An Overview of the World Lore of Throne of glass

Throne of Glass

• Establishes the state of the world but outside of establishing that Adarland, Ellywe, and Terrasan are the three major territories there isn’t much here though there are other former countries the territories of Fenhallow and Melisande however they are at least currently and for the state of the series essentially Adarland they are annexed stolen territory but they do nothing independent and both of the royals have bent the knee and concede control of their territory. This will be later explored in another book so I’ll leave it there.

• Prison camps one towards Terrasan and the other in Ellywe

• Ellywe massacre

• Makes use of the term “hell” this will come to importance later

• Establishes Wyrd Marks

• First hints of Wyrd

• Establishes the otherworldliness of the clock tower

• Along with establishes the uses of Portals through Wyrd

• Erilea is the northern continent or the entire planet it takes place on it's unclear and seems to change between books I’ll avoid using it but it would feel incomplete without addressing the term

• Ten years ago all the nations fell starting with terrasen

• Ten years ago magic was lost this happened right before the invasions

• The Clock Tower was built for Dorians birth

• The king leaves with a bunch of men that Chaol did not choose and comes back with them all dead

• Elena speaking with Celeana 

• The in between worlds fighting

• Establishes the main characters

• Nameless Symbol seen but not stated what it means

Crown of Midnight

• We find out about Wendlyn and the southern continent but more importantly discover the rules of the Wyrd or atleast the keys and gates; this is the single most important force in the Sarah J Maas books. The Wyrd Keys and Wyrd Gates

• Wyrd is life itself Wyrd controls everything in all worlds not just within Erilea and this book even goes as far as to foreshadow the entire existence of other worlds and clarifies that Wyrd governs all the worlds not just this one.

• Wyrd is what keeps the worlds separated its a form of force

• Wyrd Gates are the ways to cross between worlds

• Wyrd Keys are 

• First use of the Phrase Nameless is my price

• Nameless symbol clarified 

• States the king was 20 when he found the first key the first anchor point we have for the conquests scale and timeframe as well as the kings age

• The keys control everything they are pure power and when united are able to open the wyrd gates

• Been at war with Wendlyn for 2 years

• This is the book we find out that the Wyrd Keys were the reason for magic being gone ten years ago

• The clock tower was built using the Wyrd Keys

• Tested creation

• Sending Aelin to Wendlyn starts the mobilization of the kings forces

• Temporary portals can be opened using Wyrd Marks and some things can come through but most things can’t and it's really weird and confusing.

• Its ambiguous just how many keys he has but if your paying attention its two thats made clear in later books but its two he is missing the final key

• Gavin speaking with Dorian

• The first hint that Nehemia is in cahoots with Elena is here

• Clarifies the public record on what happened between Aelin

• Reveals that Celeana is Aelin

• Aelin’s father was the next ruler for Adarland after her uncle Orlon as he did not have a heir 

• Aelin’s mother was next of kin in the Mab line which was one of the three Fae ruling sisters

• The Mab line are rulers within Wendlyn

• Wesley Arobynn’s bodyguard was killed by Arobynn for killing Rowoke Farren and the other chuckle fuck (look up names later)

• Creature from hell important for later

• Valg are mentioned

• Valg + Fae = Witch

• First use of real magic

• Iron stops magic

• Killing a witch grants a necklace of scars similar to how ants will leave pheromones on what killed them

The Assassin's Blade

• It takes place around 2 years prior to the state of throne of glass

• We find out here about first red deserts and the state of lawlessness that allows for a full as 100s of students large silent assassins

• Skulls bay ruled by Rolfe

• Silent Assassins ran by the silent master but Ansel of Briarcliff holds sway over them

• This book doesn't contain much of value as it's more just backstory for Celeana and I’m focusing on the world itself and its more general elements

• We see the criminal under belly more so in this book then anywhere else in the series

• With the pits and the crime lords who were long standing before a series of instability caused by Wesley killing them

• Lysandra is established as this enemy of Aelin’s because she’s pitted against her by Arobynn

• Ansel wants to regain the wastes and her lost lands

• Suits construction

• Large spider fuckers

Heir of Fire

• Fae and there hierarchy

• Demi Fae

• Just clarify that Aelin is only 1/8th fae due to her great grandmother

• Maeve in Dorannel a territory within Wedlyn

• Maeve is hunting Aelin

• Blood oaths

• Evalin attempted to keep Aelin away from Maeve

• We find out the creation of Wyverns

• Establishes all the otherworlds thing that have entered and now exist in Wendlyn

• The witches fight to regain the wastes

• Witches destroyed there own home due to the crochan iron teeth divide

• Full ring explanation

• Establishes the collars

• Establishes cadre

• Establishes real magic

• Burnouts are clarified

• Carranam - the transfer of power between two people to allow for more access to magic

Queen of Shadows

• Wyrd Hounds

• Adarlan is ran by Valg

• The king is Valg

• The duke is Valg

• The castle collapses and Dorian is crowned king

• Immediately renounces his claim to all other territories not originally allocated to Adarlan

• They feed on power, magic, and human souls not to dissimilar to the Asteri or ACORAT equivalent

• Duke takes the crown now leaving two people claiming rule

• Duke is Erawen

• Duke and King went exploring into Morath the dukes land which held the Dark Lord Erawen

• The king was held down by a ring that held the Valg

• Magic returns

• More of the underworld

• Cadre

• This world has wheelchairs

Empire of storms

• Bane last remaining fighting force

• Darrow convinced the remaining lords of Terresan excluding the Allsbrooks to prevent Aelin from ascending the throne

• The gods were not of this world the gods came from another

• The gods want to return to there world

• By this point it's made clear they can speak directly with the dead

• Witch mirrors gain their purpose

• Manon is the merger of both blood lines

• The Witches land is cursed to not grow only when the witches use it that is why the humans live there

• We learn what nameless is my price really means

• We learn what Elena lost for using the keys and it cost her mothers life to forage

• The reason Terrasen was so powerful and prosperous was that the key was in the amulet of Orynth the entire time adding to there will to keep them powerful and keep the law of remaining to the borders for so long

• The reason Aelin’s parents died was because they passed the amulet to Aelin its what kept her alive

• We find out what it will take to create the lock the lock requires every bit of someone with the nameless blood that's why Aelin was so powerful

• Everything was on borrowed time

• Aelin had died on that riverbank but her body was made anew by the gods for the only chance of survival

• Elide is the last of the Parrenth line to have not abdicated their position therefore she is the rightful Lady of the Parrenth but because of that Parrenth does not have a say in who is queen until she can speak with them

• Theory about loss of magic which is basically what happened there are watch towers all over the continent 3 of them and they formed a spell to remove magic all three of them were built and 10 years prior we found that they were built

• Dorian is 20ish by this point

• The invasion of Terrasen happened 10 years ago and right before, during or immediately after that magic was lost. 

• He had gotten the keys at 20 which places the minimum timeline to the king being at minimum 40 but he had to ascend the throne which he hadn’t done by 20 as well as prepare so 45-50 is a reasonable estimate for how old the king is

• Magic was outlawed and removed to prevent the Valg from being able to sniff out magic users. It was for protection to prevent well what happens in this book

Tower of Dawn

• Maeve is not fae but in fact Valg

• Maeve keeps her healers and fire casters close to control them to prevent them from uprising against her as well as using them against other Valg

• Valg have mind altering powers

• As well as shape shifting

• Three brothers and ones wife being Maeve

• Torre Casme

• Healers were more powerful

• The old Fae

• The Fae who were once there disappeared into a rift between worlds IMPORTANT

• Maeve arrived through a rift in the world

• People who cross worlds are world walkers

• The structures of the Khangate is that the person who leads is decided from all the children the Khang has with an heir always being listed in a hidden location only to be seen afterward any threats to the throne are either killed or made infertile

• Multicultural

• Inspired by mongols

• Captures cities just through threatening to attack they get scared and try to capture it

• Incorporated the pantheon on whatever civilizations/cities they captures

• Tons of gods so many most forget the key days for most of them

• Antica the capital

• Rules all of the southern continent

• The large Spiders are also Valg

Kingdom of Ash

• The first direct connection between to the 2 series though it is technically possible it is not ACORAT but after the lore provided within Crescent City we can be relatively certain it is that world

• Not using powers can drive someone insane but diving in deeper into those powers can allow for a more powerful strike

• The king's name was never stated in fact it was never stated his name has never been revealed

• Foraging of the lock

• Everything is captured in Terresen but its capital and the seas behind it

• Anielles rich af but ramshackle af full army spending

• The desperate defense of Orynth is successful after Erawen and Maeve are killed in one of the most powerful moments in all of writing

• The Kingsflame the flower that only blooms during the best of rulers blooms throughout Terrasen

The other worlds

• We know from Crescent City three insane details and this partial speculation but most of this is heavily hinted at or outright confirmed depending on the details

• It is implied that Valg might be a form of Asteri

• Asteri went to many worlds

• The Old Fae in the southern continent leaving 10000 years ago was likely to Crescent city (CHECK THIS) the wolf people in terresen may also have been part of the people disappeared to crescent city

• While timelines I believe are intentionally kept vague in all the crossovers it seems clear that all the series happen at least within a year or two of each other due to Feyres Pregnancy in the Kingdom of Ash and Bryce meeting with them presumably after Feyres child is born due to the character growth from Nesta but the lack of presence from Elain implying there in the same time span between books that may be clarified in the ACORAT book.

• The rebuilding process in the throne of glass is going to take a long time

• The next book after the book presumed to be focused on Elain seems hinted at going between worlds. I believe it will focus on Crescent City mixing with Throne of Glass for a reason to be determined.

• We also know in the most recent Entry of Crescent City that Wyrd still applies to all other worlds marking that despite the immediate connection between ACORAT and Crescent City. Throne of Glass has a much more direct impact and control. Wyrd itself may even be the afterlife in and of itself as it seems to be this tether between all worlds and was spoken about in Bone Quarter in Crescent City as well as perhaps being seen in the first book. Those are the primary details i've deduced from Crescent City

Actual sources

https://www.reddit.com/r/throneofglassseries/comments/12b5mia/what_is_erilea/ //Clearified my own reading on Erilea

https://www.reddit.com/r/throneofglassseries/comments/k9dqq2/time_periods/ //Timeline scaling

https://www.today.com/popculture/books/sarah-j-maas-crescent-city-4-next-books-rcna136033 //Next books 

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