Difference between revisions of "Aimia"

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== Geography ==

One of the smaller islands at the north end of the chain is called [[Akinah]].{{book ref|sa3|i|4}} This island has undersea caverns, and it is possible some other islands do as well.{{epigraph ref|sa3|63}}{{book ref|sa3.5|16}} It is well protected from outsiders, due to a [[Dawnshard]] having been present on the island until [[Rysn]] became it and left.{{wob ref|13040}}{{book ref|sa3.5|19}}

At some unknown point in the distant past, a Dawnshard was taken or came to Aimia and was trapped in the [[Akinah Dawnshard mural]].{{citebook ref|sa3.5|19}} This Dawnshard was protected by the lanceryn.{{book ref|sa3.5|19}}

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}} At least some of the Aimians were close allies of the Knights Radiant.{{book ref|sa3.5|9}}

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}}{{book ref|sa3.5|9}} but longer than four hundred years before the [[Everstorm]]'s arrival.{{ref|group=fn|text=Nikli was SeperatedSeparated 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,{{book ref|twok|i|5}} while [[Nikli]] recounts-- in its human guise -- describes it as beinghaving occurred many generations ago.{{book ref|sa3.5|9}} Nikli believes that Aimia's fall was due to its extreme riches being too tempting to the rest of the world.{{book ref|sa3.5|9}}

Enough time has passed since the scouring that myths and stories about the Aimian islands and their people have spread.{{book ref|twok|i|5}} Akinah has many nicknames including "The Rock of Secrets" and "The Void's Playground", and Rosharans speculate about what it contains.{{book ref|sa3|i|4}} Some individual Aimians survive, and at least some are still on the islands.{{wob ref|8743}} Other cultures on Roshar are aware that non-human Aimians still exist, but generally have negative reactions to them if discovered, referring to their reverse shadow as a "Voidbringer shadow".{{book ref|sa2|i|3}} Legends also speak of creatures that can eat Stormlight{{book ref|sa3.5|2}} and creatures that are living heaps of cremlings,{{book ref|sa3.5|9}} although the latter legend has lost its association with Aimia and its immortals.