Locations in The Order of the Stick
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This is a list of locations visited by The Order of the Stick in Rich Burlew's eponymous comic.
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[edit] Major Locations
[edit] Azure City
The location of Soon's Gate and birthplace of Miko Miyazaki, a paladin of the Sapphire Guild. Azure City is well-known to most characters, both good and bad (both Roy and Sabine mentioned having heard about it when told/asked about it by Miko/Nale). The Order is currently staying here while they prepare to head off to Girard's Gate the next day. The city is also Xykon's next target as the gate Xykon is after is situated here.
Places to Visit
- Sapphire Guard Palace: The large and imposing castle where Lord Shojo, current ruler of Azure City, lives. Shojo's throne room doubles as a courtroom when alleged criminals (such as the OotS) are brought here.
- Soon Kim's Gate: One of the legendary "Gates of The Snarl", built to hold in the mysterious monster named The Snarl. Xykon and Redcloak plan to attack Azure City to get to this gate.
[edit] Cliffport
The town of Cliffport is where Eugene Greenhilt's mentor, Fyron, lived before being killed by the then-living Xykon. The OotS later went there to save Roy's sister Julia after she had been captured by Nale.
Places to visit:
- Adventurers' Tavern: When Belkar was unable to kill Yokyok of the Linear Guild due to the former's Mark of Justice, he used a note tacked to the door of this place. Several adventurers were attracted by it and the "kobold menace" was quickly overwhelmed. Nale, Sabine, and Thog went here to plan their next moves, while Elan later went here to find some help getting back to Azure City.
- Warthog's School of Wizardry and Sorcery: A parody of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from the Harry Potter series. Students who aspire to become wizards (such as Julia and Pompey) or sorcerers attend this school. The principal is a human whose head, for some unexplained reason, resembles a that of a warthog. The Linear Guild visited here to find a replacement wizard after their previous one, Zz'dtri, had been dragged off by lawyers Mr. Jones and Mr. Rodriguez during the Guild's first battle with the Order.
- Cliffport Police Department Headquarters: This building is where the CPPD operate from. It also contains a jail, which currently houses Leeky Windstaff of the Linear Guild and once held Elan and Thog before they escaped. Usually not a place to visit of one's free will, but often visited to ask the CPPD's assistance in certain matters.
[edit] Redmountain Hills
Seen only briefly during Xykon, Redcloak, and the Monster in the Dark's stint here, the Redmountain Hills is a wide-open area that overlooks a fantastic view of an entire hobgoblin village. Redcloak was able to recruit the hobgoblins here to Xykon's cause after he (Redcloak) killed their alleged leader with a slay living spell.
Places to visit:
- Dungeon of Dorukan: The first dungeon visited by the Order of the Stick. The wizard Dorukan had a gate located here, until Elan inadvertantly blew up the dungeon after the Order defeated Xykon.
- Xykon's Stronghold: Also called his "summer home" by Xykon, it is where the lich often stays to plot his newest scheme for ultimate power. When Xykon, Redcloak, and the MitD visited, the Stronghold had been taken over by Good-aligned creatures, all of whom met their end when faced with Redcloak's hobgoblin army.
[edit] Minor Locations
[edit] Somewhere
The only location of note here is the Weary Travelers Inn, which the Order visited to rest after being captured by Miko. The region is literally located "somewhere", the region of Somewhere is one of several locations whose names easily confuse visitors: Somewhere, Anywhere, Nowhere, and Someplace Else. The strip uses these in a variation of the famous "Who's on First?" routine. In his confusion Roy stated (since the inn obviously had issues with royalty) that he was the "king of nowhere at all," which led to the inn management immediately welcoming him as the King of Nowhere. Roy did nothing to dispel the illusion, recieving complimentary treatment at the inn. The inn was accidentally destroyed by the dwarf assassin "Kaboom" Redaxe and his unnamed Shadowdancer partner, ending Roy's masquerade as king and also resulting in the loss of the Order's treasure (an event which culminated in Haley Starshine, the team's rogue, losing her voice).
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| Characters: | Roy Greenhilt | Durkon Thundershield | Haley Starshine | Elan | Vaarsuvius | Belkar Bitterleaf | Xykon |
| Character lists: | General list | Linear Guild |
| Locations: | General list |
| Miscellaneous: | Haley's pseudo-language |
