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Llewdor (aka Llwedor or Lwedor) is a land in the World of Daventry (KQGS) to the far north. It is inspired by the land of the same name in the original series.

Background[]

Llewdor is apparently located many days journey from Daventry[1] to the far north of the continent near to Serenia and Eldritch bordering the Infinite Desert.[2] Both of which lie about a week’s travel to the north.[3] It may lie to the northwest (as he entered Daventry from the west, but the exact position is unknown).[4][5]

It was where Amaya Blackstone grew up, and it was the former home country of Graham Cracker (KQGS) [6], and his sisters and mother. Graham's hometown is known for its oak trees, Graham had brought an acorn with him to bury in Daventry to celebrate his new career as a knight there.[7]

The kingdom was apparently once ruled over by a king. Graham's father was a knight of Llewdor, and guarded the crown.

After Manannan moved there, he apparently conquered the land, forcing everyone to start learning and practicing magic there. Manannan was teaching magic to all of his slaves and the people of Llewdor in order to train them to battle Graham in the future.[8] The fate of Graham's family in this era is not known (if his father was still alive he was probably slain protecting the king, who apparently must have also been killed or enslaved).

There once was or it was claimed to have been the location of the Llewdor Troll Bridge Guild. The guild supposedly uses bells to summon bridges in Llewdor. Llewdor trolls are said to be aggressive and mean. Pillare transferred to Llewdor in the summer of 1679, and she was annoyed to find out there was, in fact, no bridge troll guild in existence there.  Hungry and poor, she discovered a new cause to rally behind: she founded the first charity whose mission was to feed the trolls.

Geography[]

Llewdor is one of three known countries bordering the Infinite Desert (Tanalore (KQGS) may also border the desert as well (on its southern west edge based on some details given in Chapter 3 relating it to a 'desert', and geographical details in Chapter 4).. It also apparenlty lies close enough to Serenia (KQGS) and Eldritch (KQGS) that creatures such as jinxes and  were-beasts such as were-hogs and were-bears exist there or are nearby imports from Serenia woods (Dark Forest and Were-Woods). It maybe lie further north of Serenia and Eldritch in the far north.

This country is one of the locations of the institution known as the Knight School (aka 'The academy').[9]

In later years became the location of Manannan's Mansion where he trained his slaves magic.

The Great Mountains (KQGS) lies to the southern edge of the country, although it’s not clear if it’s the location of Mannanan’s mansion, or if it lies across the desert.

Graham travelled down the Great Mountains (KQGS) to Daventry from the northwest edge of the kingdom, but the exact location of Llewdor is unknown). From Llewdor access to Daventry requires traveling around the valley roughly to the southwest past the Forest Overlook on the edge of the Northwestern region of Daventry due to a large spine of mountains (Great Mountains (KQGS) along Daventry's northern edge.

Landmarks[]

Behind the scenes[]

This location was originally spelled "Llwedor" (sic) when the first chapter was released, but is fixed to "Llewdor" in the Chapter 2 update. It is pronounced 'ludore' (as spelled in some of the sound files) and is a reference to Llewdor. (but had been misspelled in the subtitles).

The Activision website has a FAQ that claims that Graham is from Llwedor.[10]

11. Waddles the Bridge Troll is calling me the “Representative of Lwedor” even though he shouldn’t be aware of this title. Is there something wrong?
No. Waddles is just very resourceful and plugged into the news.

In the original series Llewdor was part of a seperate continent (as part of Tanalore), but its not clear how geography works in the new series. Llwedor actually maybe on the same continent as Daventry far to the north, and Tanalore is a smaller land to the south west of Daventry, also on the same continent.

Noteably, there were no trolls in King's Quest 3. There was a troll in the troll cave in the nearby land of Tamir in the original series lore, but that seems unrelated in the reboot. The location of Tamir is not known in this universe.

Hideouttree

In chapter 3 there is a little more about Graham's past including his sisters and pets, and that oaks can be found near his hometown. In KQ3 a specific oak was a major landmark and the source of one spell ingredients Acorns collected in the game.

As a number of details about this universe differ from the original it's unclear how much of the original geography of Llewdor is maintained or how Alexander made his way to Daventry while there are references to sleep spells there is no references to what it was used on, it used at all. There is a reference to invisibility spell, he makes it clear he hasn't used it yet (no three-headed dragon). He did make the animal communicating dough which is how he probably learned of Daventry. There is no evidence that he traveled in on a pirate ship (there is only one indirect reference to boats (“boatloads”) but it’s context doesn’t it to any trips across a sea of pirates. Nor is there any references suggesting he ran into sharks.

There are some travel time inconsistencies in the games story and unused content. In the cut line from intro it suggests Graham had Been traveling for many days from his homeland. However other details imply his homeland is apparently located within a day or few journey from Daventry. For one there is a discussion of him being home with his mother that morning for breakfast.[11] However, another discussion about him being off about the day of the tournament could imply he had been traveling for a few days at least.[12][13][14]

Likewise Ch3 claiming he was from the far north, while breakfast with his mom in Ch2 that morning would imply he hadn’t been that far north.

References[]

  1. After traveling for many days, only a few treacherous miles remained. I could see the castle off in the distance and I wondered if this would be the place to take me in.
  2. "I'm a transplant from the far north, but Daventry has quickly become my home."
  3. Oh... you mean Bill and Susan? We had tea together last week. Now are you sure you wish to threaten me?"
  4. Daventry was just a few miles to the east. I had read all about its wonders in my travel books. I couldn't wait to check out its famous Fantastical Floating Island."
  5. "Don't know where he's from but it must be hard to pronounce."
  6. https://support.activision.com/articles/en_US/FAQ/King-s-Quest-A-Knight-to-Remember-Story-Issues-FAQ#collapse11
  7. Ah... that's right. A tiny detail I left out. I began my journey to Daventry with nothing to my name except the cape on my back, the hat on my head, and a small acorn from my hometown inside my pocket."
  8. Alexander (KQC4: "...everyone else from Llewdor uses magic."
  9. I went to Knight School up north and majored in All Things Adventure. And minored in Creative Costuming."
  10. https://support.activision.com/articles/en_US/FAQ/King-s-Quest-A-Knight-to-Remember-Story-Issues-FAQ
  11. "My mom wouldn’t let me leave before I finished breakfast." “Well, my mom whipped up a stack of my special choco-chip pancakes, and she never lets me leave the house until I've finished all my breakfast."
  12. Well, Triumph, this looks as good a place as any to camp for the night. Let's rest up. We have a big day tomorrow.")
  13. I could have sworn the [Parade of Hopeful Knights was scheduled for the next day. I should have been with them, marching with Triumph. It seemed my first few minutes in Daventry were off to a terrible start.")
  14. Is it time for the tournament already? I thought that was on Tuesday."
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