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A page from the sketchbook of Shallan Davar depicting lifeforms adapted to life in the chasms of the Shattered Plains.

A variety of vinebud that is unknown to me.

It is difficult to study as it mostly clings to the stone above the waterline. It blooms a tremendous flower of bright leaves, and the vines grow to be dozens of feet long!
The vines appear to seek not just water, but others of their kind, creating the occasional tangle in the chasms above.
The volume seems incredibly elastic! When withdrawn, both the length an diameter visibly compress more than any variety I've ever seen.

—Transcription on the vinebud sketch

A standard, though very large variety of frillbloom grows here.

—Transcription on the frillbloom
Artist Ben McSweeney
Book Words of Radiance
Series The Stormlight Archive
Source Brandon's site
File type Interior art - Shallan's sketchbook, lifeforms

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current01:18, 11 April 2014Thumbnail for version as of 01:18, 11 April 20141,375 × 2,048 (321 KB)WeiryWriter (talk | contribs)A page from the sketchbook of Shallan Davar depicting lifeforms adapted to life in the chasms of the Shattered Plains. It was drawn by Ben McSweeney for ''Words of Radiance''.