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{{geography \|image= Lait.jpeg \|world=Roshar \|universe=[[Cosmere]] \|books=[[The Stormlight Archive]] }} '''Laits''' are areas of [[Roshar]] that are protected from [[highstorm]]s by rock cliffs or outcroppings.{{book ref\|sa1\|i\|6}} ~~[[File:Lait.jpeg\|thumb\|left\|250px\|A page from the [[Shallan's sketchbook\|sketchbook]] of [[Shallan Davar]] depicting a lait.]]{{spoilers\|book=sa2}}~~ '''Laits''' are areas which are protected from [[highstorm]]s by rock outcroppings. They are often abundant in wildlife due to the protection they afford.{{book ref\|sa1\|3}}{{book ref\|sa2\|30}} Many settlements are built in the protection of large laits including [[Kharbranth]] and [[Bornwater]].{{book ref\|sa1\|3}} ==Characteristics== True laits are not susceptible to rapid erosion and last for many years.{{book ref\|sa2\|54}} Although laits vary widely in size, the rock formations at the top must be at a certain angle to provide effective shelter.{{book ref\|sa2\|30}} [[Crem]] buildup may actually increase the effectiveness of a lait.{{file ref\|Lait.jpeg}} Laits have good drainage that prevent flooding from storms.{{book ref\|sa1\|19}} Flora and fauna tend to be abundant in laits, due to the protection that they provide.{{book ref\|sa1\|3}}{{book ref\|sa2\|30}}{{book ref\|sa3\|prologue}} Laits all face in the same direction due to the consistent path of highstorms; Kaladin realizes that this strength is actually a weakness in the face of the [[Everstorm]].{{book ref\|sa2\|87}} ==Use== Many settlements are built in the protection of massive laits, including [[Kharbranth]] and [[Bornwater]].{{book ref\|sa1\|3}}{{book ref\|sa1\|i\|6}} Laits are desirable places to live, and sometimes attract wealthy residents.{{book ref\|sa2\|55}} Laits have been used as natural shelter for many millenia; the town where [[Heb]] and his family lived during the [[Heraldic Epochs]] was situated in a lait.{{book ref\|sa3\|34}} Legend holds that Kharbranth's bells were first erected to alert people to the arrival of a highstorm because the city's lait provides such effective shelter.{{book ref\|sa1\|3}} [[Szeth]] remarks that people from eastern Roshar engineer their houses to deflect highstorms out of habit, even within a lait.{{book ref\|sa1\|i\|6}} The ''[[Fourth Bridge]]'' took shelter in large laits during breaks in its endurance testing over the [[Steamwater Ocean]].{{book ref\|sa4\|3}} ==Trivia== * The term "lait" is a transliteration, rather than translation, of the Rosharan name for a place where the storms are blocked.{{wob ref\|3993}} Lait is also presumably used as a transliteration from the [[Listener]] language, as [[Eshonai]] uses the same term.{{book ref\|sa3\|prologue}} == Notes == <references /><!-- sa1: 3, 19, i-6, sa2: art, 30, 54, 55, 87, sa3: 34 --> {{complete\|[[User:Big Smooth\|Big Smooth]] ([[User talk:Big Smooth\|talk]]) 17:52, 25 October 2021 (UTC)}} ~~{{stub}}~~ {{Stormlight}}