The slur "rogga" is used against orogenes, who likewise call non-orogenes "stills." The orogenes of the Fulcrum are tasked with servicing the comms of the Stillness in many different ways, such as clearing debris, reproducing inside the compound, and quelling micro-shakes.Ĭharacters: I thought the characters were exceptionally well written, and I could relate to their struggles on a visceral level. They wear rings on their fingers to denote rank, ten-ring being the highest. Fulcrum-trained orogenes are marked by their black uniforms and are tolerated slightly better than untrained orogenes, in that they are not murdered quite as often. If their family or community does not kill them, they are given to a Guardian to be trained at a location called the Fulcrum inside the city of Yumenes. They are widely hated and feared, and many are murdered by small-town mobs when their powers are discovered in childhood. Orogenes are people who can control energy, particularly that of the ground (directly) and temperature (indirectly). We follow three female orogenes (Essun, Damaya, and Syenite) across the Stillness from different periods. Every few centuries, people endure what they call a "Fifth Season" of catastrophic climate change. This book takes place on a planet with a single supercontinent called the Stillness. I recently finished The Fifth Season and would like to discuss it.
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