Backlund

Type

city

Style

victorian

First appears

Book 2

Books

1

Backlund, the sprawling capital of the Loen Kingdom, emerges from the shadows of Volume 2 as a living, breathing metropolis whose fog-choked streets and towering Gothic spires conceal both the mundane and the supernatural. Across the series it transforms from a mere setting into a crucible of political upheaval, mystical convergence, and social revolution, its identity shifting as the tides of war, divine machinations, and the machinations of secret organizations sweep through its districts. The city’s evolution mirrors the protagonist’s own ascent, its fog gradually pierced by revelations that expose the rot beneath its aristocratic veneer.