Explore the real-world places that appear in The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon. Each location on the map shows what happens there in the novel, the real history of the place, and what's there today. Featured locations include Inys, The Priory, Virtudom, Seiki, Hróth and 7 more.
Island kingdom and seat of the Berethnet queens
Queen Sabran the Ambitious rules in Ormanney Palace in Ascalon while Ead Duryan serves in secret as her lady-in-waiting. Ead protects Sabran from assassins. Sabran slowly learns the truth behind her ancestor's legend.
Inys was founded on the legend of Sir Galian Berethnet slaying the Nameless One. The Berethnet line is believed to keep the Nameless One imprisoned.
Inys is the cradle of the myth that the story dismantles. Sabran's loyalty to this faith clashes with the truth she discovers.
Secret order of mage women in Lasia
Ead trained here under Prioress Mother Chassar uq-Ispad, serving the Orange Tree. Sister Mita and others guard the hidden sanctuary. Ead is sent to guard Sabran.
The Priory has kept alive the old faith in the Orange Tree and the sanctuary of its descendants. Its sisters have held the secret of the draconic past for centuries.
It represents hidden female power and the true history. Ead's duty to it shapes her journey.
The western realm united by the Six Virtues faith
Sabran's court at Ascalon manages the Virtudom alliance while Loth, Aubrecht and Wilstan weigh claims against the Draconic threat. Ead moves through its politics.
Virtudom holds the Six Virtues doctrine that venerates Galian and Cleolind's fictionalised version. The alliance forbids relations with the East and South.
Its rigid orthodoxy underpins the story's themes of faith and the deceptions of history.
Eastern island nation of dragon riders
Tané trains to be a dragonrider and bonds with Nayimathun in Seiki. Tané faces exile and sacrifice. She travels west and enters Inys and Ersyr.
Seiki is where the Great Eastern dragons, water-linked, have long been revered. Riders are chosen by the sea dragons at the Great Southern Ceremony.
Seiki contrasts the Western fear of dragons with reverence. Tané's journey proves the old tales are incorrect.
Frozen northern kingdom ruled by Queen Sigidrífa
Kalyba and Queen Sigidrífa's warriors fight. Niclays Roos is sent into exile from Orisima and finds northern danger. Ead needs help from the northern kingdom.
Hróth is famed for its endless winter, resistance to the Nameless One and shield-maidens. It holds ancient routes to the Dragonspine.
Hróth offers a land of allies in the fight against the Nameless One.
Kingdom whose king was taken by the Nameless One
Fýredel's will is channeled through King Sigoso Vatanen's rule in Yscalin. Its fall to wyrms sends refugees to Inys.
Yscalin was once part of Virtudom. It was corrupted by the wyrms' return and Fýredel's army.
Yscalin shows the danger of the Nameless One's return.
Draconic region of ash and forbidden lands
Fýredel's armies burst forth from here, sending wyrms to ruin cities. Ead and Sabran must face the flame in the final fight.
The southern lands, long forgotten, held the Nameless One's slumbering host. The Nameless One's rising has scorched a path.
It is the source of the threat and the place where the old story ends.
Closed island trading post of Seiki
Niclays Roos lives in exile at Orisima as an alchemist. He is sought by Queen Sabran's envoys. Tané arrives and the two form an alliance.
Orisima is the only outpost where Westerners may trade with Seiki. It is isolated by its strict laws.
Orisima links Niclays' tragic story with Tané's, bridging East and West.
Inner sea where the Nameless One was imprisoned
Ead and Tané look for the way to the deep sea. Characters travel across the waters on the search for the truth.
The Abyss is said to be the Nameless One's prison since the Grief of Ages.
It symbolizes the buried truth beneath the legend.
Eastern region of ancient dragon holds
Tané and companions pass through during flight. Dragons give counsel to riders.
Perchling is a highland where the old dragons nested.
It reveals the ancient dragon alliance with humans.
Draconic city and capital of Ersyr
Chassar uq-Ispad rules the defense of the desert land in Rauca. Ead and Chassar aid the court of Queen Sabran in their escapes.
Ersyr is a land of tradition ruled by the Sultanate of the Sun. It has long resisted the Western faith.
Ersyr shows the cultural counterpoint to Inys.
Volcano of the dragonspawn
The Draconic armies muster near the peaks. Heroes pass through as they plan to defeat the Nameless One.
Fumas is an old volcano linked to the wyrms' awakening.
It marks the dangerous path to the final confrontation.
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