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In the present day, the city is split between numerous plateaus, the largest of which is home to the [[listeners]]. It encompasses the plaza that houses the ancient tower, as well as the buildings surrounding it. Of its stuctures, the tower is by far the best-preserved, as centuries of highstorms have toppled most of the city and covered it in [[crem]]. While the original purpose of some buildings can still be guessed at, oftentimes the ancient houses and halls are utterly unrecognizable as works of people.{{book ref|sa2|i|1}} Though numerous structures have been completely filled in with crem and rocks, just as many remain empty within, hiding what remains of Stormseat's once-great past — remnants of its inhabitants, rotten furniture and even rusted door hinges. The air within is humid, and musty with age.{{book ref|sa2|83}}
Rather than excavating Stormseat, the listeners constructed their own settlement atop the city's bones. The rocky shelves have been transformed into barracks and homes, while carapaces of [[greatshell]]s form ramshackle houses. Inside, crem is used to create
Following the [[Battle of Narak]], the city has been taken over by humans, who turn it into a fortress to protect Oathgate to [[Urithiru]] and the route between it and the warcamps. The tower is repurposed into a lookout, and the buildings become barracks. The surrounding plateaus serve as training grounds for the [[Windrunner]] squires and assembly points.{{book ref|sa3|55}}{{book ref|sa3|46}}. They are connected to each other and Narak by old bridges from [[gemheart]] hunts, though plans are made to replace those with permanent structures.{{book ref|sa3|37}}
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