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|image=The Pinnacle.jpg
|owner=[[Elhokar Kholin]]
|usage={{cat tag|palaces|Palace}}
|'city=[[Alethi]] warcamps
|region=Shattered Plains
|world=Roshar
|universe=[[Cosmere]]
|books=[[The Stormlight Archive]]
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The '''Pinnacle''' is King [[Elhokar Kholin]]'s palace on the [[Shattered Plains]].{{book ref|sa1|18}} It was soulcast out of stone.
| The palace was both finer and more mundane than she might have expected.
| [[Shallan]]{{book ref|sa2|36}}
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The '''Pinnacle''' is King [[Elhokar Kholin]]'s palace on the [[Shattered Plains]].{{book ref|sa1|18}} It was soulcast out of stone.
 
== Layout ==
The Pinnacle stands on a hill above all other camps, about an hour's march from the [[Kholin]] warcamp.{{book ref|sa1|22}}{{book ref|sa2|5}} It's surrounded by a sheer drop about a hundred feet tall.{{book ref|sa2|33}} One road leds to the main entrance, while a smaller sire route goes down to the stables at the feet of the hill.{{book ref|sa2|22}} The [[Feasting Basin]] likewise sits beneath the palace, with a short climb between it and the Pinnacle gates.{{book ref|sa2|50}} There is also a market nearby.{{book ref|sa2|67}}
 
The palace is made of sculpted, [[Soulcasting|Soulcast]] stone.{{book ref|sa2|36}} A broad gateway leads inside, though there is also a back entrance atop a flight of steps.{{book ref|sa2|5}}{{book ref|sa2|33}} Within, the Pinnacle has several floors with vast, cavernous halls, and numerous floors serving different purposes. Large part of it is is cut straight into the rock of the hill, with windows cut out facing leeward.{{book ref|sa2|32}}{{book ref|sa2|5}} There are shutters on the windows to keep them closed during bad weather, though they tend to rattle and leak.{{book ref|sa2|22}}
[[File:Warcamps.jpg|thumb|350px|right|The [[Alethi]] warcamps, with the Pinnacle visible in top right.]]
 
=== Notable rooms ===
;The [[Gallery of Maps]]: The Gallery of Maps, as its name implies, houses numerous maps of both the world and the local area, as well as the list of highprinces and the number of [[gemheart]]s they have won. It's a long room covered in a stretched dome, with large skylights shining down upon formations of [[shalebark]].{{book ref|sa1|24}}{{book ref|sa2|52}}
 
;The conference chamber: The king's conference chamber is located on one of the Pinnacle's topmost floors. The king and his family spend the [[highstorm]]s there, while [[Dalinar]] is tied up for the duration of his visions.{{book ref|sa2|32}} During working hours, the strategy and politics meetings between the king and his [[highprince]]s take place there.{{book ref|sa2|36}}
 
;The kitchens: The kitchens, where the food is prepared, are located near the bottom of the palace, perhaps on the ground floor. The back entrance into the Pinnacle leads there.{{book ref|sa2|32}}
 
;The king's quarters: The set of rooms were [[Elhokar]] lives. There is small balcony there facing towards the [[Origin]], allowing the king to observe the [[Shattered Plains]]. It's well-known to be Elhokar's favourite spot in the palace.{{book ref|sa2|23}}
 
== History ==
The palace has been constructed by the royal [[Soulcaster]]s sometime early on during the [[War of Reckoning]].{{book ref|sa1|24}} Elhokar eventually dubbed it the Pinnacle, and the name stuck.{{book ref|sa2|5}}
 
During its existence, the place served as Elhokar's home, as well as the place where strategy and planning meetings were conducted, making it effectively the centre of [[Alethi]] government.{{book ref|sa2|24}}{{book ref|sa2|36}} In addition, the Pinnacle saw several failed attempts to assassinate the king - once by the [[Diagram]], through a sliced railing in the royal quarters, once by the [[Assassin in White]], and once directly by [[Moash]] and [[Graves]].{{book ref|sa2|23}}{{book ref|sa2|32}}{{book ref|sa2|84}} Following that last attempt, [[Kaladin]] temporarily relocated Elhokar to [[Little Herdaz]].{{book ref|sa2|87}}
 
After the [[Battle of Narak]], most Alethi relocated to [[Urithiru]]. As with the other structures, the Pinnacle was all but abandoned.{{book ref|sa3|50}}
 
== Notes ==
<references /><!-- sa2 5, 22, 32, 33, 47, 50, 67, 76, 80 -->
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