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'''Devotion's Shardpool''', also called '''The Lake''' or '''The Pool''', was a round, ten foot deep body of crystalline, sapphire, fluid found on a mountain near [[Elantris (city)|Elantris]] and [[Kae]]{{ref|b|elantris|c|60}} on [[Sel]].{{ref|b|elantris|c|25}} It appeared to have no natural inlets or outlets, and is not filled with water but a thicker cool liquid.{{ref|b|elantris|c|61}}
== Effects ==
When entering [[Devotion|Devotion's]] Shardpool, people feel an extreme sense of comfort and calm.{{ref|b|elantris|c|61}} If someone is a [[Hoed]], they can sometimes momentarily regain a bit of consciousness, looking at those nearby for an instant{{ref|b|elantris|c|25}} or reaching their arms to the sky.{{ref|b|elantris|c|31}} The experience is so relaxing that it causes people in the Pool to sigh involuntarily.{{ref|b|elantris|c|25}}
The Pool speaks to people when they enter it, offering peace and contentment, wishing to take away their sorrows and pains.{{ref|b|elantris|c|61}} Whether or not this is an actual consciousness or simply an effect of Devotion's intent is as-of-yet unknown.
Those who give in to the peace float for several seconds and then dissolve suddenly, without leaving any trace that they had ever been there.{{ref|b|elantris|c|25}} Those who do not accept the relief will not dissolve.{{ref|b|elantris|c|61}}
The Selish don't fully understand the nature of the Pool or its power.{{ref|?|897|24|Let's just say that the characters in the book do not fully understand the pool or its power}} It is somehow tied to the physical form of the Elantrians.{{ref|?|769|195|Elantris Annotations: Chapter 61 Part 1}}
== History ==
The origin of Devotion's Shardpool is unknown.
The Pool seems to have been a part of the Elantrian religion, as in the secret room under the Elantrian meetinghouse, there was a wall relief of the pool{{ref|b|elantris|c|25}} and a mysterious white circle that is potentially the [[Dor]]. The mural appears to imply that the Pool is gateway of some sort.
One of the Hoed who had lived during the height of Elantris gave [[Raoden]], [[Karata]], and [[Galladon]] directions to the Pool so that he could die.{{ref|b|elantris|c|25}} They decided not to tell anyone else of its location.{{ref|b|elantris|c|28}}
Raoden was extremely tempted to enter the Pool himself to gain relief from his aches and the [[Dor|Dor's]] attacks.{{ref|b|elantris|c|28}} He made Karata and Galladon promise to bring him there if he ever became a Hoed.{{ref|b|elantris|c|25}}{{ref|b|elantris|c|37}}
Later, after [[Saolin]] was injured by some of [[Shaor|Shaor's]] men and became a Hoed, Raoden, Karata, and Galladon brought him to the Pool to die as well.{{ref|b|elantris|c|31}}
After Raoden's injury by [[Dilaf]], Galladon and Karata threw Raoden into the Pool to kill him; planning to then kill themselves.{{ref|b|elantris|c|60}} Fighting through the pain, Raoden realized that Elantris was in the shape of [[Aon]] [[List of Aons#Rao|Rao]]. He successfully managed to resist the Pool's temptation to give in to the relief from his pains, and emerged from the Pool unharmed.{{ref|b|elantris|c|61}}
== Trivia ==
*Brandon developed the Pool initially as a plot device to get Raoden into the mountains above Elantris so he could have his epiphany on the connection between Aon Rao and the shape of the city.{{ref|?|769|190|Elantris Annotations: Chapter 60 Part 2}}
*When Brandon first wrote the Pool into the book, it simply represented giving in.{{ref|?|769|195}} He did not know how it fit into the magic of the [[cosmere]].
== Notes ==
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