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Ademre

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“Mountain homeland of the Adem mercenaries and the Ketan fighting art”

also known as Haert, The Adem Lands

Appearance§

Ademre is high mountain country, cold and remote, reached by climbing into the hills. Within it lies Haert, where Shehyn's school sits, and a hidden valley holding the sword tree, the Latantha, whose falling leaves a swordsman must face. The Adem are pale-skinned and grey-eyed, described in old verse as of the 'clear and shining eye,' with mercenaries clad in distinctive blood-red garments. They speak sparingly and gesture with their hands, reading emotion in finger movements outsiders miss entirely.

Description§

Ademre is a mountainous land of the Four Corners and the homeland of the Adem, a people famed across the world as mercenaries. A herding society thousands of years old, it raises chickens, goats, and sheep and is skilled in agriculture. Adem culture centers on the Ketan, a fighting art guided by the Lethani philosophy, and on a hand-language that conveys emotion through subtle finger movements outsiders fail to read. The Adem keep a taboo against public singing, treat sex casually, and believe men do not father children. After his time in the Eld, Kvothe travels with Tempi to the settlement of Haert, where Shehyn's school stands and where Tempi and Vashet train him; he is told a full year there might let him match Tempi's skill. At Haert he earns the named sword Caesura, confronts the sword tree in a hidden valley, and learns old Adem lore about the Chandrian, including the verses naming the seven. Shehyn recounts the Chandrian's story using their true names, names the fallen city Tariniel, and marks Lanre and his followers as betrayers. It is in Ademre that Kvothe receives his Adem name, Maedre.

Relationships§

  • Trained Kvothe — Kvothe is trained at Haert by Tempi and Vashet
  • Keeps Lore Of The Chandrian — The Adem preserve old knowledge of the Chandrian and the verse naming the seven
  • Homeland Of The Adem — Homeland of the Adem people and their mercenary culture
  • Source Of Caesura — Kvothe earns the named sword Caesura at Haert
  • Home Of Tempi — Kvothe travels there with Tempi after the Eld
  • Birthplace Of The Lethani — The Ketan is guided by the Lethani philosophy
  • Birthplace Of The Ketan — Adem culture centers on the Ketan fighting art
  • Home Of Vashet — Vashet trains Kvothe at Haert
  • Home Of Shehyn — Shehyn and the school are based at Haert
  • Region Of The Four Corners of Civilization — A mountainous land of the Four Corners

Established facts§

  • Ademre is a mountainous region of the Four Corners of civilization, homeland of the Adem people and culture.
  • The Adem are renowned mercenaries who practice the Ketan, a fighting art governed by the philosophy of the Lethani.
  • Haert is a settlement within Ademre where Shehyn and the school are based.
  • Kvothe travels to Haert with Tempi after his time in the Eld and is trained there by Tempi and Vashet.
  • Kvothe is told he could match Tempi's talent if he spent a year in Ademre.
  • The Adem communicate emotion through hand gestures alongside speech.
  • The Adem hold a taboo against public singing and treat sex casually.
  • The Adem believe men do not father children, regarding reproduction differently from the wider Four Corners.
  • The Adem preserve old knowledge of the Chandrian, including the verse naming the seven, which Kvothe learns there.
  • Shehyn recounts the Chandrian's story using their true names, names the fallen city Tariniel, and marks Lanre and his followers as betrayers.
  • Kvothe earns the named sword Caesura at Haert.
  • Kvothe confronts the sword tree, the Latantha, in a hidden valley at Haert.
  • The Adem entrust their named swords to wielders and reclaim them when a wielder dies.
  • Kvothe shares his intent to harm the Chandrian with Shehyn and Vashet while in Ademre.
  • In Ademre, Kvothe receives the Adem name Maedre.
  • Ademre is a herding society raising chickens, goats, and sheep, with a history stretching back thousands of years.
  • The Adem are a wealthy people, and some are skilled in Yllish knots.
  • Among the Adem, Kvothe adopts the custom of bathing daily.

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