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Sesemalex Dar: an ancient city built down in carved troughs of stone

place · SES-em-uh-lex DAR

Sesemalex Dar

capital of Emul

Kaladin saw a city of troughs in a storm-dream and finds, uncomfortably, that Sigzil's city matches it.
The city built in grooves, like writing cut into the ground.
Role
A Worldsinger's exhibit: a living Dawncity argument.
First introduced
Book 1 — End of The Way of Kings
Last mention
Book 1 — End of The Way of Kings
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Look

Streets as canyons. Lipped troughs divert water into a maze of drains. The plan is a pattern, not a grid.

Where

Western Emul, on a stone plain near Tukar's disputed border.

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