A Geography of Haarth: Academy Island
Today I begin my new blog series, “A Geography of Haarth” featuring locales and places from The Wall of Night series. And what better place to start than at the very beginning, with “A.”
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“Academy Island: one of the central islands forming the city of Ij; location of the Academy of Sages”
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“The city itself was a sprawling jumble of roofs dominated by three soaring landmarks: the slender spires that marked the Academy of Sages, the great dome of the College of Minstrels, and the single, sheer tower of the Assassins’ School. Each dominated one of the city’s central islands, with the marble cupolas and copper domes of the old nobility and merchant princes clustered around them. The far greater expanse of tiled roofs that sheltered the lesser citizens of Ij spread away on every side, interspersed by markets and warehouse areas.”
~ from The Gathering of the Lost: The Wall of Night Book Two; Chapter 1 — The Road to Ij