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== Topography ==
The edge of the Plains consist of smaller plateaus with chasms ranging generally from 50 to 150 feet in depth.
On the eastern side of the explored portion of the Plains is a particularly large plateau known as "the Tower"
It is noted that Highstorms are particularly bad on the Shattered Plains, garnering it this area of the world 'The Stormlands'{{book ref|sa2|35}}, as there is no shelter on top of the plateaus, and the chasms often flood.
Some accounts describe the Plains as looking as if something enormous had struck the center causing the Plains fracturing to radiate
The ruins of [[Stormseat]] are in the center of the Shattered Plains. The [[Oathgate]] is located there on a circular plateau.{{book ref|sa1|83}} The Oathgate had been hidden underneath centuries of built up [[Crem]].{{book ref|sa3|12}} The city of Stormseat did not encompass the whole of the Shattered Plains, but had satellite cities and outbuildings.{{book ref|sa2|81}}
<gallery caption="Images of the Shattered Plains">
Honor Chasm.jpg | Kaladin and Syl before the Honor Chasm by [[Coppermind:Artists/Thorkild Skov|Thorkild Skov]]
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== Flora and Fauna ==
The area around, on, and in the Shattered Plains has a large variety of plants and animals. The most dangerous being the apex predators: Chasmfiends. However, [[Shallan Davar]] believes the Alethi have hunted them near to extinction for their enormous [[Gemheart]]s.{{book ref|sa3|50}}
The climate is moister than it is the west. Plants have a tendency to not pull into their shells all the way.{{book ref|sa1|23}} Clouds are less frequent; alternating between sun and Highstorms.{{book ref|sa3|58}} Outside the warcamps, [[Rockbud]], [[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 [[Axehounds]], 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}} [[Haspers]]{{book ref|sa1|11}}{{book ref|sa1|64}}, mosses, fungi, and [[Frillblooms]]{{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 ==
=== Parshendi nation ===
The Parshendi are residing in the ruins of
=== Warcamps ===
The [[Alethi]] have occupied
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 warcamps were evacuated and abandoned after the [[Battle of Narak]], their occupants either moving to [[Urithiru]] or disappearing into the [[Unclaimed Hills]].▼
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}}
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The princedoms from east to west:
; Roion
; Sadeas
It is known as one of the least ordered and respectable warcamps, as opposed to the well-maintained and designed Kholin warcamp. Prior to the evacuation to Urithiru, Sadeas controlled the forests north of the warcamps.{{book fre|sa1|23}}
; Aladar
[[Dalinar]] and [[Renarin Kholin]] are nearly stranded in Aladar warcamp during a highstorm.{{book ref|sa1|18}}
; Kholin
The barracks of this warcamp are organized into radials, with meeting areas, mess halls, and at the center of each battalion.{{book ref|sa1|26}} These battalions then circle Dalinar's stone bunker complex and the living quarters of other ranking lighteyes and generals.{{book ref|sa2|5}} The Kholin warcamp has more bunker-like construction than other warcamps, as Dalinar wanted his soldiers to remember they were at war.{{book ref|sa3|50}}
After moving most of the camp to Urithiru, Dalinar left a few platoons and some workers in this warcamp under the leadership and administration of Brightness [[Jasalai]].{{book ref|sa3|50}}
* Location of [[Ornery Chull]]
; Vamah
; Bethab
; Sebarial
It is a very technologically advanced camp for the area. It has running water, although muddy water will run for the first few seconds.{{book ref|sa2|40}} Highprince [[Sebarial]]'s goal is to become the only camp that produces food and utilities and have a monopoly. His camp is dedicated less to the training of military and more to the production of resources. After the evacuation to Urithiru, Sebarial claimed the nearby forests{{book ref|sa3|50}} and is transporting lumber across the Plains to Urithiru.{{book ref|sa3|37}}
[[Shallan Davar]] stays with Highprince [[Sebarial]].{{book ref|sa2|63}} She is very impressed by the situation of the camp, as it does not reflect what [[Jasnah]] reported.
== 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}}
== Notes ==
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