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|world=Dhatri
|universe=[[Cosmere]]
|books=[[Mistborn Era 2]], [[The Stormlight Archive]], [[Tress of the Emerald Sea]]
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<!--Note that the draft version of Aether of Night is not canon, so this article only covers the mention/appearance of aether in The Stormlight Archive, Mistborn Era 2, Tress the Emerald Sea, and associated WoBs-->
{{quote
|It's called an aether. An ancient entity predating the creation of your world. TwinSoul can grow it, manipulate it. Would you like to know more?
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Aethers are an ancient variety of [[Investiture|Invested]] entities present in the [[cosmere]].{{book ref|mb7|39}} They originate on an unrevealed planet where the twelve primal aethers reside, although the aethers have since spread to other worlds of the cosmere.{{book ref|tlm|51}}{{wob ref|15136}} Those who are [[Luhel bond|bonded]] to one of the twelve primal aethers and are able to manifest that aether are known as '''aetherbound'''.{{book ref|mb7|40}}{{book ref|mb7|42}} Aethers have existed since prior to the Shattering of Adonalsium, and some believe that they predate Adonalsium itself or are totally independent from its creations.{{book ref|mb7|42}}{{wob ref|15933}}
 
All forms of Aetheraether seem to be killed by silver and salt, turning grey and losing their reactivity when they touch it.{{book ref|tress|1}}{{book ref|tress|10}} The substance they produce upon expanding also grows grey and dies when coming into contact with silver.{{book ref|tress|11}}
 
On [[Lumar]] the associated substance can continue growing if more moisture is added,{{book ref|tress|26}} until it maxes out.{{book ref|tress|37}} It is unknown if that property applies to Aetherboundaetherbound manifested substances. While growing in such a manner, a sprouter is able to shape it by using [[Ironiron]] to pull the material closer, and [[Steelsteel]] to push it away.{{book ref|tress|26}}
 
== Culture and Mythology ==
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The '''primal aethers''' are a group of twelve sapient aethers that exist on an unknown world in the cosmere[[Dhatri]].{{book ref|mb7|51}} They are revered on that planet and grant mortal servants a bud of their core, making them into aetherbound. LittleOnly is knownone of these primal aethers asideis known, this frombeing [[Silajana]], the roseite primal aether.{{book ref|mb7|42}}
 
[[Suna]] and [[Vishwadhar]] may be two other primal aethers, they are referenced along with Silajana by TwinSoul.{{book ref|mb7|51}}
 
They are known to be very ancient and very powerful, not comparable to [[Shards]], but still beyond the strength of most non-shard entities in the cosmere.{{wob ref|15226}} Though they personally believe themselves to be equals in strength to Adonalsium itself.{{wob ref|15989}}
 
=== Silajana ===
'''[[Silajana]]''' is the roseite primal aether, bonded to [[Prasanva]] among others.{{book ref|mb7|42}} Little is known of Silajana, although he was supportive of the [[Ghostbloods]] and their work done on Scadrial countering [[Trell]].{{book ref|mb7|40}} He has sent Prasanva into exile, away from his homeworldDhatri, and would not allow him to return and risk another extermination.{{book ref|mb7|42}} Prasanva's mission on to Scadrial was to gather allies and resources.{{book ref|mb7|47}}▼
 
▲'''[[Silajana]]''' is the roseite primal aether, bonded to [[Prasanva]] among others.{{book ref|mb7|42}} Little is known of Silajana, although he was supportive of the [[Ghostbloods]] and their work done on Scadrial countering [[Trell]].{{book ref|mb7|40}} He has sent Prasanva into exile, away from his homeworld, and would not allow him to return and risk another extermination.{{book ref|mb7|42}} Prasanva's mission on to Scadrial was to gather allies and resources.{{book ref|mb7|47}}
 
== Aetherbound ==
|Prasanva on the aetherbound{{book ref|mb7|42}}}}
 
'''Aetherbound''' are the Invested servants of the primal aethers. They are Connected to one of the twelve aethers and granted a bud of that aether’s core. The bud at least sometimes appears as a physical change to the body of the person that corresponds with the aether they have [[Luhel bond|bonded]].{{book ref|mb7|42}} Unlike other bonds like between spren and Radiant, each aetherbound is not Connected to their own individual aether.{{wob ref|15429}} Instead they are all bound to the same primal aether; for instance all roseite aetherbound have a bud from Silajana.{{book ref|mb7|42}}
 
An aetherbound can grow and manipulate that same type of aether from their bodies.{{book ref|mb7|39}} They are capable of controlling the size, shape, and behavior of the aethers they produce, within certain constraints.{{book ref|mb7|39}} This process requires water drawn from the aetherbound's body to facilitate the growth of the aether.{{book ref|mb7|42}} The larger the mass, the more water will be required.{{book ref|mb7|51}} This seems to be connected to the manner in which Aetheraether spores violently expand upon interaction with water.{{book ref|tress|1}}{{book ref|tress|10}} The effects of dehydration caused by aethers can be quickly reversed if the aetherbound drinks more water.{{book ref|tress|31}}
 
The manipulation of aethers by the aetherbound is mostly constrained by the size of the aether and their ability to visualize clearly what they want to produce. It takes skill and talent to produce complex mechanisms, such as producing a functional gun out of roseite.{{book ref|mb7|42}}
== Varieties of Aether ==
=== Roseite ===
The roseite aether manifests as pink-red crystals, similar to rose quartz. Generally the crystals have smooth surfaces that are occasionally marred by small pits.{{book ref|mb7|39}} Aetherbound that are bonded to SilijanaSilajana, the source of the roseite aether possess a bud that replaces a portion of the skin and muscle on the palm of their hand with roseite, leaving the bones of their hand visible underneath the roseite.{{book ref|mb7|42}} When roseite aether is no longer being maintained by an aetherbound, it collapses into a fine rose-colored dust or powder,{{book ref|mb7|39}}{{book ref|mb7|47}} which eventually sublimates to a rose-colored mist.{{book ref|mb7|44}} Aetherbound that are able to control roseite have fine control over a number of its attributes, including its general coloration and clarity.{{book ref|mb7|39}}{{book ref|mb7|47}} They have not been shown to be able to make roseite of any color, but they can control the shade of the roseite, choosing whether it appears more red or pink{{book ref|mb7|39}} and whether it is transparent or opaque.
 
Roseite is a useful material for a number of purposes. Roseite is a strong material, resistant to gunfire, although bullets will chip the roseite when they impact it.{{book ref|mb7|51}} It is useful to create items or tools that rely on the strength or structure provided by the crystal. Simple tools like creating a fountain pen nib on the aetherbound's index finger, a small knife, a pointer, or a water glass can easier be created,{{book ref|mb7|39}} as well as weapons like a mace{{book ref|mb7|51}} and other small structures such as chairs{{book ref|mb7|39}} and ladders.{{book ref|mb7|45}} As with all aethers, its maximum potential utility is directly related to the creativity, skill, and understanding of the person manifesting the roseite.{{book ref|mb7|42}} A knowledgeable person can turn a map into a model of a city made of roseite,{{book ref|mb7|39}} or create a functional roseite gun if they can visualize the mechanisms.{{book ref|mb7|42}} Elderly aetherbound or those who have difficulty standing can use the aether to help with their stability, growing lines of aether along the edges of their joints and limbs for support. Roseite can also be grown to form a useful pair of spectacles, including with larger external magnifying lenses.{{book ref|mb7|39}} Advanced uses of roseite include a juggernaut, a large exoskeleton of roseite that protects the aetherbound within the body and is incredibly difficult to bring down, even with gunfire. The body of the juggernaut is still comprised of firm crystal, but it is created with joints that allow it to move. Roseite can also form larger machines, such as an elevator if need be. These latter two examples may require so much aether that they need purified Investiture or some other source of power in order to be created or controlled for long.{{book ref|mb7|51}}
 
==== Zephyr ====▼
The zephyr aether can be used as emergency propellent during space travel.{{book ref|tsm|20}}{{wob ref|16128}}
 
=== Spores ===
{{for|Aether spores}}
Aether spores are found on the planet [[Lumar]], where they rain down in [[lunagree]]s from the twelve moons, forming seas on the planet.{{book ref|tress|1}}
{| class="infobox" width=100%
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! Spore name !! Sea of Origin !! On contact with water forms !! Uses
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|Crimson || [[Crimson Sea]] || Bright red spines that are needle sharp and deadly.{{book ref|tress|35}}||
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|Zephyr || [[Sapphire Sea]] || Air{{book ref|tress|16}} || Propel and detonate cannonballs and launch flares.{{book ref|tress|37}}
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|Verdant || [[Emerald Sea]] || Vines{{book ref|tress|1}} || As fuses in cannonballs,{{book ref|tress|37}} immobilize opponents,{{book ref|tress|64}} and as an emergency food source.{{book ref|tress|22}}
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|Sunlight || || Light and heat{{book ref|tress|41}} || Flares,{{book ref|tress|41}} and cooking.{{book ref|tress|40}}
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|Roseite || [[Rose Sea]]{{book ref|tress|15}} || Crystals{{book ref|tress|10}} || Patch holes on a ship hull,{{book ref|tress|10}} and in the detonation component of cannonballs.
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|Midnight || [[Midnight Sea]] || Midnight Essence{{book ref|tress|31}} || The creatures made of Midnight Essence can be used for spying{{book ref|tress|31}} and by the [[Riina|sorceress]] to control the Midnight Sea,{{book ref|tress|46}} using the Luhel bond.{{book ref|tress|31}}
|}
 
==== CrimsonDark aether ====
{{quote
|One moment you’re enjoying a nice book. The next, you take in an unfortunate breath, get a few crimson spores in your system, and suddenly you’ve turned your skull into a colander.
|Hoid on crimson aether{{book ref|tress|38}}
}}
Crimson aether takes the form of bright red spines or spears that are sharp as a needle and can be deadly on contact.{{book ref|tress|35}} It is uncertain what primal element crimson aether represents, although the spines are composed of a firm material that makes a clacking sound when crimson aether bumps together.{{book ref|tress|38}} Nothing is known of crimson aetherbound or their associated bud. On the planet [[Lumar]], the local crimson spores rain down from the moon into the [[Crimson Sea]], one of the deadliest of the spore oceans on the planet.{{book ref|tress|5}} When crimson spores are wet and express their aether, the spines of crimson aether are often the bane of ships, forming impenetrable walls of spines or simply tearing ships apart directly.{{book ref|tress|38}} This danger, in addition to the random patterns of the rainlines in the Crimson Sea,{{book ref|tress|35}} makes the area uninhabitable{{book ref|tress|5}} and made it nearly impossible to travel{{book ref|tress|23}} or trade across the sea without additional precautions.{{book ref|tress|epilogue}} Inadvertently inhaling crimson spores can pierce a person's head with spines, killing them instantly.{{book ref|tress|38}}
 
▲==== Zephyr ====
Zephyr aether comes from the [[Sapphire Sea]] and releases a burst of air when watered.{{book ref|tress|16}} They are a sapphire blue and appear crystalline.{{book ref|tress|17}} It seems to be a more harmless type of aether unless harnessed properly.{{book ref|tress|16}}
 
These spores are used for a variety of purposes on [[Lumar]]. It seems to replace gunpowder for their explosives. It is used in the cannons to launch the cannonballs.{{book ref|tress|16}} When these cannons are fired it releases a blue puff of spores.{{book ref|tress|25}} They are also used inside the cannonballs, to shatter the ball when a Rosite and wax canister of water is pierced, activating the spores under enemy ships.{{book ref|tress|37}} [[Tress]] also uses them in her modified flare gun charges, allowing for firing the flare as well as depositing Verdant spores to entrap the target.{{book ref|tress|44}}
 
==== Verdant ====
 
Verdant aether spores grow into vines after contact with water.{{book ref|tress|1}} The growth rate of expanding Verdant aether is extraordinary, being comparable to lightning.{{book ref|tress|10}} Breathing in these spores is known to often lead to death, as they react with saliva and expand, clogging the throat and sinuses. However, they don't often reach the brain.{{book ref|tress|10}}
 
==== Sunlight ====
 
Sunlight aether produces light and heat when watered. The spores are used to create signal flares,{{book ref|tress|41}} as well as power ovens.{{book ref|tress|40}}
 
==== Midnight ====
 
Midnight aether spores create [[Midnight Essence]], draining hydration from the sprouter through a [[Luhel bond]] after initial contact with water.{{book ref|tress|30}}{{book ref|tress|31}} Feeding the bond more water increases the control the human has over the creature.{{book ref|tress|55}} Therefore, under the right circumstances, a person can break another's Luhel bond by offering the Midnight Essence more water than the current host.{{book ref|tress|55}}{{book ref|tress|58}}
 
==== Roseite ====
 
Roseite aether spores produce crystals when they interact with water, which makes them useful to sprouters, who use them to seal holes in hulls.{{book ref|tress|10}} They are not particular dangerous in of themselves, with the [[Rose Sea]] on Lumar being inhabited.{{book ref|tress|10}}
 
Among the aethers, roseite is particularly good at resisting silver.{{book ref|tress|26}}{{cite}} It has also been shown to be repelled by [[steel]], and attracted by [[iron]], this likely applies to all aethers.{{book ref|tress|26}}
 
{{sidequote
|[My] homeland is inhospitable to my kind for now. I joined Lord Kelsier for the opportunity to gain allies and resources for my eventual fight against the dark aether.
|Prasanva on the dark aether{{book ref|mb7|47}}
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The dark aether is some sort of threat present on the homeworld of the primal aethersDhatri. It may have made the planet inhospitable for roseite aetherbound or any aetherbound.{{book ref|mb7|47}} It may be related to the forces present in the aetherbound Prasanva's homeland and some sort of extermination.{{book ref|mb7|42}} Prasanva has gone offworld in search of other allies to bring back to help fight this dark aether.{{book ref|mb7|47}}▼
==== Bone spores ====
<!--While a lot of evidence exists that Bone Spores and White Sand are at least related, we cannot say for sure, therefore do not include such claims here. This was decided upon by Keeper consensus.-->
Bone spores are a rumored thirteenth variety of aether spores on Lumar. The stories are unclear whether they are black, or white in coloration, or potentially both. Some consider bone spores to be a fanciful legend.{{book ref|tress|23}}
 
=== Dark Aether ===
 
▲The dark aether is some sort of threat present on the homeworld of the primal aethers. It may have made the planet inhospitable for roseite aetherbound or any aetherbound.{{book ref|mb7|47}} It may be related to the forces present in the aetherbound Prasanva's homeland and some sort of extermination.{{book ref|mb7|42}} Prasanva has gone offworld in search of other allies to bring back to help fight this dark aether.{{book ref|mb7|47}}
 
== Lumar Aethersaethers ==
Aethers on Lumar are an especially parasitic strain focused on self-propagation through compressed Aether[[aether spores]].{{book ref|tress|28}}{{book ref|tress|31}} Compared to normal aethers, these bond with their hosts far more aggressively.{{wob ref|16254}}
 
They are especially unstable, with the smallest hint of water (or blood){{book ref|tress|12}} leading to uncontrolled expansion as it pulls Investiture from the Spiritual Realm, {{book ref|tress|28}} this expansion is very rapid, comparable to lightning.{{book ref|tress|10}} Despite expanding even more when put into contact with more water, they do have a maximum extent to which they are able to grow. When they reach this maximum growth potential, they stop reacting with water and (in the case of Verdant Aether) can be safely eaten.{{book ref|tress|37}} The direction of this expansion can be changed by various factors, such as the cognitive phenomena surrounding it, shaped by thoughts and commands.{{book ref|tress|44}} It is also pushed away by steel and attracted by iron.{{book ref|tress|26}}
 
There are large"overgrown" Primeaethers Aethersknown as '''prime aethers''' that live on theLumar's twelve moons,. andThe prime aethers propagate themselves throughby creating their spores and sending them down to Lumar. DueAlthough tothe requiringmoons waterdo tonot survivehave water, whichthe doesn'tprime existaethers onstill anyneed ofit theto moonssurvive, so they choose people on Lumar as '''Spore"[[spore Eaters''',eater]]s". whoThese theypeople host a manifestation of the aether within their bodies; the prime aethers progressively drain water from them, eventually leading to death.{{book ref|tress|28}} TheySpore eaters are protected by the Aetheraether that they are made to gestate, which actively tries to prevent the death of its host.{{book ref|tress|28}}{{book ref|tress|27}} The method inthrough which the water is transferred to the respective Primeprime Aetheraether is not known.{{book ref|tress|28}}
 
The Midnightprime midnight aether on Lumar ismay be named '''[[Thanasmia]]''',{{book ref|tress|5}} it is unclear ifbut this name ishas onenot given to is solely by locals or if the aether itself identifies under thisbeen titleconfirmed.
 
==History==
* The planet where aethers originate is not central to the overall cosmere arc.{{wob ref|14520}} Brandon has not decided how many aether novels he will write or where to fit them into the cosmere release timeline. He has considered doing a trilogy towards the end of the cosmere sequence.{{sots ref|2019}}
* They are going to be relevant to Space-Age Cosmere.{{wob ref|14429}}{{wob ref|14457}}
* Aethers could develop symbiotic relationships with animals similar to the ones [[spren]] on [[Roshar]] develop.{{wob ref|16247}}
 
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