The Wall of Night Series map; design by Peter Fitzpatrick

The A Geography of Haarth post series is traversing the full range of locales and places from The Wall of Night world of Haarth. Today we’re into our very first entry for “I” — and what an entry it is!

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Ij:   the Golden, the greatest city of the River, built on the delta between the river Ijir and the sea

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“And after that? Malian wondered. But she said nothing, just slipped off the bed and walked over to look at the map, turning the tabletop beneath her hand.  She murmured the names under her breath: Ij, Terebanth, the Winter Country; Emer, Jhaine, and Ishnapur.  “After Ishnapur, what?” she asked Haimyr.”

~ The Heir Of Night: The Wall of Night Book One; Chapter 23 — Throw Of The Dice

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“Spring came to the River in a flurry of blustering winds and driving rain that turned the local roads into quagmires and hurled the first fragile blossoms to the ground. Two heralds were blown out of the city of Terebanth with the weather and turned east toward Ij, following the great Main Road that had endured since the days of the Old Empire.”

~ from © The Gathering Of The Lost: The Wall of Night Book Two; Chapter 1 — The Road To Ij