Re: /Sanderson- does anyone know the details of his overarching cosmology? - Edit 2
Before modification by AliasRY at 06/04/2010 11:39:28 AM
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Supposedly, There is this thing called Adonasium and all the powers/force in his book are only a piece of it. This Adonasium broke up/was broken up a long time ago and came to be on the different planets. His novels take place on different planents in the same universe.
Elantris has the Aor/Ard or whatever it was called.
Mistborn has Preservation/Ruin
Warbreaker hints at a God who sends the "gods" back to help people.
From a post by a "Douglas" from Sanderson's forum -
"Shard" is a generic term for Ruin, Preservation, and a number of other similarly powerful beings/forces that exist on the various planets most of Brandon's books are set on. It is mentioned in at least one of the chapter headings in Hero of Ages, along with the being that all the Shards originally came from (Adonalsium
. Adonalsium, as much as we can figure out so far, appears to be the equivalent of God. He was broken into a bunch of Shards a long time ago, and the settings of Elantris, Mistborn, Warbreaker, the upcoming Stormlight Archives, and a few more planned for the future all feature one or more Shards of Adonalsium, each of which has a major impact on the nature of the setting and that setting's magic system.
Supposedly, There is this thing called Adonasium and all the powers/force in his book are only a piece of it. This Adonasium broke up/was broken up a long time ago and came to be on the different planets. His novels take place on different planents in the same universe.
Elantris has the Aor/Ard or whatever it was called.
Mistborn has Preservation/Ruin
Warbreaker hints at a God who sends the "gods" back to help people.
From a post by a "Douglas" from Sanderson's forum -
"Shard" is a generic term for Ruin, Preservation, and a number of other similarly powerful beings/forces that exist on the various planets most of Brandon's books are set on. It is mentioned in at least one of the chapter headings in Hero of Ages, along with the being that all the Shards originally came from (Adonalsium
. Adonalsium, as much as we can figure out so far, appears to be the equivalent of God. He was broken into a bunch of Shards a long time ago, and the settings of Elantris, Mistborn, Warbreaker, the upcoming Stormlight Archives, and a few more planned for the future all feature one or more Shards of Adonalsium, each of which has a major impact on the nature of the setting and that setting's magic system.