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The '''Shattered Plains''' are a region of [[Roshar]] located on the border of the [[Frostlands]] and [[Unclaimed Hills]], formerlyin partthe former territory of the [[Silver Kingdoms|Silver Kingdom]] of [[Natanatan]].{{map ref|Alethkar}}{{book ref|sa1|19}} They are so named for thetheir topography, consisting of a huge number of plateaus of various sizes, surrounded on all sides by deep chasms. It is unknown what caused the landscape to break in this way, but during one of [[Kaladin]]'s dreams in which he flew with a [[highstorm]], he saw the entire area as a symmetrical pattern, radiating outwards from the center as if something massive had struck there.{{book ref|sa1|46}}
 
== Topography ==
{{image|WOKLB - Interior -The Shattered Plains by BryanNick Markvan TaylorKleef.jpg|side=rightleft|widthheight=350px300px|A view of the Shattered Plains}}
 
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On the eastern side of the explored portion of the Plains is a particularly large plateau known as "the Tower". The Tower is a favored location for [[chasmfiend]]s to pupate.{{book ref|sa1|24}}
 
It is noted that highstormsHighstorms are particularly bad on the Shattered Plains, garnering the moniker 'the Stormlands',{{book ref|sa2|35}}, as there is no shelter on top of the plateaus, and the chasms often flood. The Plains are also on the eastern side of Roshar, where the highstorms are strongest. For these reasons, getting caught in a highstorm on the Plains is a death sentence.
 
Some accounts describe the Plains as looking as if something enormous had struck the center, causing the fracturing Plains to radiate symmetrically in all directions. Claims of lights in the center plateau were the Parshendi live have also been recorded.{{book ref|sa1|46}}
The Shattered Plains has a large variety of plants and animals, the most dangerous of which is its apex predator: the chasmfiend. However, [[Shallan Davar]] believes the Alethi have hunted chasmfiends nearly to extinction for their enormous [[gemheart]]s.{{book ref|sa3|50}}
 
The climate is moister than it is the west. Plants have a tendency not to pull into their shells as swiftly after a storm.{{book ref|sa1|23}} Clouds are less frequent; alternating between sun and highstorms.{{book ref|sa3|58}} Outside the warcamps, [[rockbud]]s, [[knobweed]],{{book ref|sa1|23}}, flowering [[branzah]],{{book ref|sa1|17}}, [[prickletac]],{{book ref|sa1|17}}, pink and purple [[fingermoss]],{{book ref|sa1|57}}, and other grasses are known to grow. Due to the harsh weather, the grasses near the Shattered Plains are typically yellow in color and only grow to 6-10 inches in height.{{book ref|sa3|5}}
 
During Shallan's travels to the Shattered Plains, she notices feral [[axehound]]s, small eels living in ponds, and white trees with red leaves.{{book ref|sa2|30}} There is also a small, tentacled, animal that lives in pools near the warcamps, called a [[grasper]].{{book ref|sa1|57}}
Out on the plateaus themselves, rockbuds, moss, and [[shalebark]] are the most common plants.{{book ref|sa1|6}} Shallan notes that the moss and common flowering rockbuds grow in similar patterns.{{book ref|sa2|68}}
 
Within the chasms is a different environment all together. The chasms are more humid and damp than the rest of the Plains, with stagnant pools where [[cremling]] larvae grow.{{book ref|sa1|43}} [[Hasper]]s,{{book ref|sa1|11}}{{book ref|sa1|64}}, mosses, fungi, and [[frillbloom]]s{{book ref|sa1|49}}{{book ref|sa1|55}} all grow on the walls and in crevasses in the chasms. Translucent cremlings have been seen,{{book ref|sa1|27}}, along with larger carrion animals that are sensitive to light.{{book ref|sa1|43}}
 
== Inhabitants ==
 
=== Listeners ===
{{for|:Category:Residents of Narak|a list of residents|here}}
During the War of Reckoning, the listeners resided in the ruins of Stormseat, which they call Narak. After the [[Battle of Narak]], the Alethi claimed the city for themselves. The homes of the listeners are now barracks, and a watchtower has been erected on the tower where 'the five' met.{{book ref|sa3|55}}
 
{{image|Warcamps.jpg|The Alethi warcamps on the verge of the Plains|side=rightleft|width=350px}}
=== Warcamps ===
{{for|:Category:Residents of the Alethi warcamps|a list of residents|here}}
The Alethi have occupied the crater-like areas of the Plains and constructed ten warcamps, a royal palace, and a market. The palace complex includes the royal residence, Gallery of Maps, feasting basin, and a dueling arena.{{book ref|sa1|21}}
 
The warcamps are each a mixture of Soulcast buildings, shanties, and tents that are taken down before each highstorm.{{book ref|sa1|17}} Each camp is self sufficient, with their own markets, taverns, brothels,{{book ref|sa1|26}}, and [[spanreed]] information stations to [[Tashikk]].{{book ref|sa1|47}} Most of the buildings are Soulcast using topaz.{{book ref|sa3|109}} The bunkers and barracks are typically long and narrow with a smaller end facing the highstorms to the east.{{book ref|sa3|23}}
 
The Outer Market was a collection of buildings outside the warcamps, near the king's palace. The buildings here were mostly constructed of stone quarried from near the Plains. It expanded in a sprawling way, without plan or order. It became a place where people from all warcamps mingled and shopped from the Thaylen merchants. The market was largely unregulated but was patrolled and administered by Kholin scribes.{{book ref|sa1|58}}
 
The princedoms from north to south:
{{image|Kholin Warcamp by Oliwia 'Sfaira' Białek.jpg|side=right|height=300px|A street in the Kholin warcamp}}
 
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== Politics ==
Since the relocation from the Shattered Plains warcamps to Urithiru, ownership of the Plains and the Oathgate has become extremely important and strategic to the success and survival of the inhabitants of Urithiru. Urithiru is not self-supporting yet, and resources are required from the warcamps to supply the city. Farming operations have begun in the Unclaimed Hills,{{book ref|sa3|17}}, but due to the climate, rockbuds grow smaller and crops are less productive than in [[Alethkar]].{{book ref|sa3|50}} The [[Fused]] are harrying caravans traveling to the Oathgate.{{book ref|sa3|37}}
 
The Natans want ownership of the Shattered Plains and the Oathgate.{{book ref|sa3|122}} [[Elhokar]] proposed that Dalinar be made High King of Urithiru and the Shattered Plains.{{book ref|sa3|12}}
== Trivia ==
* The Shattered Plains was originally envisioned as existing on the world of [[Yolen]], [[Hoid]]'s homeworld and the site of the [[Shattering of Adonalsium]], until Brandon moved it to Roshar in the redrafting of the Way of Kings.{{wob ref|8601}}
* The Listener [[Song of Wars]] claims that the Shattered Plains were not shattered by the Voidbringers[[Fused]].{{epigraph ref|sa2|26}}
 
== Notes ==
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