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== History ==
Yolen is one of the oldest inhabited worlds in the cosmere, and the first on which humans have appeared.{{wob ref|822}} It's also the homeworld of [[Adonalsium]], the entity believed to be the cosmere's creator deity.{{wob ref|11398}} At some point, fain either appeared or traveled there, and began spreading, overtaking the original landscape. After some time, the original inhabitants learned how to deal with it and keep it back.{{wob ref|7825}}
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| I learned it many, many years ago from a man who didn't know who he was, Your Majesty. It was a distant place where two lands meet and gods have died. But that is unimportant.
|[[Hoid]] referencing Yolen while explaining his style of storytelling to Siri.{{book ref|wb|32}}
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At some point, sixteen Yolish people,{{wob ref|7939}} not all of whom were human,{{wob ref|4736}} came together to kill Adonalsium for various reasons.{{msh ref|3|2}} The [[Shattering of Adonalsium]], as it came to be known, dramatically altered the entire cosmere. All [[Investiture]] that once belonged to Adonalsium was divided between the [[Shard]]s created by its death, and the preexisting magic systems were altered in how they functioned.{{wob ref|8605}}{{wob ref|3314}}
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