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Capital of the Union, the largest and most powerful city in the Circle of the World. It houses the Agriont, the Lords' R...
The ancient citadel at the heart of Adua, housing the Closed Council chambers, the University, the House of the Maker, a...
The Union's northern province, bordering the North across the River Whiteflow. Sparsely populated and frequently fought ...
A three-day battle between Union and Northern forces fought around the ancient standing stones called the Heroes. It is ...
Logen Ninefingers' berserk alter ego - a state of uncontrollable, indiscriminate violence that descends on him in moment...
A revolutionary movement seeking to overthrow the Union's ruling class and replace it with government by the common peop...
Capital of the North and seat of whoever holds the title of King of the Northmen. A fortified town where power changes h...
The Northern tradition of settling disputes through single combat within a marked circle. The challenger and the challen...
The Union's ruling body of twelve members who advise the king on all matters of state. In practice, they govern the Unio...
A lawless mining town in the Far Country, divided between two rival bosses and governed by whoever can afford the most f...
The magic practised by the Magi, drawing power from the world itself to produce effects ranging from fire to telekinesis...
The Inquisition's headquarters and prison beneath Adua, where confessions are extracted through methods Glokta knows int...
Kanedias's sealed tower in the Agriont, impossibly tall and containing artefacts from the age of the Magi. Bayaz opens i...
A Northman who has earned a fearsome reputation through combat, recognised by a name that carries weight beyond the one ...
The lands beyond the Union's northern border, home to the Northmen. Harsh, cold, and violent, it is governed by whoever ...
Frontier territory west of the Union, settled by farmers and ranchers pushing into land that was not empty when they arr...
The ruined civilisation east of the North, once ruled by Kanedias the Maker and later by his apprentices. Bayaz's quest ...
The assembly of Union nobles who vote on matters of state, including the election of new kings. Each lord commands one v...
A fortified city in Angland that serves as the Union military headquarters during the war against Bethod. Refugees from ...
'It is forbidden to eat the flesh of men.' The law against creating Eaters - humans transformed by cannibalism and the H...
An artefact of immense destructive power created by Kanedias the Maker, capable of channelling energy from the Other Sid...
A continent of warring city-states south of the Union, dominated by the rivalry between Talins and Ospria. Its politics ...
The conflict that engulfs Styria during Best Served Cold, driven by Monza Murcatto's campaign of revenge against Duke Or...
A Union industrial city where the Breakers' uprising erupts in A Little Hatred. Its mills and factories represent the ne...
A workers' revolt in the industrial city of Valbeck, triggered by appalling factory conditions and stoked by the Breaker...
The most powerful banking house in the Circle of the World, secretly controlled by Bayaz. Its loans fund wars, topple go...