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The '''Rosharan system''', also known as '''Greater Roshar''', is the name given to the planetary system containing the [[ShardworldCosmere#Planets|planet]] called [[Roshar]].{{au ref|Roshar}} It comprises thirteen planets, three of which are inhabited, as well as the usual asteroid belt, and three moons for a total of sixteen orbital bodies -- an important number in the [[cosmere]].{{map ref|Roshar system}}

; [[Ashyn]]: This is where [[The Silence Divine]] is set. While there are humans inhabiting this planet, a global cataclysm at some point in the past has forced most of its inhabitants to flee to Roshar, while the remainder lives in floating cities in the sky and in small areas of habitability.{{au ref|roshar}}{{book ref|tsm|2}}{{wob ref|9847}} The cataclysm was likely caused by overuse of [[Surge]]s by Ashynites, and has left the surface highly volcanically active. There is a known manifestation of Investiture on Ashyn, based around Surge-granting diseases, but no known Shard.{{wob ref|6646}} In Rosharan mythology, Ashyn is referred to as the [[Tranquiline Halls]].{{book ref|row|17}}

In the greater Cosmere, the Rosharan system lies between [[Taldain]], [[Scadrial]], [[Nalthis]] and [[Sel]], and is the closest to the latter. It is one of the stars in the "knight"Knight constellation.{{file ref|Cosmere constellation map.jpg|Cosmere constellation map}}{{wob ref|8089}} In the [[Cognitive Realm]], Shadesmar is surrounded by four Expanses, of which; the [[Expanse of the Vapors]] leads to Scadrial, while the [[Expanse of the Densities]] leads to Sel., Theand the [[Expanse of Vibrance]]{{wob ref|4805}} is believed to lead to Nalthis.{{wob ref|12656}} It is currently unknown which Shardworldplanet the [[Expanse of the Broken Sky]] correspondsleads to.{{map ref|shadesmar}}

The Rosharan system is inhabited by a number ofseveral sentient species. This includes humans on both Ashyn and Roshar; [[Singers]], [[Siah Aimian]]s and the [[Sleepless]] on Roshar; and a vast number of sentient [[spren]]. Braize also contains a large population of [[Cognitive Shadow]]s of Singers, called the [[Fused]], who migrate to Roshar during [[Desolation]]s.

It is likely that Roshar saw several waves of human immigrationsimmigration, as the [[Iriali]] mightmay be later arrivals than other Rosharan humans.{{wob ref|1516}}

The Rosharan system was created prior to the [[Shattering]], and was crafted directly by Adonalsium about 12 to 13 thousand years before the True Desolation.{{epigraph ref|sa2|66}}{{wob Theref|9283}}{{wob Rosharanref|14898}}{{ref|group=fn|text=Whether sprenthis [[Stormfather]]refers andto thestandard [[Singers]]years likelyor predateRosharan ityears asis wellcurrently unclear.}}

After the Shattering, the Shards Honor and Cultivation settled on Roshar, becoming the gods of Singer people. Humans initially settled on Ashyn, but following the destruction of its environment around 7000 Rosharan years before the True Desolation,{{book ref|sa4|14}}{{book ref|sa4|111}} migrated to Roshar, and were granted the land that comprises modern [[Shinovar]]. The Shard Odium arrived on Roshar alongside them, and while the Singers believe it to be the human god, the exact relation is unclear.{{book ref|sa3|111}} Honor trapped Odium in the system by unknown means, and the shard settled on Braize. However, when the relationship between humans and Singers deteriorated to the point of war, Odium took the Singers under his wing, creating the first Fused and starting the cycle of Desolations, periodic invasions of Roshar.{{book ref|sa1|part=prelude}} During that time, Honor was killed by Odium, but his pact with Odium, along with the [[Oathpact]] that governs the Desolations, prevented Odium from leaving the system.{{book ref|sa3|57}}

Several of the Rosharan system's celestial bodies have legends associated with them.

ThoughAshyn, though not known by that name to humansRoshar's inhabitants, Ashyn is the most likely location for the [[Tranquiline Halls]], the mythological homeworld of humanitymankind in the [[Vorinism | Vorin]] creation myth. Rosharans believe that after death, thethey will fight to reclaim them from the [[Voidbringers]], and that this is where the Heralds departed to following the [[Aharietiam]]. Braize, on the other hand, is a known name for [[Damnation]], the place where, in Rosharan myths and legends, Voidbringers live. In Vorin cosmology, Damnation is the afterlife for particularly wicked souls.{{book ref|sa1|3}}

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