The Roost

The open-windowed building near the centre of New Elantris — close to Spirit's Korathi chapel — where roughly fifty Elantrian children sleep under Matisse's watch. Nicknamed for the carved birds worked into its walls; the adults keep it near the centre so they can keep a close watch on the children, and the children, accordingly, get a close watch on the adults. EL:HoE:Prologue