Aon Ashe

 'You still don't understand. do you? This is Elantris, city of the gods. What need have gods of such mundane things as lamps and oil? Look at the wall beside you.' Raoden turned. There was a metal plate hanging on the wall beside him. Though it was tarnished with time, Raoden could still make out the shape etched into its surfaceAon Ashe, the character he had drawn just a few moments ago. 'Those plates used to glow more brightly and steadily than any lamp, sule,' Galladon explained. 'The Elantrians could shut them off with a bare brush of their fingers. Elantris didn't need oilit had a far more reliable source of light. For the same reason, you won't find coalor even furnacesin Elantris, nor are there many wells, for water flowed from pipes like rivers trapped within the walls. Without AonDor, this city is barely fit to be inhabited.'

Elantris Chapter 7