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'''Cultivation's Perpendicularity''' is the only known stable [[Perpendicularityperpendicularity]] on [[Roshar]].

Cultivation's Perpendicularity is located in the [[Horneater Peaks]] on Roshar. It is either one or all of the [[Horneater Oceans]], warm bodies of water that allow people to live there despite the high altutide. It's filled with ordinary water at the top; however, beneath this layer, it appears to be made of something else, likely the liquid [[Investiture]] of the [[Shard]] [[Cultivation]].{{book ref|sa2|46}} It's possible that living near Cultivation's Perpendicularity can affect people, as among the [[Unkalaki]] - -the Horneaters - -there are people called ''alaii'iku'', capable of perceiving [[spren]] that are normally invisible to the human eye.{{book ref|sa1|21}}{{ref|text=However, it's also possible that this is the result of their [[Singer]] ancestry, as Singers have been shown to perceive spren more than humans do.}}

Like all Perpendicularitiesperpendicularities, Cultivation's Perpendicularity allows for travel between [[Roshar]]'s [[Physical Realm]] and [[Shadesmar]]. Although it is possible to enter Roshar through other means, they are known to be highly unstable; as such, this appears to be the main method by which [[worldhopper]]s arrive at the planet.{{book ref|sa3|93}}

[[Rock]] mentions that his people can sometimes visit the "place of the gods" when swimming in the Oceans, implying that the [[Unkalaki]] will sometimes travel through the Perpendicularityperpendicularity, albeit briefly.{{book ref|sa2|46}}

Both [[Wit]] and [[Azure]] use this Perpendicularityperpendicularity when arriving on [[Roshar]]. The former comes through while [[Rock]] is still in the Peaks, while the latter likely uses it some time later, chasing a "criminal" (presumably [[Zahel]]).{{book ref|sa2|46}}{{book ref|sa3|93}}

During the [[True Desolation]], the Perpendicularityperpendicularity is assaulted from the [[Shadesmar]] side by the [[Voidbringers]], who take control of it and blockade it, halting anyone approaching its area and demanding tribute. Because of this, most spren choose to avoid coming near; however, [[Honorspren]] warships are willing to attempt to run the blockade, and [[Azure]] still believes it to be the safest way to leave Shadesmar.{{book ref|sa3|102}} Though it seems that the Voidbringer presence in the region is limited to the Cognitive Realm, it still has some sort of impact on the inhabitants of the Peaks.{{book ref|sa3|37}}