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|The Tai-na is a good place to grow. Good place to live. Except when it's at war.
|[[Gu]] to [[Rysn]]{{book ref|sa2|i|
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The '''Tai-na''' are island sized [[greatshell]]s worshiped as gods and lived on by the [[Reshi]] of [[Roshar]].
The Tai-na are the largest known greatshells on Roshar. They are the size of islands, which the Reshi live upon. Their legs are over sixty feet long, able to reach the bottom of the [[Reshi Sea]] as they walk along. They have a large heads as well as enormous eyes the size of buildings, and several legs. The main body of the Tai-na is hundreds of feet tall.
Tai-na have skin that is covered in plates of shell. The shell is often carved by the Reshi into stairs in order to more easily climb the Tai-na.{{book ref|sa2|i|
== Ecology ==
The Tai-na also have a [[spren]] that is at least somewhat-sentient for a soul. It is capable of limited interaction with the physical world, such as slowing the fall of objects. These spren are even more fantastic than spren typically associated with other greatshells.
There are dozens to hundreds of Tai-na on the Reshi Sea.{{book ref|sa2|i|
== Lore ==
The Reshi make their homes on the back of the Tai-na, worshiping them as their gods. The Reshi jealously guard the island's spren, refusing to let outsiders see it. They believe that the Tai-na approve of boldness, and interpret the movements of the Tai-na as divine will.
The Reshi believe that the Tai-na movements could be predicted, but sometimes they deviate from the expected course. At times when two Tai-na get close, the two islands go to war. Little bloodshed takes place, the victory going to the bolder warriors. Other times when Tai-na get close to one another, good things happen. Which occurs is somehow determined by the Tai-na.{{book ref|sa2|i|
== Notable Tai-na ==
*[[Relu-na]] - Saved [[Rysn]]'s life and somehow gave her a larkin.{{book ref|sa2|i|
== Trivia ==
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