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*Unholy thread necromancy!

Hello everyone. I just finished the book Elantris (in German) and something has struck me as very odd. I did look for an explanation on the website and did a forum search, but didn't find anything.

So here's the deal (spoiler warning still active):
- The Dor is broken because the Aons lack the chasm line to function.
- Elantris and the four outlying cities form the Aon Rao
- Raoden wants to add the chasm line with his stick

Right so far?
Good, then here's my question:
Why the doloken does he add the chasm line in the city of KAE???

My friend who gave me the book spontaneously answered that he did it in Elantris, but I found at least three references that Raoden did, in fact, run to Kae and scratch in the line there. I won't bother with the page numbers since I have the German edition anyway, but you'll find them in this very chapter.

According to the map, the chasm lies east of the lake. Thus, the Aons should be completed by a line between the dot and the right vertical line. Which in this case, would mean right inside Elantris, between the city centre and the wall.

So I repeat my question, why does he fix the line in Kae, way way outside the Elantris walls?
Besides, I'm kinda amazed nobody seems to have noticed this before.