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+ | The '''Old Wood''' (aka the '''Wood''' and '''Old Woods''') are old forest lands that borders the [[Kingdom of Daventry]]. One patch of the forest lies to east about four miles away from the [[Castle Daventry|castle]]<ref>KOS, 39</ref>. Other sections lie to the south and west. The forest is vast stretching many miles. It is the location of the kingdom of [[Fairie]] ruled by [[Quilli'ehennan]], and [[Culatha]] the king and queens of the Wood, thus the forest is a neighboring kingdom to Daventry. The Old Woods where faeries live are also known as [[faery wood]]s. The forest has existed since before the fairies moved there, and has existed there long before there was even a Kingdom of Daventry.<ref>SNW, 166</ref> The wood is indeed Old, and has existed in times before humans, and before faeries even.<ref>KQKOS, 59</ref> |
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Revision as of 19:14, 7 May 2012
The Old Wood (aka the Wood and Old Woods) are old forest lands that borders the Kingdom of Daventry. One patch of the forest lies to east about four miles away from the castle[1]. Other sections lie to the south and west. The forest is vast stretching many miles. It is the location of the kingdom of Fairie ruled by Quilli'ehennan, and Culatha the king and queens of the Wood, thus the forest is a neighboring kingdom to Daventry. The Old Woods where faeries live are also known as faery woods. The forest has existed since before the fairies moved there, and has existed there long before there was even a Kingdom of Daventry.[2] The wood is indeed Old, and has existed in times before humans, and before faeries even.[3]
Background
The Old Woods were not merely old in name, but had been there longer than there had been a kingdom of Daventry.[4] The Old Woods contain faery magic, and magic older than the faery.[5]
King Graham and Valanice were the first to enter the forest after being summoned by the Elkrider, in order to talk to the Fairy King Quilli'ehennan, and find out that Graham had to save Ahi'aorina (who later became known as Culatha) from the imps of Sorrowing Court.
Years later Rosella entered the forest to get away from some sloks, and was nearly killed by some mischievous fairies, but was saved by a white faery (who claimed she was a friend of her father). Who then lead her out of the forest.
Years later Alexander entered a section of the forest on his way to dark castle. He encountered the fairies, and Culatha gave him Green Wallet to help him on his journey because the floating castle not only threatened Daventry but the Old Woods as well.
Time appears to move differently in the woods than the surrounding lands, as people going into the old woods may only be there a few minutes from their POV, but hours or days or even years could have passed outside the forest. What may seem like an hour, could be a year or more.[6] Though the effects aren't always the same, and may be different each time they enter the woods, it is caused by the effects of faery magic, and magic much older than even the fairies.
The Cyclopedia had this to say about Old Woods, and Faery woods in general;
Old Woods; Any of several stands of old-growth deciduous forest, generally inhabited by woodland fairies.
Faery wood; Faery woods exist in several kingdoms of the eastern continent.
Notes
The wood appears to have sentience, and remembers times before the faeries. Some of the trees communicate with the faeries even, the forest has grown accustomed to the faeries. The Wood had not felt grief for 10,000 years or more (in a time before the faeries). The coming of the continuing winter brought grief to the Wood.
The Old Wood appears boarder Daventry around the west, south and east edge of the realm. In See No Weevil, Rosella visits a portion of the forest on the southern edge of Daventry and to the east. In KoS Graham travels through a large portion of the forest that borders the eastern edge of the kingdom. In TFC, Alexander travels through a portion of the forest located to the south and west of the kingdom (while its not quite clear, Morowyn appears to live in western portion of the Old Woods, or in a forest just south of the western portions of the forest). Alexander describes this edge of this Old Wood lieing to the west as the 'eastern edge' of the forest. It lies fairly close to one of Daventry's rivers, though the name of the river is not given during the story.
Behind the scenes
The Wood is called the Old Wood in Kingdom of Sorrow and The Floating Castle, and the Old Woods in See No Weevil.
In The Floating Castle, Alexander travels south from the castle, then roughly west, reaching a road that lead to the river, and enters into the eastern edge of the Old Wood, they then apparently travel further south a little ways before returning to the road, crossing it back to the east and coming out into Daventry's farmlands across the road from the woods.
In Kingdom of Sorrow the Graham travels through the Old Wood to the east, to the lands beyond. He later passes along the southern edge of the woods, and then travels north to get to Daventry.
In See No Weevil Rosella travels a bit south and east into into the Old Woods, she comes out later they come out to the side of the north-south road, to the southern edge of the kingdom. Its also explained that Old Woods is a number of groves. There may be implication that the Woods extend parallel to the southern border of daventry to the east and west. In which case the book showing another grove than the one seen in previous novels, which might explain the use of the plural in cyclopedia entry.
It's unclear if the three sections of the Old Woods from the three novels are connected or separate groves. Although the Fairie live in all three, and Culatha rules at least two locations if not all three.