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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}} Navani's scholars have also found oddly shaped groups of rooms and murals of fanciful animals (including some that might be lions, though those do not exist on Roshar), along with gold and copper metals embedded in the walls, presumably fabrials that they have been unable to understand.{{book ref|sa3|44}}
The tower is
===Strata===
Navani's scholars catalog and remove the debris, turning the area into a meeting hall for those working on uncovering the city's mysteries. Henceforth, it's there that the assemblies concerning the city's functionality and [[fabrial]]s are held.{{book ref|sa3|44}} As is later discovered, the tiles on the walls are actually drawers, holding the [[Urithiru gem archive]].{{book ref|sa3|53}}
At the end of the hallway is a bowl-shaped room. At its center stands a twenty-foot-tall column of gemstones, around which Re-Shephir coiled when discovered. The column is
On the far side of the room, a tunnel with carved stone steps leads even further below the tower. The passage runs through a long string of caverns, eventually leading to an exit in the foothills of the [[Tu Fallia]] mountains.{{book ref|sa3|53}} Re-Shephir uses this path to flee Urithiru after her confrontation with Shallan.{{book ref|sa3|30}}
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