Southern continent

Conjectural map of the southern continent by Scwoobee

The southern continent of the homeworld is the setting for most of the Books of the South, as well as some of the events of The Silver Spike and many of the events of the Books of Glittering Stone. Its northern boundary is the Sea of Torments, above which lies the northern continent. The equator passes through it in the jungles of D'loc Aloc.

North-to-south between Beryl and the Shadowgate

Overland between Beryl and Gea-Xle

Starting on the north coast and heading south, significant natural features, cities, and settlements of the southern continent include:

• Beryl, the oldest of the Jewel Cities, a gulf city on the far northern coast of the southern continent; a key harbor city along the Sea of Torments
  • Fortress Island and the Pillar of Anguish, natural features associated with Beryl
  • locations within Beryl include the Avenue of the Older Empire, the Avenue of the Syndics, the Bastion and the Paper Tower within, the Fork Barracks, the Gate of Dawn, the Rubbish Gate, the Mole Tavern, Necropolitan Hill, the Groan, and Trejan's Wall
• Rebosa, the birthplace of Company veterans Otto and Hagop, as well as Hagop's nephew Smiley
• Padora, the birthplace of Croaker the Annalist
• Kale
• Fratter
• Grey
• Weeks
• Tire
• Raxle
• Slight
• Nab and Nod
• Boros
• Teries
• Viege
• Ha-jah
• caravan region where Shadid, Patience, and two other roi were recruited into the modern Company
• the Temple of Travellers' Repose
  • Sweeps, a country located about 100 miles west of the Temple of Travellers' Repose
• the Shaggy Hills
• D'loc Aloc, massive mountainous jungles (birthplace of One-Eye and Tom-Tom)
• the equator passes through D'loc Aloc
• the savannah of the K'Hlata, a 14-day ride on horseback

An older map, from The Black Company Campaign Setting

On the great river between Gea-Xle and Taglios

The long, sluggish great river and its First, Second, and Third Cataracts are major natural features of the southern continent. Here are significant natural features, cities, and settlements traveling downriver on the great river:

• Gea-Xle, home of the Nar and the northernmost place on the great river identified in the Annals (Gea-Xle is 800 miles south of the equator)
• 860 mile stretch of river between of Gea-Xle and the Third Cataract:
  • a needleteeth-infested swamp 300 miles long and, depending upon location, 10 to 80 miles wide, which was the short-lived pirate kingdom of the Howler
• the Third Cataract
  • Thresh, a city that is immediately above the Third Cataract
• the Second Cataract
  • above the Second Cataract are:
    • Idon, a walled city 10 miles long & one single street wide
    • the haunted ruins of Cho'n Delor
    • the ruins of the Triplet Cities
• 300 mile stretch of river between the Second and First Cataract
• the First Cataract
  • Dadiz, a town directly above the First Cataract
  • Catorce, a settlement directly below the First Cataract
• 480 mile stretch of river between the First Cataract and Taglios
• Taglios, possibly the largest city in the homeworld
  • Trogo, the oldest, wealthiest, and most influential neighborhood of Taglios
  • Palace of Taglios
  • Maheranga, a riverport town and "satellite" of Taglios itself
• Nyueng Bao delta, 200 miles of swampland between Taglios and the western ocean, homeland of the Nyueng Bao De Duang minority group

Places in the ~100 miles of land between Taglios and the Main:

• the shunned Grove of Doom
• Vejagedhya, a town

The Main and its fords and settlements

The Main is found after about a 100-mile overland trek south of Taglios. It flows east to west.

The Main has 4 fords which have settlements of the same names. From east (closest to the Main's source) to west, these are:

1. Theri
2. Numa
3. Ghoja, the most important ford and town by far, eventually linked to Taglios and Dejagore by the Rock Road and a bridge
4. Vehdna-Bota, the closest ford to the sea, which is 80 miles to its west

Northern Shadowlands - between the Main and the Dandha Presh

Continuing south of the Main, overland, is the broad region identified by the Black Company as the "northern" Shadowlands. It contains many cities and states of unspecified geography. This region terminates at the massive Dandha Presh mountain range.

• Dejagore, also called "Jaicur" by the locals and "Stormgard" by the Shadowmasters, a major modern city, eventually linked to Taglios via the Rock Road
• Tragevec a.k.a. "Shadowlight", another major city, near the most populous and prosperous region of the Shadowlands
• Naghir River, the principal navigable waterway linking Taglios to the south, it flows south-to-north from a source in the Shadowlands and connects to the great river's swampy delta
• Pityus, a minor town roughly 400 miles southeast of Taglios (and therefore roughly 265 miles east of Dejagore) this was the very first place to be conquered by the Shadowmasters
• Hatchpur State, a populous place and home of the Ineld band and the Twana band of the Stranglers cult
• New Dhar, a city, formerly "Dhar" before being leveled and rebuilt by the Shadowmasters
• Fred, a noteworthy city of unspecified location
• Six, a noteworthy city of unspecified location
• Loghra Hills, found somewhere to the east of Prehbehlbed

What follows are more places in the northern Shadowlands mentioned by One-Eye regarding the ongoing Shadowmaster wars in his chapter of the Annals in Bleak Seasons. They are listed in One-Eye's order, which may or may not be roughly north-to-south:

• Prehbehlbed, a large region which contains some or all of the following places
• Ranji
• Cantile
• Bhakur
• Danjil
• Praiphurbed
• Asharan
• Meldermhai
• Forngaw
• High Nangel
• Ruderal canyon
• Silure
• Balichore (which is on the Naghir River)
• Tracil
• Melopil
• Rani Orthal
• Thruthelwar

The following additional locations are sites associated with the Black Company's return through the southern continent during the Protectorate war in Soldiers Live:

• Gharhawnes, a village-like manor
• the Viliwash river
• Nijha, a fort

The southern boundary of the "northern" Shadowlands are these major geographical features:

• the icy, indigo Lake Tanji, site of the Battle of Lake Tanji
• the long, sprawling Dandha Presh mountain range
  • the Plain of Charandaprash, the Dandha Presh's single pass and site of the Battle of Charandaprash
• the Shindai Kus, a barren desert which borders up against the western ocean; the Dandha Presh's westernmost extremity begins here

Southern Shadowlands - the Kiaulune region south of the Dandha Presh

Kiaulune and the Shadowgate are, by far, the most significant locations in the Annals south of Dandha Presh (the "southern" Shadowlands):

• Kiaulune a.k.a. "Shadowcatch", a massive, ancient city in the valley south of the mountains
• Overlook, a sprawling fortress created by Longshadow, situated a mere 2 miles south of Kiaulune
• the Shadowgate, the ruins of a prehistoric and mysterious structure south of Overlook
• the glittering plain, a colossal, supernatural plateau at the 'bottom of the map'

There is an entire "vast but weak" region here too, presumably stretching both to the west and the east of Kiaulune. Virtually nothing is stated about these places in the Annals, but at least 5 such locations are named, all sites of battles during the Kiaulune wars:

• Kushkhoshi
• Khadighat
• Bhoroda
• Nalanda
• Daka Woods

Northern coast east of Beryl

The coastal region of the southern continent along Sea of Torments east of Beryl is described in chapter 49 of The Silver Spike. These locations are named only for the swift overland journey of Toadkiller Dog who was tracking the Limper; the Black Company never visits these places.

Starting at Beryl, and continuing eastward along the coast:

• the River Bigotes
• the Hyclades river
• the Rani Poor desert, which is longitudinally at least "seventy silvery miles of lifeless, mirror-flat salt desert"
• Barbara, a place of "countless burial mounds"
• Laba Larada, a place featuring "forgotten highways"
• Khun, a "haunted ruins"
• the Canyons of the Undead, featuring the pyramids of Katch
• the ruins of the temple city of Marsha the Devastator
• Karsus, a populated province of the Lady's Empire
• the Plain of Dano-Patha
• the Mountains of Sinjian, known for their "savage defiles"
• the Straits of Angine, a region within the Sea of Torments where the southern continent comes closest to the northern continent; the Straits of Angine are fed by the Kiril Lakes

Uncertain geography

• Norssele, a location where the historical Company fought a battle
  • the Bake, a river in Norssele
• Habenev, a minor kingdom where the historical Black Company wintered for 5 months, its location on the southern continent is unspecified but One-Eye had heard of it, perhaps suggesting it is north of the great river