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==== The Oathgate ====
The [[Natanatan]] [[Oathgate]] is located in Stormseat.{{book ref|sa2|60}} The platform survived the shattering of the [[Shattered Plains|Plains]] intact and splintered off completely from the surrounding land in defiance of the pattern that governs the shape of the plateaus, suggesting that it's made of a sturdier material than the rest of the city. Though by now, the dais is buried in [[crem]], it has retained its former shape near-perfectly.{{book ref|sa2|81}} Inside, the control chamber has been preserved exceptionally well, with colourfulcolorful mosaics on the walls and the floor retaining their hue and the lanterns around its circumference still whole.{{book ref|sa2|84}} Despite the added mass on top, the Oathgate remains functional.{{book ref|sa2|86}}
 
When [[listeners]] live in Narak, the plateau is used as practice ground by their soldiers.{{book ref|sa2|i|13}} Afterwards, it's restored to its former function, and a ramp is constructed to allow wagons and [[chull]]s to climb onto it. One of the [[Knights Radiant]] is on standby either there or at the matching Oathgate in [[Urithiru]] most of the time to operate it.{{book ref|sa3|37}}
As with many of [[Roshar]]'s oldest settlements, it's uncertain when Stormseat was built. During the [[Heraldic Epochs]], it served as the capital of [[Natanatan]], and one of the ten cities with an [[Oathgate]] that connected it to the [[Knights Radiant]] headquarters, [[Urithiru]].{{book ref|sa2|60}} The area around it was densely occupied, with numerous outbuildings and settlements surrounding the city.{{book ref|sa2|i|1}}
 
At some point, Stormseat was destroyed by the same event that transformed the Natan interior into the [[Shattered Plains]]. There is some disagreement as to when this happened. Human sources place the destruction of Stormseat at the [[Aharietiam]], the last of the old [[Desolation]]s.{{book ref|sa2|77}} [[Listeners]], however, put it significantly earlier, as according to their stories, by the time the [[Last Legion]] was sent into the area, the [[Shattered Plains]] already existed. Whichever is the case, humans blamed the destruction on the listener gods (either the [[Fused]] or the [[Unmade]]), though the [[Song of Wars]] is confident that this wasn't their doing.{{epigraph ref|sa2|26}}
 
The listeners point to Stormseat as the place where they broke their ties to [[Odium]]. The name Narak, meaning "exile" in their language, refers partially to this event.{{book ref|sa2|i|1}}
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