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=== Climate ===
Luthadel is located relatively close to most of the [[Ashmounts]].{{map ref|Final Empire}} Luthadel's soil contains lots of minerals and metal traces that can be burned when ingested via ground water.{{book ref|mb1|2}}({{book ref|mb1|7}}) <br>▼
Normal plants were brown.{{book ref|mb1|5}} <br>▼
Landscape around Luthadel: barren save for scrub and weeds, reasonably flat with small hills. Mistwraiths outside the city, are relatively harmless, just scavengers.{{book ref|mb1|8}} <br>▼
Poisonous red (afternoon) sun.{{book ref|mb1|10}} <br>▼
Luthadel could have heavy rainfalls.{{book ref|mb1|15}} <br>
Flora in Central Dominance: usually brown or white, but when cultivated also red, orange and yellow. Wilderness outside the city. "The dry plants, the angry sun, the smoky-black sky".{{book ref|mb1|17}} <br>▼
Landscape: brown hills, scraggly trees and rug of weedy underbrush.{{book ref|mb1|19}} <br>▼
Snow fell some winters, but not each year.{{book ref|mb1|20}} <br>
Birch forests could grow in the Central Dominance. Ground below consisted (partly) of granite.{{book ref|mb1|21}} <br>▼
Mist-grown lichen on stones.{{book ref|mb1|24}} <br>▼
"Outside, the sun was setting in a fiery blaze of frustration."{{book ref|mb1|27}} <br>▼
Snow wasn't common around Luthadel before the Deepness, or else it was just an icy slush.{{book ref|mb1|29}} <br>
Two winters ago—when we fought the koloss at Luthadel—was the first I’d seen snow in the Central Dominance, and this last winter was even worse.{{book ref|mb3|5}}
Even noblemen and thieves reluctant about entering Mists. Ambient starlight diffused by Mists was enough to see most times.{{book ref|mb1|5}} <br>
Mist.({{expand}}with{{book ref|mb1|7}}) <br>
"The sun sank beneath the horizon, and while its light was still a flare in the west, the mists began to appear. They didn’t come from one specific place, they just sort of… grew. They extended like translucent, twisting vines in the sky—curling back and forth, lengthening, dancing, melding."{{book ref|mb1|17}} <br>
Contradictory to earlier: noblemen considered fear of mist to be a foolish skaa superstition.{{book ref|mb1|23}} <br>
▲Mist-grown lichen on stones.{{book ref|mb1|24}} <br>
"Outside, the sunlight was nearly gone, and diaphanous patches of mist were beginning to form in the air. They hung like ghosts, slowly growing larger, extending their influence as night approached."{{book ref|mb1|27}} <br>
Luthadel is located relatively close to most of the [[Ashmounts]].{{map ref|Final Empire}}
To prevent the city being buried, skaa workers gather the ash and throw it in the River Channerel.{{book ref|mb1|2}} <br>
Sometimes ash from the city was carted and piled out of the city, instead of thrown in the river.{{book ref|mb1|8}} <br>
▲Poisonous red (afternoon) sun.{{book ref|mb1|10}} <br>
Aftermath of ash rain was visible by small drifts and flurries of black blowing across the streets. Ash was surprisingly easy to wash out of clothes.{{book ref|mb1|20}} <br>
"A light ashfall had begun, and careless flakes floated down from the sky, like leaves dropped from some unseen tree."{{book ref|mb1|26}} <br>
"Ash fell from the sky, floating in lazily flakes."{{book ref|mb1|33}} <br>
=== Landscape ===
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▲Normal plants were brown.{{book ref|mb1|5}} <br>
▲Landscape around Luthadel: barren save for scrub and weeds, reasonably flat with small hills. Mistwraiths outside the city, are relatively harmless, just scavengers.{{book ref|mb1|8}} <br>
▲Flora in Central Dominance: usually brown or white, but when cultivated also red, orange and yellow. Wilderness outside the city. "The dry plants, the angry sun, the smoky-black sky".{{book ref|mb1|17}} <br>
▲Landscape: brown hills, scraggly trees and rug of weedy underbrush.{{book ref|mb1|19}} <br>
▲Birch forests could grow in the Central Dominance. Ground below consisted (partly) of granite.{{book ref|mb1|21}} <br>
▲"Outside, the sun was setting in a fiery blaze of frustration."{{book ref|mb1|27}} <br>
[[File: Luthadel-color.jpg|thumb|right|<center><small>by [[Isaac Stewart]]</small></center>Map of Luthadel]]
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