The Ones Above Us

[Lopen he/him]

What do we know about The Ones Above Us? I assumed they were just world hoppers but I was thinking they could be the space travelers from the third mistborn trilogy, becuase Brandon said that space travel would be powered by allomancy. This is probably wrong but I just wanted to say this and please tell me if I am wrong. Or maybe the people of the First of the Sun can see on the cognitive plane instinctually and the Ones Above are traveling using vehicles in the cognitive realm? That probably doesn't make any sense because they are said to sail the stars or something like that, and would stars appear in the cognitive realm? Also on a side note does the Conservation of Mass theory apply to the cosmere because I read that Nightblood makes stone disappear upon touch which doesn't seem to make sense. I know I am rambling but thanks for looking at this.

[Titan Arum]

This has been discussed before on the forum. There are a few theories out there regarding who the Ones Above are, with the most likely being people from Scadrial. However, it could be individuals from Roshar as well.

Check out this thread on discussing Sixth of the Dusk in the Cosmere Short Stories section of the forum.

One thing worth noting is that Sixth of the Dusk takes place the furthest in the future relative to all other currently published works.

Quote INTERVIEW: Jan 17th, 2015

Firefight Tour - El Cerrito, CA (Paraphrased)QUESTION

Cool. The other big one that I had was, um, how far ahead in the timeline is Sixth of Dusk?BRANDON SANDERSON

Pretty far.QUESTION

… kind of a general-BRANDON SANDERSON

Most people that I’m writing about now are all dead.QUESTION

Is it up into the third trilogy of Mistborn?BRANDON SANDERSON

It is that era, yes.QUESTION

Sweet! That’s what I thought.BRANDON SANDERSON

It might be a little bit before that trilogy, but it’s that era.

Also, check out Theoryland for more Sixth of the Dusk WoB.

Edited July 15, 2015 by Titan Arum