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Urithiru is located almost exactly in the middle of the Rosharan continent, in the [[mountains of Ur]]. It lies in the range's western part, on the border of [[Emul]] and [[Greater Hexi]].{{map ref|Roshar}} The tower sits on the east side of one of those mountains, leaning against two slopes.{{file ref|Urithiru.jpg|Urithiru sketch}}{{book ref|sa2|89}}
The plateau on which the tower is located is at a considerable altitude. The air is thin enough to make physical activity difficult.{{book ref|sa3|46}} The cliffs beneath it extend further than the eye can see.{{book ref|sa3|58}} This location is high enough that both [[highstorm]]s and the [[Everstorm]] pass beneath it, which makes it difficult for the tower's current occupants to obtain [[
Historically, there was some disagreement as to whether or not Urithiru is accessible by means other than [[Oathgate]] travel or flight. Ancient chroniclers Varala and Sinbian both stated that it was impossible, but in [[Nohadon]]'s eighth parable from [[The Way of Kings (in-world)|''The Way of Kings'']], he claims that he walked from [[Abamabar]] to Urithiru (which he confirms in Dalinar's dream, saying that he did not use an Oathgate, only a guide, which he believes wasn't "cheating" in any way).{{epigraph ref|sa1|34}}{{book ref|sa3|103}} As is later revealed, there is an entrance at the bottom of the mountain which can be used to exit the tower on foot.{{book ref|sa3|53}}
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]]. He had gone by the village at the bottom of the tower's mountain so many times that he mused that at some point, they had started thinking of him as some sort of god, leaving out tributes of [[sphere]]s for him to use for [[
[[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 lead the [[Alethi]] army to Stormseat--now a [[listener]] city called [[Narak]]--and, as the listeners summoned the [[Everstorm]], transported them through its Oathgate, rediscovering Urithiru.{{book ref|sa2|86}}
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