The world of the Stormlight Archive, dominated by the Shards Honor and Cultivation (with Odium imprisoned there). Roshar is a world of stone and storms, scoured by devastating highstorms that sweep across the continent from east to west, carrying Stormlight in their wake. Life on Roshar has evolved to retract into shells and crevices during storms. The ecology is largely crustacean-based, with few conventional plants or animals. The continent itself is shaped like a vast symmetrical pattern.