The World of Alcoron
One world ・ one timeline ・ one history At the heart of the continent of Alcoron lies the Kingdom of Castellane, in the age of RY12 — a world that moves of its own accord, and every novel is but the witness of a character who lives in it
Map of Alcoron
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Today in Alcoron
The world moves another day — short tidings that show Alcoron is alive, even while no one reads.
Core Concept — A Shared World
Alcoron is not the backdrop to one story — it is a world that lives and moves on its own. Every novel draws from the same events on the same timeline; each is merely one character's point of view inside a far wider world.
Timeline of Alcoron
The events on the shared timeline that every novel references — the world's objective truth before the stories begin.
Places of the Kingdom
Eldermere
The capital and seat of the Court of Castellane, where the Oracle serves — far from the quiet border towns of the novels. 'The old mere' of legend.
Oakmere
A far-eastern border town of wheat and mills, at the end of the grain road out to the Ink Kingdoms, a week's ride from the capital.
Greywater
A river town of mills and grey stone, known for its bridgekeepers and the memory of the realm.
Misthollow
A small town in the far-western borderlands, where the unassuming Lord Rowan tends harvests, taxes and old grudges.
Crossfield
A crossroads town amid the wheat fields, a way-stop for carts between Eldermere and the eastern harbours.
Hollowford
A river port in a valley pass, where southern goods move north and songs run late.
The Civilisations Beyond
Beyond the kingdom, four peoples colour the edges of the map.
East
The Ink Kingdoms
Silk, scroll and dragon — a world of courts and calligraphy. Feeds 17,600 souls without a single grain field, so it buys Castellane wheat through the twin gates of Oakmere and Xiguan. RY12: armed peace.
South
The Monsoon Deltas
River-delta monsoon trading — a world of boats, markets and monsoon rain. Delta barges come upriver to the salt town of Tanjipura and on into Castellane's southern markets. RY12: warmest trade partner.
North
The Fjord-Raiders
Cold-sea raiders who hunt grain among the fjords. Iron and fast ships, not one field. RY12: open war with Castellane since RY10 — the only enemy still drawing blood.
Far West
The Spice Sultanates
Desert caravan rivals bound by the spice roads. They undercut the overland trade and shelter those the Court's writ has chased west. RY12: rivalry, never blood.
The People
The quiet folk who carry the stories.
A single standard Thai spelling across the whole universe — this is the form used in every novel, every page.
The novels are this world's point of view
Every tale begins from the same events on the same timeline. Come read the point of view of each character who lives in Alcoron.
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