Cymatics on Scadrial

[Oudeis he/him]

From Elend's POV as he enters the Chamber of Ascension for the first time.

 

Here, there appeared to be a final chamber, one much smaller than the first two. As they stepped into it, Elend noticed something immediately: this room was man-made. or, at least, it had the feel of something man-made. Stalactites formed pillars through the low-ceilinged room, and they were spaced far too evenly to be random. Yet, at the same time, they looked as if they had grown naturally, and showed no signs of being worked.

 

This reminds me of the cymatic cities on Roshar. Too big, too natural to have been made by man, yet too neat and precise to be natural. Could a similar principle have been at work?

 

Side note, does anyone know how much time stalactites take to form? Would a thousand years have been enough, or do these predate the First Ascension?

[bartbug he/him]

I've always assumed that the reason that the stalactites looked unnatural were because the Lord Ruler formed them with the power. So they were "naturally" created, but their actual placement was dictated by a man.

 

Though, I do like your theory, and it kind of fits in with the Allomantic Bronze pulses.