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|magic=[[Yolish Lightweaving]], [[Microkinesis]]
|gravity=1 cosmere standard <small> (by definition)</small>{{au ref|Scadrian}}
|radius=1 cosmere standard <small> (by definition)</small>{{au ref|Scadrian}}
|universe=[[Cosmere]]
|books=[[Dragonsteel (series)|Dragonsteel]]
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|There is an original, shrouded and hidden somewhere in the cosmere. I've yet to find it, but I '''have''' found stories.
'''Yolen''' is a planet in the [[cosmere]] 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}}
Yolen is the setting of the unpublished novels ''[[The Liar of Partinel]]'', ''[[The Lightweaver of Rens]]'' and ''[[Dragonsteel Prime]]''.{{wob ref|5984}} ''[[Dragonsteel (series)|Dragonsteel]]'' proper, the prequel to the cosmere as a whole, will be set there.{{wob ref|1024}}▼
== Geography and Ecology ==
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'''
One form of known fainlife are Tamu Keks, which are similar to singer gemhearts,{{wob ref|10319}} and can be used for inter-Realmatic communication.{{wob ref|14644}}
Yolen is home to three sapient races: humans, [[Dragon (cosmere)|dragons]] and [[Sho Del]].{{wob ref|3768}}{{book ref|tsm|10}} By [[Roshar]]an year {{Rosharan date|1174}}, [[Frost]] is the only known inhabitant, and though there are more people living there, the Yolish population is rather small.{{wob ref|2565}}{{wob ref|6545}} While not all humans originated from Yolen, it was the first world on which they've appeared.{{wob ref|822}} Many languages currently in use across the [[cosmere]] are derived from Yolish ones.{{wob ref|3773}}{{wob ref|14900}}
Trees on Yolen, presumably in fain areas, are bone-white.{{book ref|tsm|10}}
Yolen has a strange astronomy that would be impossible under ordinary laws of physics.{{wob ref|15595}}
Yolen has something like a [[perpendicularity]].{{wob ref|14885}}
== Culture ==
== 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
Eventually, Yolish society advanced to the Bronze Age, making it the most advanced planet in the cosmere during this period.{{wob ref|16320}}
At several points in Yolen's history, [[Microkinesis]] was misused to explosive effect and resulting in disastrous consequences that are not fully understood.{{book ref|sa4|part=ars}}
People worldhopped to other planets on rare occasions over Yolen's history.{{wob ref|13219}}
{{sidequote
* [[Bavadin]] ([[Autonomy]])
* [[Koravellium Avast]] ([[Cultivation]])
* [[Invention|Invention's Vessel]]
* [[Mercy|Mercy's Vessel]]
* [[Whimsy|Whimsy's Vessel]]
* [[Valor|Valor's Vessel]]
* [[Virtuosity|Virtuosity's Vessel]]
* Vessel of an Unknown Shard
}}
* There is a saying on Yolen: "May two worlds become one to you." This is not referring to [[Realms]].{{wob ref|2741}}
* 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}}
▲* Yolen is the setting of the unpublished novels ''[[The Liar of Partinel]]'', ''[[The Lightweaver of Rens]]'' and ''[[Dragonsteel Prime]]''.{{wob ref|5984}} ''[[Dragonsteel (series)|Dragonsteel]]'' proper, the prequel to the cosmere as a whole, will be set there.{{wob ref|1024}}
* Yolen has Earth-like physical parameters, that is to say, its gravity and radius are comparable to Earth.{{au ref|scadrial}}{{wob ref|669}}
== Notes ==
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