Shattered Plains
| Shattered Plains | |
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| World | Roshar |
The Shattered Plains are a located on the boarder of the Frostlands and Unclaimed Hills formerly part of the Kingdom of Natanatan.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content They are aptly named, as the terrain of the Plains consists of huge numbers of plateaus of various sizes, surrounded on all sides by deep chasms. It is unknown what caused the landscape to form this way.
Topography
Only the western portion of the plains have been explored. The westernmost edge is ringed by ten circular valleys.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content Each valley's ridges have been worn away by Highstorms where they connect to the Shattered Plains themselves.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
The edge of the plains consist of smaller plateaus with chasms ranging generally from 50 to 150 feet in depth which can be easily bridged, and many permanent bridges have been constructed joining them together. Moving eastward, the plains become much more varied in size and the chasms themselves can become much wider making crossing from one to another much more challenging.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
On the eastern side of the explored portion of the plains is a particularly large plateau known as "the Tower" for unknown reasons. The Tower is a favorite place for Chasmfiends to pupate.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
It is noted that Highstorms are particularly bad on the Shattered Plains, as there is no shelter on top of the plateaus, and the chasms often flood. This, added to the Plains being eastern, where the Highstorms are strongest, is the reason the Plains are not the optimal place to experience a Highstorm outdoors.
Some accounts describe the plains as looking as if something enormous had struck the center causing the plains fracturing to radiate somewhat symmetrically in all directions. Claims of lights in the center plateau (human habitation?) have also been recorded.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
Inhabitants
The only known permanent inhabitants of the Shattered Plains are the Parshendi. The ten valleys are currently occupied by various Alethi armies fighting the Parshendi under the Vengeance Pact .