+Invocation Posted October 27, 2018 Posted October 27, 2018 (edited) Let's say that in the eventual Mistborn Era 4, all of Scadrial is evacuated to their FTL ships and they all leave the system. What happens to the Cognitive Realm of Scadrial if there isn't anyone left to think about it? Does it slowly decay as generations pass and people don't remember Scadrial anymore, would it reform wherever the people settled, though altered because location chance, or what would happen? Side note: what would happen to any Cognitive Shadows stuck in the CR during this? Would they just cease to exist? I have my own thoughts on this, but I want to hear what the rest of you think. Edited October 27, 2018 by Invocation
Calderis he/him Posted October 27, 2018 Posted October 27, 2018 (edited) Hypothetically speaking, I think that Scadrial's Cognitive, with a complete lack of sapient life, would diminish greatly. Rapidly at first from the sheer lack of thought and perception, then more slowly as it was sustained through directed thought, until eventually it was more like a moon. Basically a blip of representation. All this assumes that Harmony is no longer present as well. If he remains, then I think there would still be an effect, but greatly lessened... And if he were to actually divests and leave that may mean some major problems for the magic systems. As to any CS... They are sustained by the Investiture that comprises them at this point, so they would get to see it all diminish. If Harmony stays (and he's the the reason their a CS) then they're trapped on a vacant world until they learn whatever trick allows them to leave. If Harmony divests (or they're foreign to begin with) they are free to walk away as they're Investiture is no longe tied to the planet. Edited October 27, 2018 by Calderis
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