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== Fauna ==
Aimia was a desolate and barren place, too cold for anything to grow. In order to become habitiable, some sort of device or devices, likely [[fabrial]]s, were employed during the [[Heraldic Epochs]] to change its climate.{{book ref|sa3.5|9}}▼
Many of the animals native to Aimia differ from other animals on Roshar. Unlike Shin animals, Aimian animals fit into the ecosystem of Roshar but have exceptional features that make them distinct, including [[lancer]], known for their large [[gemheart]]s,{{book ref|twok|36}} and [[larkin]], known for ingesting [[Investiture]] such as [[Stormlight]].{{book ref|sa3|i|13}} Lancer and larkin are directly related in some way.{{wob ref|6497}}{{book ref|sa3.5|19}} Aimian animals are now exceptionally rare and modern Rosharans incorrectly believe that larkin are extinct.{{book ref|sa1|36}}{{book ref|sa2|i|3}} The few larkin remaining appear to have been taken in by the [[Na-Alind]], and [[Rysn]] was given [[Chiri-Chiri|one of these]] in the [[Reshi Isles]].{{book ref|sa2|i|2}}{{book ref|sa3.5|1}}
=== Silver Kingdom ===
Aimia was one of the Silver Kingdoms during the [[Heraldic Epochs]]. It contained an [[Oathgate]] connecting it to [[Urithiru]].{{book ref|sa3|8}}{{book ref|sa3|107}} As one of the ten kingdoms and a holder of an Oathgate, it likely held one of the ten thrones in Urithiru.{{book ref|sa1|45}} Akinah was the capital of the kingdom, and it was once a grand city built on a natural rock formation with tenfold symmetry.{{File ref|Four_Cities.jpg|Kabsal's Cymatics notes}}{{book ref|sa3|i|4}} It was also known as the location to obtain [[Soulcaster]]s.{{book ref|sa3|i|4}} Siah Aimians were integrated into larger Rosharan society to the point that they are partial ancestors of some ethnic groups on the main continent.{{wob ref|457}}
▲Aimia was a desolate and barren place, too cold for anything to grow. In order to become habitiable, some sort of device or devices, likely [[fabrial]]s, were employed to change its climate.{{book ref|sa3.5|9}}
=== Scouring of Aimia ===
{{for|Scouring of Aimia}}
At some point, a scouring occurred at Aimia, however, what exactly occurred, and why, is unknown. While the exact time is uncertain, it occurred after the [[Recreance]]{{book ref|sa1|36}} but longer than four hundred years before the [[Everstorm]]'s arrival.{{ref|text=Nikli was Seperated after the scouring{{book ref|sa3.5|6}} and is known to have sailed with [[Longbrow]] who has been dead at least four hundred years.{{book ref|sa3.5|17}}}} Axies the Collector recalls it being fairly recent, but his immortality probably skews his perception of time.{{book ref|twok|i|5}} The Scouring is known to have decimated life on the islands. Native animals nearly went extinct,{{book ref|sa2|i|3}} and members of both
The Aimian Sea near the islands became very dangerous, with strange winds and storms that seem to originate in the islands.{{book ref|sa3|i|4}} In particular, one constant storm surrounds the island of Akinah.{{book ref|sa3|i|4}}{{book ref|sa3.5|3}}{{book ref|sa3.5|2}} Akinah is now surrounded by a wall of [[Soulcast]] stone spikes that are forty feet tall, with additional spikes underwater to deter ships.{{book ref|sa3|i|4}} [[Kaza]] believes that the spikes must have been created by multiple Soulcasters working together.{{book ref|sa3|i|4}}
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