Stick The Savant Posted August 25, 2024 Posted August 25, 2024 I was looking through WOBs and found this one which looks quite interesting. Quote callumke (paraphrased) Can you tell me something about the cosmere that you haven't told anyone before? Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased) There are inhabited planets in the cosmere that don't have any Shards there. There may be inhabited planets that only have a Splinter of a Shard. There are 10 core cosmere planets, which tell the overarching story of the cosmere. callumke (paraphrased) Are all the cosmere books so far set on these 10 core worlds? Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased) Yes. callumke (paraphrased) Are there any of the 10 core worlds without a Shard? Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased) All 10 core worlds have significant Shardic influence. Alloy of Law York signing (Nov. 24, 2011) This is an older WOB and it was paraphrased, but what could the ten core worlds of the Cosmere be?  so far I have this list. Many of the justifications are more about important characters from that planet and not the planets themseles. Scadrial Mistborn is one of the most important Cosmere series Roshar see above Ashyn Spoiler Where the heralds are from and where the humans fled from to go to roshar  Braize Spoiler where the heralds go in between desolations  Yolen Spoiler Literally where the shards were created  Taldain Autonomy has a lot of influence on the greater cosmere, which makes her home planet noteworthy Sel another planet Brandon has said will be a core player Nalthis Spoiler This is where Nightblood, comes from. Vivena and Vasher are also being set up to be important in the Stormlight books in one way or another.  Threnody Spoiler The night brigade is looking Nomad in order to find his Dawnshard     I don't know whether these planets would have been included, especially Threnody since it seems like the planet itself my not have a big role in the Cosmere; this could also be said about Taldain and Nalthis to a lesser degree. First of the Sun is another possible planet but it feels like it's story won't have enough of an impact on the Cosmere to be top ten even though Aviars are definitely sought after. UTol is also a possible planet in this list but I don't think there is enough evidence to say one way or another.  What are your thoughts on this WOB? 1
PanicPug Posted August 25, 2024 Posted August 25, 2024 Probably the Aethers homeworld? Quote Brandon Sanderson [...] You have the main aether planet, which we just named but I can't... so Kalyani named it for me. Well, Kalyani and Rahul. I'm relying on them a lot for this planet, and they actually just sent me a five-thousand-word world guide for it. [...] They could tell us how to pronounce it. "Dhatri" might be how it is? Dragonsteel 2023 (Nov. 20, 2023)   Maybe also U'Tol. It seems to be somewhat famous in the Space Age. There's a quote in Yumi that could imply something along those lines. I'm not sure I agree with Braize though, since the planet is barren and devoid of life and only cognitive shadows live there iirc
Treamayne Posted August 25, 2024 Posted August 25, 2024 1 hour ago, Stick The Savant said: I don't know whether these planets would have been included, especially Threnody since it seems like the planet itself my not have a big role in the Cosmere; this could also be said about Taldain and Nalthis to a lesser degree. First of the Sun is another possible planet but it feels like it's story won't have enough of an impact on the Cosmere to be top ten even though Aviars are definitely sought after. UTol is also a possible planet in this list but I don't think there is enough evidence to say one way or another. Companion WoB: Spoiler Questioner Will the tenth book of the Stormlight Archive be the last book in the cosmere universe, or there a plans to continue with other stories in the cosmere universe indefinitely? Brandon Sanderson So, the last chronological book of the cosmere sequence is the final Mistborn book. So the way that the structure works right now. Elantris, Mistborn era 1, Stormlight Archive first five, Mistborn era 2, Elantris 2 and 3, Stormlight Archive 6 through 10, the the final Mistborn era, is how I'm going. Right? Did I miss one? I missed an era. So, I'm going to do the Wax and Wayne era and the 1980s era kind of together, and mash those together. So, era 1, era 2/3, Stormlight 1-5, Stormlight 6-10, era 4 of Mistborn, is how it is right now. Era 4 of Mistborn will the the last chronological. We will have the flashbacks to Dragonsteel after Stormlight 10 but before era 4 of Mistborn. I do not intend it to go indefinitely. If I manage to get all of that done before I die, which I hope I will - I move pretty quickly, then there's a decent chance I will write other cosmere books that happen in the cosmere, probably during this time frame at some point, unconnected or only tangentially related and things like that. But I do intend that to be the final book of the cosmere sequence, and I have no plans for anything chronologically after that. Questioner Did you mention Warbreaker in there? Brandon Sanderson Warbreaker is a side project. I do count Warbreaker, there will be a sequel to Warbreaker. But Warbreaker, Emperor's Soul, Silence Divine, all of these things I might write, the unnamed Threnody novel, these are not what I consider the core, essential cosmere books that I need to write. I need to do Dragonsteel, Mistborn, Elantris, and Stormlight, and that's like your core sequence of stories, and if I can get Aether of Night in there - I sure hope that I can - if I can get the Threnody novel in there - I sure hope I can - and some stuff like that. The requirement I placed on myself is no more than three years between Stormlight books, with a slightly larger break between 5 and 6, cause the first five are an arc. But I'm hoping no more than five years there, but we will see. And gotta just keep moving, keep going, keep writing, so that my own mortality does become a factor in the cosmere sequence. YouTube Livestream 9 (May 28, 2020) Known Planets are collected in the Cosmere Page Here. Keep in mind that the 10 Core Planets do not necessarily match to books and series - they are the planets that have a wider impact throughout the Cosmere (and we have not seen them all). So, possibilites: Spoiler The Rosharan system consists of three planets of note. Ashyn was nearly destroyed in an apocalypse long ago Roshar is a planet with a powerful storm that frequently blows across the continent Braize is the prison of the Fused and the Heralds Scadrial is the most technologically advanced planet and the most similar to Yolen. Sel, also known as Seol, is a large planet with three great domains. Taldain is tidally locked between two stars, a blue-white supergiant and a white dwarf. First of the Sun has a perpendicularity, though the region around it in the Physical Realm is incredibly dangerous Nalthis is a world of color and Awakening, Threnody is a planet with two principal parts: the Fallen World, and the Forests of Hell The UTol system is located near where the Shard Virtuosity Splintered herself UTol is a water-dominated planet inhabited by Sho Del Komashi is home to humans and Splinters of Virtuosity known as hijo;[ Canticle is an extremely small planet with a dense, Invested core. Yolen is the original planet of humans and the location of the Shattering. Dhatri is the homeworld of the aethers, Lumar is a backwater planet that is home to the aether spores Bjendal Mythos Obrodai Unnamed Homeworld of the Sleepless: Quote Wyndlerunner The Sleepless. They’re not from Roshar. Do they have a single origin point in the cosmere? And if so, have we seen it? Brandon Sanderson They do have a single origin point in the cosmere. You have not seen it. Dragonsteel 2022 (Nov. 14, 2022)  Hope that helps
alder24 Posted August 25, 2024 Posted August 25, 2024 1 hour ago, Stick The Savant said: I was looking through WOBs and found this one which looks quite interesting. This is an older WOB and it was paraphrased, but what could the ten core worlds of the Cosmere be?  so far I have this list. Many of the justifications are more about important characters from that planet and not the planets themseles. Scadrial Mistborn is one of the most important Cosmere series Roshar see above Ashyn  Reveal hidden contents Where the heralds are from and where the humans fled from to go to roshar  Braize  Reveal hidden contents where the heralds go in between desolations  Yolen  Reveal hidden contents Literally where the shards were created  Taldain Autonomy has a lot of influence on the greater cosmere, which makes her home planet noteworthy Sel another planet Brandon has said will be a core player Nalthis  Reveal hidden contents This is where Nightblood, comes from. Vivena and Vasher are also being set up to be important in the Stormlight books in one way or another.  Threnody  Reveal hidden contents The night brigade is looking Nomad in order to find his Dawnshard  I don't know whether these planets would have been included, especially Threnody since it seems like the planet itself my not have a big role in the Cosmere; this could also be said about Taldain and Nalthis to a lesser degree. First of the Sun is another possible planet but it feels like it's story won't have enough of an impact on the Cosmere to be top ten even though Aviars are definitely sought after. UTol is also a possible planet in this list but I don't think there is enough evidence to say one way or another. What are your thoughts on this WOB? Roshar, Ashyn and Braize should be counted as one system, because it counts as one system for Shards settled there. Spoiler ZuperzubS Hi Brandon, just to double check my understanding of things, Odium is still mostly bound on Braize right? Just that he can influence things on Roshar because of proximity? Brandon Sanderson I treat Braize, Ashyn, and Roshar as if they were almost one entity for a lot of Identity/Connection related issues. It's more than proximity, though proximity leads to it. We on Earth, I feel, would consider the moon and even Mars to be "ours" so to speak, part of our family of planets. Odium's binding, and that of the Heralds/Fused encompasses Roshar and Ashyn. There are some subtle distinctions, but for the most part, being bound on Braize is the same as being bound on Roshar. mraize7 So Shadesmar is only from Roshar or from the three planets?? Brandon Sanderson You can reach all three through Shadesmar, with a much shorter trip than to other systems. But the map we provide so far is only Roshar. Phantine Have you come up with a name for their star? It'd be easier to refer to all three by calling it the [???]ar/[sol]ar system instead of the Rosharan/[Earth]an system like we do now. Brandon Sanderson By people in world, it's being referred to as the Rosharan system. This is kind of confusing to us, because we focus on the suns to orient what makes a system. But in the cosmere, they travel directly to planets, and so the biggest trading planet becomes the source of naming conventions in most places. I agree it's a little confusing for us, but I believe it's the way it would naturally arise for them. Uth-gnar On the topic of the Rosharan solar system, do we get to learn about the significance of the 10 gas giants? We’re they there before the shards ever made their home there? Is that the ‘origin’ of the significance, in the context of the cosmere's natural laws? Brandon Sanderson RAFO, I'm afraid. Rhythm of War Preview Q&As (Oct. 7, 2020)  Yolen as far as we know is Shardless, so it might not have a "significant Shardic influence." The same goes for the First of the Sun - it has Patji, the Avatar of Autonomy inhabiting it, so it might count as a significant influence, but if Brandon meant more along the lines of being inhabited by a Shard, then it wouldn't count. Threnody should 100% count, it was probably inhabited by at least Ambition, if not Ambition and Mercy together and till this the planet bears terrific scars left behind by a Shardic duel. Not to mention the Night Brigade. Komashi&UTol similarly - it is inhabited by Splintered Virtuosity and something big will happen there. It's even more problematic because we still don't know the location of 5 Shards - Invention, Mercy, Valor, Whimsy and the last unknown Shards. Each of them may be settled in their own system. However Brandon wasn't just talking about planets inhabited/influenced by Shards, he was talking about words important to his story of Cosmere, so this is my guess: Roshar/Braize/Ashyn Scadrial Sel Nalthis Taldain Komashi/UTol First of the Sun Threnody Dharti Yolen 2
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