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|shards=None current, potential Investiture from [[Cultivation]]'s past presence{{wob ref|15171}}
|magic=Unknown, disease-based
|books=[[The Stormlight Archive]], [[The Silence Divine]]
|system=[[Rosharan system]]{{map ref|Roshar system}}
|universe=[[Cosmere]]
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{{quote
|There is Ashyn, the burning planet, which suffered a cataclysm long ago.
|From [[Khriss]]'s essay on the [[Rosharan System]]{{au ref|roshar}}
}}
'''Ashyn''' is
== Geography and Ecology ==
In the past, Ashyn was largely Earth-like, with animals such as birds and horses, and plants like grapes.{{wob ref|12702}}{{wob ref|12228}} Although it is not known what the ecology of Ashyn was precisely like, it likely closely resembled the [[Shinovar]] region on [[Roshar]], as the plants and animals there are ones brought by the original refugees.{{book ref|sa3|113}} On Roshar, weather patterns are referred to as "seasons", despite not matching seasons in length, cause, or pattern. This presumably indicates that "season" is a linguistic holdover from Ashyn and therefore that Ashyn has seasons, and, by extension, axial tilt.{{book ref|sa1|22}}{{wob ref|11448}}{{wob ref|12228}}
An ecological catastrophe in the past has destroyed most of the planet, annihilating its biosphere.{{epigraph ref|sa3|115}} In the present day, the planet is mostly barren, with a few fertile patches.{{au ref|roshar}}{{wob ref|9847}} There are some reptiles on it.{{wob ref|15003}} The planet is called "the burning planet" but it is unknown what this means for its geography.{{au ref|roshar}} The [[Listener Song of Histories]] describes Ashyn as "warm", though it is unknown whether this is describing the planet before or after the disaster.{{epigraph ref|sa2|30}}
Due to being closer to the sun than Roshar, it would experience shorter years than it (1.1 times the cosmere standard).{{map ref|Roshar system}}
Its radius, density, rotational rate, and gravitational acceleration are presently unknown.
== History ==
Like the rest of the [[Rosharan System]], Ashyn was designed by [[Adonalsium]].{{wob ref|9283}}{{wob ref|12702}} It was eventually settled by humans. Originally their civilizations had access to powerful magic that was forbidden on [[Roshar]]; this magic was named the [[surges]].{{book ref|sa3|115}}{{wob ref|9464}}{{wob ref|14434}} Despite its name, however, this may have been a magic system only similar to the surges used on Roshar.{{wob ref|14921}}
=== The Scouring of Ashyn ===
The use of Surgebinding on Ashyn was not controlled, and this ultimately lead to a calamity and to the destruction of most of the planet.{{wob ref|9464}}{{wob ref|14434}}{{book ref|sa3|115}}{{au ref|Roshar}} The civilizations native to Ashyn attempted to flee, with many managing to migrate to Roshar as refugees, where they were accepted by the local populace.{{book ref|sa3|115}}{{book ref|sa3|116}} It is unclear how the refugees of Ashyn fled. [[Odium]] arrived on Roshar along with them.{{book ref|sa3|117}} The memory of Ashyn would have a large effect on Rosharan mythology.{{wob ref|10549}} as it is remembered as the Tranquiline Halls.{{wob ref|8496}}▼
The use of Surgebinding on Ashyn was not controlled. Odium tricked [[Ishar]] into experimenting with Surges,{{book ref|sa4|111}} which, along with the use of the [[Dawnshard]]s,{{book ref|sa3|113}} ultimately led to a calamity and to the destruction of most of the planet.{{wob ref|9464}}{{wob ref|14434}}{{book ref|sa3|115}}{{au ref|Roshar}} Though Ishar doesn't bear the sole blame for the planet's destruction.{{book ref|sa4|111}} Following its destruction, [[Honor]] tempered and controlled the power of [[Bondsmith]]s, in order to prevent another such tragedy from occuring.{{book ref|sa4|66}}
▲The
=== After the Scouring ===
Despite the devastation, some patches of Ashyn remained hospitable.{{au ref|roshar}}
At some point after the [[True Desolation]], [[Nomad]] arrived on Ashyn during his run from the [[Night Brigade]].{{book ref|tsm|2}}
▲Despite the devastation, some patches of Ashyn remained hospitable{{au ref|roshar}}. The magic on Ashyn changed after the destruction to become illness-based.{{wob ref|3086}}{{wob ref|11585}}{{wob ref|11304}} This worked off a symbiotic relationship between [[Investiture]] and bacteria/viruses;{{wob ref|14143}} by allowing oneself to get infected, one gains magical effects. Among the surviving areas of Ashyn are the famous floating cities which are held afloat due to a special disease.{{au ref|Roshar}}{{wob ref|12271}} Some on Ashyn remain aware of Roshar's existence.{{wob ref|11741}}
== Culture ==
Following the devastation on Ashyn the majority of its population fled to Roshar, the nearest hospitable planet, for refuge. The remainders live on the few habitable pieces of land left on the worlds surface, which includes its famous floating cities.{{au ref|roshar}}{{book ref|tsm|2}}{{wob ref|8243}}
The destruction of Ashyn has had a major impact on Rosharan culture being remembered as the [[Tranquiline Halls]] and gaining religious significance in [[Vorinism]].{{wob ref|8496}} Ashyn itself has also remained aware of Roshar's existence however the impact this has had on their culture is unknown.{{wob ref|11741}} Little can be ascertained as to how Ashyn culture functions, however it is known that due to the way Investiture manifests upon the world, disease is an important aspect of it. In particular the floating cities are held afloat by individuals infected with a disease that causes hearing loss making them essential to the cities continued existence.{{wob ref|12271}}
== Trivia ==
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* Sometime before his arrival on [[Canticle]], [[Nomad]] had visited one of the flying cities on Ashyn.{{book ref|tsm|2}}
== Notes ==
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