Kardenal_13 he/him Posted October 19, 2024 Posted October 19, 2024 So in Chapter 21 of the preview chapters Hoid mentions that Adonalsium was Shattered aprox. 10000 year ago, did we already know that? I felt like it was a pretty important piece of info but nobody seems to be mentioning it in the reaction thread. It says the same thing on Coppermind but it doesn't have a reference, I don't know about anyone else but I always imagined the Post Shattering Cosmere being closer to millions of years old than thousands.
drunkenbotanist Posted October 19, 2024 Posted October 19, 2024 It's up in the air somewhere 10,000 years or maybe 11 or 12... Exact timeline isn't clear but it's basically been ~10,000 years ago from any book we've gotten I believe
alder24 Posted October 20, 2024 Posted October 20, 2024 (edited) 15 hours ago, Matt Snow said: So in Chapter 21 of the preview chapters Hoid mentions that Adonalsium was Shattered aprox. 10000 year ago, did we already know that? I felt like it was a pretty important piece of info but nobody seems to be mentioning it in the reaction thread. It says the same thing on Coppermind but it doesn't have a reference, I don't know about anyone else but I always imagined the Post Shattering Cosmere being closer to millions of years old than thousands. Yes, we've known this for quite some time already. There are 5 sources for this date on Coppermind - Cosmere: The Shattering of Adonalsium, one from RoW I-1 (can't see anything there honestly), one from TSM ch 11 (quote below) and three different WoBs, the earliest from 10 years ago. Quote “Adonalsium,” Contemplation said, “will remember our plight eventually ” The cynical squire wisely chooses not to explain to these people the sad reality of their god’s demise some ten thousand years before. Hint hint. Spoiler leftinspace Can you tell me how long it was from the Shattering of Adonalsium to the prelude of The Way of Kings when the Heralds abandoned the Oathpact? Brandon Sanderson Current timeline, which I have NOT canonized, is around 6,000 years... I have not finished with my outline document yet. [...] Idaho Falls signing 2014 (Nov. 29, 2014) Spoiler Shawn M. Halversen (paraphrased) I asked him about the time between each of the original 99 desolations. Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased) It turns out that the number 99 in the stories was made up, and that there were much fewer of them. He also then stated that the cosmere runs along a 10,000 year gap and that Roshar falls right into the middle of the timeline. He ended with "That should give you a perspective of the timeline and events of the desolations". Idaho Falls Signing (Nov. 28, 2015) Spoiler Questioner How much time does the Cosmere take? Brandon Sanderson Roughly 10,000 years is where the timeline so far. Questioner Is that number significant at all? Or is it just... Brandon Sanderson No, roughly. It's just a time. It's rough. It's not even 10,000 years. It's round figures. We're going roughly 10,000. Arcanum Unbounded release party (Nov. 22, 2016) Cosmere is very young, Roshar was created by Adonalsium around 12,000-13,000 years ago. We don't know how old Adonalsium, Yolen or humanity in Cosmere are, but I would expect them to be just a few thousand years older rather than millions of years. Spoiler Questioner What's the source of rubber on Roshar? Brandon Sanderson It's not very exciting, it is a tree. It's not an actual rubber tree, it is a Rosharan version of the tree. I actually had to think about this, cause silk doesn't come from the same place that silk comes from. And then, I'm just going too far. Silk I can at least talk about and I can name it seasilk, but for rubber I'm just like, it's a rubber tree. We'll just make it rubber. It's not petroleum based. That's gonna be a hangup on Roshar, that they don't have petroleum reserves in the same way. They are a planet that has only been around for 12,000, 13,000 years. And beyond that, there's the whole crem thing. They do have some sources of petroleum that are biological, or I guess it's all biological, but it's not, yeah. That's gonna be a problem for them, let's just say. Access to large petroleum reserves is not a thing you will find there. JordanCon 2021 (July 16, 2021) Edited October 20, 2024 by alder24 1
Kardenal_13 he/him Posted October 20, 2024 Author Posted October 20, 2024 44 minutes ago, alder24 said: Yes, we've known this for quite some time already. There are 5 sources for this date on Coppermind - Cosmere: The Shattering of Adonalsium, one from RoW I-1 (can't see anything there honestly), one from TSM ch 11 (quote below) and three different WoBs, the earliest from 10 years ago. Thanks alot I was looking at the Coppermind article called Shattering, that's why I mentioned that I couldn't find the references, good to know I was looking in the wrong place.
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