Cosmosis he/him Posted October 23, 2017 Posted October 23, 2017 We don't know that Adonalsium created anything right? So he/she/it was just a huge body of mass and energy before the shattering? So what if Adonalsium shattering was like the Big Bang and and all that mass/energy rapidly sped outward and then all the different types of shard energy attracted each other like gravity and collected with matter in many large groups of energy and mass that became the planets in the cosmere. This would explain soooooo many things but it breaks my brain and is hard to explain. Please leave other implications of this theory that I may have missed in the comments.
Fezzik Posted October 23, 2017 Posted October 23, 2017 Adonalsium did create all of the worlds of the Cosmere except Scadrial, he/she/it did have a mind/sentience, and he/she/it was intentionally shattered by 16 persons. For more information, https://coppermind.net/wiki/Adonalsium 1
The One Who Connects he/him Posted October 24, 2017 Posted October 24, 2017 Quote An interesting bit of information came out of a recent Reddit conversation. Take a look, I'll just do a poor job summarizing it anyway. Quote (regarding Roshar's shape resembling a storm) Brandon: I was searching for something that at once felt organic, but would hint at a pattern. (Much like cymatic patterns, as referenced in the first book.) Fractals and mathematical functions became my go-to place to hunt, as I like the blend of structure and spontaneity they can sometimes exhibit. The slice of the Julia Set was the one that stuck with me as feeling perfect for Roshar. As the continent was specifically grown by Adonalsium, you now know the seed that was used in-world to create it. The fact that it looked like a swirling cloud is part of this all--but also part of the connection between natural patterns and the underlying math, which is a primary theme of the Stormlight books. So yes, it SHOULD look like a storm--but for deeper reasons than you might assume. He then elaborated that "Roshar predates the shattering" (which we knew) and that "There are many things that are unique about Roshar, but it wasn't the only world created in this way." Life on Yolen and Nalthis predate the Shattering. Quote Interview: Sep, 2012 Cosmere Q&A - 17th Shard (Verbatim) Windrunner Did people exist on Nalthis prior to Endowment's arrival there? Brandon Sanderson Some planets had people before the shattering.
Cosmosis he/him Posted October 25, 2017 Author Posted October 25, 2017 Well Roshar is extrremely closely based on a mathematical function. That is why he said it would look like it had a pattern. "Roshar is smaller than Earth and, as a result, its surface gravity is, at 0.7g, significantly weaker than Earth's. This is part of what allows some of the native creatures to grow so large.[9] At one point in Roshar's past there were no large landmasses.[10] The supercontinent was designed by Adonalsium, following the shape of a Julia set (a mathematical formula that gives a geometrical pattern when given a seed number). [11]" -The Coppermind
Farnsworth Posted October 25, 2017 Posted October 25, 2017 Somebody got a WOB on a book of theirs (I think AU) that said "Adonalsium shattered because he was killed." So Adonalsium is a he, I guess. It isn't on Theoryland though, so I can't link it .
The One Who Connects he/him Posted October 28, 2017 Posted October 28, 2017 On 10/25/2017 at 3:47 PM, Farnsworth said: So Adonalsium is a he, I guess. That's been clarified(more than once, to my knowledge) that it was simply a shortening(in the same vein as us calling Taravangian "Mr. T" or Adonalsium "Andy"). It's faster to say and to write. As for the usage of "he," bad habits and grammar combine. People like to use "he" as a semi-gender neutral term to refer to somebody, even though it isn't one. "They," while actually gender neutral, would have been grammatically incorrect, so Brandon used "he." Adonalsium's gender, or possible lack thereof, is still up for debate. Quote Cognizantastic Was Adonalsium Shattered by an external force? Brandon Sanderson Adonalsium was not Shattered by himself, herself, or itself. (impish smile)
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