Northern continent

Conjectural map of the northern continent by Scwoobee

“	So, in two years, the Black Company had crossed the breadth of the world, from the nethermost east to the farthest west, close to four thousand miles.	”
–Croaker, Shadows Linger, chapter 49

The northern continent of the homeworld is the location of the historical empire called the Domination and the Lady's successor empire. Most of the events of the Books of the North, as well as much of The Silver Spike, took place here. Its southern boundary is the Sea of Torments and the Strait of Vermust, beneath which lies the southern continent.

Western coast

The following places, listed north-to-south, are featured or mentioned in Shadows Linger:

• the Wolander Mountains of the far northwest
• the Port River
• Juniper, a frigid city surrounded by the Wolanders and key location in Company history
  • locations within Juniper include Duretile, the Enclosure, the Catacombs, the black castle, the Buskin, and the Iron Lily
• Meadenvil
• Shaker
• Needle
• Tagline
• the Salada Peninsula
  • Chimney, a large city out on the peninsula

These additional places, all south of Chimney, are mentioned in the short story "Cranky Bitch":

• the Gap, a large sea or ocean
• the Pocatose archipelago within the Gap
• Kadith, a port in, or near, the Strait of Vermust
• the Strait of Vermust, south of the Gap, which connects to the Sea of Torments

Western wilderness

The western wilderness is a massive region inland from the western coast. It is the setting for the short stories "Leta of the Thousand Sorrows", "Wet Dream Fish Story", "Those Who Went Before", "Shaggy Dog Bridge", and part of "Bone Eaters". It contains the following places, from west-to-east:

• the Rip, a massive geological cavity within the western wilderness
• the Grand Memorial to Our Honored Dead
• the Village of Hungry Ghosts

An older conjectural map, by Devi's Bazaar

Central region

North to south:

• the Great Forest in the northernmost reaches, within which is found:
  • the Great Tragic River
  • the Barrowland
  • the Great Forest sea
• Forsberg province
  • Oar, the provincial capital
    • North Side
    • Skull and Crossbones
    • Black Campus
  • Deal, the location of a large fortress a short distance south of Oar
• Salient province
  • Roses, a landlocked sovereign city
  • Meystrikt, the key fortress at the southernmost point of the Salient
• an unnamed region north of Charm but south of the Salient contains the following cities and towns, listed in no particular order:
  • Elm, a city on the road between Meystrikt and the Tower at Charm
  • Vest
  • Rye
  • Wist
  • Jane
  • Wine
• the Tower at Charm, the seat of the Lady's Empire
• multiple unidentified cities between the Tower and Opal
• Opal, one of the Jewel Cities, located on the coast of the Sea of Torments

East of the Salient and west of the Plain of Fear:

• the Forest of Cloud, south of Oar and north of the Tower at Charm
• Lords, east of the Forest of Cloud
• the Windy Country, south of Lords
• the Empty Hills, apparently east of the Windy Country and bordering on the Plain of Fear
• Horse, located east of the Windy Country and about 100 miles west of the Plain of Fear
• the Stair of Tear, immediately south of the Windy Country, the Tower at Charm is about 100 miles southwest or south of it

Central eastern and Plain of Fear

• Spit, a village on the western bounds of the Plain of Fear
• Plain of Fear
  • the Hole, a cavern within the Plain
• Five "huge" and "formidable" city-states which form an arc east of the Plain of Fear (from north to south):
  • Frost
  • Ade
  • Thud
  • Barns
  • Rust
• Other cities or towns that are also apparently close to the eastern boundaries of the Plain (in no particular order):
  • Rue
    • Silent Owl
  • Hull
  • Tanner
  • Were

Far eastern regions

Aloe province

Featured or mentioned in Port of Shadows (in no particular order):

• Aloe, a republican city-state and the region's main hub (approximately 1,000 miles east of Charm)
  • Dark Horse tavern
  • Aloen temple of Occupoa
• Honnoh
  • Earth Spirit facility, a tunnel complex belonging to Resurrectionists
• Emeru
• Rabbit Creek
• Rhymes
• Amos, a minor hamlet
• the Ghost Country, east of Aloe
  • granite castle

Tally province and beyond

Featured or mentioned in Shadows Linger (in no particular order):

• Tally, Imperial province that was recently an independent kingdom; containing two major towns:
  • Tome (2,000 miles east of Charm)
  • Heart
• Tambor, an independent kingdom in the distant northeast corner of the known map

Uncertain geography

Places in the northern continent whose locations are unclear

• Straits of Angine, somewhere east of Opal where the Sea of Torments narrows
• Dusk, the capital of the historical Domination

The following locations are associated with the murky history of mysterious pre- and early-Domination figures:

• Vye, a kingdom
  • Slinger, a town within Vye
• Lathe
• Ova
• River Dream