Difference between revisions of "Ars Arcanum"

The omnibus edition of ''[[White Sand]]'' has pages of Ars Arcanum interspersed throughout; they consist of Khriss' [[Khrissalla's_Journal|original notes]] from her first visit to Dayside [[Taldain]], before she became a worldhopper. They have notes on Taldain astronomy, Dayside fauna, culture and customs, the properties of its [[Sand (Taldain)|Sand]], the abilities of [[Sand mastery|sand masters]], and comparisons of that to [[Starmarks]].

The books in the [[Mistborn series]] each have an Ars Arcanum with the table of [[Metallic Arts]], describing what each of the [[Allomantic]] metals does. Since more metals are discovered and new things about them are learned, the table in each later book has more metals and information with greater accuracy. [[The Lost Metal]] adds information from an interview with [[Marsh]].

The Ars Arcanum in ''[[The Stormlight Archive]]'' gives detailed information about the [[Ten Essences]], as well as descriptions of the different [[Surge]]s and how they are used by [[Surgebinder]]s. Some information has been added in each book: a [[Surgebinding#Illumination|Lightweaving]] section appears in ''[[Words of Radiance]]'' and ''[[Oathbringer]]'' contains an additional section about [[Soulcasting]]. ''[[Rhythm of War]]'' contains an additional section about the [[Surge]] of [[Cohesion]], particularly focusing on its use in shaping stone, and mentioned [[microkinesis]].