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==== Agriculture and Foraging ====
The Listeners cultivate multiple plant species.
They also practice animal husbandry and hunting. They are known to have
== Government ==
=== Military ===
==== Armament ====
Listener soldiers use Warform, this grants them strong carapace armor as well as increased strength.{{book ref|sa2|i|1}} Though not as strong or resilient as someone with Shardplate, warform listeners are a real threat to regular human soldiers. Their strength allows them to use heavy weapons like battleaxes, hammers, spears and sometimes clubs or swords.{{book ref|sa1|40}}{{book ref|Sa4|45}} They are also capable of jumping far enough to cross the chasms on the [[Shattered Plains]].{{book ref|sa1|27}} Most of the steel weapons owned by the Listeners are either of [[Alethkar|Alethi]] origin or have been passed down from parent to child starting at the abandonment of the old gods.{{book ref|Sa4|81}} The Listeners are also fond of bows and two-handed slings
The Listeners had
==== Tactics ====
The Listeners often attack shortly before or after a storm comes.{{book ref|Sa4|45}}{{book ref|sa4|68}} The Listeners use drums to warn allies and enemies of an upcoming battle, they also wear white, as it signals that a battle is going to happen, instead of another interaction such as trade. These battles often start with the participants yelling boasts, insults and challenges at each other. After that both families take turns throwing spears at each other, when someone is hit their family might withdraw, if not both sides move on to close combat. There have been times where traditions were broken and battles turned into horrible massacres.
A notable aspect of the listeners' combat strategy is their use of '''warpairs'''{{book ref|sa1|26}}, pairs of warriors who fight side by side as partners. These listener warpairs move around the battlefield in coordinated maneuvers and attack enemy troops with heavy weapons from multiple directions.{{book ref|sa1|28}}
=== Architecture ===
Prior to the [[True Desolation]] the Listeners were technologically behind the rest of [[Roshar]]. They lived in huts made from hardened crem over frames of shell, which were huddled on the leeward side of lumps of stone to protect from [[highstorm]]s.{{book ref|WoR|i|4}} These buildings were fragile and would often be destroyed by highstorms, although the Listeners would simply rebuild them.{{book ref|WoK|45}} The Listeners also lived in hogshide tents.{{book ref|Sa4|45}} The Shattered Plains contained a large number of Listener bridges, which were flimsy and made of wood and rope.{{book ref|Sa4|48}} These bridges were likely destroyed during the War of Reckoning. They furnish their houses with woven mats and painted banners.{{book ref|sa4|62}}
When a highstorm is close the people prepare their homes, this includes stuffing rags under their doors, shoving bracing boards into position and pounding large wooden blocks into their open windows. Before the start of the War of Reckoning some of the Listener families occupied the 10 circular craters near the western edge of the plains, but they were eventually forced to move to the center of the Shattered Plains.{{book ref|WoR|i|1}}
=== Fashion ===
When Listeners go out into a highstorm to adopt a new form they often wear loose robes. This is likely so that the robe doesn’t interfere with the transformation of their body.{{book ref|Sa4|86}} Listener men weave bits of uncut gemstones in their beard. Members of each family all wear different gemstones, so a Listener can recognise what family someone belongs to just by looking at the gemstones in their beard.{{book ref|Sa4|73}} They also wear bands on their braids, members of different families also have differently colored bands.{{book ref|Sa4|73}} Listeners often wear robes.{{book ref|Sa4|73}} They also wear shirts skirts and coat.{{book ref|sa4|68}}
=== Crafts ===
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