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| − | '''Laits''' are areas |
+ | '''Laits''' are areas which are protected from [[highstorm]]s by rock outcroppings. They are often abundant in wildlife due to the protection they afford.{{book ref|sa1|3}}{{book ref|sa2|30}} Many settlements are built in the protection of large laits including [[Kharbranth]] and [[Bornwater]].{{book ref|sa1|3}} |
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| − | ==Characteristics== |
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| − | True laits are not susceptible to rapid erosion and last for many years.{{book ref|sa2|54}} Although laits vary widely in size, the rock formations at the top must be at a certain angle to provide effective shelter.{{book ref|sa2|30}} [[Crem]] buildup may actually increase the effectiveness of a lait.{{file ref|Lait.jpeg}} Laits have good drainage that prevent flooding from storms.{{book ref|sa1|19}} Flora and fauna tend to be abundant in laits, due to the protection that they provide.{{book ref|sa1|3}}{{book ref|sa2|30}}{{book ref|sa3|prologue}} Laits all face in the same direction due to the consistent path of highstorms; Kaladin realizes that this strength is actually a weakness in the face of the [[Everstorm]].{{book ref|sa2|87}} |
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| − | ==Use== |
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| − | Many settlements are built in the protection of massive laits, including [[Kharbranth]] and [[Bornwater]].{{book ref|sa1|3}}{{book ref|sa1|i|6}} Laits are desirable places to live, and sometimes attract wealthy residents.{{book ref|sa2|55}} Laits have been used as natural shelter for many millenia; the town where [[Heb]] and his family lived during the [[Heraldic Epochs]] was situated in a lait.{{book ref|sa3|34}} |
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| − | Legend holds that Kharbranth's bells were first erected to alert people to the arrival of a highstorm because the city's lait provides such effective shelter.{{book ref|sa1|3}} [[Szeth]] remarks that people from eastern Roshar engineer their houses to deflect highstorms out of habit, even within a lait.{{book ref|sa1|i|6}} |
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| − | The ''[[Fourth Bridge]]'' took shelter in large laits during breaks in its endurance testing over the [[Steamwater Ocean]].{{book ref|sa4|3}} |
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| − | ==Trivia== |
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| − | * The term "lait" is a transliteration, rather than translation, of the Rosharan name for a place where the storms are blocked.{{wob ref|3993}} Lait is also presumably used as a transliteration from the [[Listener]] language, as [[Eshonai]] uses the same term.{{book ref|sa3|prologue}} |
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== Notes == |
== Notes == |
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| − | <references /><!-- sa1: 3, 19, i-6, sa2: art, 30, 54, 55, 87 |
+ | <references /><!-- sa1: 3, 19, i-6, sa2: art, 30, 54, 55, 87 --> |
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| − | {{complete|[[User:Big Smooth|Big Smooth]] ([[User talk:Big Smooth|talk]]) 17:52, 25 October 2021 (UTC)}} |
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