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== History ==
=== Construction ===
The actual origins of the City are unknown. It was constructed "hundreds if not over a thousand years before the [[Reod]]".{{qa ref|590|43| How long ago was Elantris constructed?|date=JAN 10 2011}} The people who built it possessed a keen understanding of [[AonDor]] as the Elantrian Metropolitan Area, which consists of Elantris and its four Gate Cities, forms a massive [[Aon#Rao|Aon Rao]] acts as a power amplifier for the Elantrians. Its builders were themselves Elantrians, as only they would have been able to make the aons formed by the city work for AonDor.{{annotation ref|Elantris|chapter=62-2}}
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=== The Shaod ===
{{quote|The Shaod, it was called. The Transformation. It struck randomly--usually at night, during the mysterious hours when life slowed to rest. The Shaod could take beggar, craftsman, nobleman, or warrior. | [[Elantris/Summary#Prologue|Elantris Prologue]]{{book ref|Elantris|prologue}}}}
The Shaod is the process by which ordinary people become Elantrians. The only restrictions are that the individual must be of Aonic descent and be within area of the Elantris effect. [[Aon#Mea|Aon Mea]] describes the area in which the Shaod can occur.{{qa ref|428|63|What is the X in Aon Mea?|date=Jul, 2009}}
=== Power Amplification ===
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