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Akinah is located on a small island in the northern section of Aimia, somewhat near the large main island.{{book ref|sa3|i|4}} The city seems to have once been grand, with ornate buildings arranged in a tenfold symmetry radiating out from a round central hub.{{File ref|Four_Cities.jpg|Kabsal's Cymatics notes}} This tenfold symmetry is relatedconnected to theten tenthbeing namean ofimportant thenumber [[Almighty]],on He Who Transforms; the [[Soulcasting]] fabrials and the specific Dawnshard found in Akinah; and the concept of changeRoshar.{{wob ref|8614}} From above, the city looks like a flower with radiating petals.{{book ref|sa3.5|4}}

The origin of the city is unknown, but it is quite ancient. At some point in the past, air was Soulcast into massive spikes surrounding the city.{{book ref|sa3|i|4}} In the Heraldic Epochs, Akinah was known as the ancient home of the Soulcasters,{{book ref|sa3.5|2}} and it was where people would come to get Soulcasting devices.{{book ref|sa3|i|4}} Its Oathgate gave it a direct connection to [[Urithiru]], allowing rapid travel to the city. After Urithiru was abandoned, one of the [[Willshapers]] ventured to Aimia to explore its undersea caverns, leaving their maps in Akinah.{{epigraph ref|sa3|63}} At some unknown time, the city was destroyed, perhaps in the [[scouring of Aimia]]{{book ref|sa1|36}} or due to the influence of the [[Unmade]] [[Dai-gonarthisGonarthis]].{{epigraph ref|sa3|113}} [[Jasnah Kholin]] was previously confident that the Oathgate was destroyed and the link with the Urithiru severed.{{book ref|sa3|107}} [[Dysian Aimian]]s took up the task of guarding the city and its secrets because the [[Lancer|Guardians of Ancient Sins]] were all but extinct.{{book ref|sa3.5|18}}

Five months after Vazrmeb’s doomed expedition to the island, [[Yalb]], now crewing for a Thaylen military vessel, spotted a ghost ship limping along at sea. Revealed to be ''[[First Dreams]]'',{{book ref|sa3.5|prologue}} the ship's discovery prompted [[Navani]] to issue a request and a reward for another ship to travel investigate the region where Akina’s ruins were rumored to be found. Rysn accepted the mission some two months after the discovery of ''First Dreams'' in the hope that bringing [[Chiri-Chiri]] to Akinah would restore Chiri-Chiri’s failing health.{{book ref|sa3.5|1}} With a full crew, the incognito Dysian Aimian [[Nikliasorm|Nikli]], [[Lopen]], [[Huio]], [[Cord]], Rushu, and Chiri-Chiri, Rysn began the ''[[Wandersail (1174 ship)|Wandersail]]'s'' voyage to Akinah.{{book ref|sa3.5|4}} The expedition wildly exceeded expectations, yielding the Akinah Dawnshard, a fact known only to the Dysian Aimians, Rysn, and Cord; the location of the Oathgate, which appears to still function; eight Soulcaster devices, three of which will go to the Alethis and five to Thaylenah; Shardplate, now owned by Cord; and a mountain of real gemstones.{{book ref|sa3.5|epilogue}}