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+ | |creator=Navani Kholin |
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+ | |owners= <small>[[Navani]], [[Dalinar]], [[Adrotagia]], possibly others</small> |
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|world=Roshar |
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|universe=[[Cosmere]] |
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|books=[[The Stormlight Archive]] |
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− | A '''stormclock''' is a mechanical device which can be used to tell when a [[highstorm]] is due. |
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+ | | One showed the time with three hands—even seconds, as if that mattered. The other was a stormclock, which could be set to wind down to the next projected highstorm. |
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+ | | Dalinar describing Navani's vambrace{{book ref|sa3|16}} |
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+ | A '''stormclock''' is a device from [[Roshar]] which can be used to tell when a [[highstorm]] is due.{{book ref|sa3|16}} It's composed of a single arm on a round face, and some hidden mechanisms.{{file ref|Vambrace.jpg|Vambrace, from Navani's notebook}} |
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+ | Rather than a clock, it's more akin to a timer. The user must wind it up for the amount of time they predict is left until a highstorm.{{book ref|sa3|16}} The stormclock then counts down the time and makes a small dinging sound upon finishing.{{book ref|sa3|64}} As such, it can be used to count down until other things as well, such as the arrival of the [[Everstorm]].{{book ref|sa3|122}} |
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− | [[Navani Kholin]] constructed a bracer for [[Dalinar]] which contained both a timepiece and a stormclock, and housed a [[painrial]].{{book ref|sa3|16}} |
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+ | While regular Rosharan timepieces are [[fabrial]]s, it's uncertain whether stormclocks are as well or if they work purely mechanically.{{book ref|sa1|10}} |
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+ | The stormclocks have existed on Roshar for some time, but [[Navani Kholin]] is the first to create a version small enough to wear on one's wrist.{{book ref|sa3|16}} She designs a leather vambrace that combines a stormclock with a regular fabrial clock and a [[painrial]], and gifts it to several people, among them [[Dalinar]] and [[Adrotagia]].{{book ref|sa3|16}}{{book ref|sa3|122}} |
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Type | Clock |
Creator | Navani Kholin |
Owners | Navani, Dalinar, Adrotagia, possibly others |
World of Origin | Roshar |
Universe | Cosmere |
“ One showed the time with three hands—even seconds, as if that mattered. The other was a stormclock, which could be set to wind down to the next projected highstorm. ”
— Dalinar describing Navani's vambrace[1]
A stormclock is a device from Roshar which can be used to tell when a highstorm is due.[1] It's composed of a single arm on a round face, and some hidden mechanisms.[2]
Rather than a clock, it's more akin to a timer. The user must wind it up for the amount of time they predict is left until a highstorm.[1] The stormclock then counts down the time and makes a small dinging sound upon finishing.[3] As such, it can be used to count down until other things as well, such as the arrival of the Everstorm.[4]
While regular Rosharan timepieces are fabrials, it's uncertain whether stormclocks are as well or if they work purely mechanically.[5]
The stormclocks have existed on Roshar for some time, but Navani Kholin is the first to create a version small enough to wear on one's wrist.[1] She designs a leather vambrace that combines a stormclock with a regular fabrial clock and a painrial, and gifts it to several people, among them Dalinar and Adrotagia.[1][4]