World

Places of the Shard Isles

Lantern Rock

The last island before the open Drop. Boot-shaped, with a light tower at the toe, eleven houses at the heel and forty frames of fog nets. At the ankle four rope bridges cross a gap. The heroine of the novel grows up here. In the card game Lantern Rock is a board you can play on.

Greywater

The league town of the Veil Isles: a ring of islands linked by chains and bridges around a misty harbour, with foundries and a round wooden arena called the Bowl.

Emberhold

A city of the Cinder Chain, built inside an extinct crater, with hot springs, steam fog and a black stone arena lit by lava under glass. Emberhold is also a board in the game.

Highmere

The island of the Concord of Binders: white towers, a lantern festival, shard markets and the Moonfall Arena, where the Moonfall Crown is fought. The Moonfall Arena is the rarest board in the game.