Territories in The Pendragon Adventure
Encyclopedia
Halla, in D. J. MacHale's Pendragon
, refers to "everything. Every territory, every person, every living thing, every time there ever was" (according to the character Press Tilton in The Merchant of Death
). The following is the list of territories of Halla. The turning point, traveler, and other descriptions of each territory individually are included.
. One known land in Cloral (what is supposed to be a legend) is "Faar", an island brought up from the ocean floor late in The Lost City of Faar
.
's intervention, it mutated crops to be poisonous, leaving food in a drastically short supply. Saint Dane's plan was to find and destroy Faar, because they had the means to spread an antidote to the poisonous fertilizer.
Just like all quigs they have yellow eyes, are fierce fighters, and are not very smart.
Their top halfs are jet black.
to eat Milago prisoners, similarly to the Roman Coliseum Games. As seen in The Reality Bug
, Bobby has always remembered this type with special fear.
The Klees are ruled from Leeandra by the Council of Klee, presided by the Viceroy
. The Gars (humans) were used as slaves on forages for food and on thousands of hard, manual jobs around Leeandra. Their inferior physical abilities and willingness to do work scorned by Klees had caused the Klees to scorn the Gars as well; a scorn that led to routine abuse.
The Gars of Leeandra escaped from slavery during Black Water
in a spectacular event called the Advent. During the Advent, the civilized Gars dwelling in the community of Black Water dispatched a radio
message to all their kindred, who had been covertly given radio links. The enslaved Gars marched overland to Black Water, where they were received and accommodated. Saint Dane, who had disguised himself as a Klee and taken the position of Viceroy, gave orders to destroy the Gars; the attempt to do so was thwarted by other Travelers. Later, the Gars established diplomatic bonds with the Klees, which allowed them to live on terms of equality.
to Black Water and a personal letter. Kasha rejected her Traveler destiny upon first learning of it, but later accepted her new life. Seegen (the first Traveler of Eelong) died on Second Earth as a result of Saint Dane's poisoning crops with a poison
brought from Cloral. His acolyte was Yorn.
Yorn was later killed by Saint Dane through some unknown attack, whereupon Saint Dane assumed his identity
. Kasha was killed after the Advent when the flume collapsed as a result of having need to transport Bobby Pendragon's acolytes (Mark Dimond and Courtney Chetwynde) . She was cremated on Zadaa.
Kasha reappeared at the end of Raven Rise
along with all of the other Travelers. She appears in The Soldiers of Halla
in the flesh and returns to Eelong.
-like equines with an extra joint in the leg) try to get a ball through a hoop while Gars (humans) act as helpers for the team. There is no rule against hurting or even killing a Gar. Saint Dane later introduced this game to Quillan
.
and radio cannon's (only in the soldiers of halla when the exiles [yanks] work with the gars to help build technology).
series of fantasy
novels. First Earth is Earth in 1937, specifically around the time of the Hindenburg disaster
. Bobby and Spader visit First Earth in The Never War
. In The Pilgrims of Rayne, Bobby and Courtney visit First Earth in an attempt to find Mark. When Bobby decides it's more important to go to Ibara to figure out the turning point and to find saint Dane, he leaves Courtney to find Mark on First Earth as her responsibility. With the help of Gunny's acolyte, Dodger, Courtney and he find mark on the Queen Mary on a voyage to London England in the company of Nevva Winter and Saint Dane in his classical disguise as Andy Mitchel to deliver forge to KEM.
The Traveler from First Earth is Vincent "Gunny" Van Dyke, an African American working in the Manhattan Tower Hotel as Captain. He got the nickname "Gunny" during World War I
, where he failed to fire a gun multiple times.
Calls Bobby "Shorty".
The original traveler of First Earth is Jed Sweeney, a friend of Gunny's.
. However, Ibara is an island separated from Rubic City by an ocean. Some people escape from Lifelight to Ibara, led by Aja Killian, the traveler of Veelox. In Book 8, Aja Killian is said to be a hero, but is killed by a Flighter assassin. The new traveler revealed is named Siry, and is the son of Jen Remudi. Siry is a delinquent and he has a band of kids he calls the Jakills, derived from Aja Killian (aJA KILLian).
A Traveler of Ibara, Remudi, was killed by Saint Dane on Quillan. Nevva Winter, the Traveler of Quillan, tricked Remudi to enter the Quillan Games because Nevva wanted to use Remudi as a bait to let Bobby Pendragon compete in the Grand X, the Quillan Olympics. Nevva was on Saint Dane's side all along and her plot caused the death of Jen Remudi.
Ibara is a territory mixing old and new; people live in primitive huts, use blowguns (which double as clubs) for weapons, and simplistic clothing. However, there is some technology present, such as the lighting system, the auto-defense guns, and some of the medicine. The Quigs here are killer bees that glow yellow. Unique things to this territory include the Flighters, savages who are the evolved forms of the people who refused to shun Lifelight (Thus their name, (li)Flighters). They also have a festival called the Festival of Zelin, thought to be a changed form of Zetlin. The turning point on Ibara is when the people there attempt to once again colonize the rest of Veelox, though fail when the Flighters, given weapons by Saint Dane, destroy the ships.
In that sense, Ibara is considered a failure for Bobby and a victory for Saint Dane. However, after the destruction of the pilgrimage by the Flighters, Saint Dane led an army of dados to destroy the rest of the people. This battle was won by the Ibarans, so perhaps the pilgrimage can be attempted once more; the territory is thus often referred to as a "draw".
Towards the end of The Pilgrims of Rayne, Bobby destroys the flume on Ibara, cutting Ibara off from the rest of Halla
.
As of Raven Rise
, the flume in Rubic City has been unearthed only to be re-sealed by a fallen subway train.
.
, Quillan was once very similar to the Earth territories, before a company called Blok was founded. Blok, because it sold and manufactured things as cheaply and quickly as possible, was able to sell for much less than its competitors. It therefore rapidly grew in popularity, slowly closing the other stores and manufacturers. By the time Bobby comes to Quillan, every aspect of the territory is controlled by the ten trustees of Blok, who have established total control over the people through a form of blackmail
.
All the citizens of Quillan have been forced into large cities. Law
is kept on Quillan by robot
s called dados, which are owned by Blok. Blok has concealed Quillan's history, leaving people with no memory of a happier lifestyle than that under which they live; withheld all but the most bare of essentials; and imposes fierce punishment on all those who do not enrichen it financially.
In order to make more money
, Blok hosts an attraction known as the Games, which are projected all over Quillan and hosted by two phaders from Veelox, Veego and LaBerge . Individuals called challengers are captured, color
-coded, and forced to play against each other in a variety of dangerous games. Citizens of Quillan bet on these games in the hope of winning large rewards. Things that are used to bet are food, money, and in some cases, lives.
Most of the citizens of Quillan are passive, and have lost their will to fight back. However, there is a group of people called the revivers who are working to dethrone Blok and make Quillan the prosperous territory it once was. They have preserved a library
/museum, known as "Mr. Pop", containing every aspect of Quillan's history before Blok seemingly destroyed it. Bobby and Nevva Winter were taken to Mr. Pop by the revivers, but Nevva betrays its location to Blok, who send an army of dados to destroy it.
.
Later, Bobby meets Nevva's mother, Elli Winter. Elli was confronted by Press Tilton and told of her and Nevva's destiny
. Elli had trouble accepting the responsibility, and asked Press to go to her daughter and give the job to her. After Nevva left for Ibara, Elli decided to take on the responsibility of being a Traveler. Elli is now the Traveler from Quillan, and is grouped with the other Travelers, presumably preparing to face Saint Dane one last time.
in the present time.
, which made Bobby Pendragon lead traveler. He reappears at the end of Raven Rise
.
Bobby Pendragon – Lead Traveler of his generation, and successor to Press Tilton.
Alexander Naymeer – Traveler in Raven Rise after Bobby quit. Later killed by Bobby at the end of Raven Rise after he falls into the flume in Yankee Stadium. Was originally supposed to be Bobby's Traveler mentor until Press took over the job. After Bobby quit,Alexander was given Mark's ring in Raven Rise
by Nevva Winter and, therefore, became the Traveler. Never traveled; saw Halla through Mark's ring.
and technology
. His creation of the voice
-activated, shape-changing, versatile substance known as Forge led to the creation of highly sophisticated tool
s, computer
s, vehicles, and robot
s. The presence of these altered history
on all three Earth territories, conflating it was that of Quillan
. Hence, The Quillan Games
and The Pilgrims of Rayne both feature the robots called "dados", which are made with such technology as was developed by Mark, on the Earth territories, to which they are alien
. The word "dado", in its Earthling usage, is an acronym of "Dimond Alpha Digital Organization". After Mark hands Nevva his Traveler ring, Ravinia comes into existence under Alexander Naymeer, the new Traveler of Second Earth. Second Earth's turning point is the Bronx Massacre, which also triggers The Convergence resulting both in Saint Dane's victory, for now. This has changed in Book 10 since all the Travelers and Press Tilton are alive,and ready to fight back.
The Lost City of Faar
– Mark and Courtney read Bobby's journals on Second Earth.
The Never War
– Mark and Courtney read Bobby's journals on Second Earth. Later, Bobby spends time
on Second Earth, so as to recover from trauma experienced during the Hindenburg disaster
.
The Reality Bug
– Mark and Courtney read Bobby's journals on Second Earth. Mark and Courtney make plans and later arrangements to become acolytes on Second Earth.
Black Water
– Mark and Courtney read Bobby's journals on Second Earth. After realizing how to save Eelong, they leave for Cloral then join Bobby on Eelong. They are gone for a month, but return to find that only a half hour passed.
Rivers of Zadaa – Mark and Courtney read Bobby's journals on Second Earth. Mark is befriended by former school bully Andy Mitchell, an alter ego of Saint Dane, with whom he attends science
classes that are part of a special club. Courtney, emotion
ally shattered by her involvement in the death
of the traveler Kasha, spends the summer at a special school. There she meets an attractive boy. He causes her to fall into a ravine and reveals himself to be Saint Dane.
The Quillan Games
– This story shows Courtney reading Bobby's journals on second earth, the death of Mark's parents, and Bobby showing up to find history changed and Mark gone.
Raven Rise
– Saint Dane has targeted Second Earth and attempts and succeeds in creating a cult called Ravinia and establishing it as the dominant force in both Second Earth and all of Halla.
(on the moon
, Venus
, Mars
, and two of Jupiter
's moons
). Bobby Pendragon describes its farms and pastures as consisting mostly of pine
tree
s. At present in the series, however, due to the rise of Ravinia, the utopia
n Third Earth has been erased. Instead, it has changed into a slummier version of Second Earth, with Ravinians still prowling the world preventing people from learning too much about the past. Among other things, gas-powered cars are still used, skyscrapers do not have the shiny silver covering described in earlier books, and the extensive computer system at the New York Public Library is gone, replaced by old-fashioned print books. Apparently, similar to other changes caused by Saint Dane, this shift simply happened: one day Patrick Mac, the Traveler from Third Earth, woke to find his futuristic, subterranean home to be aboveground, with the toppled Statue of Liberty outside of it. In The Soldiers of Halla
most of Third Earth is destroyed and in ruins except for the Ravinian Conclave.
the turning point is the overthrowing of the Ravinian Conclave. This is also the turning point for all of Halla.
The Never War
The Pilgrims of Rayne
, Bobby and Courtney go to the flume and travel to Third Earth – apparently to see what has become of it, since Second Earth has been changed so much; and to follow Mark, as he has flumed to First Earth with Saint Dane at the end of Book 7.
The island of Ibara allows for a growing, peaceful community on Veelox and its name is even given to a second territory that exists on the Veelox world, three hundred years after the original Veelox territory crumbles.
and her acolyte Saangi. It is also the home of two tribes, the Rokador and Batu, and many different characters.
clothing and live in underground cities that they tunneled out of the rock
. To excavate further, they use Dygos; spherical vehicles having tank-like treads and large drill
bits protruding from the front. They control the water
supply in return for protection from the cannibal tribes of the desert
, and have more advanced technology than the Batu. They rarely came up to the surface and when they do they are careful not to be burned.
The Batu are a dark-skinned tribe, living on the surface of Zadaa. They live a simpler life than the Rokador, having no technological sophistication beyond the demands of necessity. The city
of Xhaxhu is their capital. The Ghee are Batu warriors who maintain order around Xhaxhu during hard times. Loor
stated that if Ghee reject their responsibility, they are sent off the labor camps in the desert or executed. Periodically, the Ghee maintain their considerable martial skills by competing in fierce tournaments. Their Rokador counterparts, with whom they often train, are the Tiggen guards, who wield electrified rods and steel
arrow
s as opposed to the wood
en clubs and staves of the Ghee.
The book's cover illustrators took cue from the books' texts, and the way characters' are described, and portray the Batu as having strictly Africa
n features; the idea rather realistic in the manner of human (animal) characteristic naturally suiting climate and geological conditions.
In The Rivers of Zadaa
, the Rokador nearly made war
on the Batu, fearing that as many Rokador had died of an epidemic disease
the Batu might try to seize control of the water supply. After the caverns inplode and create a huge ocean in the desert, the Rokador relocate and interdepndence resumes.
in the desert; one of a very few.
In The Rivers of Zadaa
, the Rokador, fearing that the Batu will attack them in their disease-weakened state, withhold the water supply. This triggers a true campaign against them, which is averted when the water supply is released indiscriminately. Members of both tribes help each other survive, regardless of nationality, leading to a revival of mutual respect. The water supply becomes a river
, on whose opposing banks the tribes rebuild.
that Ravinia has sent military tacticians to aid the Rokador in wiping out the Batu, which in time, would result in Zadaa's collapse. In The Soldiers of Halla
, all of the Batu either become slaves to the Rokador, or are imprisoned in Mooraj, a training camp.
The Pendragon Adventure
The Pendragon Adventure is a young adult series of science fiction/fantasy novels by D. J. MacHale. They follow the chronicles of Bobby Pendragon, a teenager who discovers that he, as well as his two best friends, Mark Dimond and Courtney Chetwynde, must prevent the destruction of the universe.The...
, refers to "everything. Every territory, every person, every living thing, every time there ever was" (according to the character Press Tilton in The Merchant of Death
The Merchant of Death
The Merchant of Death is the first book in the Pendragon series by D. J. MacHale.-Plot introduction:The story takes place in a "territory" called Denduron...
). The following is the list of territories of Halla. The turning point, traveler, and other descriptions of each territory individually are included.
Cloral
Cloral is an almost entirely water-based territory. It has a tropical climate and is described to be the "paradise" of Halla. Water occupies about 99% of Cloral, whose human population lives on "habitats", or floating cities. This population has learned to use the water they live on in their inventions, coming up with efficient transport, water-based projectiles, and an advanced form of rebreatherRebreather
A rebreather is a type of breathing set that provides a breathing gas containing oxygen and recycled exhaled gas. This recycling reduces the volume of breathing gas used, making a rebreather lighter and more compact than an open-circuit breathing set for the same duration in environments where...
. One known land in Cloral (what is supposed to be a legend) is "Faar", an island brought up from the ocean floor late in The Lost City of Faar
The Lost City of Faar
The Lost City of Faar is the second book in the Pendragon series by D. J. MacHale.People live on immense, floating cities called habitats and grow food on the sea floor and in their habitats. Different habitats do different things such as producing food, making products, etc. It's an idyllic world...
.
Turning Point
The turning point on Cloral was the invention of a fertilizer that was shown to increase plant growth exponentially. However, as a result of Saint DaneSaint Dane
Saint Dane is a fictional character and the antagonist of the The Pendragon Adventure by D. J. MacHale. Although clearly a conscious entity, Saint Dane's complete identity and history remains a mystery for most of the series...
's intervention, it mutated crops to be poisonous, leaving food in a drastically short supply. Saint Dane's plan was to find and destroy Faar, because they had the means to spread an antidote to the poisonous fertilizer.
Traveler
Benn Spader, who was replaced by his son, Vo Spader after having eaten food poisoned by the fertilizer.Outcome
Saint Dane blew a hole in Faar's protective dome, sealing off the boats with the antidote and flooding Faar. However, Bobby triggered the transpire of Faar, which rose Faar to the surface of the ocean.Acolyte
Spader's acolyte, Wu Yenza, is his superior in the Cloral Aquaneer force. She is Chief Aquaneer and is compassionate toward her subordinates, but can be very strict. Spader implies that he wishes to court her.Quigs
The quigs of Cloral are giant, vicious sharks, approximately 20 feet (6.1 m) long.Just like all quigs they have yellow eyes, are fierce fighters, and are not very smart.
Their top halfs are jet black.
Flume
Both the flumes on Cloral are in underwater caves, in air pockets. Both are under a coral ridge. The second flume, discovered late in the book, is where Uncle Press is gunned down by the gangster's bullets.Faar
Faar was the first human community of Cloral, located on a mountain island in the sea. The homes and buildings follow an ancient Greek design. Faar was threatened by rising sea levels, but a dome was constructed that protects the people from the ocean's crushing weight. The people who stayed in the dome were the Faarians, and those who left Faar for exploration were the Clorans. The Faarians had stayed hidden until the turning point of Cloral, but frequently intervene secretly before that time to help the habitat-dwellers, whom they consider their kinsfolk.Cloral facts
- Territory EraEraAn era is a commonly used word for long period of time. When used in science, for example geology, eras denote clearly defined periods of time of arbitrary but well defined length, such as for example the Mesozoic era from 252 Ma–66 Ma, delimited by a start event and an end event. When used in...
: 70470 - PopulationPopulationA population is all the organisms that both belong to the same group or species and live in the same geographical area. The area that is used to define a sexual population is such that inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals...
: Approximately 7,540,000 - Natives: Clorans, Faarians (humans)
- Cities: One cityCityA city is a relatively large and permanent settlement. Although there is no agreement on how a city is distinguished from a town within general English language meanings, many cities have a particular administrative, legal, or historical status based on local law.For example, in the U.S...
on land (Faar, artArtArt is the product or process of deliberately arranging items in a way that influences and affects one or more of the senses, emotions, and intellect....
s center); 524 floating cities known as habitats. Among them are:- Grallion (farming community)
- District of Rann (governmentGovernmentGovernment refers to the legislators, administrators, and arbitrators in the administrative bureaucracy who control a state at a given time, and to the system of government by which they are organized...
seat) - Katimba Laaq (recreation center)
- Panger City (financial center)
- Corrian (shipbuilding community)
- Magorran (manufacturing city)
- Crasker (manufacturing city)
- Landmass: one islandIslandAn island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, cays or keys. An island in a river or lake may be called an eyot , or holm...
, known as Faar, of approximately 5 square miles (12.9 km²). The rest of the territory is covered with waterWaterWater is a chemical substance with the chemical formula H2O. A water molecule contains one oxygen and two hydrogen atoms connected by covalent bonds. Water is a liquid at ambient conditions, but it often co-exists on Earth with its solid state, ice, and gaseous state . Water also exists in a...
. - Other notable topographyTopographyTopography is the study of Earth's surface shape and features or those ofplanets, moons, and asteroids...
: the Corrian Trench, an 800 miles (1,287.5 km) underwater trench that is too deep to explore. - ClimateClimateClimate encompasses the statistics of temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, wind, rainfall, atmospheric particle count and other meteorological elemental measurements in a given region over long periods...
: Tropical - Currency: Eggles
- Principal Game FishFishFish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...
: Spinney, Cooger, Kooloo, Preel - Time Measured In: Pecks (one peck = approximately 20 minuteMinuteA minute is a unit of measurement of time or of angle. The minute is a unit of time equal to 1/60th of an hour or 60 seconds. In the UTC time scale, a minute on rare occasions has 59 or 61 seconds; see leap second. The minute is not an SI unit; however, it is accepted for use with SI units...
s) - Notable Events: Rediscovery and reclamation of the City of Faar; destruction of the manufacturing city Magorran; a giant world's fairWorld's FairWorld's fair, World fair, Universal Exposition, and World Expo are various large public exhibitions held in different parts of the world. The first Expo was held in The Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, London, United Kingdom, in 1851, under the title "Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All...
-like event where an entire floating city was created to host cultural displays and amusements from every city. - Most people have two letters in their first names
Technology
Almost all technology on Cloral is water-based. Transport on Cloral varies from the gigantic 'habitats' to small "water sleds", a lifesaver-like device used as a means of subaquatic transport. In between is the "skimmer", a speedboat-like transport. All vehicles operate by drawing water through the inner machinery and expelling it to the rear. All motive power on Cloral works by much the same means. Existing also are projectile weapons that expel jets or masses of water at speeds that permit such shots to penetrate metal.Everyday tools on Cloral
- Skimmer – Skimmers are one-man water vehicles that are used on the open water, as well as on the canals that snake through the floating habitats in Cloral. They can also travel underwater.
- Water Sled – Water sleds are used to propel swimmers underwater in Cloral. It is a valuable tool while working the underwater farms.
- Air Globe – Air globes are clear devices that morph into a form-fitting, perfectly sealed helmet that allows swimmers to breathe and communicate underwater. These were used all throughout the book by Spader, Press, Bobby, and various others. Bobby's first time trying this on made him hyperventilate until Press told him to breathe slowly.
- Spear Gun – The spear gun's primary use in Cloral was to hunt spinney fish and to kill invading predators. The spear guns of Cloral are clear.
Characters from Cloral
See Characters in "The Lost City of Faar"Denduron
Denduron is strongly influenced by the medieval era. It has several tribes that trade the goods of their areas with each other.Turning point
The first turning point for Denduron was the discovery of tak, a clay-like, volatile explosive. Upon discovery, the Milago planned to use the tak against the Bedoowan empire to free themselves. Saint Dane hoped to inforuence the Milago to use the tak against all other tribes, therefore creating an empire and shifting the balance. In Raven Rise, it is revealed that the Milago are using the tak that Bobby previously dug up to attack a neighboring tribe, the Lowsee.Outcome
In the first turning point (in The Merchant of Death), the Travelers were able to ignite the tak mine, therefore effectively "blowing it to kingdom come." The Milago village and Bedoowan castle were destroyed in the resulting earthquake. The two tribes were then forced to live together in harmony, as equals. In the second (during Raven Rise), the recovery of the tak mine allowed the united tribes of Milago and Bedoowan to assault the neighboring Lowsee tribe in hope of conquering Denduron. They claim to have done this because the Lowsee were withholding their triptyte, a substance used to generate light.Traveler
Alder – a Bedoowan knight on Denduron, Alder is believed to be the most honest and loyal of all the Travelers. He is very kind, calm, and also a skilled fighter. He is fairly innocent of heart. He does not know much more than what Bobby and Loor do about Traveling. In Raven Rise, he is shot by a Ravinian guard with a machine gun, and his spirit returns to Solara.Acolyte
An unnamed widow of a Milago miner who was executed by the Bedoowan during a transfer ceremony.Quigs
The quigs of Denduron are large bear-like animals with spikes in their backs. At Saint Dane's urging, they were sent into an arenaArena
An arena is an enclosed area, often circular or oval-shaped, designed to showcase theater, musical performances, or sporting events. It is composed of a large open space surrounded on most or all sides by tiered seating for spectators. The key feature of an arena is that the event space is the...
to eat Milago prisoners, similarly to the Roman Coliseum Games. As seen in The Reality Bug
The Reality Bug
The Reality Bug is the fourth book in the Pendragon series by D. J. MacHale. The world is all about peoples' imaginations. People create their own fantasy worlds and live inside their dreams...
, Bobby has always remembered this type with special fear.
Flume
The flume on Denduron is in a cave on a mountain. There was another flume underground, in the glaze and tak mines. This flume was buried by the explosion that destroyed the mine.Denduron facts
- Territory Era: 124-the year of rising light
- Principal Tribes: Bedoowan, Gallauao, Milago, Novan, Reuenian, Toom, Lowsee
- Population: Approximately 12,300,000
- Natives: Denduronians (humans)
- Three Suns: Noab, Lao, Rigg
- Landmass: Fifteen continents; three inhabited (Bedoo, Nodd, Galla), 12 uncharted
- Oceans: 9. The largest, Tinitebian, surrounds the continent of Bedoo where the Bedoowan and Milago tribes live
- Highest Peak: The mountain of Orloo (on the continent of Nodd). At 29112 feet (8,873.3 m), it is taller than Mount Everest of Second Earth and three times as tall as the mountains which loom near the Milago village
- Climate: Inhabited continents along the meridian are temperate. Uncharted continents to the north and south are frozen
- Currency: Quills
- Time Measured In: Marrs (one marr = approximately 1 hour).
- Major Holidays: Feast of Noab (Milago holiday to celebrate on the harvest), Kukura (Novan holiday that rejoices in the creation of the stars), Runnow Taa (Bedoowan holiday of music)
Characters from Denduron
See Characters in "The Merchant of Death"Eelong
Eelong is a tropical jungle territory ruled by Klees (bipedal, human-sized cat-creatures). It is fairly primitive, but possesses solar-powered technology. Instead of a sun, the source of light is the 'Skaa', a band of light that travels across the sky.The Klees are ruled from Leeandra by the Council of Klee, presided by the Viceroy
Viceroy
A viceroy is a royal official who runs a country, colony, or province in the name of and as representative of the monarch. The term derives from the Latin prefix vice-, meaning "in the place of" and the French word roi, meaning king. A viceroy's province or larger territory is called a viceroyalty...
. The Gars (humans) were used as slaves on forages for food and on thousands of hard, manual jobs around Leeandra. Their inferior physical abilities and willingness to do work scorned by Klees had caused the Klees to scorn the Gars as well; a scorn that led to routine abuse.
The Gars of Leeandra escaped from slavery during Black Water
Black Water (novel)
Black Water is the fifth book in the Pendragon series by D. J. MacHale. Four months after Mark and Courtney were faced with Saint Dane in the root cellar of the old house they find the 16th journal leading to Bobbys journey on Eelong...only the rules have been twisted around and changed.-Plot...
in a spectacular event called the Advent. During the Advent, the civilized Gars dwelling in the community of Black Water dispatched a radio
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
message to all their kindred, who had been covertly given radio links. The enslaved Gars marched overland to Black Water, where they were received and accommodated. Saint Dane, who had disguised himself as a Klee and taken the position of Viceroy, gave orders to destroy the Gars; the attempt to do so was thwarted by other Travelers. Later, the Gars established diplomatic bonds with the Klees, which allowed them to live on terms of equality.
Travelers and acolytes
The Traveler from Eelong was Kasha; her acolyte was Boon. Kasha inherited a Traveler ring from her father Seegen, along with a mapMap
A map is a visual representation of an area—a symbolic depiction highlighting relationships between elements of that space such as objects, regions, and themes....
to Black Water and a personal letter. Kasha rejected her Traveler destiny upon first learning of it, but later accepted her new life. Seegen (the first Traveler of Eelong) died on Second Earth as a result of Saint Dane's poisoning crops with a poison
Poison
In the context of biology, poisons are substances that can cause disturbances to organisms, usually by chemical reaction or other activity on the molecular scale, when a sufficient quantity is absorbed by an organism....
brought from Cloral. His acolyte was Yorn.
Yorn was later killed by Saint Dane through some unknown attack, whereupon Saint Dane assumed his identity
Persona
A persona, in the word's everyday usage, is a social role or a character played by an actor. The word is derived from Latin, where it originally referred to a theatrical mask. The Latin word probably derived from the Etruscan word "phersu", with the same meaning, and that from the Greek πρόσωπον...
. Kasha was killed after the Advent when the flume collapsed as a result of having need to transport Bobby Pendragon's acolytes (Mark Dimond and Courtney Chetwynde) . She was cremated on Zadaa.
Kasha reappeared at the end of Raven Rise
Raven Rise
Raven Rise is the title of the ninth book in The Pendragon Adventure by D.J. MacHale. It was released on May 20, 2008.-Synopsis:The book begins with separate narratives focusing on Patrick Mac and Alder, the Travelers of Third Earth and Denduron respectively. It follows the changes in their home...
along with all of the other Travelers. She appears in The Soldiers of Halla
The Soldiers of Halla
The Soldiers of Halla is the tenth and final book in the Pendragon Adventure series by D. J. MacHale. It concludes the battle between the Travelers and Saint Dane. The title was revealed by D. J. MacHale on December 9, 2008, and was taken from a closing line in the preceding book, Raven Rise...
in the flesh and returns to Eelong.
Recreation
There is one known recreational game in the territory called Wippen, where Klees mounted on Zenzens (Large, zebraZebra
Zebras are several species of African equids united by their distinctive black and white stripes. Their stripes come in different patterns unique to each individual. They are generally social animals that live in small harems to large herds...
-like equines with an extra joint in the leg) try to get a ball through a hoop while Gars (humans) act as helpers for the team. There is no rule against hurting or even killing a Gar. Saint Dane later introduced this game to Quillan
Quillan
Quillan is a commune in the Aude department in southern France.-Geography:Quillan is located at the foothills of the Pyrenees, on the road between Carcassonne and Perpignan....
.
Eelong facts
- Territory Era: Unknown (Time is not measured on Eelong)
- Natives: Klees (cats) and Gars (humans)
- Landmass: Five continents: Not stated
- Notable Geography: Not stated
- Population: Approximately 68,000,000 (22,000,000 Klee and 46,000,000 Gar)
- Climate: Tropical
- Currency: Not stated
- Energy: Solar power gathered from the belt of small suns known as the Skaa that provide the territory's light and warmth
- Major Cities: Leeandra, Black Water (Ruum), Benzara (Sheeg), Saravara (Oron)
- Recreation: Wippen (team sport played on zenzen horses), Kagel (individual sport of target shooting using small, metal disks)
- Notable events: Revelation of the Gar colony of Black WaterBlack Water (novel)Black Water is the fifth book in the Pendragon series by D. J. MacHale. Four months after Mark and Courtney were faced with Saint Dane in the root cellar of the old house they find the 16th journal leading to Bobbys journey on Eelong...only the rules have been twisted around and changed.-Plot...
, First radio broadcast, Wippen Championship won by the North End Strikers of Leeandra - Sun Type: Strip, called "sunbelt", unknown moon
- Wildlife:Tangs(Large,green,carnivorous lizards that have been described by Bobby to be raptor-like), zenzens(double jointed legged horse-like creatures), rookers(blue turkey like birds), blue apple like fruits
- Technology:Gigs(miniature helicopter like vehicles), Link(small amber cubes that work like radios), killing razor disks
and radio cannon's (only in the soldiers of halla when the exiles [yanks] work with the gars to help build technology).
Quigs
The Quigs of Eelong are cannibalistic humans, known as '"gars" on Eelong. It is suspected that Saint Dane chose the gars as a distraction for Bobby and his mission on Eelong; it is believed that Saint Dane supposed that if Pendragon saw these people as animals he would be unable to see the true turning point in the survival of the gars.Characters from Eelong
See Characters in "Black Water"First Earth
First Earth is a fictional name for a non-fictional world in D. J. MacHale's PendragonThe Pendragon Adventure
The Pendragon Adventure is a young adult series of science fiction/fantasy novels by D. J. MacHale. They follow the chronicles of Bobby Pendragon, a teenager who discovers that he, as well as his two best friends, Mark Dimond and Courtney Chetwynde, must prevent the destruction of the universe.The...
series of fantasy
Fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...
novels. First Earth is Earth in 1937, specifically around the time of the Hindenburg disaster
Hindenburg disaster
The Hindenburg disaster took place on Thursday, May 6, 1937, as the German passenger airship LZ 129 Hindenburg caught fire and was destroyed during its attempt to dock with its mooring mast at the Lakehurst Naval Air Station, which is located adjacent to the borough of Lakehurst, New Jersey...
. Bobby and Spader visit First Earth in The Never War
The Never War
The Never War is a book in the Pendragon series by D.J. MacHale. In this book, the main character, Robert "Bobby" Pendragon follows the antagonist, named Saint Dane, to a territory called First Earth, which is essentially Earth in the year 1937....
. In The Pilgrims of Rayne, Bobby and Courtney visit First Earth in an attempt to find Mark. When Bobby decides it's more important to go to Ibara to figure out the turning point and to find saint Dane, he leaves Courtney to find Mark on First Earth as her responsibility. With the help of Gunny's acolyte, Dodger, Courtney and he find mark on the Queen Mary on a voyage to London England in the company of Nevva Winter and Saint Dane in his classical disguise as Andy Mitchel to deliver forge to KEM.
The Traveler from First Earth is Vincent "Gunny" Van Dyke, an African American working in the Manhattan Tower Hotel as Captain. He got the nickname "Gunny" during World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
, where he failed to fire a gun multiple times.
Traveler
Vincent "Gunny" Van Dyke – Traveler. The bell captain of the Manhattan Tower Hotel. Jovial and optimistic.Calls Bobby "Shorty".
The original traveler of First Earth is Jed Sweeney, a friend of Gunny's.
Acolyte
Dodger – The bell hop at the Manhattan Tower Hotel. He helps Courtney during her time in First Earth.The Never War
In The Never War, Saint Dane tricked Bobby into almost preventing the Hindenburg crash; a prevention which would have caused the fall of all 3 Earth territories by having the Nazi's discover the atomic bomb first and destroying New York and Washington. It seems that the only historical change the Travelers made was the change of how crime lord Maximillian Rose died: instead of dying in a car crash, Maximillian Rose died when he dove into the flaming wreckage of the Hindenburg in an attempt to rescue his fortune.The Pilgrims of Rayne
In the eighth book in the series, Saint Dane takes Mark to First Earth to introduce a product known as "Forge". This changes the course of history on Second and Third Earths by causing a significant rise in technology. Courtney realizes this in the form of a talking, robotic cat, while Patrick Mac finds dados doing work all over Third Earth. Bobby and Courtney travel to First Earth; later, Courtney remains there to attempt to correct the situation.First Earth facts
- Territory Era: 1937 CE
- Landmass: Seven continents making up approximately 92500000 square miles (239,573,900.2 km²). Seventy-five percent of the territory is covered with water, making up approximately 224500000 square miles (581,452,330.7 km²).
- Movies: A Day at the Races, starring the Marx Brothers; Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs
- Popular sport: Baseball (New York Yankees defeat New York Giants for the professional championship)
- Radio broadcasts: Notable performers include Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy, Jack Benny, Bob Hope
- Notable books published: The Hobbit by J. R. R. TolkienJ. R. R. TolkienJohn Ronald Reuel Tolkien, CBE was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor, best known as the author of the classic high fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion.Tolkien was Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Pembroke College,...
; And to Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street, the first book by Dr. SeussDr. SeussTheodor Seuss Geisel was an American writer, poet, and cartoonist most widely known for his children's books written under the pen names Dr. Seuss, Theo LeSieg and, in one case, Rosetta Stone.... - Notable events: Destruction of the airship Hindenburg (event captured and broadcast as the first coast-to-coast radio broadcast). Amelia Earhart, female aviator, disappears while attempting to fly around the world. Opening of the Golden Gate Bridge. First cartoon starring Daffy DuckDaffy DuckDaffy Duck is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons, often running the gamut between being the best friend and sometimes arch-rival of Bugs Bunny...
- Time measured in: minutes, seconds, and hours
- President of the United States: Franklin D. RooseveltFranklin D. RooseveltFranklin Delano Roosevelt , also known by his initials, FDR, was the 32nd President of the United States and a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic crisis and world war...
- Notable Inventions: ballpoint pen, photocopier, nylon, cellophane tape, first jet engine, electric digital calculator, Forge
Characters from First Earth
See Characters in "The Never War"Ibara
Ibara is the focus of the eighth book in the series, The Pilgrims of Rayne, and is a single, tropical island as well as its own territory on the world of Veelox, set 300 years in the future from the Veelox depicted in The Reality BugThe Reality Bug
The Reality Bug is the fourth book in the Pendragon series by D. J. MacHale. The world is all about peoples' imaginations. People create their own fantasy worlds and live inside their dreams...
. However, Ibara is an island separated from Rubic City by an ocean. Some people escape from Lifelight to Ibara, led by Aja Killian, the traveler of Veelox. In Book 8, Aja Killian is said to be a hero, but is killed by a Flighter assassin. The new traveler revealed is named Siry, and is the son of Jen Remudi. Siry is a delinquent and he has a band of kids he calls the Jakills, derived from Aja Killian (aJA KILLian).
A Traveler of Ibara, Remudi, was killed by Saint Dane on Quillan. Nevva Winter, the Traveler of Quillan, tricked Remudi to enter the Quillan Games because Nevva wanted to use Remudi as a bait to let Bobby Pendragon compete in the Grand X, the Quillan Olympics. Nevva was on Saint Dane's side all along and her plot caused the death of Jen Remudi.
Ibara is a territory mixing old and new; people live in primitive huts, use blowguns (which double as clubs) for weapons, and simplistic clothing. However, there is some technology present, such as the lighting system, the auto-defense guns, and some of the medicine. The Quigs here are killer bees that glow yellow. Unique things to this territory include the Flighters, savages who are the evolved forms of the people who refused to shun Lifelight (Thus their name, (li)Flighters). They also have a festival called the Festival of Zelin, thought to be a changed form of Zetlin. The turning point on Ibara is when the people there attempt to once again colonize the rest of Veelox, though fail when the Flighters, given weapons by Saint Dane, destroy the ships.
In that sense, Ibara is considered a failure for Bobby and a victory for Saint Dane. However, after the destruction of the pilgrimage by the Flighters, Saint Dane led an army of dados to destroy the rest of the people. This battle was won by the Ibarans, so perhaps the pilgrimage can be attempted once more; the territory is thus often referred to as a "draw".
Towards the end of The Pilgrims of Rayne, Bobby destroys the flume on Ibara, cutting Ibara off from the rest of Halla
Halla
Halla may refer to:*Anyang Halla a professional hockey team in the Asian League Ice Hockey*MS Halla a ro-ro ferry in service with Seaboard during 1987*Halla , a show jumping horse that won a record three Olympic gold medals...
.
As of Raven Rise
Raven Rise
Raven Rise is the title of the ninth book in The Pendragon Adventure by D.J. MacHale. It was released on May 20, 2008.-Synopsis:The book begins with separate narratives focusing on Patrick Mac and Alder, the Travelers of Third Earth and Denduron respectively. It follows the changes in their home...
, the flume in Rubic City has been unearthed only to be re-sealed by a fallen subway train.
Traveler
The traveler on Ibara is Siry Remudi, son of Jen Remudi, the former Traveler of Ibara, killed by Saint Dane who disguised himself as the Challenger Green in the book The Quillian Games.Acolyte
Siry's best friend, Loque is the acolyte. He was injured and presumed dead after the Flighters shot out a huge window he was standing under.Quigs
The quigs on Ibara are bees and they sting Bobby multiple times when he first lands on Ibara. (Bobby was in a haze of pain at the event, Bobby said thousands as described in Journal #29.)Characters from Ibara
See Characters in "The Pilgrims of Rayne"Quillan
Quillan is one of the ten territories of Halla in the Pendragon series by D. J. MacHale. Bobby Pendragon visits Quillan in the seventh book, The Quillan GamesThe Quillan Games
The Quillan Games is the seventh book in D.J. Machale's Pendragon book series. The book takes place after The Rivers of Zadaa and was released on May 16, 2006 in Canada and the US...
.
Economics
According to Saint DaneSaint Dane
Saint Dane is a fictional character and the antagonist of the The Pendragon Adventure by D. J. MacHale. Although clearly a conscious entity, Saint Dane's complete identity and history remains a mystery for most of the series...
, Quillan was once very similar to the Earth territories, before a company called Blok was founded. Blok, because it sold and manufactured things as cheaply and quickly as possible, was able to sell for much less than its competitors. It therefore rapidly grew in popularity, slowly closing the other stores and manufacturers. By the time Bobby comes to Quillan, every aspect of the territory is controlled by the ten trustees of Blok, who have established total control over the people through a form of blackmail
Blackmail
In common usage, blackmail is a crime involving threats to reveal substantially true or false information about a person to the public, a family member, or associates unless a demand is met. It may be defined as coercion involving threats of physical harm, threat of criminal prosecution, or threats...
.
All the citizens of Quillan have been forced into large cities. Law
Law
Law is a system of rules and guidelines which are enforced through social institutions to govern behavior, wherever possible. It shapes politics, economics and society in numerous ways and serves as a social mediator of relations between people. Contract law regulates everything from buying a bus...
is kept on Quillan by robot
Robot
A robot is a mechanical or virtual intelligent agent that can perform tasks automatically or with guidance, typically by remote control. In practice a robot is usually an electro-mechanical machine that is guided by computer and electronic programming. Robots can be autonomous, semi-autonomous or...
s called dados, which are owned by Blok. Blok has concealed Quillan's history, leaving people with no memory of a happier lifestyle than that under which they live; withheld all but the most bare of essentials; and imposes fierce punishment on all those who do not enrichen it financially.
In order to make more money
Money
Money is any object or record that is generally accepted as payment for goods and services and repayment of debts in a given country or socio-economic context. The main functions of money are distinguished as: a medium of exchange; a unit of account; a store of value; and, occasionally in the past,...
, Blok hosts an attraction known as the Games, which are projected all over Quillan and hosted by two phaders from Veelox, Veego and LaBerge . Individuals called challengers are captured, color
Color
Color or colour is the visual perceptual property corresponding in humans to the categories called red, green, blue and others. Color derives from the spectrum of light interacting in the eye with the spectral sensitivities of the light receptors...
-coded, and forced to play against each other in a variety of dangerous games. Citizens of Quillan bet on these games in the hope of winning large rewards. Things that are used to bet are food, money, and in some cases, lives.
Most of the citizens of Quillan are passive, and have lost their will to fight back. However, there is a group of people called the revivers who are working to dethrone Blok and make Quillan the prosperous territory it once was. They have preserved a library
Library
In a traditional sense, a library is a large collection of books, and can refer to the place in which the collection is housed. Today, the term can refer to any collection, including digital sources, resources, and services...
/museum, known as "Mr. Pop", containing every aspect of Quillan's history before Blok seemingly destroyed it. Bobby and Nevva Winter were taken to Mr. Pop by the revivers, but Nevva betrays its location to Blok, who send an army of dados to destroy it.
Travelers
The Traveler of Quillan was a woman named Nevva Winter. Nevva was a servant to the trustees of Blok, but was also a high-ranking reviver. Nevva, disillusioned, eventually betrayed Mr. Pop to Blok in an alliance with Saint Dane. Nevva mentions how she will go to Ibara and become the Traveler there, as the original traveler of Ibara, Remudi, was killed earlier in the book in a Quillan game. However, she instead changes form into Telleo, who influences Bobby on Ibara in Pilgrims of Rayne and Raven RiseRaven Rise
Raven Rise is the title of the ninth book in The Pendragon Adventure by D.J. MacHale. It was released on May 20, 2008.-Synopsis:The book begins with separate narratives focusing on Patrick Mac and Alder, the Travelers of Third Earth and Denduron respectively. It follows the changes in their home...
.
Later, Bobby meets Nevva's mother, Elli Winter. Elli was confronted by Press Tilton and told of her and Nevva's destiny
Destiny
Destiny or fate refers to a predetermined course of events. It may be conceived as a predetermined future, whether in general or of an individual...
. Elli had trouble accepting the responsibility, and asked Press to go to her daughter and give the job to her. After Nevva left for Ibara, Elli decided to take on the responsibility of being a Traveler. Elli is now the Traveler from Quillan, and is grouped with the other Travelers, presumably preparing to face Saint Dane one last time.
Characters from Quillan
See also Characters in "The Quillan Games"Quigs
The quigs of Quillan are mechanical, dado-like spiders, whose computer skeletons resemble that of the Forge technology, created by Mark and Saint Dane(at the time disguised as Andy Mitchell), and the larger, humanoid security and service dados of Quillan.Plans with Ravinia
Blok represents Ravinia's "elite," those who will be privileged and raised up. This basically corresponds to the existing order of things on Quillan, as Blok already controls almost every aspect of life there. A demonstration of this is when Veego and LaBerge are rewarded with Ibara as their own personal island. Bobby meets them returning to Ibara in Raven Rise.Second Earth
Second Earth is a territory of Halla in the Pendragon Adventure series by D. J. MacHale. In the series, Second Earth is our EarthEarth
Earth is the third planet from the Sun, and the densest and fifth-largest of the eight planets in the Solar System. It is also the largest of the Solar System's four terrestrial planets...
in the present time.
Traveler
Press Tilton – Lead Traveler, killed in The Lost City of FaarThe Lost City of Faar
The Lost City of Faar is the second book in the Pendragon series by D. J. MacHale.People live on immense, floating cities called habitats and grow food on the sea floor and in their habitats. Different habitats do different things such as producing food, making products, etc. It's an idyllic world...
, which made Bobby Pendragon lead traveler. He reappears at the end of Raven Rise
Raven Rise
Raven Rise is the title of the ninth book in The Pendragon Adventure by D.J. MacHale. It was released on May 20, 2008.-Synopsis:The book begins with separate narratives focusing on Patrick Mac and Alder, the Travelers of Third Earth and Denduron respectively. It follows the changes in their home...
.
Bobby Pendragon – Lead Traveler of his generation, and successor to Press Tilton.
Alexander Naymeer – Traveler in Raven Rise after Bobby quit. Later killed by Bobby at the end of Raven Rise after he falls into the flume in Yankee Stadium. Was originally supposed to be Bobby's Traveler mentor until Press took over the job. After Bobby quit,Alexander was given Mark's ring in Raven Rise
Raven Rise
Raven Rise is the title of the ninth book in The Pendragon Adventure by D.J. MacHale. It was released on May 20, 2008.-Synopsis:The book begins with separate narratives focusing on Patrick Mac and Alder, the Travelers of Third Earth and Denduron respectively. It follows the changes in their home...
by Nevva Winter and, therefore, became the Traveler. Never traveled; saw Halla through Mark's ring.
Changes through the series
Mark Dimond's escape to First Earth, and his activities there, caused changes in historyHistory
History is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians...
and technology
Technology
Technology is the making, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization in order to solve a problem or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, machinery, and procedures. The word technology comes ;...
. His creation of the voice
Voice
Voice may refer to:* Human voice* Voice control or voice activation* Writer's voice* Voice acting* Voice vote* Voice message-In film:* Voice , a 2005 South Korean film* The Voice , a 2010 Turkish horror film directed by Ümit Ünal...
-activated, shape-changing, versatile substance known as Forge led to the creation of highly sophisticated tool
Tool
A tool is a device that can be used to produce an item or achieve a task, but that is not consumed in the process. Informally the word is also used to describe a procedure or process with a specific purpose. Tools that are used in particular fields or activities may have different designations such...
s, computer
Computer
A computer is a programmable machine designed to sequentially and automatically carry out a sequence of arithmetic or logical operations. The particular sequence of operations can be changed readily, allowing the computer to solve more than one kind of problem...
s, vehicles, and robot
Robot
A robot is a mechanical or virtual intelligent agent that can perform tasks automatically or with guidance, typically by remote control. In practice a robot is usually an electro-mechanical machine that is guided by computer and electronic programming. Robots can be autonomous, semi-autonomous or...
s. The presence of these altered history
History
History is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians...
on all three Earth territories, conflating it was that of Quillan
Quillan
Quillan is a commune in the Aude department in southern France.-Geography:Quillan is located at the foothills of the Pyrenees, on the road between Carcassonne and Perpignan....
. Hence, The Quillan Games
The Quillan Games
The Quillan Games is the seventh book in D.J. Machale's Pendragon book series. The book takes place after The Rivers of Zadaa and was released on May 16, 2006 in Canada and the US...
and The Pilgrims of Rayne both feature the robots called "dados", which are made with such technology as was developed by Mark, on the Earth territories, to which they are alien
Extraterrestrial life in popular culture
In popular cultures, "extraterrestrials" are life forms — especially intelligent life forms— that are of extraterrestrial origin .-Historical ideas:-Pre-modern:...
. The word "dado", in its Earthling usage, is an acronym of "Dimond Alpha Digital Organization". After Mark hands Nevva his Traveler ring, Ravinia comes into existence under Alexander Naymeer, the new Traveler of Second Earth. Second Earth's turning point is the Bronx Massacre, which also triggers The Convergence resulting both in Saint Dane's victory, for now. This has changed in Book 10 since all the Travelers and Press Tilton are alive,and ready to fight back.
Appearances
Merchant of Death – This story starts out on Second Earth.The Lost City of Faar
The Lost City of Faar
The Lost City of Faar is the second book in the Pendragon series by D. J. MacHale.People live on immense, floating cities called habitats and grow food on the sea floor and in their habitats. Different habitats do different things such as producing food, making products, etc. It's an idyllic world...
– Mark and Courtney read Bobby's journals on Second Earth.
The Never War
The Never War
The Never War is a book in the Pendragon series by D.J. MacHale. In this book, the main character, Robert "Bobby" Pendragon follows the antagonist, named Saint Dane, to a territory called First Earth, which is essentially Earth in the year 1937....
– Mark and Courtney read Bobby's journals on Second Earth. Later, Bobby spends time
Time
Time is a part of the measuring system used to sequence events, to compare the durations of events and the intervals between them, and to quantify rates of change such as the motions of objects....
on Second Earth, so as to recover from trauma experienced during the Hindenburg disaster
Hindenburg disaster
The Hindenburg disaster took place on Thursday, May 6, 1937, as the German passenger airship LZ 129 Hindenburg caught fire and was destroyed during its attempt to dock with its mooring mast at the Lakehurst Naval Air Station, which is located adjacent to the borough of Lakehurst, New Jersey...
.
The Reality Bug
The Reality Bug
The Reality Bug is the fourth book in the Pendragon series by D. J. MacHale. The world is all about peoples' imaginations. People create their own fantasy worlds and live inside their dreams...
– Mark and Courtney read Bobby's journals on Second Earth. Mark and Courtney make plans and later arrangements to become acolytes on Second Earth.
Black Water
Black Water (novel)
Black Water is the fifth book in the Pendragon series by D. J. MacHale. Four months after Mark and Courtney were faced with Saint Dane in the root cellar of the old house they find the 16th journal leading to Bobbys journey on Eelong...only the rules have been twisted around and changed.-Plot...
– Mark and Courtney read Bobby's journals on Second Earth. After realizing how to save Eelong, they leave for Cloral then join Bobby on Eelong. They are gone for a month, but return to find that only a half hour passed.
Rivers of Zadaa – Mark and Courtney read Bobby's journals on Second Earth. Mark is befriended by former school bully Andy Mitchell, an alter ego of Saint Dane, with whom he attends science
Science
Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
classes that are part of a special club. Courtney, emotion
Emotion
Emotion is a complex psychophysiological experience of an individual's state of mind as interacting with biochemical and environmental influences. In humans, emotion fundamentally involves "physiological arousal, expressive behaviors, and conscious experience." Emotion is associated with mood,...
ally shattered by her involvement in the death
Death
Death is the permanent termination of the biological functions that sustain a living organism. Phenomena which commonly bring about death include old age, predation, malnutrition, disease, and accidents or trauma resulting in terminal injury....
of the traveler Kasha, spends the summer at a special school. There she meets an attractive boy. He causes her to fall into a ravine and reveals himself to be Saint Dane.
The Quillan Games
The Quillan Games
The Quillan Games is the seventh book in D.J. Machale's Pendragon book series. The book takes place after The Rivers of Zadaa and was released on May 16, 2006 in Canada and the US...
– This story shows Courtney reading Bobby's journals on second earth, the death of Mark's parents, and Bobby showing up to find history changed and Mark gone.
Raven Rise
Raven Rise
Raven Rise is the title of the ninth book in The Pendragon Adventure by D.J. MacHale. It was released on May 20, 2008.-Synopsis:The book begins with separate narratives focusing on Patrick Mac and Alder, the Travelers of Third Earth and Denduron respectively. It follows the changes in their home...
– Saint Dane has targeted Second Earth and attempts and succeeds in creating a cult called Ravinia and establishing it as the dominant force in both Second Earth and all of Halla.
Setting
Third Earth is the greatly advanced Earth of the year 5010. It is peaceful (due to the righting of wrongs in the years following Second Earth) and cooperative (due to the increasing scarcity of natural resources) at the beginning of the series. At this time, people live underground, underwater, and in spaceSpace
Space is the boundless, three-dimensional extent in which objects and events occur and have relative position and direction. Physical space is often conceived in three linear dimensions, although modern physicists usually consider it, with time, to be part of a boundless four-dimensional continuum...
(on the moon
Moon
The Moon is Earth's only known natural satellite,There are a number of near-Earth asteroids including 3753 Cruithne that are co-orbital with Earth: their orbits bring them close to Earth for periods of time but then alter in the long term . These are quasi-satellites and not true moons. For more...
, Venus
Venus
Venus is the second planet from the Sun, orbiting it every 224.7 Earth days. The planet is named after Venus, the Roman goddess of love and beauty. After the Moon, it is the brightest natural object in the night sky, reaching an apparent magnitude of −4.6, bright enough to cast shadows...
, Mars
Mars
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun in the Solar System. The planet is named after the Roman god of war, Mars. It is often described as the "Red Planet", as the iron oxide prevalent on its surface gives it a reddish appearance...
, and two of Jupiter
Jupiter
Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest planet within the Solar System. It is a gas giant with mass one-thousandth that of the Sun but is two and a half times the mass of all the other planets in our Solar System combined. Jupiter is classified as a gas giant along with Saturn,...
's moons
Jupiter's natural satellites
Jupiter has 64 confirmed moons, giving it the largest retinue of moons with "reasonably secure" orbits of any planet in the Solar System. The most massive of them, the four Galilean moons, were discovered in 1610 by Galileo Galilei and were the first objects found to orbit a body that was neither...
). Bobby Pendragon describes its farms and pastures as consisting mostly of pine
Pine
Pines are trees in the genus Pinus ,in the family Pinaceae. They make up the monotypic subfamily Pinoideae. There are about 115 species of pine, although different authorities accept between 105 and 125 species.-Etymology:...
tree
Tree
A tree is a perennial woody plant. It is most often defined as a woody plant that has many secondary branches supported clear of the ground on a single main stem or trunk with clear apical dominance. A minimum height specification at maturity is cited by some authors, varying from 3 m to...
s. At present in the series, however, due to the rise of Ravinia, the utopia
Utopia
Utopia is an ideal community or society possessing a perfect socio-politico-legal system. The word was imported from Greek by Sir Thomas More for his 1516 book Utopia, describing a fictional island in the Atlantic Ocean. The term has been used to describe both intentional communities that attempt...
n Third Earth has been erased. Instead, it has changed into a slummier version of Second Earth, with Ravinians still prowling the world preventing people from learning too much about the past. Among other things, gas-powered cars are still used, skyscrapers do not have the shiny silver covering described in earlier books, and the extensive computer system at the New York Public Library is gone, replaced by old-fashioned print books. Apparently, similar to other changes caused by Saint Dane, this shift simply happened: one day Patrick Mac, the Traveler from Third Earth, woke to find his futuristic, subterranean home to be aboveground, with the toppled Statue of Liberty outside of it. In The Soldiers of Halla
The Soldiers of Halla
The Soldiers of Halla is the tenth and final book in the Pendragon Adventure series by D. J. MacHale. It concludes the battle between the Travelers and Saint Dane. The title was revealed by D. J. MacHale on December 9, 2008, and was taken from a closing line in the preceding book, Raven Rise...
most of Third Earth is destroyed and in ruins except for the Ravinian Conclave.
Turning Point
Because Third Earth is linked to First and Second Earth everything that happens affects the future. When Mark creates an invention that he sells to the past Saint Dane uses this to affect Third Earth. In The Soldiers of HallaThe Soldiers of Halla
The Soldiers of Halla is the tenth and final book in the Pendragon Adventure series by D. J. MacHale. It concludes the battle between the Travelers and Saint Dane. The title was revealed by D. J. MacHale on December 9, 2008, and was taken from a closing line in the preceding book, Raven Rise...
the turning point is the overthrowing of the Ravinian Conclave. This is also the turning point for all of Halla.
Traveler
The first traveler was Em Stickler, but she was replaced Patrick Mac – A teacher and librarian on Third Earth.Technological advances
Some devices that Bobby listed in his journal are as follows:The Never War
- Monochromatic, doughnut-shaped shoes that change shapeShapeThe shape of an object located in some space is a geometrical description of the part of that space occupied by the object, as determined by its external boundary – abstracting from location and orientation in space, size, and other properties such as colour, content, and material...
to match the feet of the wearer (similar to the rebreather globeGlobeA globe is a three-dimensional scale model of Earth or other spheroid celestial body such as a planet, star, or moon...
s on Cloral). - Silver, squareSquare (geometry)In geometry, a square is a regular quadrilateral. This means that it has four equal sides and four equal angles...
cards, used for communication. Gunny used this to call for Patrick (Third Earth's Traveler). - Monorails that generate a quiet hum, suggesting that they are either floating or powered by an electrical charge.
- Underground malls (estimated to have about 50 stories) with such things as shops, restaurants and other luxury items one would find aboveground.
- Two-wheeled land scooters (similar to bicycles, based on a picture in The Guide to the Territories of HallaThe Guide to the Territories of HallaThe Guide to the Territories of Halla Vol.1 by D. J. MacHale is a book recapping the adventure . The book does not offer any new context relating to the story, and there are pictures of the first five territories in the Pendragon series...
). - All books have been replaced by computers, besides Green Eggs and HamGreen Eggs and HamGreen Eggs and Ham is a best-selling and critically acclaimed book by Dr. Seuss, first published on August 12, 1960. As of 2001, according to Publishers Weekly, it was the fourth-best-selling English-language children's book of all time....
, which is on display in the New York Public Library because "we voted, and it was everyone's favorite" Patrick describes the database as being a billion1000000000 (number)1,000,000,000 is the natural number following 999,999,999 and preceding 1,000,000,001.In scientific notation, it is written as 109....
times more powerful than modern-day (Second Earth) computers, containing large amounts of data on surfaces no larger than a grain of sandSandSand is a naturally occurring granular material composed of finely divided rock and mineral particles.The composition of sand is highly variable, depending on the local rock sources and conditions, but the most common constituent of sand in inland continental settings and non-tropical coastal...
.
The Pilgrims of Rayne
- All books replaced by computers, including Green Eggs and Ham, which has been taken off display, not voted for, or never written, due to the change in history.
- Normal medical procedures, at least to Third Earthians, are now administered by dados.
Plot
At the end of The Quillan GamesThe Quillan Games
The Quillan Games is the seventh book in D.J. Machale's Pendragon book series. The book takes place after The Rivers of Zadaa and was released on May 16, 2006 in Canada and the US...
, Bobby and Courtney go to the flume and travel to Third Earth – apparently to see what has become of it, since Second Earth has been changed so much; and to follow Mark, as he has flumed to First Earth with Saint Dane at the end of Book 7.
Veelox
Veelox is both a fictional territory and its own planet. Almost all the inhabitants are living in a computer program called Lifelight where they live out their own dreams in a virtual reality. Lifelight buildings are pyramid-shaped. The main food source is called gloid, and it is a nutritional substance of 12 different colors and flavors. The only vehicle mentioned is a car with 3 wheels. The main city mentioned is Rubic City, which slowly deteriorates because the citizens in Lifelight refuse to come back to reality and resurrect the dying city. After the Travelers lost Veelox and the world went back into Lifelight, the phaders did all they could to keep the grid up as long as possible. After the situation became critical, the phaders gave up and repopulated to Ibara.The island of Ibara allows for a growing, peaceful community on Veelox and its name is even given to a second territory that exists on the Veelox world, three hundred years after the original Veelox territory crumbles.
Acolyte
Evangeline, Aja's "aunt". She isn't Aja's biological aunt, but she is Aja's best friend.Veelox facts
- Territory Era: 45-226-9B
- Population: Approx. 100,000,000 (Number of people in LifeLight reaching 100,000,000)
- Number of LifeLight pyramids: 75,000
- Land Mass: Forty-seven continents. 24% of the territory is covered by water.
- Sociology: There are 212 sovereign countries, including: The Ibilik Federation (the largest and most powerful country), Kanda (including its capital and the book's setting, Rubic City), The Kingdom of See (smallest country, population of 651), The Principal of Deelix (technology center where phaders and vedders are trained)
- Currency: Rists (One Rist equals about 330 U.S. Dollars)
- Time measured in: Unets (One unet equals about one minute)
- Climate: Temperate throughout
- Foods: Twelve variants of gloid, a nutritional supplement
- Notable Events: None since LifeLight was invented
Quigs
Surprisingly, Veelox is quig-free. Saint Dane says that this is because he was already done with Veelox by the time Bobby arrived. It can be assumed that the quigs on Ibara, killer bees, would be the same on Veelox, as the quigs on First, Second, and Third Earth are all the same. In addition, Bobby faces the quigs from Denduron while inside Lifelight on Veelox because they are the quigs that he remembers and fears the most.Characters from Veelox
See Characters in "The Reality Bug"Zadaa
Zadaa appears to be a desert world. One of the main cities is called Xhaxhu and it is the home of the traveler LoorLoor
Loor is a warrior in D. J. MacHale's Pendragon series. She has appeared in seven novels so far , more than any other Traveler aside from the main characters: Bobby Pendragon, and Saint Dane.Loor is the Traveler from Zadaa, one of the ten territories...
and her acolyte Saangi. It is also the home of two tribes, the Rokador and Batu, and many different characters.
Quigs
The quigs on Zadaa are snakes. Alder kills one with his knife on his first trip to Zadaa, as does Spader.The two tribes
The Rokador is a light-skinned tribe that wear whiteWhite
White is a color, the perception of which is evoked by light that stimulates all three types of color sensitive cone cells in the human eye in nearly equal amounts and with high brightness compared to the surroundings. A white visual stimulation will be void of hue and grayness.White light can be...
clothing and live in underground cities that they tunneled out of the rock
Rock (geology)
In geology, rock or stone is a naturally occurring solid aggregate of minerals and/or mineraloids.The Earth's outer solid layer, the lithosphere, is made of rock. In general rocks are of three types, namely, igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic...
. To excavate further, they use Dygos; spherical vehicles having tank-like treads and large drill
Drill
A drill or drill motor is a tool fitted with a cutting tool attachment or driving tool attachment, usually a drill bit or driver bit, used for drilling holes in various materials or fastening various materials together with the use of fasteners. The attachment is gripped by a chuck at one end of...
bits protruding from the front. They control the water
Water
Water is a chemical substance with the chemical formula H2O. A water molecule contains one oxygen and two hydrogen atoms connected by covalent bonds. Water is a liquid at ambient conditions, but it often co-exists on Earth with its solid state, ice, and gaseous state . Water also exists in a...
supply in return for protection from the cannibal tribes of the desert
Desert
A desert is a landscape or region that receives an extremely low amount of precipitation, less than enough to support growth of most plants. Most deserts have an average annual precipitation of less than...
, and have more advanced technology than the Batu. They rarely came up to the surface and when they do they are careful not to be burned.
The Batu are a dark-skinned tribe, living on the surface of Zadaa. They live a simpler life than the Rokador, having no technological sophistication beyond the demands of necessity. The city
City
A city is a relatively large and permanent settlement. Although there is no agreement on how a city is distinguished from a town within general English language meanings, many cities have a particular administrative, legal, or historical status based on local law.For example, in the U.S...
of Xhaxhu is their capital. The Ghee are Batu warriors who maintain order around Xhaxhu during hard times. Loor
Loor
Loor is a warrior in D. J. MacHale's Pendragon series. She has appeared in seven novels so far , more than any other Traveler aside from the main characters: Bobby Pendragon, and Saint Dane.Loor is the Traveler from Zadaa, one of the ten territories...
stated that if Ghee reject their responsibility, they are sent off the labor camps in the desert or executed. Periodically, the Ghee maintain their considerable martial skills by competing in fierce tournaments. Their Rokador counterparts, with whom they often train, are the Tiggen guards, who wield electrified rods and steel
Steel
Steel is an alloy that consists mostly of iron and has a carbon content between 0.2% and 2.1% by weight, depending on the grade. Carbon is the most common alloying material for iron, but various other alloying elements are used, such as manganese, chromium, vanadium, and tungsten...
arrow
Arrow
An arrow is a shafted projectile that is shot with a bow. It predates recorded history and is common to most cultures.An arrow usually consists of a shaft with an arrowhead attached to the front end, with fletchings and a nock at the other.- History:...
s as opposed to the wood
Wood
Wood is a hard, fibrous tissue found in many trees. It has been used for hundreds of thousands of years for both fuel and as a construction material. It is an organic material, a natural composite of cellulose fibers embedded in a matrix of lignin which resists compression...
en clubs and staves of the Ghee.
The book's cover illustrators took cue from the books' texts, and the way characters' are described, and portray the Batu as having strictly Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
n features; the idea rather realistic in the manner of human (animal) characteristic naturally suiting climate and geological conditions.
In The Rivers of Zadaa
The Rivers of Zadaa
The Rivers of Zadaa is the sixth novel in the Pendragon series by D. J. MacHale.-Plot introduction:This story takes place mainly on a territory called Zadaa. There will be two main tribes here: The Rokador and the Batu. The Rokador live in tunnels underground and are fair-skinned, while the Batu...
, the Rokador nearly made war
War
War is a state of organized, armed, and often prolonged conflict carried on between states, nations, or other parties typified by extreme aggression, social disruption, and usually high mortality. War should be understood as an actual, intentional and widespread armed conflict between political...
on the Batu, fearing that as many Rokador had died of an epidemic disease
Disease
A disease is an abnormal condition affecting the body of an organism. It is often construed to be a medical condition associated with specific symptoms and signs. It may be caused by external factors, such as infectious disease, or it may be caused by internal dysfunctions, such as autoimmune...
the Batu might try to seize control of the water supply. After the caverns inplode and create a huge ocean in the desert, the Rokador relocate and interdepndence resumes.
Xhaxhu
Formerly, Xhaxhu was a peaceful city, disturbed infrequently. It was an oasisOasis
In geography, an oasis or cienega is an isolated area of vegetation in a desert, typically surrounding a spring or similar water source...
in the desert; one of a very few.
In The Rivers of Zadaa
The Rivers of Zadaa
The Rivers of Zadaa is the sixth novel in the Pendragon series by D. J. MacHale.-Plot introduction:This story takes place mainly on a territory called Zadaa. There will be two main tribes here: The Rokador and the Batu. The Rokador live in tunnels underground and are fair-skinned, while the Batu...
, the Rokador, fearing that the Batu will attack them in their disease-weakened state, withhold the water supply. This triggers a true campaign against them, which is averted when the water supply is released indiscriminately. Members of both tribes help each other survive, regardless of nationality, leading to a revival of mutual respect. The water supply becomes a river
River
A river is a natural watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, a lake, a sea, or another river. In a few cases, a river simply flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water. Small rivers may also be called by several other names, including...
, on whose opposing banks the tribes rebuild.
Plans with Ravinia
It is stated at the end of Raven RiseRaven Rise
Raven Rise is the title of the ninth book in The Pendragon Adventure by D.J. MacHale. It was released on May 20, 2008.-Synopsis:The book begins with separate narratives focusing on Patrick Mac and Alder, the Travelers of Third Earth and Denduron respectively. It follows the changes in their home...
that Ravinia has sent military tacticians to aid the Rokador in wiping out the Batu, which in time, would result in Zadaa's collapse. In The Soldiers of Halla
The Soldiers of Halla
The Soldiers of Halla is the tenth and final book in the Pendragon Adventure series by D. J. MacHale. It concludes the battle between the Travelers and Saint Dane. The title was revealed by D. J. MacHale on December 9, 2008, and was taken from a closing line in the preceding book, Raven Rise...
, all of the Batu either become slaves to the Rokador, or are imprisoned in Mooraj, a training camp.