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==Overview==
Crem is a light brown, sediment-like substance. It falls along with the heavy rains during [[highstorm]]s
Highstorms cause crem buildup on all structures, whether unnatural or natural, such as buildings, plateaus, and even corpses.{{book ref|sa1|69}}{{book ref|sa2|51}} Unless cleaned regularly, everything on Roshar eventually becomes covered with crem, and any overhangs will grow crem stalagmites.{{book ref|sa1|25}}{{book ref|sa1|69}} In fact, the entire continent is slowly "migrating" leeward, thanks to the highstorms depositing crem as they travel.{{wob ref|5712}}
Crem is one of [[Roshar]]'s most versatile materials. Historically, humans have used it in construction, in the form of bricks.{{book ref|sa1|19}} Crem-brick buildings can be found even in the present day, and some cities, such as [[Kharbranth]], have walls plastered with crem for insulation.{{book ref|sa1|3}} [[Singer]]s, too, utilize crem and stone as building materials.{{book ref|sa1|45}}
Crem is also utilized in farming. When growing [[lavis]], crem is added as fertilizer.{{book ref|sa2|55}} It's also used when deworming fields to close the holes after removing worms, so that no new pests can infest the field again.{{book ref|sa1|16}}
==In culture==
Crem is a go-to derogatory term for most Rosharans, and features in a number of insults, such as "cremstained", "crem-crusted" or "the crem of something".{{book ref|sa1|60}}{{book ref|sa2|50}}{{book ref|sa1|14}} The small crustaceans of Roshar are collectively called [[cremling]]s; this, too, is used as an insult.{{book ref|sa1|60}}
One of Roshar's "where babies come from" myths claims that they are crafted from crem clay.{{book ref|sa3|102}}
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