Sartorias-deles

Sartorias-deles is the name of the fictitious world that is the setting for many of the books by Sherwood Smith. It is one of four inhabited planets in the Erhal system.^[1]

According to Smith, humans first arrived on Sartorias-deles through world gates untold millennia ago. Occasionally, still more humans arrive. However, in non-canon commentaries the author informs readers that most of the early human history on Sartorias-deles has been lost since the so-called Fall of Sartor approximately 4000 years before the events of the books such as Senrid.^[1] Smith does indeed appear to intend these humans be portrayed as having been Terrans prior to their immigration to the Erhal system. For example, in numerous references throughout the stories, they appear to have brought with them species such as domesticated animals and many foods such as coffee, rice, the tomato^[2] and concepts such as the seven-day week.^[3]

Smith's website indicates that the in the background story to the books, not all satellites of Erhal were inhabited by sentient life-forms prior to the arrival of humans; four of its six worlds have been colonized by humans or human-like beings.

Geography

• The "Southern Hemisphere" of Sartorias-deles is the setting for the Inda trilogy.^[4] The southern continent, called the Sartoran continent, reaches round almost 65% of the planet. There is another continent in the south, a long, smallish one called Toar. In the north are Sky Island (a misnomer used by the southerners whose storyline is being followed; Drael, which comes down to a point almost touching Sartor, carved away over millions of years by a powerful current half the year and Goerael.

Partial List of Nations

• Bren
• Chwahirsland (later called the Land of the Chwair)
• Colend
• Iasca Leror (later called Marloven Hess)
• Mearsies Heili
• Remalna
• Sarendan
• Sartor
• Vasande Leror
• Venn

Wren's World

Apparently Smith intends that Sartorias-deles be a separate world from the world the Wren books are set in.^[1][5] Smith has described Wren's world as a very simplified version of Sartorias-deles. It is "the 'publisher safe' version because YA 'rules' were very, very constrained in 1968, when [she] first wrote Wren." ^[6] While the true canon name of Wren's world is not known, it may also include -deles, considering that the word's definition is "a world with magic" . Additionally, if the assertion is correct that Samar Djur is the name of the main continent of Wren's world, then if the same naming convention is applied for multiple satellites of Erhal, Djurias-deles would be the name of Wren's world. On the other hand, with Djur being used in both Samar Djur and Sveran Djur^[7], Djur could simply mean "continent", or even "land of", much like -stan in Arabic. In such an eventuality, Samarias-deles would be a more likely candidate.

Geography

• Wren's World has three major continents, several subcontinents (too big to be islands) and numerous archipelagos.
• Wren lives on the continent Samar Djur (not to be confused with Sveran Djur^[7]), about which very little information is available.
• The Magic Council, which attempts to be a sort of moderator organization for magic schools across this world, is mentioned as being located on an eastern continent.

List of Known Nations in Samar Djur

The Wren-series books portray the politics of Wren's world as highly similar to that of Earth's Europe in the middle-ages, with the main exception being a much clearer division between good and evil motivations. Accordingly, the primary form of government on Wren's continent is monarchy, and the local nations in Samar Djur include:

• Eth-Lamrec
• Allat Los
• Siradayel
• Beshar
• Meldrith
• Senna Lirwan
• Brenes Marches
• Fil Gaien

Characters

Rhis

Queen Rhis ^[8] Rhis Day - is celebrated in her honor.^{[9] [10][11][12][13]}

1. ^ ^{a b c} Official Sherwood Smith Site: Writing: Sartorias-deles
2. ^ Wren to the Rescue, page 38, paragraph 7 (2004 Firebird edition)
3. ^ Inda Glossary
4. ^ Inda
5. ^ Wren's World
6. ^ athanarel: quotes
7. ^ ^{a b} Wren's Quest, pg. 62
8. ^ Wren's War, Chapter 12, paragraph 9.
9. ^ Wren's War, Chapter 25, paragraph 110.
10. ^ Wren's War, Chapter 26, paragraph 1.
11. ^ Wren's War, Chapter 26, paragraph 25.
12. ^ Wren's War, Chapter 26, paragraph 28.
13. ^ Wren's War, Chapter 26, paragraph 32.

Novels and Short Stories Set in Sartorias-deles

• Meliara, Shevraeth, and their children
  • A Stranger to Command (August 2008), prequel to Crown Duel telling the story of Shevraeth's training in Marloven Hess
  • Crown Duel (1997/1998), previously published in two parts as Crown Duel and Court Duel, issued in a single volume by Firebird Books in 2002
  • "Beauty" (2003) in Firebirds anthology
  • "Court Ship" (2009) in Firebirds Soaring anthology
• Inda Series
  • Inda (August 2006) DAW Books
  • The Fox (August 2007), sequel to Inda
  • The King's Shield (July 2008), third book in Inda series
  • Treason's Shore (July 2009), fourth and final book in Inda series
• Others
  • Summer Thunder (January 2007) in Coyote Wild, novella outtake from the unpublished Banner of the Damned
  • Senrid (May 2007) Norilana Books
  • The Trouble With Kings (Feb. 2008) Samhain Publishing
  • Once A Princess (April 2009) Samhain Publishing
  • Twice A Prince (May 2009) Samhain Publishing
  • Over the Sea: CJ's First Notebook (December 2007) Norilana publishing
  • Mearsies Heili Bounces Back: CJ's Second Notebook (December 2008) Norilana publishing

Footnotes

External links

• Sartorias-deles wiki
• Author Sherwood Smith's Homepage