Places are listed in the same order as they appear in the story.
(all maps were created by Ludwig Theodor von Ruhm in Google Drawings)

House of Larch River

Biome: Taiga
Size: unknown

Description:
The house built by Larch River, where he lived together with his wife, Safflower. After their death, the house became empty, and it's the only building in the total wilderness of the evergreen forest.

Places:
House of Larch River

Town of Goatclock

Biome: Forest
Size: 4'0000 people

Description:
Goatclock is a town located several kilometers away from a large monastery hidden within a forest. The town is most known for religious tourism. Every day hundreds of pilgrims visit the town in order to reach the monastery. According to many witnesses, countless miracles and supernatural events were seen in the monastery, and prayers done in this monastery are much more fruitful than anywhere else.

City of Bearhand

Biome: Tundra
Size: 32'0000 people

Description:
Bearhand in the northermost city in the world. It is mainly a shipping and fishing city. The city's harbors are never frozen due to warm ocean currents coming from the western shore and into the bay.

Village of Cowsock

Biome: Taiga
Size: 2500 people

Description:
Cowsock is a village famous for its clothing production. The clothes are made of high quality wool and sold unbelievably cheap comparably to anywhere else. Annually there's a lot of tourists trying to buy nice clothes during summertime, but not that many people visit during other seasons, because it's too cold.

Temple of the North

Biome: Tundra
Size: less than 10 people

Description:
The Temple of the North is the northernmost temple among all the temples. It was built less than two centuries ago, but not many monks wanted to live there, so eventually it became abandoned. Monks still did visit it once a year at summertime to clean it up, but no monks live there whole year round.

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Header photo by Carsten Stalljohann