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== Culture ==
=== People ===
A decent number of humans resided in Aimia at one point. It appears that since the scouring they have been killed or fled, some of them to [[Alm]]. These people did their beards in the same corded way as those from [[Steen]]. Little else is known about them.{{book ref|sa3.5|9}}
== History ==
=== Arrival of the Dawnshard ===
At some unknown point in the distant past, a Dawnshard was taken or came to Aimia and was trapped in the [[Akinah Dawnshard mural]].{{cite}}
=== Silver Kingdom ===
Aimia was one of the Silver Kingdoms during the [[Heraldic Epochs]]. It contained an [[Oathgate]] connecting it to [[Urithiru]].{{book ref|sa3|8}}{{book ref|sa3|107}} As one of the ten kingdoms and a holder of an Oathgate, it likely held one of the ten thrones in Urithiru.{{book ref|sa1|45}} Akinah was the capital of the kingdom, and it was once a grand city built on a natural rock formation with tenfold symmetry.{{File ref|Four_Cities.jpg|Kabsal's Cymatics notes}}{{book ref|sa3|i|4}} It was also known as the location to obtain [[Soulcaster]]s.{{book ref|sa3|i|4}} Siah Aimians were integrated into larger Rosharan society to the point that they are partial ancestors of some ethnic groups on the main continent.{{wob ref|457}}
Aimia was a desolate and barren place, too cold for anything to grow. In order to become habitiable, some sort of device or devices, likely [[fabrial]]s, were employed to change its climate.{{book ref|sa3.5|9}}
=== Scouring of Aimia ===
{{for|Scouring of Aimia}}
At some point, a scouring occurred at Aimia, however, what exactly occurred, and why, is unknown. While the exact time is uncertain, it occurred after the [[Recreance]]{{book ref|sa1|36}} but longer than four hundred years
The Aimian Sea near the islands became very dangerous, with strange winds and storms that seem to originate in the islands.{{book ref|sa3|i|4}} In particular, one constant storm surrounds the island of Akinah.{{book ref|sa3|i|4}}{{book ref|sa3.5|3}}{{book ref|sa3.5|2}} Akinah is now surrounded by a wall of [[Soulcast]] stone spikes that are forty feet tall, with additional spikes underwater to deter ships.{{book ref|sa3|i|4}} [[Kaza]] believes that the spikes must have been created by multiple Soulcasters working together.{{book ref|sa3|i|4}}
=== Modern Day ===
Enough time has passed since the scouring that myths and stories about the Aimian islands and their people have spread.{{book ref|twok|i|5}} Akinah has many nicknames including "The Rock of Secrets" and "The Void's Playground", and Rosharans speculate about what it contains.{{book ref|sa3|i|4}} Some individual Aimians survive, and at least some are still on the islands.{{wob ref|8743}} Other cultures on Roshar are aware that non-human Aimians still exist, but generally have negative reactions to them if discovered.{{book ref|sa2|i|3}} Legends also speak of creatures that can eat Stormlight{{book ref|sa3.5|2}} and creatures that are leaving heaps of cremlings,{{book ref|sa3.5|9}} although the latter legend has lost its association with Aimia and its immortals.
The Sleepless have been very dedicated to protecting the Dawnshard in the time since the scouring. They have killed anyone who gets near to discovering their secrets, with a total death toll numbering in the hundreds.{{book ref|sa3.5|18}} They even built a fake version of the city of Akinah, following the same cymatic pattern as the original, in order to build a ruined Oathgate replica, in hopes of dissuading anyone who manages to get that far from returning. The real Oathgate remains functional, albeit locked, underneath the replica.{{book ref|sa3.5|15}}
Recently, scouting parties have been sent to the main island and found it quite barren. The Royal Navy of Thaylenah has set up outposts there just in case.{{book ref|sa3.5|1}}{{book ref|sa3.5|2}}
==== Expedition to Akinah ====
{{for|Expedition to Akinah}}
In late {{Rosharan date|1174}}, [[Rysn Ftori|Rysn]] headed an expedition to Akinah which brought back eight Soulcasters and a set of Shardplate. Rysn became the Dawnshard and the Sleepless guarding it let her return, conceding that Akinah was growing too hard to protect.{{book ref|sa3.5}}
== Notable Aimians ==
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