to another. Another ability of Storymolding is the ability to Imbue stories. You can Storychange stories to concentrate the stories somewhere. This ability is also available for Storychangers, but less useful. This could cause effects like greater strength or resistance in the story imbued areas. For all of these Storywatching abilities, with enough time and practice, it becomes easier and easier.

The Strange Properties of Storywatching in the Greater Cosmere: Some notable scientists have noticed that Anthologies in the Cosmere are not comprised as individual stories (Some cases have extra parts, but not many) but as one Anthology. There is a strange phenomenon, in which, with enough time and practice, a Storychanger can break apart these solid Anthologies into stories. This unique effect is seen on multiple occasions throughout Uviab’s history. When a non-Uviabian learns Storywatching for the first time, their Anthology gets broken into stories. This seems to be the leading reason why it is harder for non-Uviabians to Storywatch.

Initiation: At the age of 10, Storywatching manifests. It either manifests then, putting the person at a Storyseeing level, or it manifests sometime after that age. When storywatching manifests, the person's most prized possession that they are currently holding becomes their Channel. When touching the Channel, and only while touching the Channel can Storywatchers Storywatch. The Channel channels the investiture of Uviab into the Storywatchers when they Storywatch.

Elohium

Known as The Purest Story to Uviabians, it is one of the rare stories called Ancient Stories. Supposedly, only highly trained Storymolders can find it. And even then, the only way to properly use it is to mold it into your anthology. Supposedly, it gives you great power. There are legends of other Ancient Stories, but that most are out in the universe, and only one other is in the Alorian system. Some legends do hint at the possibility of a third, secret Ancient Story that has been split in 2, and some small piece landed in Uviab sometime near The Great Cultivating.

Legends

The Legend of Yolen: A long long time ago, there was no Uviab. There was only a planet called Yolen. On this planet, there was a God. This God was a Single Powerful God. However, 16 heroes and villains thought they could do better, and with the power of the God’s own tools, they struck him down. The god’s corpse on the ground, it was split into 16. The 16, they took these pieces of the God, and they Ascended. In the mighty battle, Yolen was near destroyed. So, one wished to save this Yolen. The Cultivation. The Cultivation enlisted the help of another to ensure Yolen’s safety. So the Preservation and The Cultivation banded together and saved the Ruined Yolen. So that it could be Cultivated another day. But now, Cultivation was alone with a planet back from the verge of death, and flew throughout the Cosmere, looking for a place he and Yolen could call home. Eventually, they found the sanctuary of Alorian, guarded by Invention, God of the Sun and the Stars. Cultivation pleaded with Invention to let him stay, and to harbor Yolen, and Invention agreed. And so, Yolen was finally safe. Or so was thought. Because on the other side of the cosmere, another of the 16, Virtuosity, God of Destruction, had an evil plan. A massive shockwave called a supernova ravaged the cosmere, Cultivation and Invention had only days to prepare. Cultivation knew that he could not fend of Yolen’s destruction again, not with so little preparation. So, Cultivation shielded the people and living things from harm, while Yolen was destroyed. Cultivation used this chance to remake Yolen, changing it into Uviab, our planet. In the process, those with the mystical ability of Microkinesis, an ability of the One God, was changed into Storywatching, an ability of Cultivation. This moment was called The Great Cultivating.