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|type=Substance
|world=Roshar
|universe=[[Cosmere]]
==Overview==
Crem is a light brown, sediment-like substance. It falls along with the heavy rains during [[highstorm]]s, while the lighter rainfall during the [[Weeping]]s does not carry it.{{book ref|sa2|81}} It gives stormwater a metallic taste.{{wob ref|8491}} Consuming it can cause sickness, making highstorm water unsafe to drink; however, after about a day, it will settle on the bottom of the container, leaving clean water above.{{book ref|sa1|16}} When dried, it can turn into dust.{{book ref|sa3|71}}{{book ref|sa3|82}} "Cremslime" - the mud formed of water mixed with crem - has an unpleasant stench.{{book ref|sa1|60}} Densely-packed, accumulated crem forms cremstone, which is tannish brown in color.{{wob ref|6268}}
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}}
To filter crem out of rainwater, the people of Roshar use storm cisterns, which can do so automatically.{{book ref|sa2|40}}{{book ref|sa3|10}} The crem filtered out of water is often used as clay.{{book ref|sa1|16}} Among others, the people of [[Sesemalex Dar]] are
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}}
One of Roshar's "where babies come from" myths claims that they are crafted from crem clay.{{book ref|sa3|102}}
==Trivia==
* The word "crem" is a transliteration, rather than translation, of the Rosharan word for it.{{wob ref|3993}}
== Notes ==
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