The Summer Court · Capital on the Sea

Adriata

Built of pearl and coral, white sand underfoot, the sea on every side.

The city the colour of the tide.

Pearl and coral on the sea-cliffs, white sand underfoot, turquoise water on every side. The most beautiful place the Night Court ever robbed.

The place · Pearl and water

A palace the sea built.

Pale gleaming stone straight out of the water, a palace of pearl and coral catching the sun, white sand running down to the tideline. After the long winter under Amarantha it lands like the morning after — open, sunlit, almost too beautiful to be real. We didn't trust it either.

The court it crowns

The youngest High Lord, rebuilding.

The heart of the Summer Court — the court of the youngest High Lord in Prythian. The old line was lost; the title fell to Tarquin, who governs from the city with an openness none of the others bother with. He keeps half the Book of Breathings here — which is exactly why Feyre and Rhys came smiling to take it.

The trust that broke

Welcomed, then betrayed.

Tarquin opened Adriata to the Night Court as friends and almost-allies. They left with half the Book and his good faith in pieces — the wound the war against Hybern would eventually force everyone to swallow. The city remembers being generous. It remembers being robbed for it. So do we.

Within the city

Who you'll find in Adriata.

Swipe to meet them all

Tarquin High LordTarquinrules the Summer CourtEnter Tarquin →

The Summer Court The CourtThe Summer CourtAdriata is its capitalEnter The Summer Court →

Cresseida PrincessCresseidaTarquin's cousinEnter Cresseida →

Varian Prince of AdriataVariancaptain of the guardEnter Varian →

Landmarks

What stands in Adriata

The features that make the sea-court capital.

The Coral PalaceThe sea-cliff seat of the High Lord, worked in coral and stone.Mother-of-Pearl MosaicIridescent inlay that sheathes the inner court in catching light.The White-Sand BeachBright sand running beneath the cliffs to the turquoise sea.The HarborThe Sea Court harbor opening Adriata to the water it lives by.

Wielding all three

The File

Court: capital of the Summer Court
Built of: pearl, coral and mother-of-pearl
Underfoot: white sand and warm sun-bright stone
Set upon: sea-cliffs above turquoise water
Ruled by: High Lord Tarquin
Guarded by: Varian, Prince of Adriata
Holds: one half of the Book of Breathings

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