Questioner
Is there a Shadesmar for each planet?
Brandon Sanderson
Yes. Anything that people think about, right? And, you really have to be inhabited to get a good Shadesmar… But, y'know, you can find the gas giants in Shadesmar, but they don't manifest as an entire plane. Um, that's gonna change! But we're years away from that. Shadesmar is cool and weird but--
Questioner
Ohh, there's only one Shadesmar with different areas--
Brandon Sanderson
Yeah, really what we call it-- Shadesmar is a term that has started to stick in the cosmere for the Cognitive Realm. But there are manifestations of most planets. Or all planets.
Questioner
But they do all exist-- All of those Shadesmars are part of the same cloth, so to speak.
Brandon Sanderson
Yes, you could walk from one to the other, barring some weird distortions that you might have to-- We're not going to dig-- I'm not gonna tell you about.
Questioner
But spren can't because they're bound.
Brandon Sanderson
They're bound Physically to the Realm, the Invesiture.
Bystander
Unless you help them off.
Brandon Sanderson
Unless-- There are certain ways you could do it, and things like that. But spren are bound, you aren't going to--