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==General==
 
==General==
  
Illian, the capital city of the country of Illian, is a major seaport and a manufacturing center for fine rugs, textiles and leather goods (TWoRJTWoT, Ch. 30).
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Illian, the capital city of the country of [[Illian (Nation)|Illian]], is a major seaport and a manufacturing center for fine rugs, textiles and leather goods (TWoRJTWoT, Ch. 30).
  
 
It has the largest production of finished leather. The tanneries produce more finished leather in a day than a village tannery could prepare in a month. The tanneries contribute their distinctive aroma to the pungent smell of the city (TWoRJTWoT, Ch. 30).
 
It has the largest production of finished leather. The tanneries produce more finished leather in a day than a village tannery could prepare in a month. The tanneries contribute their distinctive aroma to the pungent smell of the city (TWoRJTWoT, Ch. 30).
  
Illian is built on the site of what was once Dorelle Caromon, a city in the nation of Eharon during the Compact of Ten Nations (TWoRJTWoT, Ch. 10)
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Illian is built on the site of what was once Dorelle Caromon, a city in the nation of [[Eharon]] during [[the Compact of Ten Nations]] (TWoRJTWoT, Ch. 10)
  
Illian is as large as Cairhien or Caemlyn (TWoRJTWoT, Ch. 30).
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Illian is as large as [[Cairhien (City)|Cairhien]] or [[Caemlyn]] (TWoRJTWoT, Ch. 30).
  
 
The port houses a large fishing fleet which provides seafood to feed the nation, plus enough left over for exporting. Illian is home to great shipyards that produce many ships (TWoRJTWoT, Ch. 30).
 
The port houses a large fishing fleet which provides seafood to feed the nation, plus enough left over for exporting. Illian is home to great shipyards that produce many ships (TWoRJTWoT, Ch. 30).
  
According to Bayle Domon, Illianers have “proper regard” for gleemen and there is no finer place in the world for the art of storytelling. During the feasts, Illian has a competition for the best telling of ''The Hunt of the Horn'' and the winner receives one hundred gold marks. Even aside from the competition, a gleeman can make his fortune in Illian (TEotW, Ch. 26).
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According to Bayle Domon, Illianers have “proper regard” for gleemen and there is no finer place in the world for the art of storytelling. During the feasts, Illian has a competition for the best telling of ''The Hunt of the Horn'' and the winner receives one hundred gold marks. Even aside from the competition, a gleeman can make his fortune in Illian ([[The Eye of the World: Chapter 26|TEotW, Ch. 26]]).
  
Every so often, Illian will call for a Hunt for the Horn of Valere. When this happens, thousands of people gather in the city to swear the Hunter’s Oath—they swear their lives to finding the Horn of Valere (TEotW, Ch. 26). The Oath is taken in the Great Square of Tammaz (TDR, Ch. 35).
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Every so often, Illian will call for a Hunt for the [[Horn of Valere]]. When this happens, thousands of people gather in the city to swear the Hunter’s Oath—they swear their lives to finding the Horn of Valere ([[The Eye of the World: Chapter 26|TEotW, Ch. 26]]). The Oath is taken in the Great Square of Tammaz ([[The Dragon Reborn: Chapter 35|TDR, Ch. 35]]).
  
  
 
==City Layout and Buildings==
 
==City Layout and Buildings==
 
 
===General===
 
===General===
  
One of the roads through the marsh and into the city is known as the Causeway of the Northern Star. The Silver Road runs to Lugard and the Gold Road runs to Far Madding (TPoD, Ch. 21).
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One of the roads through the marsh and into the city is known as the Causeway of the Northern Star. The Silver Road runs to Lugard and the Gold Road runs to [[Far Madding]] ([[The Path of Daggers: Chapter 21|TPoD, Ch. 21]]).
  
Illian has no massive defensive walls around its perimeter; rather, the city is protected by the marshes that surround it. The pale stone towers and palaces seem to rise out of the huge marshy grassland that they sit on (TWoRJTWoT, Ch. 30; TDR, Ch. 41; ACoS, Ch. 41).
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Illian has no massive defensive walls around its perimeter; rather, the city is protected by the marshes that surround it. The pale stone towers and palaces seem to rise out of the huge marshy grassland that they sit on (TWoRJTWoT, Ch. 30; [[The Dragon Reborn: Chapter 41|TDR, Ch. 41]]; [[A Crown of Swords: Chapter 41|ACoS, Ch. 41]]).
  
From a distance, the city seems to be made of nothing but towers and palaces, many of them unmistakably Ogier-made. These large buildings dwarf the multitude of smaller buildings that make up the bulk of the city (TWoRJTWoT, Ch. 30). Buildings are generally made of pale stone, a few appear to be covered with plaster, and the tiled roofs are a multitude of colors (TDR, Ch. 41).
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From a distance, the city seems to be made of nothing but towers and palaces, many of them unmistakably [[Ogier]]-made. These large buildings dwarf the multitude of smaller buildings that make up the bulk of the city (TWoRJTWoT, Ch. 30). Buildings are generally made of pale stone, a few appear to be covered with plaster, and the tiled roofs are a multitude of colors ([[The Dragon Reborn: Chapter 41|TDR, Ch. 41]]).
  
 
Canals crisscross the entire city, passing under bridges of all shapes and sizes; some of the bridges are Ogier-made as well (TWoRJTWoT, Ch. 30).
 
Canals crisscross the entire city, passing under bridges of all shapes and sizes; some of the bridges are Ogier-made as well (TWoRJTWoT, Ch. 30).
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The vast tanneries cover a number of small islands among the marsh grass (TWoRJTWoT, Ch. 30).
 
The vast tanneries cover a number of small islands among the marsh grass (TWoRJTWoT, Ch. 30).
  
The city has a port district known as the Perfumed Quarter; its “perfume” is the stench of hemp, pitch and harbor mud. The Perfumed Quarter is mostly cut off from the rest of the city (TWoRJTWoT, Ch. 30). The Bridge of Flowers is one of many bridges you can take to reach the Perfumed Quarter (TGH, Ch. 9). Once you enter the Perfumed Quarter, the palaces disappear, replaced by inns and warehouses made of undressed, unpolished pale stone (TDR, Ch. 41).
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The city has a port district known as the Perfumed Quarter; its “perfume” is the stench of hemp, pitch and harbor mud. The Perfumed Quarter is mostly cut off from the rest of the city (TWoRJTWoT, Ch. 30). The Bridge of Flowers is one of many bridges you can take to reach the Perfumed Quarter ([[The Great Hunt: Chapter 9|TGH, Ch. 9]]). Once you enter the Perfumed Quarter, the palaces disappear, replaced by inns and warehouses made of undressed, unpolished pale stone ([[The Dragon Reborn: Chapter 41|TDR, Ch. 41]]).
  
The docks of the city are long and made of stone. The shipyards are at the far end of the city/docks (TDR, Ch. 41).
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The docks of the city are long and made of stone. The shipyards are at the far end of the city/docks ([[The Dragon Reborn: Chapter 41|TDR, Ch. 41]]).
  
The gray-green harbor is protected by a long breakwater. (KoD, Ch. 22).
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The gray-green harbor is protected by a long breakwater ([[Knife of Dreams: Chapter 22|KoD, Ch. 22]]).
  
  
 
===Buildings and Landmarks===
 
===Buildings and Landmarks===
  
Every inn in Illian has an Ogier room in hopes of gaining the patronage of the Ogier stonemasons when they come to the city (TDR, Ch. 42).
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Every inn in Illian has an Ogier room in hopes of gaining the patronage of the Ogier stonemasons when they come to the city ([[The Dragon Reborn: Chapter 42|TDR, Ch. 42]]).
  
* The Great Square of Tammaz (the King’s Palace and the Great Hall of the Council stand at each end of the square; the square is surrounded by columns of white marble, fifteen spans tall and two spans thick, supporting a wreath of carved olive branches at the top) (TDR, Ch. 41)
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* The Great Square of Tammaz (the King’s Palace and the Great Hall of the Council stand at each end of the square; the square is surrounded by columns of white marble, fifteen spans tall and two spans thick, supporting a wreath of carved olive branches at the top) ([[The Dragon Reborn: Chapter 41|TDR, Ch. 41]])
* The King’s Palace (appears to be all columned walks, airy balconies, slender towers and purple roofs) (TDR, Ch. 41)
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* The King’s Palace (appears to be all columned walks, airy balconies, slender towers and purple roofs) ([[The Dragon Reborn: Chapter 41|TDR, Ch. 41]])
* The Great Hall of the Council (identical to the King’s Palace but shorter in every measurement by exactly two feet) (TDR, Ch. 41)  
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* The Great Hall of the Council (identical to the King’s Palace but shorter in every measurement by exactly two feet) ([[The Dragon Reborn: Chapter 41|TDR, Ch. 41]])  
* The Palace of the Assemblage (TDR, Ch. 41)
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* The Palace of the Assemblage ([[The Dragon Reborn: Chapter 41|TDR, Ch. 41]])
* Easing the Badger Inn (two-stories, made of green-veined stone with a green tile roof) (TDR, Ch. 41)
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* Easing the Badger Inn (two-stories, made of green-veined stone with a green tile roof) ([[The Dragon Reborn: Chapter 41|TDR, Ch. 41]])
* The Silver Dolphin Inn (TGH, Ch. 9)
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* The Silver Dolphin Inn ([[The Great Hunt: Chapter 9|TGH, Ch. 9]])
  
  
 
==People and Customs==
 
==People and Customs==
 
 
===Characters from Illian===
 
===Characters from Illian===
  
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* [[Nieda Sidoro]]
 
* [[Nieda Sidoro]]
 
* [[Bili (1)|Bili]]
 
* [[Bili (1)|Bili]]
* [[Gregorin den Lushenos]]
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* [[Gregorin Panar den Lushenos]]
  
 
[[Category:Geography and Cultures]]
 
[[Category:Geography and Cultures]]
 
[[Category:Cities, Towns and Villages]]
 
[[Category:Cities, Towns and Villages]]

Revision as of 15:19, 16 October 2006

Author: Leora Oldessroth

General

Illian, the capital city of the country of Illian, is a major seaport and a manufacturing center for fine rugs, textiles and leather goods (TWoRJTWoT, Ch. 30).

It has the largest production of finished leather. The tanneries produce more finished leather in a day than a village tannery could prepare in a month. The tanneries contribute their distinctive aroma to the pungent smell of the city (TWoRJTWoT, Ch. 30).

Illian is built on the site of what was once Dorelle Caromon, a city in the nation of Eharon during the Compact of Ten Nations (TWoRJTWoT, Ch. 10)

Illian is as large as Cairhien or Caemlyn (TWoRJTWoT, Ch. 30).

The port houses a large fishing fleet which provides seafood to feed the nation, plus enough left over for exporting. Illian is home to great shipyards that produce many ships (TWoRJTWoT, Ch. 30).

According to Bayle Domon, Illianers have “proper regard” for gleemen and there is no finer place in the world for the art of storytelling. During the feasts, Illian has a competition for the best telling of The Hunt of the Horn and the winner receives one hundred gold marks. Even aside from the competition, a gleeman can make his fortune in Illian (TEotW, Ch. 26).

Every so often, Illian will call for a Hunt for the Horn of Valere. When this happens, thousands of people gather in the city to swear the Hunter’s Oath—they swear their lives to finding the Horn of Valere (TEotW, Ch. 26). The Oath is taken in the Great Square of Tammaz (TDR, Ch. 35).


City Layout and Buildings

General

One of the roads through the marsh and into the city is known as the Causeway of the Northern Star. The Silver Road runs to Lugard and the Gold Road runs to Far Madding (TPoD, Ch. 21).

Illian has no massive defensive walls around its perimeter; rather, the city is protected by the marshes that surround it. The pale stone towers and palaces seem to rise out of the huge marshy grassland that they sit on (TWoRJTWoT, Ch. 30; TDR, Ch. 41; ACoS, Ch. 41).

From a distance, the city seems to be made of nothing but towers and palaces, many of them unmistakably Ogier-made. These large buildings dwarf the multitude of smaller buildings that make up the bulk of the city (TWoRJTWoT, Ch. 30). Buildings are generally made of pale stone, a few appear to be covered with plaster, and the tiled roofs are a multitude of colors (TDR, Ch. 41).

Canals crisscross the entire city, passing under bridges of all shapes and sizes; some of the bridges are Ogier-made as well (TWoRJTWoT, Ch. 30).

The Ogier Grove in the city has been turned into a royal park for the king and his favorites (TWoRJTWoT, Ch. 22).

The vast tanneries cover a number of small islands among the marsh grass (TWoRJTWoT, Ch. 30).

The city has a port district known as the Perfumed Quarter; its “perfume” is the stench of hemp, pitch and harbor mud. The Perfumed Quarter is mostly cut off from the rest of the city (TWoRJTWoT, Ch. 30). The Bridge of Flowers is one of many bridges you can take to reach the Perfumed Quarter (TGH, Ch. 9). Once you enter the Perfumed Quarter, the palaces disappear, replaced by inns and warehouses made of undressed, unpolished pale stone (TDR, Ch. 41).

The docks of the city are long and made of stone. The shipyards are at the far end of the city/docks (TDR, Ch. 41).

The gray-green harbor is protected by a long breakwater (KoD, Ch. 22).


Buildings and Landmarks

Every inn in Illian has an Ogier room in hopes of gaining the patronage of the Ogier stonemasons when they come to the city (TDR, Ch. 42).

  • The Great Square of Tammaz (the King’s Palace and the Great Hall of the Council stand at each end of the square; the square is surrounded by columns of white marble, fifteen spans tall and two spans thick, supporting a wreath of carved olive branches at the top) (TDR, Ch. 41)
  • The King’s Palace (appears to be all columned walks, airy balconies, slender towers and purple roofs) (TDR, Ch. 41)
  • The Great Hall of the Council (identical to the King’s Palace but shorter in every measurement by exactly two feet) (TDR, Ch. 41)
  • The Palace of the Assemblage (TDR, Ch. 41)
  • Easing the Badger Inn (two-stories, made of green-veined stone with a green tile roof) (TDR, Ch. 41)
  • The Silver Dolphin Inn (TGH, Ch. 9)


People and Customs

Characters from Illian