Difference between revisions of "Yolen"

|magic=[[Yolish Lightweaving]], [[Microkinesis]]

|books=[[Dragonsteel (series)|Dragonsteel]]

'''Yolen''' is a planet in the [[Cosmerecosmere]] where the [[Shattering of Adonalsium]] happened.{{wob ref|11602}}{{wob ref|3919}} It's the homeworld of all the original [[Vessel]]s, along with [[Hoid]] and [[Frost]].{{wob ref|4736}}{{wob ref|8343}} The inhabitants of Yolen are called the Yolish.{{book ref|sa3|part=ars}}

Very little is known about Yolish geography, other than that it has some unusual features.{{wob ref|3377}} Its gravity and other measurements are considered the '''cosmere standard''' by [[cosmere]]-aware scholars like [[Khriss]].{{au ref|Scadrian}} Its ecology is divided into two distinct parts. Parts of it are similar to post-[[Catacendre]] [[Scadrial]], with similar flora and fauna. These parts are called '''trune'''.{{wob ref|14409}} Other parts are coverdcovered in '''fainlife''', a poorly-understood, parasitic ecosystem hostile to humans.{{au ref|Scadrian}}{{wob ref|7825}} Although fain has the shape of ordinary flora, the plants and land overtaken by it are bone-white, and spill red liquid when crushed or snapped.{{wobbook ref|9518tsm|10}} There is something similar to a [[perpendicularity]] on Yolen, despite the lack of a Shard.{{wob ref|14885}}

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 homeworldworld 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}}

Following the Shattering, most Shards left Yolen to go their own separate ways.{{epigraph ref|sa3|39}} Many humans have also abandoned it, spreading across the cosmere.{{wob ref|3773}} Over the following millennia, it has become hidden in some way, shrouded from prying eyes, making reaching and researching it extremely difficult.{{msh ref|3|2}} By the time of the [[True Desolation]] on Roshar, its remaining population is very small, although the fain ecosystem seems to be doing just fine.{{wob ref|6545}}{{au ref|Scadrian}}

Yolen appears to have several magic systems, though only two are known.{{wob ref|15144}}

{{for|Yolish Lightweaving}}

Lightweaving is the cosmere's original illusion magic. It's capable of creating auditory and visual manifestations, either independent or attached to a host.{{book ref|sa3|part=ars}} It can produce disguises, as well as alter the appearance of other substances, like smoke.{{wob ref|5775}}{{wob ref|8329}} It's most similar to the [[Surge]] of [[Illumination]] from [[Roshar]], albeit less restrictive, not requiring a [[spren]] bond.{{wob ref|8909}} Hoid learned this original form of Lightweaving on Yolen.{{book ref|warbreaker|32}}

* [[Koravellium Avast]] ([[Cultivation]])

* While gods existed and died on Yolen prior to the Shattering, these gods were not Shards.{{wob ref|1921}} Current information suggests these gods were dragons.{{wob ref|16142}}