A Geography of Haarth: Academy Island

The Wall of Night Series map; design by Peter Fitzpatrick

Today I begin my new blog series, “A Geography of Haarth” featuring locales and places from The Wall of Night series. And what better place to start than at the very beginning, with “A.”

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“Academy Island: one of the central islands forming the city of Ij; location of the Academy of Sages”

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“The city itself was a sprawling jumble of roofs dominated by three soaring landmarks: the slender spires that marked the Academy of Sages, the great d...