Difference between revisions of "Urithiru"

A room resembling a theater can be found on the tower's third level, near the Breakaway. It is's a large chamber with round walls and rows of stone benches facing a raised platform that served as a stage. TheThis stage can be reached both by stairs from the audience and by a separate entrance onto the stage. The entrancecorridor ontoleading theto stageit leads through a corridoris narrow enough to be touched on both sides, and leadsgoes pastby several smaller roomschambers, possibly dressing rooms. Past the theater's back door (the one which would be, presumably, used by the viewersaudience), there is a circular room with large vertical slits in the walls, some of which face Breakaway, although neither it, nor the theater itself can be reached directly from the market. It is there that [[Shallan]] puts on a [[Lightweaving |Lightwoven]] play of [[The Girl Who Looked Up]] for [[Pattern]], and where they first encounter [[Re-Shephir]].{{book ref|sa3|25}}

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]]. ThisIt roomcan isbe reached from athe room on thetower's ground floor of Urithiru, thefrom centera of whichroom iswhere a large pit with a stone spiral staircase leadingleads down several stories. Rust marks on the wall indicate that part of the stone once served as a secret door, though the hinges have long since decayed and Shallan has to cut her way in with a [[shardblade]].{{book ref|sa3|29}}

The entrance to the chamber proper is a large archway with individually placed stones, unusual in Urithiru. The ceiling has a large mosaic of the heralds[[herald]]s. The walls are also covered in mosaic tiletiles, depicting the ten spren of the Knights Radiant and other, more enigmatic, symbols: a figure hovering above the ground embracing a blue disc, the [[Almighty]] as a cloud, and a woman in the shape of a tree reaching with her hands toward heavenheavens. There are two metal doors on opposite sides of the hallwaychamber, both leading to decayed libraries.{{book ref|sa3|29}}

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's a giant [[fabrial]] that does "being a city."{{book ref|sa3|44}}