Quillan (Pendragon series)
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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 Games.
[edit] Economics
According to Saint Dane, Quillan was once very similar to our world, 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 it's 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, which have made everything so expensive, people are in a constant struggle to make ends meet.
All the citizens of Quillan have been forced into large cities. The people wear silver bracelet-like tracking devices attached to their biceps, called loops. Law is kept on Quillan by robots called dados, which are entirely owned by Blok. In order to make more money, Blok hosts an attraction known as the Games, which are projected all over Quillan and hosted by twin phaders from Veelox, Veego and Laberge (pronounced la-bear-j). 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 a better life. 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 set Quillan back to the prosperous territory it once was. They have preserved a library, known as "Mr. Pop", containing every aspect of Quillan's history before Blok seemingly destroyed it. Mr. Pop is eventually destroyed by dados.
[edit] Travelers
The traveler of Quillan was a woman named Nevva Winter. Nevva was not only a virtual servant to the trustees of Blok, but was also a high-ranking reviver. Nevva, as it turned out, was the person who 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.
Later, Bobby meets Nevva's mother, Elli Winter. Elli was confronted by Press Tilton and told of her destiny. Elli had trouble accepting the responsibility, and had 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.
| Books in the Series: | ||||||||
| The Merchant of Death · The Lost City of Faar · The Never War · The Reality Bug · Black Water · The Rivers of Zadaa · The Quillan Games · The Pilgrims of Rayne (forthcoming) · The Guide to the Territories of Halla (Companion Book) | ||||||||
| Characters: | ||||||||
| Bobby Pendragon · Saint Dane · Loor · Alder (Pendragon series) · Vo Spader · Vincent "Gunny" Van Dyke · Patrick · Aja Killian · Kasha · Remudi · Nevva Winter · Elli Winter · Courtney Chetwynde · Mark Dimond | ||||||||
| Locations: | ||||||||
| Halla · Second Earth · Denduron · Cloral · First Earth · Veelox · Eelong · Zadaa · Quillan · Ibara · Third Earth | ||||||||
