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|It is rare I must guard [Akinah] so . . . aggressively. Men must not again discover this place. I cannot speak, even to sate a dying demand. There are those who could pull secrets from your soul, and the cost would be the ends of worlds.
|[[Dysian Aimian]] cook to [[Kaza]]{{book ref|sa3|i|4|name=sa3i4}}
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'''Akinah''' is the ancient capital of the [[Silver Kingdoms|Silver Kingdom]] of [[Aimia]] on [[Roshar]].{{book ref|sa3|i|4name=sa3i4}} In more modern times, it is also known as '''The Rock of Secrets''' and '''The Void's Playground'''. The city itself was destroyed long ago, and during the [[Era of Solitude]] it exists only as a ruin. It is the location of a functioning [[Oathgate]] and its underwater caverns formerly contained a [[Dawnshard]].
 
== Appearance ==
Akinah is located on a small island in the northern section of Aimia, somewhat near the large main island.{{book ref|sa3|i|4name=sa3i4}} 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 related to the tenth name of the [[Almighty]], He Who Transforms; the [[Soulcasting]] fabrials and the specific Dawnshard found in Akinah; and the concept of change.{{wob ref|8614}} From above, the city looks like a flower with radiating petals.{{book ref |dawnshard |15}}
 
The island features dark, tall rock formations along its center that look almost like the walls of a city{{book ref|sa3|i|4}} and uniform buildings in the “tips” of the flower petals as seen from above.{{book ref |dawnshard |15}} The ruins - which [[Rushu]] believes are fake{{book ref |dawnshard |15}} - are covered with [[crem]] and the rocky beach around the city is cluttered with the corpses of dead [[greatshell]]s and deceptive, but fake, gemhearts.{{book ref |dawnshard |15}}
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