Geography
All Trillium novels are primarily set in the Kingdom of Ruwenda, of which all three heroines of the novels, Haramis, Kadiya and Anigel, are princesses. Ruwenda is located in a swampy valley between two ranges of Ohogan Mountains on an eastern-most peninsula of an unnamed continent. Ruwenda is populated by both humans and the Folk, mostly humanoid sentient peoples who vary greatly in appearance and powers. The capital of Ruwenda is the Citadel of Ruwenda, where the Ruwendian Kings reside.
As already stated, the largest part of Ruwenda is covered with swamps and countless small rivers and streams. Since the swamps are natural environment of the Folk, the Kings of Ruwenda always preferred to do nothing about them and therefore used larger rivers Vistar, Lamar, and Mutar as trade routes. The only land trade route lies in the north-eastern part of the country, where there are less swampy regions and more human towns. The only city known to humans in the western part of the kingdom is Trevista.
To the north of Ruwenda lies the Kingdom of Labornok, a powerful and militaristic human state with its capital in Derorguila. The natural border between Ruwenda and Labornok is a range of Ohogan Mountains. The novel Black Trillium starts with Labornok launching a conquest on Ruwenda and successfully capturing the Citadel but by the end of the novel, the attackers are defeated and Ruwenda is free again. However, since the new King of Labornok eventually fell in love with and married the new Queen of Ruwenda, the two kingdoms merged and were henceforth known as the Kingdom of Laboruwenda.
To the south of Ruwenda is the Kingdom of Var. Unlike its northern neighbours, Var has always been a peaceful state preferring to make trade rather than war. Both Var and Labornok have direct access to the sea.
The "Pirate Kingdom" of Raktum lies to the north-west of Ruwenda. It gained its reputation because of a mighty pirate fleet that it possesses, since marine piracy is perfectly legal there and even encouraged by the authorities of the state. The Pirate Kingdom only played an important role in Julian May's continuity.
To the south-west of Ruwenda lies Zinora. Little is known about this state.
If one travels directly east from the Citadel of Ruwenda, one will soon reach the ranges of Ohogan Mountains that are impassable for normal humans and the Folk. Although the characters of the books occasionally travelled east by magical means, no notable kingdoms were ever mentioned - according to their reports, only "feather-covered barbarians" live there.
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