Difference between revisions of "Akinah"

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}}