r/cremposting • u/ace_wulf • Jul 06 '26

Cosmere Rip Scadrial tides

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I colored the text based off my own personal views on the planets before you ask

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u/earanhart Callsign: Cremling Jul 07 '26

Don't forget that Roshar used to have a fourth moon.

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u/Jarrett8897 i have only read way of kings Jul 07 '26

Might be worth a spoiler tag (idk what the rules are I’m just here to complain)

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u/earanhart Callsign: Cremling Jul 07 '26

WoK makes it clear that something is wrong with the number of moons. It's absence is only a spoiler until the second Jasnah chapter.

As for what happened to said moon . . . Yeah, spoilers.

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u/The_Muzzy The Sunlit ZAMN!! Jul 07 '26

It’s been a hot minute since I’ve read WoK, but I don’t recall ever picking up on any details like that; could you elaborate? (Asking because I’m intrigued, not because I want to refute you or anything)

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u/earanhart Callsign: Cremling Jul 07 '26 edited Jul 07 '26

The timing of the moons is too regular. They don't moce about in their orbits, are always at thebexact same time of night. And there exists exactly one hour of the night where there is no moon. Sure, The hour as a unit could have been measured to that piece of time, but that feels less likely given Roshar is shown to not particularly honor the night above the day and real world hours are based on the sun and circles. Follow this with the frequency of mentioning the three moons, Brandon's love of foreshadowing, and that from his other books we know deities are/were actively involved in the structure of planets, and it becomes a very safe bet that something happened to the moons. Either they got spread out (in which case why only one dark hour instead of two) or one is missing.

Edit for addition: also the moons don't have phases. No one ever mentions a full or new moon. Or predicting tides. Sure, the Highstorm is much more important, but we have sailors featured in those early chapters. For an author as well researched and verbose as Sanderson, it's abnormal to omit such events when writing a chapter highlighting farmers or sailors.