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! The following part is a rework of the Listener page !
The '''listeners''',
Prior to the [[True Desolation]], they lived on eastern Roshar, near the [[Shattered Plains]]. During the [[War of Reckoning]], they inhabited the city of [[Narak]]. After the arrival of the [[Everstorm]] and the start of the [[True Desolation]] the remaining Listeners left Narak, roaming around on the Shattered plains.
==== Agriculture and Animal Husbandry ====
The Listeners cultivate multiple plant species. Some of these species are rockbuds, while others are trees. They use the dried pulp from a species of rockbud to make paper. The Listeners also grow and prune Shalebark, although they do it for decoration.
They also practice animal husbandry and hunting. They have at times hunted [[chasmfiend]]s, although the amount differs heavily through time. They have access to leather, although it is unknown what creature this leather comes from.
* Rider of Storms -- the Stormfather
* stormpause -- the span between two highstorms
The listener language is descended from the [[Dawnchant]] and is related to the [[Shin]] and [[Unkalaki]] languages.{{wob ref|3977}} They measure time using the rhythm of peace, they use movements and half movements as units of time.▼
;;Phrases and Idioms
=== 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}}
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}}
=== People ===▼
Due to their history the Listeners value their freedom. During the War of Reckoning many listeners stopped caring about their origins. It is also important to the Listeners that everyone can choose their own form, and the [[Council of Five|Five]] cannot command people to choose a form.
Some singers hate trapping spren, instead they prefer to go out into the highstorms themselves and attract the proper spren.
=== Crafts ===
==== Paper ====
The Listeners have their own unique way of making paper. They make the paper from dried [[rockbud]] pulp following a harvest.{{book ref|sa2|i|1}} These rockbuds are native to the unclaimed hills and shattered plains. Their paper is much rougher then human paper and varies in Color. Their paper is also textured and full instead of neat and sterile.{{book ref|WoR|i|4}} They also have a [[Song of Making Paper|song]] describing the process. This ensures that the Listeners never forget how to make it.{{book ref|sa4|45}}
▲The listener language is descended from the [[Dawnchant]] and is related to the [[Shin]] and [[Unkalaki]] languages.{{wob ref|3977}}
== Notes ==
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