Twyll

Twyll is the providence in Ilbrafyn in which the story takes place. Twyll is encircled by a vast, sheer, towering rock cliff face. Legend tells that the cliffs are the result of the ancient titans fighting and shifting the plates under the earth, causing them to thrust upwards and carve the landscape. The people of Twyll are tenacious and proud, they have no interest in the possibilities of the world outside of Twyll. The only known way into the cliffs is in Madael, under high security. Directly in the center of Twyll stands a monolithic mountain, jagged, dark and tall; Mount Uchel. Against this mountain sits Gyn-Taf, the old capital of Twyll. However, although for millenia Twyll was a peaceful and self sufficient place, three hundred years ago a civil war divided the providence as Gyn-Taf sprung mutinous attacks on the other settlements, pushing them back across the Byr-Nol, the river that bisects Twyll. Since the end of the war, all of the allied settlements have resigned themselves to a life on the other side of the river (New Era Twyll). People do not cross the river any more, and little but tales and legends are remembered of the other side.