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== Appearance ==
[[FILE:Urithiru topdown view.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Top-down view of
Urithiru is as wide as a city and as tall as a small mountain.{{book ref|sa3|24}} It consists of 10 semi-circular levels, with each level being 18 stories tall, for a total of 180 floors. {{book ref|sa3|2}} Going down, each level is wider than the one above it, with the roofs of the wider levels having fields and gardens built on them. There are numerous balconies on the sides of the tower. The bottom level has "wide sections jutting out at the perimeter: large stone surfaces, each a plateau in its own right." {{book ref|sa3|2}} These areas have grooves, which in the past were furrows for growing crops, and planet boxes around the edges for growing "tubers or ornamental plants."{{book ref|sa3|18}} In front of the tower is a massive plaza surrounded by the ten [[Oathgate]] platforms.{{file ref|Urithiru.jpg}}
The lower levels "meld" into the mountain on either side, but the center and the upper levels have a flat side on the stormward side. Rooms in this flat side have windows facing the origin. {{book ref|sa3|4}} The glass windows miraculously survived thousands of years of abandonment utterly intact.{{book ref|sa3|8}}
Because the tower is high enough to be above the high storms, long chains with cages exist to lower gemstones down to renew Stormlight.{{book ref|sa3|4}}
The interior of Urithiru is filled with tunnels that twist about in strange curves, which Dalinar hypothesizes was done to fool invaders.{{book ref|sa3|8}}
Each tunnel has distinctive patterns of strata - for instance, the corridor to Dalinar's quarters has alternating red and yellow strips of strata that slope upwards while the strata in the bathhouse where [[Vedekar Perel]]'s body is found spiral and corkscrew.{{book ref|sa3|9}} Known strata colors include shades of brown, yellow, red, orange, and emerald green, though it would appear that only [[Surgebinder]]s are capable of perceiving the various colours.{{wob ref|10715}} The stone itself is smooth to the touch and hard enough that it can't be scratched with a knife.{{book ref|sa3|13}} Notably, the same strata patterns can be seen on [[Kholinar]] windblades, indicating similar, perhaps shared origin.{{book ref|sa3|61}}
The tower is comprised of multiple rooms of different functionality, including sleeping quarters, meeting halls, libraries and bathhouse. Most of the rooms in Urithiru have high ceilings.{{book ref|sa3|15}}
==== Re-Shephir's Chamber ====
The room in which [[Re-Shephir]] hides until being banished by [[Shallan]] has likely once been a library; however, by the time the Alethi arrive there, its collection has been destroyed by the [[Unmade]]. A notable feature of the room is a column of gemstones in its center, around which Re-Shephir coiled when discovered. Though it's appearance is unusual, its purpose - and whether there is a purpose to it beyond decoration - remains unknown.{{book ref|sa3|29}} Renarin theorizes that it is a giant fabrial that does "being a city."{{book ref|sa3|44}}
==== The Top Platform ====
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