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Gallery of Maps

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Gallery of Maps
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by Isaac Stewart
Region The Shattered Plains
World Roshar
Universe Cosmere

The Gallery of Maps is a Soulcast building in the king's complex on the Shattered Plains on Roshar.[1]

Appearance And Location[edit]

A very large, detailed map the Altethi have made of the Shattered Plains. This is a top down-view of the Shattered Plains. We see ten small craters on the left, which are the Alethi warcamps. The rest of the image is hundreds and hundreds of plateaus separated by chams. It looks like a piece of broken glass, jagged and with no apparent symmetry. If the purpose of this image is to make the viewer feel like the Shattered Plains are a maze that is way too complex to ever properly map, it succeeds in that. The further on the right of the map we go, which is east, towards the storms, the wider the chasms are. Near the warcamps you could go from one plateau to any of its neighbours, but that's not the case further east. Only a few plateaus connect directly to the Tower, others are way too far to bridge.
by Isaac Stewart
Prime Map of the Shattered Plains

It is located east of Elhokar's palace on the Shattered Plains. It is domed with large skylights lighting shalebark formations. This building was expensive to Soulcast, due to its large size and smooth surface. Several maps, including the Prime Map, are located in the Gallery as well as parchment listing each highprince along with the number of gemhearts won in accordance with the Vengeance Pact.[1]

History[edit]

Dalinar met with Highprince Roion to try and convince Roion to join forces in order to do a joint attack.[1] Shallan visited the Gallery to study the Prime Map prior to the expedition deep into the Plains, which later enabled her to discover the symmetry of the plateaus.[2]

In Urithiru[edit]

For more information, see Urithiru#The Gallery of Maps.

There is a room on the penultimate floor of the tower of Urithiru that is also called the Gallery of Maps, named after the Gallery on the Shattered Plains. It is a windowless, quiet chamber, wherein Dalinar met with Taravangian, Ialai Sadeas, Highprince Hatham, Highprince Aladar, Highprince Ruthar, Queen Fen, and the Azish generals, along with each member's delegation.[3]

Note[edit]

  1. ↑ a b c The Way of Kings chapter 24#
  2. ↑ Words of Radiance chapter 52#
  3. ↑ Oathbringer chapter 107#
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