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Beyond
Universe Cosmere
Featured In Mistborn: Secret History

“This is the in-between step. After death and before ... the Beyond. The Somewhere Else. Where souls must go. ”

—Leras explaining the relationship between the Cognitive Realm and the Beyond to Kelsier[1]

The Beyond is an unknown location that the people of the cosmere are drawn to after they die.[1] Almost nothing is known about the Beyond, as not even Harmony—and presumably all other Shards—is able to reach it.[2][3][4][5] Leras occasionally refers to the Beyond as the Somewhere Else.[1]

Transportation

When a person dies, their mind is transported to the Cognitive Realm, though they are not always visible to other people in the Cognitive Realm.[6] For most people, this is nothing more than an "in between" step, as their mind is soon pulled into the Beyond.[1] When they go to the Beyond, they appear to stretch toward an unseen, distant point that defies geometry that has also been described as "nothingness" and "eternity."[7][8][9] People on Scadrial appear to turn into white mist as they stretch.[1] Before someone moves on to the Beyond, their Cognitive aspect can be returned to their physical body with the proper Investiture.[10][5][11][12] Being killed by Nightblood can prevent that from happening,[13] though it is unclear if it also prevents a person's mind from going to the Beyond.

Allomancers, Feruchemists, and people who had a Hemalurgic spike in life can remain in the Cognitive Realm longer before being pulled to the Beyond, while those where were the victim of a Hemalurgic spiking cannot remain as long.[1][14] Silvers can resist the pull of the Beyond indefinitely, though they can still choose to go and still feel the pull of the Beyond when seriously wounded.[7] From this, it is possible to infer that the amount of Investiture a person has or had in life determines the length of time for which they can resist the pull of the Beyond.[6]

Known Travelers

While all people who are not Silvers must go to the Beyond when they finally die,[1] the transitions of the following people to the Beyond have been observed:

Trivia

  • The relation between the Beyond and the God Beyond, like most questions about the Beyond, is currently RAFO'd.[15]

Notes

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g Mistborn: Secret History part 1 chapter 1#
  2. ↑ Calamity Chicago signing
    — Arcanum - 2016-02-22#
  3. ↑ When Worlds Collide 2014
    — Arcanum - 2014-08-09#
  4. ↑ Mistborn: Secret History part 6 chapter 9#
  5. ↑ a b The Bands of Mourning chapter 28#
  6. ↑ a b Skyward Pre-Release AMA
    — Arcanum - 2018-10-27#
  7. ↑ a b Mistborn: Secret History part 6 chapter 8#
  8. ↑ Mistborn: Secret History part 1 chapter 2#
  9. ↑ Mistborn: Secret History part 6 chapter 2#
  10. ↑ Shadows of Self release party
    — Arcanum - 2015-10-05#
  11. ↑ Words of Radiance chapter 88#
  12. ↑ Edgedancer chapter 8#
  13. ↑ Idaho Falls signing
    — Arcanum - 2018-07-21#
  14. ↑ Arcanum Unbounded Chicago signing
    — Arcanum - 2016-12-06#
  15. ↑ Calamity Chicago signing
    — Arcanum - 2016-02-22#
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