Ashmounts

The Ashmounts are enormous volcanoes located in Scadrial’s northern hemisphere. Ash from the Ashmounts is described as black, although real ash is supposed to be grey and white with some dark component. The reasoning as to why is thought by some to be the influence of Ruins power, although it might just be the nature of the Ashmounts’ purpose. 
== History ==
=== Creation of the Ashmounts ===
The Ashmounts were created by Rashek during his initial contact with the Well of Ascension, to counteract his moving the planet too close to the sun. They are the source of the ashfalls that protect the planet from overheating by filling the air with massive clouds of ash. The Ashmounts also had a large effect on the planet’s biosphere, as Rashek made microorganisms to break down the ash, and changed the plants and animals, including humans, on the surface to be able to survive in this new environment.
When Rashek created the Ashmounts, he did not necessarily place them near larger mountain ranges, and they often rise out of otherwise flat ground.
=== The Final Empire and the Collapse ===
During the Final Empire, the Ashmounts, and to an extension the ash they produced, played a large role in society. During this period of time, the only place to get Aluminum was inside the Ashmounts' craters. After Ruin was freed from the Well of Ascension, he caused the Ashmounts to emit massively larger amounts of ash and lava than normally, which served as part of his plan to destroy the world. At some point, Ashmount Zerinah erupted far harsher then normally, spewing lava as far as Lekal City and setting the southern dominance ablaze. On his journey to Fadrex City from the Kandra Homeland, TenSoon has to take a detour because of a river of lava in the way, coming from Ashmount Tyrian. When Vin Ascended, she tried plugging the Ashmounts, but immediately realized that the land would be too hot without the protection of the ash and was forced to rotate the planet to compensate. Her plugs did not hold, causing lava and ash to flow out anyway.
During Sazed's Ascension, he restored Scadrial to its original orbit using the knowledge of the Nelazan, eliminating the need for the Ashmounts.
=== Post-Catacendre ===
After the Catacendre, the Ashmounts are stilled, although some appear to be gone. Their former locations in the Final Empire are no longer populated, but are still referred to on maps using the names of the Ashmounts. Tyrian, Morag, Torinost, Kalling, and Faleast still seem to be extant in some form, while Zerinah and Doriel are not visible on available maps. A city in the Basin near the Ashmount's previous location is named Doriel, and the area east of the Southern Roughs is known as "Lost Doriel". 
During , an organisation known as the Set captured a number of citizens, under the guise of saving them from impending doom. They kept the citizens underground and pretended that the world above had ended, with the Ashmounts erupting again. During their attempt to unravel the Set’s plans, Wax and Marasi were concerned that the Set might be trying to restart the Ashmounts.
== List of Ashmounts ==
There were seven Ashmounts in the Final Empire; however, some appear to have been flattened during the Catacendre, reducing the number down to five.
*Tyrian, in the Central Dominance, in the middle of Lake Tyrian just west of Luthadel
*Zerinah, in the Southern Dominance, southwest of Luthadel. It appears to have been flattened.
*Doriel, in the Southern Dominance, near the Southern Sea south-southwest of Luthadel. It appears to have been flattened to create the Elendel Basin.
*Faleast, in the Eastern Dominance, south-southeast of Luthadel. It appears to currently make up the Faleast Range.
*Morag, in the Western Dominance, west-northwest of Luthadel
*Torinost, in the Western Dominance, north-northwest of Luthadel
*Kalling, in the Northern Dominance, northeast of Luthadel
== Notes ==
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