Ghyll:WhereIsWhere
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This Where's Where article is an attempt at establishing geographical facts about Ghyll; it does not record other facts. For example, it records that the Evesque Valley is well-irrigated (and therefore must have plenty of streams), but it does not record that it used to play host to Aelfants.
Ghyll Map
                                            /                            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^     |   |
                                           ;                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^   :   ;
                                           |                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^  * Dwplat
    River Ocean                            ;             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^  `
 <-  (Gulf & Seas                         /       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Jorvyl Mountain Region ^^^^^^^^^^^
       empty into)                        '    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                       ____              /      ^'^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Sarfelogian Mountains ^^^^   ,
                     /'    ``,        _/'        ; ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^  ;
                    '''`"\    `.._ _,'           :      ^^^^^^^^^^ Po Mountain ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^    ;
                          `..     '               :     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^_.------- Baleman ---^^^^^^^^^^^^  ,'
                Primus       \                   -+-----''\^^^^^^,--''                      `^^^^^^^^   ;
                      ___     \              .--':         :--+-'                             |^^^^  ,';
                     ,'  ''''''              |   ;            |    Seven Lakes of Midevesque ,|^^^  ;
                      `.._                   |  : Alezan &    ;        Evesque Valley       -/ *  ;'
                          `---......         |  Twin Spires  /                     ,--------'  |   ';,
                Segundus       _,-'          `--;-.          :                    / '          |     .
 * Avaz                    .--'                 ;  `----------+----------:-------'  :     Elminster  :
    Minor?             ,-'                      :`.                       :         :        Mire    ;
                     -:._    ___               Qestarius                  :         ;               ;:
                         `'-'   `-._           :  River.                 .':,        `.              :,
             Dagger Seas          ,'          ;         `-.            .'    :        :               ;
              & Peninsulas       /            :           `.          /        :      ;               |
                               ,'             ;             `+     .-'         :    :'         Andelphracian
                    Tertius   |              :                :  .'        Cataract Road       River & Valley
                              | Shepenor .,..;..,..           ;  * Bute          :                   ,:.
    Shallow Gulf             /   |_.....:' Iganefta`.        /         `.       :                  ,'   \.
                            |,,.-*       *. on-the-Sea.,    :            `-.    :                  |     `.
                            "'     *     | :     |      `..'                `.  :                  |      \
                              Kebro-     |  ':   |     Qestarius              `.:                  |       |
                                Shepenor |   :   |        River                 :                  '       |
                                         |  :    ;          ;  * Wentzel     .-'*.Cranee            |     _/
                         Marty          /   :  ,'           ;\    Fen     .-'   : `-.                \.--'
                                  ....,-'   :  |            ; :       _,-"      :    `--.
---.            ___----.       ,'            : |           ;  :    .-'   Sejfeld *       `-.
    `-------''''|       `'-..o-'             : |           |   :.-'            :`:          `* Egron
                |                            : |    Odlucian   :       Marsh *'   :
                |                             :|    Library|   ;        Gibbon    :     Umbo
                ';                             :          ,*-_ :                  :     * Moor
                  \                            |:       ,' |  ;* Odlucia          ;:
                   |     Plain of Brahang      | :-----'   : /                   ; :
                   |                          .|  ;         `   ._  Vale of     :  * Folktown
     _.-.          |                          |    '..            `.  Serdoch/  ;  :;--.
---''    `-.       \                          |       `-.           `-. Oddbag :    ;   `----.  Principality
            \     ,'`--                     ,'           `-._          `       ;   ;          '* of Jurra
             `..-'     `''''`--......,-"'-:'                 `-.              ;   :          /
 To Mount Yurch     Yerplat Ridge          ""`-.            * Battle of      :    ; --.   .-'
 (40 leles west)     (now Cataract Road)        "`--.          Barnum Stones ;,-''     `+`* Glossfordshire
                                                     "`-..         :.      ,-'          |
                                                          "`-.       :  ,-'             ;
                                                              "``-.   .* Iganefta -.   /
                                                                   "`-* Azura Mines `-'* Stindersgrough
                                                                  _.-------------------.
                                                  _.------------''                      `------.
                                            ..--''                                              `--------.
                                        ,--'                       Cactus Forests                         `---
                                       /                             (Largely unexplored)
                                     ,'
We also have the old map, which is not being maintained.
The Facts
- Alezan (land) (on map: yes)
- Is heavily forested (Alezan)
- Uninhabited, thus no other towns (Alezan)
- Situated to the west of the Evesque Valley (Alezan)
- Most prominent feature: ruins with a twin-spire structure (Alezan)
- @@ Situated close to the Vale of Serdoch (Bordingbras his hatt!)
 
- Andelphracian River Valley (valley) (on map: yes)
- Is not in the Evesque Valley or Sarfelogian Mountains (Carsokian)
 
- Arbuckle Hill (hill) (on map: no, too small)
- Situated in Folktown (Cadaver, The)
- Host to the Cadaver public house (Cadaver, The)
 
- Avazian Ruins (building) (on map: no, unknown location)
- Possibly in a wasteland (Avazian Box)
 
- Avaz Minor (city) (on map: yes)
- Suspected to be located at the center of the Shallow Gulf (Dagger Seas)
- Ancient city; detonation point of Justice Device during the Third Avazian War (Dagger Seas)
 
- Azura Mines (mines) (on map: yes)
- Situated by the city of Iganefta (Altoxian Bulb)
 
- Baleman (building) (on map: yes)
- Ruined in an earthquake (Baleman)
- Situated on the northern edge of the Evesque Valley (Baleman)
 
- Bute (university/town) (on map: yes)
- The Timperton Clocktower is on campus (Bute University)
- Contains three lakes, a forest, and blasted moorland (Bute University)
 
- Cactus Forests (on map: yes)
- A rarely travelled land (Cactus forests)
- Located in the deserts of the southern end of Ghyll (Cactus forests)
 
- Cake (building) (on map: no, too small)
- Situated on the side of a valley by the hamlet of Odlucia (Bureau of Forgotten Knowledge)
 
- Cataract Road (road) (on map: yes)
- Has waterfalls alongside it (Burnflies)
- Starts in the north of the Evesque Valley (Cataract Road)
- Runs through Cranee and Folktown (Cataract Road)
- Ends in the southern town of Iganefta (Cataract Road)
- In the foothills of Mount Yurch it is built on the Yérplat Ridge. (Plain of Brahang)
- At the Plain of Brahang it follows an old road that has been there as early as -400 EC (Plain of Brahang)
 
- Charterhouse Estate (estate) (on map: no, too small)
- On the outskirts of Folktown (Charterhouse Collection)
 
- Cranee (hamlet) (on map: yes)
- Situated to the north of the Vale of Serdoch (Battle of Barnum Stones)
- The Battle of Barnum Stones probably took place 25 lele south (Battle of Barnum Stones)
- Directly between the Evesque Valley and Folktown (Cranee Historical Society)
- 25 sugro-nanits from the Evesque Valley (Cranee Historical Society)
- 18 sugro-nanits from Folktown (Cranee Historical Society)
- Has a village green (Cranee Historical Society)
 
- Dagger Peninsulas (peninsulas) (on map: yes)
- Creates the dagger-like freshwater points of the Dagger Seas (Dagger Seas)
 
- Dagger Seas (seas) (on map: yes)
- A haunt of the well-known Captain Riquiras (Captain Riquiras)
- Four massive estuaries: Primus, Segundus, Tertius, and Marty (Dagger Seas)
- Broad mouths at the gulf tapering to dagger-like freshwater points (Dagger Seas)
- The freshwater points are where the Dagger Peninsulas join the mainland (Dagger Seas)
- The seas are calm, though they are affected by the tides (Dagger Seas)
- The Marty Sea contains Kebro-shepenor, a small island (Kebro-shepenor)
 
- Dŵplat (stream) (on map: yes)
- Eastern Province of the Dulalian Empire (region) (no, not yet)
- Home to the Brothers of the Lantern (Brothers of the Lantern)
 
- Elminster Mire (mire) (on map: yes)
- Known to exist at the time of Quezlar 6 (Andelphracian Lights)
- Ghyll-wide environmental crisis: ongoing stillicide in the Mire (Doc Rockett)
- Located east of the Evesque Valley and northwest of the Andelphracian River Valley (Elminster Mire)
 
- Egron (town) (on map: yes)
- Situated close to Folktown (Bindlet Ball)
- Located northeast of Folktown, east of the town of Sejfeld (Egron)
 
- Evesque Valley (valley) (on map: yes)
- Is picturesque (Bavarian Creame)
- Is well-irrigated (Adlorst Vinifera)
- Contains quayres (Andelphracian Lights)
- Is situated in the north of Ghyll (Cataract Road)
- Situated to the east of the land of Alezan (Alezan)
- A fault-line runs under the northern edge (Baleman)
- The northen edge has a relatively unpopulated area (Baleman)
- Fluyr may be the name of something in the north (Baleman)
- Divided into three sections, upper, mid, and lower ((Evesque Valley)
- 25 sugro-nanits from the hamlet of Cranee (Cranee Historical Society)
- Contains plantations (Adlorst Vinifera), e.g. of Sphoxolis Trees (Besq Boats)
- Contains the Seven Lakes of Midevesque (Bureau of Forgotten Knowledge & Evesque Valley)
 
- Folktown (city) (on map: yes)
- Is a city (Amphitheatre aristocracy)
- Contains Arbuckle Hill (Cadaver, The)
- Contains the Laureat House (Calends Gala)
- Situated close to the town of Egron (Bindlet Ball)
- Has a town square (Bureau of Forgotten Knowledge)
- Contains an amphitheatre (Amphitheatre aristocracy)
- Ten sugro-nanits south-east of Marsh Gibbon (Bavarian Creame)
- 18 sugro-nanits from the hamlet of Cranee (Cranee Historical Society)
- Contains the Folktown Hyperbolic Bindlet Ball Arena (Day of Champions)
- The outskirts are home to the Charterhouse Estate (Charterhouse Collection)
- Has a Grand Mall 'twixt the Folktown Council Hall and Folktown Amphitheatre (Bavarian Creame)
 
- Fundzherit Peninsula (peninsula) (on map: no, unknown location)
- Had some theoalchemical incident (inferred) (Doc Rockett)
 
- Fylesgate (town) (on map: no, not yet)
- Possibly in the Evesque Valley (Andelphracian Lights)
 
- Glossfordshire (town) (on map: yes)
- Involved heavily in Bindlet Ball (Bindlet Ball)
 
- Iganefta (city) (on map: yes)
- Situated by the Azura Mines (Altoxian Bulb)
- Is situated in the south of Ghyll (Cataract Road)
- A city comprised of many smaller settlements (Altoxian Bulb)
- Is divided into upper and lower class sections (Altoxian Bulb)
- Two leles away from the Azura Mines (Iganefta)
- 120 leles away from Mount Yurch (Iganefta)
- Iganefta-on-the-Sea is 30 leles away (Iganefta)
- Contains Memorial Garden and Brothers monastery (NeoAlezanians)
 
- Iganefta-on-the-Sea (city) (on map: yes)
- 30 leles away from Iganefta (Iganefta)
- Was once the fishing village of Thunderbarg (Lord Glosfordshier)
 
- Jorvyll (region) (on map: yes)
- Moutainous region north of the Evesque Valley (Keglacians)
 
- Kebro-shepenor (island) (on map: yes)
- Located in Marty, one of the four Dagger Seas (Kebro-shepenor)
- At low tide, connected to Shepenor by a sandbar (Kebro-shepenor)
 
- Marsh Gibbon (town) (on map: yes)
- Situated near the town of Sejfeld (Bavarian Creame)
- Ten sugro-nanits north-west of Folktown (Bavarian Creame)
 
- Mount Rotyg (mountain) (on map: no, not yet)
- About 4,000 nanits smaller than Mount Yurch (Mount Yurch)
- Is the second tallest mountain in Ghyll (Mount Yurch)
 
- Mount Yurch (mountain) (on map: yes)
- About 120 lele west of Iganefta (Grommies)
- Is 18,764 nanits tall (Mount Yurch)
- Is the tallest mountain in Ghyll (Mount Yurch)
 
- Odlucia (hamlet) (on map: yes)
- Situated in a valley (Bureau of Forgotten Knowledge)
- Is surrounded by many farmsteads (Bureau of Forgotten Knowledge)
- Contains the Odlucian Library and the Bureau's Cake (Bureau of Forgotten Knowledge)
 
- Odlucian Library (building) (on map: yes)
- Is an active library (Anaximancer)
- Situated on the side of a valley by Odlucia (Bureau of Forgotten Knowledge)
 
- Palace of Lost Souls (building) (on map: no, unknown location)
- Building of a location not yet recorded (Alarius)
 
- Pinky and Perky (astrological) (above map: yes)
- The moons of Ghyll (Cranee Historical Society)
 
- Plain of Brahang (plain) (on map: yes)
- Location of the Brahang Turnpike Inn (Plain of Brahang)
- Formerly the location of a turnpike.
- 1250 square sugro-nanits in size (Plain of Brahang)
- 800 lele northwest of Iganefta (Plain of Brahang)
- Bordered to the north by the Qestarius River (Plain of Brahang)
- Bordered to the south by the Yérplat Ridge which is now the Cataract Road (Plain of Brahang)
- The battle of the Aelfant coprolith took place here (Conflict That Is Not Happening)
 
- Principality of Jurra (town; maybe more) (on map: yes)
- The Harrabloon Bank mints coins for them (Harrabloon Bank)
- Presumably nearby Folktown, as its press affects them (Harrabloon Bank)
 
- River Ocean (ocean) (on map: yes)
- The Dagger Seas and Shallow Gulf empty into it (Opoudelian Starker)
 
- Qestarius River (river) (on map: yes)
- Borders the north edge of the Plain of Brahang (Plain of Brahang)
- The major tributary to the Dagger Sea (Plain of Brahang)
 
- Sarfelogian Mountains (mountains) (on map: yes)
- Its foothills have plantations (Adlorst Vinifera)
- Ghyll-wide environmental crisis: destruction of the mountain meadows (Doc Rockett)
- Po Mountain is located within this range (Heh-blammo balance)
 
- Sayaziha or City of Spheres (city) (on map: no, unknown location)
- Said to have been seen by Ibaan Malmiz (Grimporke Grimoire)
 
- Sejfeld (town) (on map: yes)
- Situated near the town of Marsh Gibbon (Bavarian Creame)
 
- Shallow Gulf (gulf) (on map: yes)
- The four Dagger Seas empty into it (Dagger Seas)
- Dominates the western edge of our continent (Dagger Seas)
- The Gulf is calm, though is affected by the tides (Dagger Seas)
- Center of the Gulf is likely to have been site of ancient city of Avaz Minor (Dagger Seas)
 
- Shepenor (fishing village) (on map: yes)
- Near, or on, the coast of Marty, one of the Dagger Seas (Kebro-shepenor)
- Kebro-shepenor is within sight of Shepenor, but too far to swim (Kebro-shepenor)
- At low tide, connected to Kebro-shepenor by a sandbar (Kebro-shepenor)
 
- Spacial Clocktower, The (clocktower) (on map: no, unknown location)
- Unfindable (Cartographer's Nerves)
 
- Stindersgrough (town) (on map: yes)
- Home of the Barnum Stones (Battle of Barnum Stones)
 
- Threel (town?) (on map: no, unknown location)
- Location unknown, circa -249 EC (Extraordinarily Bloodless Revolution)
- Probably near the Palace of Lost Souls, also location unknown (Extraordinarily Bloodless Revolution)
 
- Thungerbarg (village) (on map: yes)
- Former name of Iganefta-on-the-Sea; still in use among some residents.
 
- Umbo Moor (moor) (on map: yes)
- @@ In-between or nearby (?) Egron and Marsh Gibbon (Edvard von Craghelm)
 
- Undivaggen (building) (on map: no, too small)
- Situated in the town of Marsh Gibbon (Bavarian Creame)
 
- Vale of Serdoch (vale) (on map: yes)
- Situated just to the south of Cranee (Battle of Barnum Stones)
- @@ Situated close to the ruins of Alezan (Bordingbras his hatt!)
 
- Wentzel Fen (fen) (on map: yes)
- @@ In-between or nearby (?) Egron and Marsh Gibbon (Edvard von Craghelm)
 
- Yérplat Ridge (ridge) (on map: yes)
- Better known as the Cataract Road these days (Plain of Brahang)
 
