place · pal-uh-NAY-um
Palanaeum
the Palanaeum · Kharbranth's library
Two chambers: the Veil — a dark silo of rented alcoves — and the Palanaeum proper, an inverted stone pyramid of walkways spiraling down toward a diamond of light.
A pyramid pointing down, lit by a diamond at the nadir.
- Role
- Shallan's workplace and hunting ground for secrets.
- First introduced
- Book 1 — End of The Way of Kings
- Most recently in view
- Book 1 — End of The Way of Kings
Look
Steel doors graved with circles and . The Veil is a tall dark well of balcony-alcoves. Beyond, crystal partitions, then a square spiral of walkways descending fifty-seven levels to a single huge infused diamond.
Where
Deep inside the Conclave, a long walk into the mountain above Kharbranth.
