The Tyrant Philosophers/Places
Every entry currently tracked for this category.
| Entry | Appears in | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Above | Days of Shattered Fait ch 38; Pretenders to the Thro ch 33-41 | the human/material plane, contrasted with the Realms Below; where demons are "manifested" by contract |
| Alborandi compound | Days of Shattered Fait ch 13 | the simple palisaded enclosure with huts and gardens where the Alborandi monks live; has no gate, only gaps in the stakes, the back one opening into the Waygrove |
| Alkhalend | Lives of Bitter Rain ch 7-10; Pretenders to the Thro ch 30-32 | port city and capital of Usmai; built on a cliff with a cascading stepped-pool system, docks below, upper city of palaces and mother-of-pearl roofs |
| Alkhand's travelling court | Days of Shattered Fait ch 15 | the mobile court that travels with the Alkhand; described as "the Alkhand's travelling court disintegrating into its component pieces" |
| Allor | City of Last Chances ch 1-15; House of Open Wounds ch 7-25; Lives of Bitter Rain ch 4-5; Days of Shattered Fait ch 17-24 | nation across the border from Ilmar; natives face worse treatment from Occupiers than locals |
| Anchorage | City of Last Chances ch 2-49 | a wood-built hostelry on the outskirts of Ilmar, marked by an anchor symbol; predates surrounding architecture; taproom full of hidden alcoves, carved beams, brass trinkets, bones; a doorway (when the moon is right) opens from the grove beyond to other worlds |
| Arkely Street watchhouse | City of Last Chances ch 44 | |
| Armigine Hill | City of Last Chances ch 4-49; House of Open Wounds ch 10 | where "the ruling classes of Ilmar-that-was re-established themselves" and raised the Ducal Palace, leaving old Ilmar to become the Reproach |
| Austentarn | Pretenders to the Thro ch 8 | a location (mines) where Bile of the Earth is sourced |
| Bracinta | House of Open Wounds ch 20-51; Lives of Bitter Rain ch 5-9; Days of Shattered Fait ch 8; Pretenders to the Thro ch 42 | the battlefield theatre; also called the Rainbow Lands; the local words for "rain" and "weather" are a slight shift of emphasis apart; has a myth cycle about rainbows being the roads the original Bracites walked |
| Brazylt Lightworks | City of Last Chances ch 22 | a factory in the Hammer Districts that makes half the lamps for Pal offices; shut down by the Occupiers with the owner compensated but the workers thrown out |
| Cazarkand | Lives of Bitter Rain ch 6 | a land where Angilly sat across from a chthonic-serpent-god worshipper; a previous assignment |
| Circle house | Pretenders to the Thro ch 19 | an establishment offering conjuration services and companionship, mortal and infernal; here staffed with "pretty young things" and a conjurer who can play the lyre |
| Constellar Gardens | Lives of Bitter Rain ch 8-10; Days of Shattered Fait ch 3 | water-misted gardens outside the duelling hall, with radiant flowers |
| Courts Below | Pretenders to the Thro ch 17 | |
| Crab Way | City of Last Chances ch 12 | a street; site of an old Loruthi temple to a leopard god, shut down by the Palleseen |
| Customs House | Pretenders to the Thro ch 2 | a building in the Left-city of Eres Ffenegh, ruined by artillery, now a Pal-held structure where the ghost-extraction takes place |
| Divinate | City of Last Chances ch 5-10 | the small community of Divinati immigrants in Ilmar, presenting a united front that masks internal rivalries. |
| Divine City | City of Last Chances ch 15; House of Open Wounds ch 4-41; Days of Shattered Fait ch 17 | the Divinati's home; adult population exactly 27,584; no death before one's time; all objects renewed endlessly; no laughter, no weeping; children assessed at sixteen and the "most wanting" cast out |
| Divine Masque | Pretenders to the Thro ch 3 | |
| Donjon | City of Last Chances ch 3-49 | the prison/fortress in Ilmar housing a torture chamber, Culvern's study, an enclosed yard with a scaffold; its air carries the stench of the Perfector |
| Donjon of Ilmar | City of Last Chances ch 10 | the Palleseen headquarters/prison from which the three groups depart |
| Ducal Palace | City of Last Chances ch 10-48 | the city's seat of governance; the crowd's cheer for hanging the Perfector echoes from it |
| Dustravaier | City of Last Chances ch 34 | a park with shops where Pals are gathering |
| Emor | Days of Shattered Fait ch 23 | the famous enormous arch of carved stone flanked by fortified towers at the western end of the city wall; the name means "the Gate" in Usmiri |
| Eres Ffenegh | Pretenders to the Thro ch 1-41 | "the City on the Back of a Crab"; formerly occupied by the Palleseen, now under a seven-month siege by them |
| Eres Nairn | Pretenders to the Thro ch 26 | harbour city from Conn Leachan's legend; he sailed in with one boat and left with their entire fleet |
| Farasland | Lives of Bitter Rain ch 3; Days of Shattered Fait ch 16-39; Pretenders to the Thro ch 19 | a territory where the Palleseen conduct an operation; home to the Faraslendi Seat, the Seadragon cult, smuggler cartels, and the the Whitefish |
| Fennimouth Port | House of Open Wounds ch 15 | the nearest sea-port from the battlefield, used as a navigational reference |
| Fever Lodge | Lives of Bitter Rain ch 10; Days of Shattered Fait ch 7-46 | a hospice in the Sand Lanes dispensing foreign medicines |
| firebreak | City of Last Chances ch 17-18 | ring of streets burned to contain the Reproach; now overgrown with weeds, flowers, rats, and feral animals; contains fifteen-inch bronze sigils at each intersection |
| Fort of the Bitter Sisters | City of Last Chances ch 7-49 | underground circular room beneath a mill in the Hammer Districts; contains a pit housing a creature; the Vultures' meeting place |
| Frattelstown Port | House of Open Wounds ch 32 | a port in the Islands where Ollery once ran the pharmacopoeia |
| Frava | Days of Shattered Fait ch 28 | a location with mills that have complained to the Alkhand; Gil suspects the mill owners have been cheating the throne for years |
| Gaelensreach | Pretenders to the Thro ch 2-41 | |
| Gallete | House of Open Wounds ch 17-18 | a floating rock island, "a hundred, two hundred feet of rock," used by the Palleseen as military transport; villages of Galletes live on them, "coursing through the sky to the orders of the Palleseen" |
| Garmoers | Days of Shattered Fait ch 16-50 | geographical boundary referenced; the steppes lie "far north" of them |
| Godsgift Square | Pretenders to the Thro ch 3-41 | the plaza before the Gaelensreach; site of the hospital, soup kitchen, displaced-persons camps, and the prisoner exchange |
| Goshumai | Lives of Bitter Rain ch 7-9 | possible destination for marriage-off of the Alkhand's daughter |
| Gownhall Square | City of Last Chances ch 10-48 | the public square facing the Gownhall, barricaded by students with desks, chairs, and cabinets |
| Great Bay | Pretenders to the Thro ch 3 | the body of water overlooking which Niev's branch of the Galeaff held a house (her birthplace area) |
| Gutter District | City of Last Chances ch 7-49 | streets of Ilmar where the truly poor live; north of the Anchorage |
| Halberandi place | Days of Shattered Fait ch 7 | |
| Hammer District | City of Last Chances ch 5-49; House of Open Wounds ch 34 | a district of Ilmar; some of its people are in the Anchorage |
| Hell | House of Open Wounds ch 3-13; Pretenders to the Thro ch 1-42 | colloquial name for the Palleseen field hospital/medical unit; "the casualties who didn't make it to Hell," "Hell's victims" |
| Helsa Broda | Days of Shattered Fait ch 23 | a fortress in Porcyr where Flint won his Fellowship two years ago in a bloody midnight attack through a side pass; the story directly inspires the Sand Gate night-attack plan |
| High Fane | House of Open Wounds ch 5-46 | the sacred temple of Mazdek that held out for almost a year before falling; Tallifer was tasked to carry its sacred fire to a new site |
| House at the Brink of Death | Days of Shattered Fait ch 25 | a pilgrimage destination "at the very gates of the Dead City," to which "the truly faithful were expected to travel"; Gorbudan considers sending Premath there |
| House of Hard Angles | Days of Shattered Fait ch 3-46 | prison mentioned by Dekamran as a fate he should fear; "dwell amongst the ghosts and never see daylight again" |
| House of Tranquillity | Lives of Bitter Rain ch 8-10; Days of Shattered Fait ch 1-23 | the Alkhand's palace; Oparan has not left it during Thunder Month |
| Ilmar | City of Last Chances ch 1-49; House of Open Wounds ch 4-51; Pretenders to the Thro ch 15-39 | occupied city, capital of a Perfecture under the Palleseen Sway; formerly home to the Mahanic Temple and many faiths |
| Impounded Evidence Office | City of Last Chances ch 30 | the Correct Conduct room where confiscated goods from arrested persons are stored; the site of the overnight raid |
| Infernal Realms | City of Last Chances ch 10-46 | |
| Isles | House of Open Wounds ch 39 | where Ollery picked up Kilbery from an orphanage; "Plenty of orphanages back on the Isles" |
| Jarokir | House of Open Wounds ch 5-46; Lives of Bitter Rain ch 1-9; Days of Shattered Fait ch 1-7 | the occupied land where the chapter is set; two months of deluge rain; formerly had temples, resplendent cities, divine script, artifice, holy symbols, undead temple monkeys, all "repurposed" or defaced under Palleseen rule |
| Jerivic | City of Last Chances ch 35 | named by Shantrov with dread; Vidsya's silence confirms something |
| Jowley Street | City of Last Chances ch 5 | the street across which the Divinate Enclave sits from Mirror Allor. |
| Killinbraan | Lives of Bitter Rain ch 8 | a knot of islands untouched by humans until discovered two generations ago by Palleseen and Loruthi mariners; now a resupply township for cross-oceanic shipping |
| Lands of Never Again | City of Last Chances ch 45 | territory beyond The Wood; where aid was hoped for |
| Left-city | Pretenders to the Thro ch 2-41 | the lower Wards of Eres Ffenegh; associated with roughness, fish-hook discipline, and swearing like "the feck" |
| Lemas | Lives of Bitter Rain ch 6 | a previous assignment mentioned by Professor-Invigilator Flockersly |
| Lesser Maestro's Hall | City of Last Chances ch 37 | hall within Gownhall from which the dining table is hauled |
| Liberation Way | City of Last Chances ch 10-48 | the stretch of street from Gownhall Square to the Portbridge, lined with shops with homes and attic rooms above; the route of the Siblingry march and the site of the confrontation |
| Lighthouse | Pretenders to the Thro ch 3-41 | the ward atop the crab face, reached by hoist; where the Pope tells Niev to bring Hamriddy |
| Lucibi | Lives of Bitter Rain ch 9-10; Days of Shattered Fait ch 19 | another state that did not rise to dominance after Moeribandi's fall (mentioned) |
| Magnelei | House of Open Wounds ch 22-50; Lives of Bitter Rain ch 5; Pretenders to the Thro ch 1 | a liberated city the Palleseen entered; the chapter's setting, described as a "den of depravity and vice" that confirms Palleseen civilisational self-image; contains a stadium, a row of tavern-brothels, a market, and alleys |
| Mahastar | City of Last Chances ch 10 | second-greatest Maric city, centre of the Mahanic Temple faith, favoured posting for self-indulgent Palleseen officials |
| Mantekor | Lives of Bitter Rain ch 8-10; Days of Shattered Fait ch 3-50 | Gorbudan's fortress, where he is exiled after quarrels with his father |
| Middle Parlour | Pretenders to the Thro ch 7-17 | a lower tier of the Pandaemonium, contrasted with the Upper Parlour in Abellaime's management of the staff |
| Mirror Allor | City of Last Chances ch 4-47 | the Allorwen quarter at the edge of the Gutter Districts of Ilmar, named for Allor; where displaced Allorwen sell goods, second-hand magic, and forgeries; windows garlanded with paper charms and painted banners |
| Mirror Palace | Days of Shattered Fait ch 25 | the royal residence in Alkhalend where the Alkhand's children were raised apart from each other; also called "the palace" in this chapter |
| Misnost Street | City of Last Chances ch 34 | street where Pal soldiers were seen |
| Moraseum | Days of Shattered Fait ch 3 | the standard noble curriculum's school; Dekamran completed it before going overseas |
| Morderitsin | City of Last Chances ch 19 | a location with a smithy where Nihilostes was seen buying (or pretending to buy) a horseshoe |
| Mother Ellaime's boarding house | City of Last Chances ch 1-14 | Ruslav's lodgings; other boarders live upstairs; Ruslav's room has no fire lit for two nights |
| Necropolis | Days of Shattered Fait ch 44-50 | sealed tomb-gates far north of the Garmoers in the Successor Steppes; the old immortal necromancers of the Moeribandi Empire retreated here and "closed it from the inside"; warded by "a thousand warding glyphs" and vast necromantic power |
| Northern Bracinta | House of Open Wounds ch 20 | under Pal "support" of the local regime, "slowly tightening the noose" |
| Ock Street | City of Last Chances ch 22 | where the clothier's store that employs the delivery boy is located |
| Ockernov | City of Last Chances ch 34 | location near Misnost Street where Pal soldiers were reported |
| Oloumann | House of Open Wounds ch 3-24; Lives of Bitter Rain ch 6; Days of Shattered Fait ch 35 | a place whose "plague of incestuous gods" was liberated; its culinarily-blessed religion was destroyed under Professor-Invigilator Flockersly's oversight |
| Oroyeltnin Crescent | City of Last Chances ch 7 | site of a Vulture gaming ring; broken up by the Palleseen after the theft |
| Osio | Lives of Bitter Rain ch 7; Days of Shattered Fait ch 16-18 | the border or waterway between Usmai and Peor; Gorbudan plans to march across it |
| Pandaemonium | Pretenders to the Thro ch 3-41 | |
| Pencewort Ward | Pretenders to the Thro ch 42 | a ward of Eres Ffenegh, commended for its defence |
| Peor | Lives of Bitter Rain ch 6-10; Days of Shattered Fait ch 2-50 | a Successor State on the humid Successor Coast; has Palleseen garrisons, advisors, and untaxed trade; nine local gods |
| Pledge | City of Last Chances ch 33 | a subterranean taproom in Mirror Allor run by an Allorwen family whose members rotate shifts so it never closes |
| Pools | Lives of Bitter Rain ch 8 | |
| Port Urchen | Lives of Bitter Rain ch 4 | former modest port town in Jarokir, now pushing for city status; site of the new garrison, merchant factoras, mills, warehouses, and a shanty landscape of imported labour |
| Portbridge | City of Last Chances ch 5-45 | the bridge across the river between the Hammer Districts and Mirror Allor. |
| Quarantine camps | Days of Shattered Fait ch 28-30; Pretenders to the Thro ch 20 | Palleseen detention facilities where found-out cultists are held; the impostor was kept there and the real Loret was killed there |
| Rathbridge | City of Last Chances ch 31-35 | a northern bridge; a long, dangerous detour to reach it |
| Realms Infernale | House of Open Wounds ch 7-50; Lives of Bitter Rain ch 4-5; Days of Shattered Fait ch 12-49; Pretenders to the Thro ch 1-42 | the infernal realm from which demons issue; also referred to as Realms Below in the context of failed conjurers being dragged there |
| Rehevitz morgue | City of Last Chances ch 41-45 | the building whose cistern shelters the fugitives |
| Reproach | City of Last Chances ch 7-49 | a cursed district of Ilmar created by the Varatsin Dukes' curse; colloquially called "madness-town"; full of mad descendants, illusions of Varatsin grandeur, and undying courtly revels; its boundaries may be growing |
| Revelation House | House of Open Wounds ch 32-50 | the site of Ollery's infamous massacre a decade and a half ago; "the only topic of conversation across all the Archipelago" |
| Right-city | Pretenders to the Thro ch 3-30 | the upper Wards; home of the big houses and old families like the Leachans |
| Ropa Street mill-bank | City of Last Chances ch 28 | the location of Aullaime's little room round the back; where the delegates first gathered |
| Rosvof | City of Last Chances ch 5 | a foreign place mentioned in Ivarn's note (former home of Count Jodorev). |
| Sable Manor | Pretenders to the Thro ch 9-42 | the Widow's hereditary estate, existing "somewhere between the world and Hell," in the manner of Allorwen conjurer dynasties; the Pandaemonium operates within it |
| Sand Gate | Days of Shattered Fait ch 23-24 | the newer, less ornate fortified gate on the far side of the bay, with gun emplacements facing both inwards and outwards; Flint proposes attacking through it at night |
| Sand Lanes | Lives of Bitter Rain ch 10; Days of Shattered Fait ch 3-48 | the poor districts below the foreign merchants' street; the foreigners' hospital sits at the dead end of the coiling street |
| Scrymisa | City of Last Chances ch 2 | the "Emerald Shore City," a place of wonder, power, wealth, hedonism, and corruption; reachable only through the Anchorwood; not the Indwellers' city ("It is not our city. We do not go there.") |
| Sirovar townhouse | City of Last Chances ch 28 | the Armiger district residence where the negotiation takes place |
| Slate House | Lives of Bitter Rain ch 10; Days of Shattered Fait ch 1-47 | the Palleseen Resident's residence in Alkhalend |
| Southern Bracinta | House of Open Wounds ch 20 | "the jewel in the Loruthi overseas crown"; fractured kingdom forcibly reunified by the Loruthi; now the warfront where Landwards is dug in |
| Successor Coast | Lives of Bitter Rain ch 10; Days of Shattered Fait ch 8-46 | the coastal region where the war's piracy and disease operate |
| Successor Steppes | Days of Shattered Fait ch 50; Pretenders to the Thro ch 6-40 | region north of the Garmoers where the Necropolis stands; a handful of nomad tribes roam nearby but give the gates a wide berth |
| Szechelm Way | City of Last Chances ch 22 | the street where the workers' canteen is located |
| Taela | Pretenders to the Thro ch 2-15 | a tea house in Eres Ffenegh where Kiffel imagines she and the big Pal might have shared honeycakes and married, had his people not besieged her city |
| Taumachy den | Days of Shattered Fait ch 8 | a gambling arena in the Sand Lanes where street gangs, enforcers, and fixers watch animated wooden animals fight |
| Teleomarn | City of Last Chances ch 10 | capital of the Maric peoples, first-greatest city; site of the mad king's house arrest |
| Telmark | City of Last Chances ch 1-15; House of Open Wounds ch 16; Lives of Bitter Rain ch 5; Pretenders to the Thro ch 39 | a nation; the Divine City "shared no land borders" with it, though its ships put in at every port |
| Temechin factory | City of Last Chances ch 38 | produces the boots worn by Palleseen soldiers; cited by Father Orvechin |
| Tesemera | Days of Shattered Fait ch 35 | |
| Tevel Street | City of Last Chances ch 38 | site of a mill producing the paper for Palleseen orders; cited by Father Orvechin |
| the abyss | Days of Shattered Fait ch 6 | the one-foot-wide vertical slot running the full depth of the House, connecting every hall; "not enough to fall through unless you were very slender and very unlucky"; the source of the true Warden; a sword kicked in falls "down through all those ghost-crammed levels to who knew what other hell was below" |
| the Allorwen establishment | Pretenders to the Thro ch 14 | a brothel in Eres Ffenegh offered as a negotiation venue; an Allorwen house, implying conjurer-lord traditions; Brandery calls it "a Feggy brothel" |
| the Bracite market town | House of Open Wounds ch 31 | unnamed city whose market and streets form the chapter's setting; has "epic stone heroes" carved on its walls; locals bear grudges against Palleseen uniforms |
| the caves below the orphanage | House of Open Wounds ch 3 | where Banders went "bloody and terrified" as a child |
| the cellar beneath the House of Tranquillity | Days of Shattered Fait ch 42 | the royal wine and victuals store, converted by Croskin into a drill ground for his demon squad |
| the crystal cave | House of Open Wounds ch 19 | at the heart of the flying island; walls studded with finger-sized crystals whose threads keep the island aloft; outsiders forbidden by Gallete tradition |
| The Dead City | Days of Shattered Fait ch 25 | a destination beyond the mountains, reachable from the Successor States |
| the Donjon yard | City of Last Chances ch 38 | where Siblingry leaders were hung in two past instances of the march meeting the Duke's people |
| the Ducal estate | City of Last Chances ch 18 | the ruined palace and tower within the Reproach; faced with marble and gilt in the illusion, crumbling moss and rotten stone in reality |
| the Duke's palace | City of Last Chances ch 11 | former seat of Ilmar's duke, now the seat of the Palleseen Perfecture; pales in comparison to the palace in the Reproach |
| The factories | City of Last Chances ch 45 | |
| the Fleigh Isles | Lives of Bitter Rain ch 2 | a distant part of the Sway within the Austentarn jurisdiction; contains a two-mile-deep mining complex where a "resentful and subhuman population" work, with overseers needing to see the sun only once a month |
| the forward camp | Pretenders to the Thro ch 4 | the Palleseen siege position inside the walls of the four razed districts taken from Eres Ffenegh; the Heretics' quarters have three intact walls and half a roof |
| the Garmoer range | Lives of Bitter Rain ch 7 | mountain range dividing the Successor States |
| The gate to Hell | Pretenders to the Thro ch 42 | |
| the ghost-burrow | House of Open Wounds ch 13 | referenced as having "consumed the luckless spy" in a prior incident; Jack falls into a sleep-hole "like the ghost-burrow" |
| the Guildhall | House of Open Wounds ch 7 | an institution in Ilmar raided by the new Perfector |
| the hollow | House of Open Wounds ch 24 | a clearing where a great tree fell, consecrated with ash, vinegar, and sigils to hidden powers; used as the cult's sacrifice site |
| the Holy Regalate of Stouk | Lives of Bitter Rain ch 6 | a previous assignment mentioned by Professor-Invigilator Flockersly |
| the Hospital | House of Open Wounds ch 2-46 | the hospital department, founded ~15 years ago; Tallifer and Lochiver co-opted 3 years after its founding; Prassel arrived ~5 years ago; now appears to be near dissolution |
| the Ibaleth warrens | Days of Shattered Fait ch 11 | a "warren of mounds and holes" along the river above Alkhalend where the Ibaleth live with their eggs and queen; no humans welcome |
| The Imperial Necropolis | Days of Shattered Fait ch 29 | "the withered little nut" north of the Garmoers, last vestige of the Moeribandi Empire; Drathel plans a future scholarly expedition to "kick in some tombs" |
| the lost part of the city | Pretenders to the Thro ch 10 | the quarter of Eres Ffenegh already under Palleseen control, where they are mustering for the assault |
| the mill district | Days of Shattered Fait ch 48 | a district of Alkhalend through which Flint's ogrodon column passes |
| the monastery | - | |
| the monastery at the foot of the falls | Days of Shattered Fait ch 39 | where the Kakrops Jars are held, within easy strike of the docks |
| the palace gardens | Days of Shattered Fait ch 2 | secluded glades in the grounds of the House of Tranquillity where illegal duels are held; "it was hard to find somewhere that someone else wasn't already holding one" |
| the palace in the Reproach | City of Last Chances ch 11 | an impossible vast palace at the heart of the Reproach, walled in turquoise, gold, and chalcedony, with onion-domes, gilded ospreys, and bear-statues holding halberds; Nasely hides in its tower |
| The Pandaemonium bedroom | Pretenders to the Thro ch 13 | the specific room where Kiffel ea Leachan woke; no windows, no balcony; Allorwen-exported gilded reliefs on the ceiling; contains an unlit fireplace with a fire iron "formed by Allorwen craft into a demon's reaching claw" |
| The Peost border | Days of Shattered Fait ch 31 | border across which Gorbudan raided Palleseen mills, causing his banishment |
| the recupery stations | House of Open Wounds ch 3 | facilities to the north where non-critical casualties are sent |
| the Rosetarn | Pretenders to the Thro ch 25 | |
| the sea wall | Days of Shattered Fait ch 48 | the broad wall at the end of the land, connecting to the harbour; the site of the battle's final phase |
| the stadium | House of Open Wounds ch 28 | a large stone structure in Magnelei with tiered seating, guarded by colossal catwolf statues, hosting ball games and other entertainments |
| the taverna at the foot of the falls | Days of Shattered Fait ch 30 | a tavern with a private back room where Flint holds the celebration |
| the tent | House of Open Wounds ch 38 | one of the tents "specifically set aside for this sort of thing because nobody wanted to spend any time in a part-time torture chamber" |
| the Tosthevar factory | City of Last Chances ch 16 | a press-and-foundry complex in the Hammer Districts; makes buttons for Pal soldier uniforms; uses bound demons as motive power |
| The Varinaen | Pretenders to the Thro ch 1-41 | Varinecthes's flying tower, "his infamous flying tower," moored at Eres Ffenegh; a large stone structure with multiple floors, wards, and a bound elemental fire-monster in its foundations |
| the Vultures' lair | City of Last Chances ch 44 | the circular room with the pit containing the centipede creature; the Bitter Sisters' headquarters |
| the Wood | City of Last Chances ch 1-49; House of Open Wounds ch 7-51; Pretenders to the Thro ch 25-42 | the forest beyond Ilmar; where Ochelby went and where the new grandee is headed; equated with the forest that existed before the city and will return |
| Thorntree House | Lives of Bitter Rain ch 2 | a relatively exclusive orphanage on the Archipelago for children of "a certain standing or family"; strict, disciplined, with prescribed academic curriculum |
| Thurrel's decantary | House of Open Wounds ch 44 | Thurrel's workshop where arcane items are drained of magic; "the place that arcane tat went to die" |
| Upper Parlour | Pretenders to the Thro ch 7-36 | the high-class patron area of the Pandaemonium, with secluded booths for consultation |
| Usmai | Lives of Bitter Rain ch 5-10; Days of Shattered Fait ch 1-50 | the destination of Angilly's new posting; a land with "too much history" and "too many spoons in the pot"; the previous Resident died there |
| Varinecthes's tower | House of Open Wounds ch 33 | a flying structure, ten storeys of building on a craggy rock foundation, coasting through smoke; pours liquid fire on the battlefield |
| Water Lanes | Days of Shattered Fait ch 1-40 | the dockside district; a "shifting maze of jetties and rafts and boats" between ship and shore |
| Wolf Palace | House of Open Wounds ch 22-50; Lives of Bitter Rain ch 5 | the royal palace in Magnelei; site of the coronation and feast; has seen "another massacre" before |
| Yennitch Park | City of Last Chances ch 34 | area where Brachalven formerly led the Sisters' operations |
| pens | City of Last Chances ch 43 | the circles containing bound demons in the factory; each demon has its own pen with a drawn circle |
| the enclaves | City of Last Chances ch 10 | the Divinate and Mirror Allor, flanking the Portbridge |
| the garrison | Lives of Bitter Rain ch 1 | the Palleseen military compound in Jarokir; contains a refectory, an infirmary, a compound yard |
| the old side door | Days of Shattered Fait ch 34 | a concealed entrance to the Residence, used by Gil to fight Tarcomir and now by Dekamran to enter unobserved |
| the orphanage | House of Open Wounds ch 3 | where Angilly trained on a "star-shaped piste" |
| the pit | City of Last Chances ch 14 | where Carelia keeps the Bitter Sisters' pet; a deep enclosure with curved walls, angular-legged creature inside; feeding involves a junior recruit emptying a sack of meat at the edge; the creature's feelers can reach up the wall |
| ventilation shaft | Days of Shattered Fait ch 19 |