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'''Sel''' is a Shardworld of the [[cosmere]] and is the setting of the books [[Elantris (book)|Elantris]] and [[The Emperor's Soul]], as well as the short story [[The Hope of Elantris]].
Sel is inhabited by humans and artificially created beings called [[seon]]s and [[skaze]]. This Shardworld is a relatively large planet, being 1.5 times the size of the [[Yolen|cosmere standard]], and contains diverse landscapes home to multiple great civilizations including at least two empires.{{
Another name for the planet is Seol.{{au ref|selish}} People from Sel are called Selish.{{wob ref|1075}}
==Astronomy==
The location of the planet Sel within the larger cosmere is as-yet unknown, though it is known to orbit a yellow star named [[Mashe]] while in turn being orbited by a single moon named '''Oem'''. Its size is 1.5 [[cosmere standard]] and its gravity is 1.2 cosmere standard {{
== Geography and Culture ==
=== A Possible Third Continent ===
{{theory}}
The cosmere scholar [[Khriss]] talks of Sel's "three great domains" that are relatively dismissive of each other.{{
== History ==
== Cosmere ==
Sel is the most realmatically knowledgeable of the known Shardworlds.{{wob ref|2811}} The planet is home to two [[Shard]]s, [[Devotion]] and [[Dominion]], and their powers have influenced many Selish traditions, religions, and languages.{{
At some point in Sel's distant past, [[Odium]] killed the [[Vessel]]s of both Devotion and Dominion and Splintered the two Shards.{{article ref|The Letter}} The collective power of the Splintered Shards became somehow trapped in the [[Cognitive Realm]], and is now what Selish people call the [[Dor]].{{
Because of this, while travel to Sel is possible via the Cognitive Realm (for example, one can use a [[Perpendicularity]] that exists in the form of [[The Lake|a pool of sapphire-colored liquid]] near Elantris), the raging uncontrolled power of the Dor makes travel through the Selish Cognitive Realm incredibly dangerous.{{wob ref|8241}}.
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