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<p>Cosmere/Stormlight red-link fill, book-canon (Corvus)</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>A &#039;&#039;&#039;chasmfiend&#039;&#039;&#039; is an enormous predatory creature native to the Shattered Plains and surrounding regions of Roshar in Brandon Sanderson&#039;s [[The Stormlight Archive]]. Among the largest of the greatshells, chasmfiends are central to the economy and warfare of the Shattered Plains.<br /> <br /> == Description ==<br /> Chasmfiends are massive crustacean-like greatshells, with hardened carapace, multiple legs, and great claws. Like other Rosharan greatshells, they are far larger than ordinary biology would permit, sustained in part by a symbiotic bond with spren that helps support their enormous bulk. They dwell in the deep chasms that crisscross the Shattered Plains, emerging at intervals.<br /> <br /> == Chrysalises and gemhearts ==<br /> Periodically, chasmfiends climb onto the plateaus of the Shattered Plains to pupate, encasing themselves in a great chrysalis. Within the chrysalis grows a gemheart, a large and valuable gemstone. These gemhearts are immensely prized, both for their worth and for their use in Soulcasting and fabrials, and the contest to reach and harvest a chrysalis before it hatches or before a rival army arrives drives much of the plateau warfare between the Alethi and the listeners.<br /> <br /> == Role in the story ==<br /> The hunting of chasmfiends and the race for their gemhearts shape the military campaigns on the Shattered Plains in the early [[The Stormlight Archive|Stormlight Archive]]. A chasmfiend attack is also among the early dramatic events of the series, demonstrating the danger these creatures pose even to well-armed forces.<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> * [[Soulcasting]]<br /> * [[The Stormlight Archive]]<br /> <br /> [[Category:The Stormlight Archive]]<br /> [[Category:Lore]]</div>

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