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A glossary of people, places & objects in Earthsea Now showing glossary items relating to inland regions, including valleys, forests, moors & marshes Aol Also known as: Forest of Aol Sources: The Masters of Roke, FS East Creek Region of Sattins island, presumably in the east Sources: The Rule of Names, W12Q East Forest Region in the south-east of Gont, with several towns including Ovark and possibly Wiss; hilly and presumably at least partly forested Sources: Warriors in the Mist, WoE Eolg Domain on Havnor Isle Sources: The School for Wizards, WoE Faliern Forest Great forest in the interior of Havnor island, west of Samory, near villages of Endlane and Woodedge. Its trees include oaks. The Old Powers are said to be strong there Sources: The Finder, TfE Forest of Aol See Aol Grove, the See Immanent Grove High Marsh High marshy grassy plain on the island of Semel south of Andanden, formed due to ash deposition from the last volcanic eruption; sparsely populated, major livelihood is cattle farming. The water isn't safe to drink without boiling, and marsh fever and murrain are common. Villages include Purewells [On the High Marsh, TfE] Immanent Grove Also known as: Grove, the Sources: The Rowan Tree, FS; The Finder, TfE (a); Dragonfly, TfE (b); Mending the Green Pitcher, OW; The Dragon Council, OW; Rejoining, OW 'There is no place for it on maps, and there is no way to it except for those who know their way to it. But even novices and townsfolk and farmers can see it, always at a certain distance, a wood of high trees whose leaves have a hint of gold in their greenness even in the spring. And they consider -- the novices, the townsfolk, the farmers -- that the Grove moves about in a mystifying manner. But in this they are mistaken for the Grove does not move. Its roots are the roots of being. It is all the rest that moves.' [The Rowan Tree, FS/The Finder, TfE/Rejoining, OW] Iria Large, beautiful and formerly prosperous domain on the island of Way, with oak forests, hills and rich farming land, including vineyards. Divided between four families a hundred years before the events of 'Dragonfly' [TfE], and in decline [Dragonfly, TfE] Keksemt Moors Large area of bleak rolling moorland in the interior of the island of Osskil, bounded by the Mountains of Os in the north and the coast around Neshum in the south; described as bare, brown and treeless. Though crossed by several tracks, it appears to lack habitations, apart from the Court of the Terrenon Sources: Hunted, WoE; The Hawk's Flight, WoE '…over the low brown hills that went on houseless and treeless and changeless, clear to the sunwashed winter sky.' [The Hawk's Flight, WoE] Long Fells High sheep & goat pastures above Lissu and the Middle Valley on Gont Sources: Home, T Middle Valley Lowland farming valley of the river Kaheda in the south of Gont. Its major town is the harbour Valmouth; other towns or villages include Lissu at the head of the valley, Kahedanan and Oak Village. As in other parts of southern Gont, herding cattle, goats and sheep is a major livelihood here Sources: Frontispiece map, T; A Bad Thing, T; Mice, T; The Dolphin, T 'She pointed past the town, inland, where Middle Valley lay broad and sunlit between two arms of the mountain, like a lap. … "It's a pretty corner of your kingdom."' [The Dolphin, T] Northward Vale Steep valley of the River Ar, in the north-east of Gont island, headed by Ten Alders village. The lower parts are farmed, with fields, orchards and cattle pastures; several towns lie on the river: Lotin, Medu, Chodur and Toss Sources: Warriors in the Mist, WoE; Frontispiece map, T 'Below the village the pastures and ploughlands of the Vale slope downwards level below level towards the sea, and other towns lie on the bends of the River Ar…' [Warriors in the Mist, WoE] Old Iria Area within the domain of Iria on Way, held by the Master of Iria. Includes a vineyard, pastures, oak woods, the half-ruined mansion house on Iria Hill and an unnamed village at its foot Sources: Dragonfly, TfE Trimmer's Dell Also known as: Yaved [The Bones of the Earth, TfE] Wayfirth Domain or place on the island of Way, ruled by the Lord of Wayfirth Sources: Dragonfly, TfE West Shore Region of Sattins island, presumably in the west Sources: The Rule of Names, W12Q Western domain Domain in the west of Havnor island, with hills covered with oak and chestnut forests. Contains the towns and villages of Glade, Reche & Easthill, and the river Amia. Ruled by the Lord of the Western Land Sources: Darkrose and Diamond, TfE Yaved See Trimmer's Dell
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