Difference between revisions of "Sel"

At an unknown date the planet was settled by [[Devotion]] and [[Dominion]] against the rules made by the original shard holdersVessels. [[Odium]] used this as justification to attack both of the shardsShards,{{wob ref|8358}} this battle resulted in their splinteringSplintering. Their investureInvestiture was then moved from the spiritualSpiritual realmRealm into the cognitiveCognitive to prevent anyone else from taking the Shards. This latent investureInvestiture became dangerous plasma{{wob ref|6852}} and was named the [[Dor]]{{au ref|Sel}} and some of these [[splinter|splinters]] became the [[seon|seons]] and [[skaze]].{{wob ref|5492}}{{wob ref|7103}}{{wob ref|4679}}{{wob ref|5991}}{{wob ref|3024}}{{wob ref|3972}} They were created from the investureInvestiture of Devotion and Dominion respectively.{{wob ref|4547}} Because of this, the worldsworld's magic systems also all became region specific.{{wob ref|1768}} These consequences were a side effect of Odium's actions, he didn't intend them to happen.{{wob ref|8428}}

Three major empires eventually formed on Sel,. dueDue to the planetsplanet's size, these empires largely ignored each other consideringand considered the others as irrelevant.{{au ref|Sel}} One of the reasons for this isolation is the difficulty betweenof travelling between the empires.{{wob ref|2813}}{{wob ref|4796}} Two such empires are the [[Rose Empire]] and [[Fjordell]]. [[Shu-Keseg]] rose as a religion focused on the unity of all people.{{wob ref|10407}}{{wob ref|1970}} A schism later formed in the religion over a disagreement on what unity meant, this lead to the creation of the [[Shu-Korath]] and [[Shu-Dereth]] traditions.{{wob ref|1970}}

The original Fjordell empire was formed and the first [[Wyrn (title)|Wyrn]] was created. The empire eventually collapsed three hundred years before the events of Elantris.{{book ref|elantris|5}} Around this time a schism formed in the Shu-Keseg faith forming [[Shu-Korath]] and [[Shu-Dereth]].{{book ref|elantris|43}} The remnants of the Fjorden empire blamed their collapse on a lack of true unity, as a result they adopted the newly formed [[Shu-Dereth]] as the state religion,{{book ref|elantris|43}} it was hoped that by doing so they would prevent any future rebellions or political problems.{{wob ref|2072}} They mixed the Shu-Dereth faith with Fjorden mythology and made Jaddeth the central deity of their religion.{{book ref|elantris|43}}{{wob ref|2072}} A movement was beganbegun to update their religious and historical texts in order to make it seem that Fjorden was always of this faith and that the first Wyrn also worshipped Jaddeth.{{book ref|elantris|43}}