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The '''Unclaimed Hills''' is a geographical region in eastern [[Roshar]] that contains the [[Shattered Plains]].{{map ref|Roshar}}
== Location ==
== Geography and Ecology ==
{{image|The Unclaimed Hills by Marie Seeberger.jpg|side=right|width=300px|A slave caravan riding into the Hills}}
The Unclaimed Hills get their name from their uneven terrain. Some hills are little more than mounds; others are far taller.{{map ref|Roshar}} They are rocky, covered with tough, retractable grass stretching as far as the eye can see. On occassion, this green monotony is broken by spiny plants such as wild [[blackbane]] and an unnamed scrub with thick stalks and spiny green needles, but there are no trees or any taller vegetation.{{book ref|sa1|2}}{{book ref|sa1|4}}▼
▲The Unclaimed Hills get their name from their uneven terrain. Some hills are little more than mounds; others are far taller.{{map ref|Roshar}} They are rocky, covered with tough, retractable grass stretching as far as the eye can see. On
The whole region is highly exposed to the [[highstorm]]s, making the plants skittish. At any sign of movement, they retract, leaving behind only brown stone.{{book ref|sa1|2}} Most of the Hills' fauna stays hidden, only revealing their presence after a highstorm. Then, one can find numerous [[cremling]]s, [[legger]]s and slugs coming out to drink the water.{{book ref|sa1|4}} Though the land is arable, it would be difficult to farm it properly -- rockbuds grow small, and crops give little yields.{{book ref|sa3|50}}
== Inhabitants ==
The Unclaimed Hills are, as their name
What cities there are lie mostly on
After the [[Alethi]] move onto the Plains, several plans are made to reinhabit the land. Initially, [[Dalinar Kholin]] proposes homesteading the area and adding it to the Alethi territory, though that plan is stopped before it can be fully put in place by the coming of the [[Everstorm]].{{book ref|sa1|58}} Later, [[Navani Kholin]] suggests building a new kingdom there after Alethkar falls to the voidbringers, but the idea is discarded on the account of how difficult the region is to farm.{{book ref|sa3|50}}
Back during the [[Heraldic Epochs]], the territory now known as the Unclaimed Hills was split between the [[Silver Kingdoms]] of [[Alethela]] and [[Natanatan]].{{map ref|Silver Kingdoms}} It's possible that the final battle of the [[Aharietiam]] was fought in a canyon within the Hills -- [[Stormfather]] would later bring [[Dalinar]] into a memory of it through a [[Dalinar's visions|vision]].{{book ref|sa3|38}}
Following the splintering of Alethela and the destruction of Natanatan, the land slowly dropped in importance. It's possible there was another kingdom there at some point; however, by the late [[Era of Solitude]], the region was essentially uninhabited, traversed only by travellers, hunters, bandits and, on
=== Rediscovery and the War of Reckoning ===
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