We just don't know enough about the Homeland for me to conjecture very much about it.

@@TheCosmerenaut suffice to say the FORESTS OF HELL are where people managed to stay alive longest, the rest of the world must be pretty awful.

Yeah, it got bad over there.

Yea isn't the forests of hell a safe haven? If that place is considered safe then the rest of the world must be particularly dodgy

That's totally true! Makes me wonder how the apparently vibrant secret worldhopping economy was able to prevent illness...

Well the only visitors confirmed during the age of ash are Elantrians, who tend to the durable side. Also the southern continents outside the final empire where we run into those worldhoppers (not called Hoid) tend to the safe during that period - and frozen wasteland afterwards

So do could there be a perpendicularity somewhere in Southern Scadrial?

Well the Well of Ascension is noted to be Preservation's, and so one to the south representing Ruin would not be unlikely.

Weren't the Pits of Hathsin Ruin's? If so, all of the perpendicularities would be accounted for. (Unless there were some Shard on Scadrial that we didn't know about. Which is really unlikely)

That's true. I actually talk about the Dor in my most recent video!

Although there still are ways to get to sel. Hoid makes his way there at least once

True. You're screwed wherever you go on that planet.

We have no idea what happens when ya go over there

At least not until we get that new Threnody novel.

When the safest part of that planet is called "The Forests of Hell" you know you're screwed

I mean, I'm not wrong!

Right! That's why I think Threnody is more dangerous than First of the Sun, because no matter where you are, you'll get wrecked.

Haha, totally! Thanks!

So Catachan

Not quite at that level, but close!

That's a great point! Plus there's apparently wandering Unmade which could really wreck your day.

Or a man from any civilized society. What with the reading and all.

That's true. That's why everything is all glowy glowy over there.

Yeah, ironically the Dor is really hard to get through.

We haven't gotten a specific story on that planet, so I didn't include it.

If you reach Braize, maybe your dead already.

Well it's cold. Like sub zero. So u gonna freeze to death. Not to mention the planet is choke full of parshendi ghosts who hate humans and whose favorite hobby is to torture heralds. So.....

I believe braize might have been home planet of rohar-rian humans before they migrated to roshar....

You know Mr. Noob, you might be on to something there.

Excellent points. I'll be sure to mention that when I do my FotS video!

Thanks! Maybe I'll get a transcription put in a broadsheet for Wax to read.

Thank you! I should have a new video every week.

Thanks!

Got a new one out today!

So alien and familiar at the same time. It's nuts.

If you're not on one of the islands on the Pantheon, you'd probably be pretty ok.

It's fine if you don't spit or pee or cry or sweat. Ever.

That's totally true! However, the fact that there's a thriving economy of worldhoppers must mean it's possible to survive even without the Lord Ruler's changes. You'd probably have to eat more than normal in order to get the nutrients you need, and you'd probably end up getting sick a lot more often, but I don't think it'd be insta-death by any means. Thanks for the input!

The best thing we've got to a Sandersilmarillion is his master's thesis, but the only way you can read that is by going to the BYU library.

@@TheCosmerenaut his thesis what??????

Yup! It's pretty good.

Pokey pokey, stabby stabby!

@@TheCosmerenaut We're more shooty shooty, whacky whacky around these parts

As long as you're not one of those axalacious blokes!

@@TheCosmerenaut All hail the Diagram!!!!!!

3lirex Both Braize and Ashyn are definitely up there, but we haven't gotten published works from those planets yet, so I didn't include them.

That's amazing and I love it! Thank you so much!

It's a Sanderson! *Everything's connected.*

Love you!

I mean, without you there'd be no rest of the cosmere.

@@TheCosmerenaut 😂😂😂 working on editing my first cosmere video now. You’re a big inspiration

This is awesome

Luckily it's just an island and not an entire planet.

It's a good place to get dead quick.

True. Do your best to avoid those.

In which book is mentioned Ashyn as The Burning planet and it having a disease-based investiture? O: Or was it in a Words of Brandon?

It's called the burning planet in the Arcanum Unbounded essay on the Rosharan system. The disease based magic is from The Silence Divine, a story based on Ashyn that Brandon has teased about before.

One of the best, for sure.

Thanks! Hope you enjoy!

Valid point!

That will get you both emotionally and physically destroyed.

Om nom nom!

Correct. I had already finished filming when I found that out, so there's a note about it in the description. Thanks!

That's the 70's for ya.

Just bring a really strong umbrella.

@@TheCosmerenaut I somehow doubt that would help in a Highstorm XD

Ok, like a *REAAAALLY* STRONG umbrella. Made of metal. That bolts to the ground.

@@TheCosmerenaut Okay, that would help. Thanks for the tip!

Yeah, but now there's the Everstorm to worry about

Sure, that kinda sucks. But it's far less powerful, and only hits hard in certain places, and leaves mostly untouched. For two months it only hit thaylan city hard, and they were able to rebuild while it hit every 9 days.

The highstorms hit hardest in the Unclaimed Hills, but they're still incredibly powerful all the way across the continent; that's why Shinovar is the only place that has actual soil. We can see the strength of the highstorms is still overwhelming on the other side of Roshar by looking at Edgedancer: Lift is in Yeddaw, a city in Tashikk, on the southwestern edge of the continent, but it's still bare stone, adaptive plants, and a devastating highstorm at the end of the book. Also, Alethkar doesn't grow wheat. They grow lavis, which is a type of grain cultivated in rockbuds. It's true that there are forests with good lumber, even just outside the Shattered Plains, but those are presumably similar to stumpweights and other adapted plants and not Earth-like trees. The only time we've seen an Earth-like or Shinovar plant outside of actual Shinovar is with Rysn's pot of grass, which is considered odd by virtually everyone who sees it. If there was soil or similar plants outside of Shinovar, even elsewhere in the west, this wouldn't be the case.

Wow, thanks for the info! Roshar still seems safe in comparison to many others.

It's definitely not the most dangerous, that's for sure.

Just don't cry or sweat or breathe and you'll be fine!

Yes, and yes.

Fair point!

Yeah, there's a huge variety of cultures and climate on Roshar that I didn't really want to get into...

Correct! We didn't know that when this video was first released.

Yeah, that would be an unpleasant time.

Just limit your worldhopping for the time being.

Yeah, I only included Mistborn Era 1 in this, to avoid spoilers.

Definitely! I'm working through doing videos for each book right now. All of the standalone Cosmere short stories are done, and as soon as I finish the one on Roshar I'll head to a different planet/series. Which one should I do next?

Read And Find Out. I'm not sure, I'm still learning the basics of the Cosmere universe. Maybe Mistborn since it's what I've read so far, and because I don't remember exactly what books are in the Cosmere besides the Stormlight Archives. I know you glossed over them and I'll have to watch it again. Loving the videos can't wait to watch more!

Well, depending on what area of the planet you end up on. But yeah, the Elendel basin is probably one of the safest places in the Cosmere at that point.

You're right; the big danger in Era 2 is just getting shot. However, I chose not to include Era 2 simply for spoiler's sake.

Good point. If anywhere, it's safest.

I wasn't giving him sole credit for Wheel of Time. I was saying Wheel of Time is in a distinct universe, separate from his other works.

@@TheCosmerenaut fair enough

You probably could, but not for an extended period of time, and you wouldn't be happy about it.

No, they're both in the category of "Individual Series' With Their Own Separate Worlds."

Sel's actually just 1.5 times Earth's size, and while their gravity is greater than here, it's only 1.2 compared to us.

@@TheCosmerenaut Just checked Arcanum Unbounded, my bad. I was thinking the the diameter was 1.5 times, making it a little more than double Cosmere Standard. Thanks for replying!

But it's not though...

Oh it totally is. We just haven't had a story on it yet, so I didn't include it.

@@TheCosmerenaut true that there hasn't been a "story" on it, though it is mentioned by name from nin to szeth in oathbringer. It's acknowledged as the place the rosharan's call damnation, which has been explained in pretty much all but terrain of the land. Would that not still need consideration then to add to the list, even lacking a "lay of the land", if you will?

Fair point. I chose to leave it out and stick to the main canon for the same reason I didn't include the southern continent of Scadrial, the Threnody Homeland, Ashyn, Yolen, or further info about Darkside on Taldain. But you're right, when we get enough info for a follow-up video to this, I'll definitely include Braize.

We don't have a story set on Braize yet so I didn't put it in.

@@TheCosmerenaut that makes sense. Definitely a contender for deadliest when it comes up

Oh for sure. I'm planning on doing an updated version of this once we get more planets.

On no other planet is spare change considered a deadly weapon.

@@TheCosmerenaut the greatist weapon to all of humanity is the 47 cent lose change of a steel pusher

The fewest coins that could be is 5: one quarter, two dimes, and two pennies. 5 reusable projectiles is plenty for an angry coinshot.

*Maniacal laugh!!!*

No promises in the Cognitive Realm even!

@@TheCosmerenaut I assumed you'd have better luck in the cognitive realm because in secret history Kelsier can understand the Ire but at my current progress through the cosmere that's really my only exposure to the cognitive realm, with a tiny bit of Shadesmar and a bit I've learned from my brother.

That's a really good point actually, and one that I hadn't really thought about. Are there different languages in the Cognitive Realm? That's going on my list to ask Brandon!

@@TheCosmerenaut I went through secret history again fairly recently so it's fairly fresh. Kel could tell they were speaking a different language but he was able to understand them. Maybe shenanigans with connection?

Definitely shenanigans with Connection. Maybe because he was more Invested at that point? I dunno.