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There is a focus on describing the environments to establish their atmosphere. Brooks builds each chapter with its own beginning, middle, and climax. The narrative has an episodic structure, as is often the case with fantasy adventures. In the same sense, almost all of the characters are caricatures of what one would expect of the genre: the vile counselor Stenmin, for example, has “ shadowed eyes” and an “ angular face”, wears reddish robes to indicate the danger he represents, and is often seen stroking his pointed beard. The reader will not be surprised to discover that the Skull Kingdom is the home of the villain and that there is a lot of mist in the Mist Marsh. These are very suggestive names, whose main function is to easily define these places.

The very names of the towns and valleys share this characteristic: there is the Shady Vale, the Skull Kingdom, the Mist Marsh. One can already tell by the name of the villain that the tone that permeates the story will be light and unpretentious. His mission is to form a party to recover the weapon and destroy the Warlock Lord. The protagonist of the book is Shea, a half-elf who, one day, receives a visit from a mysterious Druid, called Allanon, who explains to the young man that he’s the last descendant of the elven king Jerle Shannara and, therefore, the only one capable of wielding the mythical Sword of Shannara.

To make matters worse, its narrative is also marred by repetition and the author’s inability able to detach himself from his greatest inspiration: The Lord of the Rings by J. The Talismans of Shannara, First King of Shannara, Ilse Witch,Īntrax, Morgawr, Jarka Ruus, Tanequil, Straken, Wards of Faerie, Bloodfire Quest, Witch Wraith, The High Druids Blade, The Darkling Child, The Sorcerer’s Daughter.The Sword of Shannara, a fantasy novel written by Terry Brooks in 1977, tells a classic, derivative story that lacks elements to make it stand out in the crowd. The Druid of Shannara, The Elf Queen of Shannara, The Wishsong of Shannara, The Scions of Shannara, The Sword of Shannara, The Elfstones of Shannara,

Sword of shannara map series#

Books in the Shannara series – in publication order. If you are browsing, what did you hope to find, but didn’t? The underlying book notes used to develop the map are available here on the Book Data page.Īny comments or help in improving the site would be welcome. Elements in the Forbidding have not been included as they are diffuse in time and geography. The volcanic line is continued west to the island of Morrowindl, which is the presently active site (in the book Elf Queen). The Four Lands are volcanic in origin with three collapsed calderas visible the Inkrim and Klu Mts, Paranor – with the central volcanic plug, and third in line, the area of the Hollows. Some of the islands can be linked to those visible today, some can be related to subsea island mounds (visible in Google Earth). The reader will be able to see similarities to the North American coast and interia, and especially the island hopping across the “Pacific Ocean” to the Siberian coast line, described in the voyages of the Jerle Shannara. The map has been accurately scaled at 1mm to the mile and the mountains are drawn to scale as close as possible.

The map has not been embellished or had bits added that are not in the books, so certain places may lack some detail.

Sword of shannara map full#

This includes the time taken to walk, ride, travel by cart and the obscure travelling by bird and flying boat! Full scale & Coloured representation of the Shannara Map

Transportation has been used to calculate distances within the Shannara world. None of the maps encompass all the books in the series.Ĭollating all the information from all fourteen books, I have assembled them into a coherent and geographically correct map that will enhance your reading pleasure. The commercial maps have only ever been artistic impressions and not geographically accurate representations true to the books. Maps have always been available, the best one possibly being in the book “ First King of Shannara”. The “Four Lands” traversed by the characters have been vividly described and lends depth to the exciting adventures they pursue. Shannara, the series of books written by Terry Brooks has become a fantasy classic. The Realm Of Shannara The fantasy world created by Terry Brooks.