The Ninefold Coil

Map of the known world

The Nine Provinces

From the river country around Lotus Ford to the regions Elder Ruo marks on her old province maps. Select a place to read about it. Drag to pan; scroll, pinch or use the buttons to zoom.

Illustrated map of the Nine Provinces Lotus Ford stands on the Silverthread River in Jing Province. The Bamboo Sea lies west, Kunlun in the snowy north-west mountains, the Ember Wastes in the western desert, the Northern Steppe in the north, the capital Luoyi in Yu Province, and Heron Quay on the Eastern Coast.
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  • Town
  • Dungeon
  • Shrine or tomb
  • River
  • Mountains
  • Road
  • Uncharted

An artist’s impression. The game gives directions (“three days west”, “the western desert”, “ride north”) rather than coordinates, so distances here are drawn, not measured.