Places in Ile-Rien

This is list of geographical places presented in five of Martha Wells' fantasy novels, revolving around the fictional country of Ile-Rien.

Ornate and spectacular capital of the Fontainon kings, it is the cultural heart of Ile-Rien. Among its many splendors are the Royal Palace, the St. Anne's Gate and the Boulevard of Flowers, lined with exquisite shops and costly restaurants. The city is also home to many cathedrals, mansions of the wealthy as well as theaters and an opera house.

From the viewpoint of Anton Baraselli, an Aderassi actor:

"Vienne was a jewel of a city in a rich setting, standing on temperate plains roughly in the center of the country, with rolling hills and olive groves on the warmer coast to the southwest, rich forested midlands, and black-soiled farmland in the terraced valleys of the high country to the north."

and

"A huddle of taverns and old houses on the side of a low hill commanding a good view of the River Quarter. River Quarter. Lying before them were the narrow overhung streets of the older and poorer area, which eventually led into the vast plazas and pillared promenades surrounded by the garden courts of the wealthy. Farther to the west and standing high above the slate and wooden roofs were the domes of churches, the fantastic and fanciful statues ornamenting the gables of the fortified Great Houses, the spires of the stone-filigree palaces on the artificial islands on the river's upper reaches." [1]

A district in Vienne frequented by scholars and other learned types.

A sizable fortress very near the city of Vienne, it is in a strategic location to jeopardize the security of the capital should it fall into the wrong hands. The ownership of Bel Garde is a plot point in The Element of Fire. In the Fall of Ile-Rien trilogy, a wealthy suburban town has sprung up around Bel Garde, one of the priciest and most exclusive.

The provincial seat of the University of Lodun, and a sizable town in its own right. The town is described as being very picturesque, with neat homes with tiled roofs and overflowing flower boxes, often oddly situated among more commercial edifices as the town has encroached around the once widely spaced farmhouses. The town is ringed by orchards and farms. Due to its proximity to the University, many of the homes have runes carved into shutters and door or on freestanding wooden posts, or painted on walls and gables.

A region in Ile-Rien. As a youth, King Roland had hoped to enroll in its small, respectable college. In The Element of Fire, its feudal lord is titled a 'Count.'

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