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As an equatorial collection of landmasses,{{map ref|Roshar}}{{wob ref|13629}}{{wob ref|13208}} weather of the Reshi Isles is warm and overwhelmingly humid. The rainfall on the Reshi Sea often forms a misting haze.{{book ref|wor|i|3}} As Roshar lacks obliquity, the heat is constant and the sun passes directly overhead.{{wob ref|11448}}{{book ref|sa2|87}}{{cite}}
The summers tend to be sweltering, especially at the beaches, where the sand is heated enough that it
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|Shalebark mounds made vast fields of vibrant colors. Moss coated nearly everything. Vines and rockbuds wound around trunks of small trees that had gained a foothold in cracks between plates of the animal’s shell.
|Rysn describing a Tai-na.{{book ref|sa2|i|3}}
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=== Flora and Fauna ===
*[[I-nah]] - A type of tree with bark of stone which grows along the bottom of the Reshi Sea.{{book ref|wor|i|3}}
*[[Tai-na]] - A type of island-sized habitable [[greatshell]] worshiped by the Reshi.{{book ref|wor|i|3}}
As indigenous populations, most Reshi have no real concept of assassination and war.{{book ref|wor|54}} To them, battle is more about yelling and posturing than actual killing. However the eastern Reshi often raid Alethkar. When trading, a Reshi judges the other trader as they would judge a rival in battle.{{book ref|wor|54}}{{book ref|wor|i|3}}
When a foreigner is nearby, the Reshi
== Culture ==
=== Religion ===
The Reshi worship Tai-na as their gods. They believe that the Tai-na approve of boldness and respect and interpret the movements of the Tai-na as divine will. They also believe that everything in life serves the same purpose of pleasing the [[Tai-na]]
They use bundles of fruit as offerings.{{book ref|wor|i|3}}
They appear to observe taboos regarding discussion of the spren that inhabit Tai-na.{{book ref|wor|i|3}}
=== Clothing ===
The Reshi paint their chulls' shells. One can identify what island a Reshi chull handler is from by the colors and patterns on their chulls' shells.{{book ref|sa1|28}}
The Reshi on [[Kadrix]] ride Greatshells.{{book ref|sa1|36}}
=== Furniture ===
Reshi furniture is flat and long. They do not use chairs, instead sitting on cushions laid across the ground.{{book ref|twok|i|8}}
Though many Reshi are relaxed and carefree, there are those who prefer fighting to lounging. These soldiers wear armour made from carapace, their armguards are carved into wicked points. {{book ref|wor|i|3}} They also carry spears with tassels on them. They do not have any Shards and are not known to have any soulcasters.
In large parts of the Reshi isles the fighting is ritualistic, with more posturing and yelling then actual killing, The eastern Reshi are known for their raids against the Alethi however, so its safe to assume these Reshi fight more like warriors from the mainland. Reshi wars are often short, only a single battle long.{{
When two Tai-na go to war the people of the islands get into boats and exchange insults and boasts, each starting with their weakest insults first. This would progress into a kind of verbal duel ending with the strongest insults. Afterwards arrows and spears would be exchanged, although this wouldn’t be to violently, with more yelling then actual cutting.{{
=== Transportation ===
The Reshi travel the [[Reshi Sea]] using catamarans.{{
==Politics==
The Reshi isles are not united by a single government, instead each island has its own king.{{
== History ==
=== The Silver Kingdoms ===
{{image|Silver Kingdoms.jpg|side=right|width=450px|Map of the Silver Kingdoms}}
The Reshi Isles were founded as [[Rishir]]
Like all of the Silver Kingdoms, they were constantly returned back to primitive technological levels by the Desolations, often to the point to making use of stone tools. Though they advanced each time with the help of the Heralds whenever they returned, often helping them to enter into the bronze age, often receiving this assistance from [[Kalak]] and his [[Willshapers]].{{book ref|sa2|i|7}}{{book ref|sa1|part=prelude}}{{wob ref|13779}}
Eventually at an unknown date the kingdom collapsed and fractured into multiple other nations.{{map ref|Roshar}}
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▲[[Rishir]] was one of the [[Silver Kingdoms]] on Roshar. It was created during the [[Heraldic Epochs]]. The largest area claimed by Rishir consisted of the Reshi isles. The [[Oathgate]] was established at the city of [[Kurth]], on the border of the [[Reshi Sea]]. Eventually at an unknown date the kingdom collapsed and fractured into multiple other nations.{{cite}}
==== Saving the Larkin ====
At some point after the [[scouring of Aimia]] a group of [[Tai-na]] known as the [[Na-Alind]] took in the [[Larkin]], as of 1174, they are still protecting the Larkin.{{
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The [[Akak]] Reshi fought a war with the [[Alethi]] around the year 1155. They eventually lost this war and were destroyed. [[Dalinar]] fought as general on the Alethi side and claimed the land for Alethkar.{{cite}}
==== The Wastescum Skirmishes ====
The [[Wastescum skirmishes]] are a collection of skirmishes in the northern region of Alethkar which occurred some time before 1166, and some time after the crowning of Gavilar in 1145. The skirmishes were started by Reshi raiders raiding northern Alethkar, seeking to take advantage of the instability of [[Alethkar]] soon after the crowning of Gavilar Kholin. It can be reasonably assumed that the raiders were repelled from Alethkar.
This conflict did not fully dissuade the Reshi from engaging in border skirmishes but combined with the destruction of the Akak Reshi it dealt a heavy blow to the nearby Reshi. Nevertheless they are still known to attack Alethkar as late as Kak 1173.{{cite}} However, some Reshi allied with the Alethi military during the [[War of Reckoning]], providing them with Chulls, painted to indicate their origin.{{book ref|sa1|28}}
=== The
==== The Coalition ====
The Coalition invited the Reshi king Ral-na and his son to [[Urithiru]] to talk and show them around.{{
== Notable Characters ==
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