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== Layout ==
 
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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}}
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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}} The [[Outer Market]] is located 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}}
  
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}}

Revision as of 23:45, 17 August 2019

Pinnacle
The Pinnacle.jpg
by Isaac Stewart
Owner Elhokar Kholin
Usage Palace
City Alethi warcamps
Region The Shattered Plains
World Roshar
Universe Cosmere
This article is about the building. For the ferring power, see Electrum#Feruchemical Use.

“ The palace was both finer and more mundane than she might have expected. ”

The Pinnacle is King Elhokar Kholin's palace on the Shattered Plains.[2]

Layout

Top-down view of the palace complex

The Pinnacle stands on a hill above all other camps, about an hour's march from the Kholin warcamp.[3][4] It's surrounded by a sheer drop about a hundred feet tall.[5] One road leds to the main entrance, while a smaller sire route goes down to the stables at the feet of the hill.[6] The Feasting Basin likewise sits beneath the palace, with a short climb between it and the Pinnacle gates.[7] The Outer Market is located nearby.[8]

The palace is made of sculpted, Soulcast stone.[1] A broad gateway leads inside, though there is also a back entrance atop a flight of steps.[4][5] 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.[9][4] There are shutters on the windows to keep them closed during bad weather, though they tend to rattle and leak.[6]

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 gemhearts they have won. It's a long room covered in a stretched dome, with large skylights shining down upon formations of shalebark.[10][11]
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 highstorms there, while Dalinar is tied up for the duration of his visions.[9] During working hours, the strategy and politics meetings between the king and his highprinces take place there.[1]
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.[9]
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.[12]

History

The palace has been constructed by the royal Soulcasters sometime early on during the War of Reckoning.[10] Elhokar eventually dubbed it the Pinnacle, and the name stuck.[4]

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.[13][1] 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.[12][9][14] Following that last attempt, Kaladin temporarily relocated Elhokar to Little Herdaz.[15]

After the Battle of Narak, most Alethi relocated to Urithiru. As with the other structures, the Pinnacle was all but abandoned.[16]

Notes

  1. ↑ a b c d Words of Radiance chapter 36#
  2. ↑ The Way of Kings chapter 18#
  3. ↑ The Way of Kings chapter 22#
  4. ↑ a b c d Words of Radiance chapter 5#
  5. ↑ a b Words of Radiance chapter 33#
  6. ↑ a b Words of Radiance chapter 22#
  7. ↑ Words of Radiance chapter 50#
  8. ↑ Words of Radiance chapter 67#
  9. ↑ a b c d Words of Radiance chapter 32#
  10. ↑ a b The Way of Kings chapter 24#
  11. ↑ Words of Radiance chapter 52#
  12. ↑ a b Words of Radiance chapter 23#
  13. ↑ Words of Radiance chapter 24#
  14. ↑ Words of Radiance chapter 84#
  15. ↑ Words of Radiance chapter 87#
  16. ↑ Oathbringer chapter 50#
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