Llewdor

From King's Quest Omnipedia

The land seen in King's Quest III: To Heir is Human. It is one of the two main kingdoms on the continent of Tanalore, along with Tamir. It was the land where Gwydion was forced to be a slave to the wizard Manannan. The main city in Llewdor is known as Port Bruce, and it includes a bar/pub/restaurant, a general store, and a dock. Bandits reside in Llewdor, as does Medusa in the desert to the west, and the Three Bears. It is here that Gwydion partially discovers who he is and is captured by pirates on his way home to Daventry. Sir David of Bruce came from this land. Derek Karlavaegen moved to this land and moved into Manannan's house not long after events of King's Quest III.

The Magical Law of "Containment" occurs in the land, causing the north and south to bend back upon itself, so that anyone traveling north, will end up coming up from the south, or vice versa.

Llewdor is made up of 16 map screens, corresponding to quadrants on the magic map.

[edit] Llewdor in the Unofficial Games

[edit] King's Quest III  : To Heir is Human (IA)

In the unofficial King's Quest remake, Llewdor is blocked by a great cliff to the south that runs west from the great desert to ocean in the east. A bridge once crossed the crevasse to the lands to the south, but was destroyed by Manannan long ago to punish the people of Llewdor so that no one could enter or exit it by land. The crevasse was caused by great earthquakes that once long ago affected Llewdor. To the north of Llewdor is a dark swamp lieing in valley between the mountains behind it, thick rows of trees blocking passage in the valley. One of the streams in Llewdor comes out of the swamp. Llewdor is bordered to the west by the desert of Talanor, a great desert which is blocked by a cliff of eroded rock to the north, and a scarp to the south, before opening up into a seemingly endless desert. It is also mentioned that Llewdor once had a Royal Family, until Manannan took over.

Manannan's mountain top is one screen larger than it was in the original game. Manannan's house is in one screen, and the chicken coup in the other. Llewdor itself is about 6 screens larger than it was in the original game, raising the main surface of Llewdor to a total of 22 screens. The magic map only capable of sending Alexander to five of the locations on the map.

[edit] King's Quest ZZT Series

In the unofficial King's Quest ZZT series, Llewdor is just an island, known as the Island of Llewdor and is separate from Tamir, which is another island known as the "Island of Tamir". The Island of Llewdor's has three main population centers, the first is known as the "Town of Llewdor" (in the game), and its where humans live, another location is the Village of the Centaurs which lies directly west of the town within a forest, when it was destroyed, it was moved to the southern beach of the island. The last location is the Village of the Ogres which lies on the Southern Mountains of Llewdor. Llewdor is located west of Daventry, and SW of Tamir.