Stephen

Also - I think Oathgates (or some form of fast travel) are almost an absolute. He's going to travel through Urithiru (which is presumably in Shinovar) AND through Kholinar (within Alethela) in one day? Fast travel through some sort of warp gates... It's the only logical thing. I wonder if perhaps the fast travel method was IN the highstorms. In Kaladin's "dream" while in the highstorm, he is carried away across the entire continent in minutes. Then, a voice says: IF Urithiru was in the air they would build it near mountains (to build something close to it). The Shattered Plains are almost surrounded by mountains and that is a rather large mountain range. IF Urithiru was a source by which people could ride the winds from place to place (maybe the Oathgates used highstorm winds somehow), then closer to the Origin might be better. Two big IF's, but it could make sense.

I think Urithiru is "The Tower" in the Shattered Plains. I don't know how it got there because they DID say they REQUESTED it be built in the West. Shinovar is an extremely good viewpoint. However, there IS a city in the Tower in the Shattered Plains and here are the reasons I think it is Urithiru. The Tower is a city. It might not be Urithiru, but here is why I think it is. The Shattered Plains are shattered for a reason. Most places (theory places) think it has something to do with a big event in the cosmere. My theory is that Urithiru was in the sky and fell when Honor died (when the Almighty was overpowered by Odium). You would think it would fall directly down (and therefore land in Shinovar, or somewhere in the west), but perhaps not. Perhaps it was never really in the West and they just WANTED it to be there. This could also make sense why it seems the voidbringers seem to cluster there. If the voidbringers infiltrated and brought down Urithiru, then that would be their origin, or center of focus. We know (or think we know) the voidbringers are the Parshendi/Parshmen/Chasm Fiends (which all seem to be carapaced animals that can somehow mutate into different forms). Regardless, there IS a city in the Shattered Plains (it is the Tower). PS - Why is there so much crem/dust in the air anyway? It makes it seem like either this dust is being carried for MILES (in the air, high - which with the power of a highstorm is possible) OR there is potentially something above them dropping dirt.