The Whispers of the Fallen — Places

Agalmath

Village

• IIsaac's and Demetre's home village, high in pine-forested hills at the southern foot of the Hills of Mahnor.
• IIts houses sit on hills among dense pines; Isaac's house stands on the east side at the forest's edge.
• IThe Diary's box lay hidden under the Khans' floor for eighteen years.
• IILies beside the Forest of Hathar, which holds a borderline of Justicia; Lucifer orders Isaac back within two days.
• IIIAcross the Great River and southeast of the Red Mountains; enonas grow there in winter.
• IIITaken by Lucifer: villagers given to the Soul Exchange or fed to Shadows, the town left a field of bones.
• IIIHere the Diary and the Justifier are opened, the Shadows are freed, and the Creator descends.
• IVLies in ruins, the Diary-bearer's house among them.
• ISee also: Isaac Khan, Demetre Aliward, Hills of Mahnor, The Khan house, Great River.

The Khan house

Landmark

• IIsaac's family home on the east side of Agalmath, where the storm-night attack took place.
• IBlood by the hearth and gouges four and four greet Isaac on the storm morning.
• IDevin tears up the floor to recover the hidden box.
• IIIIts clock still ticks; the real Ballard, Petra and Adara are found hung in Isaac's bedroom.
• IVIn ruins after the fall of Agalmath.
• ISee also: Agalmath, Isaac Khan, The forged Diary box.

Hills of Mahnor

Mountains

• IHills beside Agalmath where Dustin Khan farmed his field.
• IDustin grew tomatoes, carrots and fruit on his field here.
• IIIsaac fished at the river here with his father, Paul and Demetre.
• IIIAgalmath lies at their southern foot; the trees turn ash-gray as the Fallen near.
• IVRaziel meets the Fallen Stars and Nephilins here after Agalmath.
• ISee also: Agalmath, Dustin Khan.

Forest of Hathar

Forest

• IIA forest beside Agalmath that holds one of the borderlines into Justicia.
• IIOne of Justicia's borderlines lies in it; Isaac and Devin crossed there.
• IIIThe Shadow army marches through it toward Agalmath.
• IVLucifer chooses it as the muster point for his assault on Tristar.
• IVSite of the ambush where Raziel dies and Book 4 ends mid-battle.
• IISee also: Agalmath, Borderline of Justicia, Borderlines.

Borderline of Justicia

Landmark

• IThe invisible crossing near Agalmath, in a misty field of fruit trees, through which Isaac first reaches Justicia.
• IThe four horsemen watch over it; mist rises from the grass as travellers cross.
• IOnly by such borderlines can living mortals reach Justicia.
• IIIt lies by the Forest of Hathar, less than a day from Agalmath.
• IVLucifer plans to send his army through it to strike Tristar.
• ISee also: Borderlines, Justicia, The four horsemen.

Justicia

Realm

• IThe white castle-realm of the Council, the one part of Tristar that living humans may enter.
• IWhite walls ringed by a river, three towers, and a golden lion atop the tallest.
• IBehind its garden stands the invisible wall that keeps Justicia apart from the rest of Tristar.
• IA gate marked 'Justice' leads down to the Prison of Despair.
• IIn the battle at the end of Book 1 the castle burns and falls out of Tristar onto Elysium.
• IIIIts ruins lie west near Bravor; the prophecy is carved on its prison door.
• IVMordred makes his base in the ruins.
• ISee also: Council of Justicia, The invisible wall, Prison of Despair, Battle of Justicia.

The invisible wall

Landmark

• IAn unseen barrier beyond Justicia's garden that separates Justicia from the rest of Tristar.
• IBuilt by the Stars after Lucifer's fall to keep the Council within Justicia.
• IEveryone who approached it has died; Eldon guards it.
• IThe Fallen plan to breach it on the day Lucifer rises.
• ISee also: Justicia, Eldon, Tristar.

Mountain of the Northern Star

Mountains

• IVA mountain in Tristar where Lucifer wrote his books in seclusion.
• IVLucifer wrote all five books here.
• IVWhile he penned the Book of Letters the Soundless revealed the borderline at Benhir Karbor.
• IVHe spent countless years there learning to preserve a spirit with words.
• IVSee also: Lucifer, The five books of Lucifer, Tristar.

Prison of Despair

Prison

• IA self-guarding prison at the lip of the Abyss, built to punish those who willingly joined the darkness.
• IRaises walls, shifts its mazes and treats intruders as fugitives; Death lives at its bottom.
• IEntrances lie beneath Justicia and beneath Aloisio's cathedral, where a three-line symbol marks the door.
• IAthalas ruled it by the Creator's appointment; one of Lucifer's books can open and close it.
• IIIAnother way in lies under a pale temple, through a doorway marked 'Justice'; the Deenion were locked inside.
• IIISince Athalas fell, the Fallen come and go freely; Death calls itself master.
• IVBorderlines inside lead to Aloisio, Billyth and the Ruins of Dalgon; the Book of Letters holds a map out.
• ISee also: Death, Athalas Terriel, Justicia, Aloisio, Book of Letters.

Prison of Immortals

Prison

• IIIThe place beyond the realms where the spirits of slain immortals go, guarded by judges and gods.
• IIILucifer threatens to send the Creator there.
• IVThe Creator's spirit is said to have gone there, as did the Star Lucifer murdered, and Erebos.
• IVThe Soundless are imprisoned there yet reach Elysium through a crack.
• IVXavier says no one has ever escaped it.
• IIISee also: Iron and the immortal death, Erebos, The Creator.

Billyth

City

• IThe Nephilin stronghold in the northwest, ruled by Nephele.
• IBrick houses with brown tile roofs on many small hills, a clock tower, and a moldy wall over a hundred feet tall.
• IIts castle hall hangs scarlet banners of a crown crossed by a sword.
• IAthalas completes the Soul Exchange on Demetre here; Shadows slaughter its humans and burn it.
• IINephilin orphans, Devin among them, were hidden beneath it.
• IVA borderline in the Prison of Despair leads to it.
• ISee also: Nephele, Azaziel, Devin, Soul Exchange, Silver Mountains.

Silver Mountains

Mountains

• IMountains west of Billyth that the fleeing party sets out for.
• IAfter escaping Billyth, Isaac, Devin and Adawnas head west toward them.
• IThey never reach the range; their road brings them to Valley Hills instead.
• IVNo later scene takes place there.
• ISee also: Billyth, Valley Hills.

Mag Mell

Kingdom

• IOnce the human kingdom with the strongest army, proud and conquering, beside the River of Abstergo.
• IIts king, never named, massacred a nearby free village.
• IShadows destroy it in a single night; bodies drift in the river.
• IIIts king made Anatolio Radley Overseer of Valley Hills.
• ISee also: River of Abstergo, Valley Hills, Shadows.

Valley Hills

Village

• IA small walled village near Mag Mell that served as its early-warning outpost.
• IWooden walls, two watchtowers, a white Over Hall and a courthouse crowned by a woman holding scales.
• IIts Overseer is found murdered; a Shadow horde attacks and Alexander's Underwarriors rise to fight.
• ILucifer's spirit confronts Isaac in the courthouse: the Diary does not stand alone.
• IBurned afterward, its women killed and its children taken.
• IIBallard's family moved here four years before.
• ISee also: Anatolio Radley, Ballard Radley, Mag Mell, Alexander.

River of Abstergo

River

• IThe widest and longest river in Elysium, flowing near Mag Mell.
• IThe party crosses it frozen, past the dead of Mag Mell.
• ICrossing it eastward leads toward the Weeping Mountains.
• IIGreen Lilly grows on its shores in summer.
• IIIIsaac's party follows it out of the mountains.
• ISee also: Mag Mell, Woods of Abstergo, Weeping Mountains.

Woods of Abstergo

Forest

• IThe forest along the River of Abstergo.
• IIsaac and Devin pass through them on the long ride toward Aloisio.
• IThey border the river near the ruins of Mag Mell.
• IVNot revisited later.
• ISee also: River of Abstergo, Mag Mell.

Adhelina

Village

• IA small village among those surrounding Aloisio, a day's ride from the city.
• IHouses built among trees and rocks; its people wear bear, lion and elk hides beside a frozen lake.
• IIts soldiers left for Mag Mell; an old guard questions Isaac and Devin.
• IShadows riding desert dragons slaughter its women and children; the guard dies too.
• IUses Watch Birds to send messages.
• ISee also: Aloisio, Shadows, Watch Birds.

Aloisio

Kingdom

• IA walled kingdom of beast-tamers and fighters on the shores of the Sea of Dragons, ruled by King Marco.
• IMiles of dark wall, a rusty iron gate, golden-shingled houses and a cathedral-castle.
• IIts people believe humans alone thrive; within its borders the heroes' powers are cancelled.
• IA secret way into the Prison of Despair lies under the cathedral; the Court of Many Meetings stands here.
• IEveryone dies and the cathedral falls; Erebos takes Marco's body.
• IVA borderline in the Prison of Despair leads here from the northeast.
• ISee also: King Marco, Sea of Dragons, Prison of Despair.

Sea of Dragons

Sea

• IThe sea on whose shore Aloisio stands.
• IA great corroded statue of a six-winged Star rises from its middle.
• IIsaac falls into it when the Whispering Lights strike.
• IVThe statue's meaning is still a mystery.
• ISee also: Aloisio, Statue of the Star.

Statue of the Star

Landmark

• IAn enormous gray, corroded statue of a six-winged Star standing in the middle of the Sea of Dragons.
• IThe figure holds a spear with writing on its shaft and wears armour on its chest, wings spread on its bare back.
• IThe Whispering Lights vanish as they come near it.
• IVWho it depicts, and why the lights avoid it, is left open.
• ISee also: Sea of Dragons, Whispering Lights.

Dark Woods Forest

Forest

• IA dense forest of twisted, leafless trees with a single narrow road.
• IOnce inside, the surrounding hills seem to vanish.
• ILucifer's weak spirit waits here; Nephele drains Isaac and Mordred enters his body.
• IErebos takes Marco's body in the same clearing.
• IVMordred remembers Lucifer here as a walking skeleton.
• ISee also: Lucifer, Soul Exchange, Mordred.

Swordsmouth

Kingdom

• IA kingdom near the Great River, home to Petra and Hadrian.
• IPetra comes from here to warn King Marco.
• IIFlies a green flag with a silver helmet; its king, unnamed in the revised books, is found dead.
• IIIIts people hold to the Creator; oathbreakers lose their tongues and are exiled.
• IIIIts army, led by Hadrian, rides against Agalmath.
• ISee also: Petra, Great River.

Great River

River

• IA torrential river near Swordsmouth and the hills of Agalmath.
• IA forest on its bank holds a borderline; the battle of Justicia ends there.
• IIA Shadow killed Petra's beloved at its banks.
• IIIBartholomew drops Xylia into its icy current; Shadows will not cross it.
• IVLucifer flies over it on his way to Hathar.
• ISee also: Swordsmouth, Agalmath, Borderlines.

Road of Iron

Road

• IIA road near Swordsmouth.
• IIMentioned with the Great River in Petra's account of his home.
• IIIHadrian travelled it toward Valley Hills.
• IVNo scene takes place on it.
• IISee also: Swordsmouth.

Woods of Marsh

Forest

• IIIWoods on Hadrian's route toward Valley Hills.
• IIIHadrian names them when describing his road from Swordsmouth.
• IIIHe passed them along with the Road of Iron.
• IVNothing else is told of them.
• IIISee also: Road of Iron, Hadrian.

Village of Bravor

Village

• IIIA village near the Great River and the ruins of Justicia, chosen as a meeting place.
• IIIDevin leads Arundel and the three rescued bearers there.
• IVThe bearers are seen near it in the Lion's Stare.
• IVMordred's base in the Justicia ruins lies close by.
• IIISee also: Devin, Justicia, Great River.

Watermiles

Kingdom

• IIA kingdom beside the Sea of Glass whose emblem is a star.
• IIIts glass star brooch calls it the brightest star beside the Sea of Glass.
• IIIts king is found dead with the other rulers; Ely rode there for Demyon.
• IIXylia's home village of Dragonhall lies nearby.
• IISee also: Sea of Glass, Village of Dragonhall, Ely.

Village of Dragonhall

Village

• IIXylia's home village, close to the kingdom of Watermiles.
• IIIts summers last ten months, Xylia says.
• IIShe grew up fishing the ocean with her uncle Ihvan.
• IIINamed again as her birthplace.
• IISee also: Xylia, Ihvan, Watermiles.

Sea of Glass

Sea

• IIThe sea beside the kingdom of Watermiles.
• IINamed on Watermiles' star brooch.
• IIXylia and Ihvan fished the ocean nearby.
• IVNo scene takes place on it.
• IISee also: Watermiles.

Tarsh

Kingdom

• IIA southern kingdom whose emblem is a bronze Aquila.
• IIIts queen, Valleree, is found dead.
• IVIts people keep a pledge to Lucifer and rebuilt Benhir Karbor for him.
• IVAn ancient king of Tarsh once took the fortress and conquered the south.
• IVBreohrs come from near Tarsh.
• IISee also: Queen Valleree.

Bellator

Kingdom

• IIA snowy kingdom of white dragons ringed by mountains at the northern edge of the Weeping Mountains.
• IIWhite dragon on purple flags; blue flames, a glass garden and a throne of melted bone.
• IIIsaac lies unconscious here for about six weeks after Justicia.
• IIBlood-drinkers attack and a riot topples King Demyon; a hidden stair runs to the sea cliffs.
• IVLies in ruins; Mordred and Corbin say they saw the Creator alive here.
• IISee also: King Demyon, White dragons, The Seven Wise of Bellator, The Bellatorians, Road of Ahnor.

Weeping Mountains

Mountains

• IA vast range beyond the River of Abstergo, its peaks lost in cloud.
• IBroken statues of kings and queens stand on its ledges; Madbouseux lies deep inside.
• IIThe Village of Tears hides in its mist; the Road of Ahnor runs into it.
• IIIBook 3 opens beside a river near the Ruins of Madbouseux.
• ISee also: Ruins of Madbouseux.

Ruins of Madbouseux

Ruins

• IThe ancient kingdom of Bartholomew Winmore, a ruined valley in the Weeping Mountains.
• IA spiked wall carved with battles and a temple with five women holding ox heads; its flag bears an ox.
• IIts people vanished on the day of desolation; a tunnel under the temple leads to the Heart of Elysium.
• IIBallard found the Book of Letters among the ruins.
• IVBartholomew remains its king and lord of the Weeping Mountains.
• ISee also: Bartholomew Winmore, Heart of Elysium, Book of Letters, Lessers.

Village of Tears

Village

• IIA hidden village in the Weeping Mountains, shielded by mist and found on no map.
• IIEverything is painted white; it has a frozen lagoon, a pub and an inn, and a rusted iron gate.
• IIIts people lived in peace for centuries under Alistar.
• IIIsaac's parents lie upstairs in Alistar's house, mindless.
• IINephilins, Lessers and blood-drinkers destroy it.
• IISee also: Alistar Ashenburn, Arundel, Sela, Weeping Mountains.

Road of Ahnor

Road

• IIA road from Bellator's sea cliffs running northwest into the Weeping Mountains.
• IIThe bearers flee along it after Bellator; the disguised Leethan tests them there.
• IIThey meet Alistar on it in the fog.
• IIIThree rulers were attacked on it; Dolus and Meehzars hunt along it.
• IISee also: Bellator, Weeping Mountains, Village of Tears, Village of Ahnor.

Red Mountains

Mountains

• IIIA range of scarlet rock northwest of Agalmath, with the Desert of Nahor at its foot.
• IIIAgalmath lies southeast of them.
• IVSnow-capped peaks above a desert; once, before mankind, ocean lay to the northeast.
• IVBenhir Karbor stands among them; Nephele gives birth in them.
• IIISee also: Desert of Nahor, Agalmath.

Desert of Nahor

Region

• IIIA desert of white dunes at the foot of the Red Mountains.
• IIIThe sketch of Nahor was found buried in its dunes.
• IIIDaedeen takes the blood-drinkers to a temple there.
• IVLucifer kills the Creator here and tears out his heart.
• IIISee also: Red Mountains, Sketch of Nahor, The Creator.

Benhir Karbor

Landmark

Also known as the old fortress

• IVThe old fortress in the Red Mountains, rebuilt by Tarsh as Lucifer's stronghold.
• IVFive towers inside a black spiked wall, with a single rusty gate guarded by white-dragon statues.
• IVBuilt by the Bellatorians, who painted the War of Seven Keys along a passage.
• IVThe Deenion lie chained in a chasm below, beside a borderline.
• IVLucifer keeps the five books, the Creator's head and heart, and his harp in his chambers here.
• IVSee also: Red Mountains, Tarsh, Deenion, War of Seven Keys, The Bellatorians, Lucifer.

Ruins of Dalgon

Ruins

• IVRuins near Bellator reached by a borderline inside the Prison of Despair.
• IVNamed among the borderlines leading out of the Prison.
• IVThey lie near Bellator.
• IVNo scene takes place there.
• IVSee also: Prison of Despair, Bellator.

The pale temple

Ruins

• IIIAncient pale ruins on a plain beyond the mountains, with a hidden way into the Prison of Despair.
• IIITemples and nude statues; a Death statue, perfectly preserved and painted green and brown, burns Isaac's hand.
• IIIThe triangle symbol glows and opens a doorway marked 'Justice'.
• IIIIsaac and Xylia share their first kiss here before the floor gives way.
• IIISee also: Prison of Despair, The triangle symbol.

Marshes of Inmunsul

Region

• IVMisty bogs between the Red Mountains and the Forest of Memory, once the Greenlands of Inmunsul.
• IVEvery living thing there once sickened, and nothing ever came back.
• IVLucifer flies over them on the way to Hathar.
• IVBogs breathe a thick white mist.
• IVSee also: Red Mountains.

Gates of the Fourth Dimension

Landmark

• IThe passage between Elysium and the Fourth Dimension, once guarded by the Council and now unguarded.
• IMordred first entered Elysium through them.
• ISince the Council's betrayal, Fallen Stars, Shadows and Capios cross freely.
• IThe Underwarriors ride west to guard them; Raziel fights there.
• IIITonma and Cresta bring news of the battle at the Gates.
• ISee also: The Fourth Dimension, Council of Justicia, Underwarriors, Borderlines.

Village of Ahnor

Village

• IMarked on the author's map of Elysium; it is not named or visited in the first four books.
• IAppears on the map of Elysium that accompanies the series.
• IVNo scene in Books 1 to 4 takes place there.
• IVNothing about its people, rulers or history is given in the text so far.

Scarlet Mountains

Mountains

• IMarked on the author's map of Elysium; it is not named or visited in the first four books.
• IAppears on the map of Elysium that accompanies the series.
• IVNo scene in Books 1 to 4 takes place there.
• IVNothing about its people, rulers or history is given in the text so far.

Water Mountains

Mountains

• IMarked on the author's map of Elysium; it is not named or visited in the first four books.
• IAppears on the map of Elysium that accompanies the series.
• IVNo scene in Books 1 to 4 takes place there.
• IVNothing about its people, rulers or history is given in the text so far.

Twin Mountains

Mountains

• IMarked on the author's map of Elysium; it is not named or visited in the first four books.
• IAppears on the map of Elysium that accompanies the series.
• IVNo scene in Books 1 to 4 takes place there.
• IVNothing about its people, rulers or history is given in the text so far.

Lake of Fire

Landmark

• IMarked on the author's map of Elysium; it is not named or visited in the first four books.
• IAppears on the map of Elysium that accompanies the series.
• IVNo scene in Books 1 to 4 takes place there.
• IVNothing about its people, rulers or history is given in the text so far.

Sea of Cinder

Sea

• IMarked on the author's map of Elysium; it is not named or visited in the first four books.
• IAppears on the map of Elysium that accompanies the series.
• IVNo scene in Books 1 to 4 takes place there.
• IVNothing about its people, rulers or history is given in the text so far.

Sea of Fire

Sea

• IMarked on the author's map of Elysium; it is not named or visited in the first four books.
• IAppears on the map of Elysium that accompanies the series.
• IVNo scene in Books 1 to 4 takes place there.
• IVNothing about its people, rulers or history is given in the text so far.