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Prythian

The Faerie Land North of the Wall

Prythian

“Seven courts, each its own season or hour — eternal spring beside endless night, fenced off from mortals by an invisible wall.”

Prythian — the High Fae continent

Prythian

Seven High Courts north of the Wall, each one a near-immortal High Lord and his territory. The whole faerie continent. Feyre crosses in chapter one and none of us ever left.

At a Glance

The Continent of Seven Courts

What it isThe faerie land north of the Wall — the entire High Fae continent
CourtsSeven High Courts, each ruled by a near-immortal High Lord
Seasonal CourtsSpring, Summer, Autumn, Winter — locked into a single season
Solar CourtsDawn, Day, Night — move through all four seasons, loveliest at their named hour
Within & betweenThe Illyrian mountains and the neutral, unclaimed Middle
BordersThe Wall to the south; Hybern across the sea to the west
Origin (Fae lore)Created by the Cauldron; scarred by the War between Fae and humans
Recent reignBrought to its knees beneath Amarantha, Under the Mountain

The Seven Courts

Seasonal and Solar

Seven High Courts, seven near-immortal High Lords. The four Seasonal Courts — Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter — locked forever into their one season. The three Solar Courts — Dawn, Day, Night — move through all four, loveliest at the hour they're named for. We can recite this. We could recite it asleep.

Land Between the Courts

Mountains and the Middle

The harsh Illyrian mountains and the unclaimed neutral ground of the Middle sit within and between the courts. To the south, the enormous invisible Wall dividing Prythian from the Mortal Lands. To the west, across the sea, the island Kingdom of Hybern. Everything that goes wrong starts at one of those borders.

A Land of Scars

Cauldron, War, and the Mountain

In Fae lore it was made by the Cauldron, scarred by the ancient War between Fae and humans, and more recently brought to its knees beneath Amarantha, Under the Mountain. Contested, court-carved, never at peace for long. This is the homeland where Feyre crosses the Wall — and where a huntsman becomes something the Cauldron never accounted for.

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The Night Court →

The northern court — Prythian's seat of starlight and shadow

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