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'''Urithiru''' is a tower-city on [[Roshar]]
== History ==
=== Pre-Recreance ===
Though its unclear whether it was originally built for this purpose, Urithiru was the headquarters of the [[Knights Radiant]] orders, as well as the center of the [[Silver Kingdoms]], holding ten thrones, one for each king. Even following the temporary end of the cycle of [[Desolation]]s, it remained an important location as both the home of the Radiants and the [[Oathgate]] hub.{{epigraph ref|sa1|46}} During that time, Urithiru had a large populaion of not only Radiants, but also ordinary people - servants, traders, craftsmen and so on.{{epigraph ref|sa3|72}} At one point, the [[Unmade]] [[Re-Shephir]] invaded the tower, and was trapped and sealed by an unknown [[Lightweaver]].{{book ref|sa3|29}}
Eventually, the unknown systems that allowed people to inhabit Urithiru - most importantly, raising its temperature to allow people to live comfortably and grow foods - began to fail for unclear reasons.{{epigraph ref|sa3|69}} This forced the Knights Radiant to abandon the tower, leaving behind only the [[Urithiru gem archive|gem archive]] where they coded their last messages.{{epigraph ref|sa3|65}}{{epigraph ref|sa3|61}}
Between this and the [[Day of Recreance]], the [[Oathgate]]s in the 9 surviving cities were sealed, leaving Urithiru locked away from the world.
=== Era of Solitude ===
Some time after the tower was abandoned, [[Re-Shephir]] broke out of her confinement, but remained within the tower.{{book ref|sa3|29}}
Though Urithiru had faded into myth by the [[Era of Solitude]], [[Szeth]] was familiar with it, and would visit it often after becoming a [[Truthless]].{{book ref|sa2|I|10}}
[[Jasnah Kholin]] began an effort to rediscover the city after growing convinced that a new Desolation was coming.{{book ref|sa2|6}} While she herself was unable to do so, her student, [[Shallan Davar]], managed to complete her works and pinpoint the location of [[Stormseat]], an ancient city that possessed an [[Oathgate]], but was destroyed long before Urithiru was abandoned.{{book ref|sa2|47}} She eventually managed to locate Stormseat - now called [[Narak]] - and, as the [[Listener]]s summoned the [[Everstorm]], transported the [[Alethi]] army through its Oathgate, rediscovering Urithiru.{{book ref|sa2|86}}
=== True Desolation ===
Following the arrival of the [[Everstorm]], Urithiru became the centre of Alethi military power, with most [[highprince]]s, chief among them [[House Kholin]], relocating there along with their armies. The Alethi began to reinhabit the tower, although they were unable to reactivate most of Urithiru's systems, such as the heating or the main elevator.{{book ref|sa3|2}} Following a string of strange accidents, [[Re-Shephir]] was tracked down and banished from the tower by a team led by [[Shallan Davar]]{{book ref|sa3|29}} Several [[Oathgates]] - that of [[Vedenar]], [[Azimir]] and [[Thaylen City]] - were unlocked to reenable fast transportation across the continent.{{book ref|sa3|58}}
As a prelude to the [[Battle of Thaylen Field]], the [[Voidbringers]] attacked Urithiru through the subverted [[Kholinar]] Oathgate.{{book ref|sa3|i|14}} Although initially somewhat successful, they were eventually pushed back and out of the city.{{book ref|sa3|120}}
== Location ==
It is said to be somewhere near the middle of Roshar but the exact location is unknown. It is known that many wished for it to be built in [[Alethela]] but it has been confirmed that it was located west of Alethela in the place "nearest to [[Honor]]."{{epigraph ref|sa1|35}}There was some disagreement as to whether or not Urithiru was accessible by foot. Varala and Sinbian both claimed that it was inaccessible by foot but in [[Nohadon|Nohadon's]] eighth parable from [[The Way of Kings (in-world)|''The Way of Kings'']] he claimed that he walked from [[Abamabar]] to Urithiru (Which he confirmed in Dalinar's dream that he did not use an Oathgate, only a guide which was akin to "taking a ferry across a river."). There is an entrance at the bottom of the mountain which the unmade [[Re-Shephir]] used to escape.
Urithiru is located on the east side of a mountain.{{qa ref|1100|1|It is on the east side of a mountain.|date= Jan 8th, 2015}}
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