Aethers

Aethers are a type of Investiture in the cosmere. While their source remains unknown, they seem to originate on a seemingly as yet unrevealed world, about which Brandon has expressed that he is unlikely to change.YouTube Livestream 14, 7/30/2020YouTube Spoiler Stream 3, 12/16/21
According to Brandon, the aethers aren't native to multiple worlds, but they have spread, and they claim to be not from any world.Dragonsteel Mini-Con 2021, 11/22/21
==Characteristics==
The actual core aethers are as ancient and potentially as powerful as Hoid. Brandon has said that he wouldn't put them by raw power at Shard level, but that they would claim they are.Dragonsteel Mini-Con 2021, 11/22/21
The world where the aethers originate is a different one in the cosmere. This is a unique and different strain of the aethers that is doing something different. If one has read Aether of Night,Aether of Night the original aethers still act very similar to what's in that short story.* But these are different. Readers will still see the same things, like roseite. Readers will also still see that they do the same things, but it's a different take on the same magic system.Secret Project #1 Reveal and Livestream, 3/3/22
According to Isaac, they are calling the world Lumar.Secret Project #1 Reveal and Livestream, 3/3/22
Again, according to Brandon ... the whole twelve moons thing ... this is not the actual aether planet.Secret Project #1 Reveal and Livestream, 3/3/22
==Notes==
*Additionally according to Brandon, Aether of Night has the first on-screen appearance of a Shard.Stormlight Three Update #4, /r/Stormlight_Archive, 9/8/16
Also according to Brandon, aethers (as he has them now in his notes) function without a Shard's involvement, and even predate the Shattering, though this is not yet canon.General Signed Books 2018, 1/1/18Rhythm of War Preview Q&As, 7/28/20
==Trivia==
Aethers also show up in The Liar of Partinel,The Liar of Partinel but, according to Brandon, that was a cannibalization. It was an attempt at repurposing and he didn't like it. It was an attempt because it worked so well to mash Allomancy and Feruchemy into the same system, but he didn't like how it went.Salt Lake City ComicCon 2014, Salt Lake City, UT, 9/4/14
==Q&A with Brandon==
Q. Are there still six different types of aethers in current canon? Or has that changed?
A. They have expanded. I'm using the aethers behind the scenes for a lot of space age things. And because I'm doing that, I am adding in a few more aethers. There's going to be some limits on this. I'm tweaking which aethers I'm actually making, 'cause some of them didn't work as well as other ones.
There will end up being more, but I won't canonize the number until I have the aether book ready to release.Waterstones RoW Release Event, 11/18/20
==References==
Category:Magic System