Today we've come up with a few places mentioned in our favourite of novels. All readers have this wish fulfilment of teleporting to these magical, thrilling destinations to live and experience what our characters feel. While wandering through these corridors nostalgic character & events flood our memory and will make us want to go back to these books (pick them up if you haven't).
1. Hogwarts lake
Well, who doesn’t know about Harry Potter and the arrival of first years into Hogwarts. One important part of this journey from King’s Cross Railway station to the school was the Great Lake or the Black Lake. Yes I know you all have gone into nostalgia of Harry Potter and the Sorceror’s Stone, let me escort you to a deeper dive into the lake. A first year and a seventh year, both would sail through the lake, one to live a life in Hogwarts and the other looking back at a life lived at Hogwarts. It was also the gateway for the Durmstrangs, showing a link to the outside world. One imagines vividly by The Great Lake, forests of tangled black weed, wide plains of mud littered with dull, glimmering stones, cold waters giving an eerie feeling as it is abode to all kinds of creatures one can imagine, giant squid, merpeople, selkies, grindylows and an island of bowtruckles.
2. Shadow market
Assemble shopaholicsss…!!! For all the people who love shopping for uncanny things, this is the place for you. Cassandra Clare, in her Shadowhunter novels, has described it numerous times as a place for “dark bargains, magical objects, whisper secrets”. Her characters frequent this place a lot (even though it's forbidden for some) for clues and trails and investigation. If you have “the sight” you’ll notice it right away. Immediately taken over by the hustle bustle, “discounts on love potions, restricted history scripts, silver protection charms” will buzz your ears. Merfolks, warlocks, faeries, werewolves are scattered all over & you’re trying to save yourself from either getting pickpocketed or gulping down faerie fruit. You shove through all this and turn into corners of crystal chains, mystical globes & charming cloaks. And if you notice people winding up and the place getting quieter, its because some nephilim has entered the territory… an unwanted audience in the shadow market & your signal to find the EXIT !!!!
3. Ice Court
The military stronghold & royal residence of fjerdan nation in the Six of Crows duology by leigh bardugo. Not a place for everyone, but the architectural beauty is impeccable. If you notice it from above, there are concentric circles. The outermost wall is called ringwall, having 3 entry gates which lead to their respective sectors. You enter through the wolf head gar into the prison sector made of bullet proof glass and two staircases parting opposite in directions for men & women’s cellblocks. Now we come back out of the prison sector to move onto the next (because this is isolated area ) - embassy sector. You are completely taken over by the curved roofs, splashing fountains and ice willow trees. At the center stands a rotunda with a mosaic of wolves. you notice the glass bridge that spans over the ice moat ring and delivers you to the white island, which houses the royal palace, garden, ash tree & treasury. If you ever want to exit this island in an emergency, the other glass bridge connected with the druskelle sector stands at your rescue. Ur vision swarms with black stony walls and your neck arches backwards to gauge the massive pyramid shaped skylight and dining tables. There are training accommodations and kennels for wolves, the best (maybe) to build companions here.
4. Canterville Chase
The story Canterville Ghost filled with most beautiful humour and sarcasm by Oscar Wilde revolves around the Canterville Chase, a three hundred years old manor, haunted by Sir Simon de Canterville. This is a beautiful English Country House that the Otis family despite warning decide to live in. there is a large park where Mr. Otis occasionally allows bands of gypsies to camp and enjoys their company. it also features a pine tree forest and a churchyard or family cemetery. Upon entry one could see a blood stain of his murdered wife Eleanore, on the floor near the fireplace. Canterville Chase has suits of armor, stained-glass windows featuring family coats-of-arms, and a secret room with a skeleton in it, as one would expect an old English manor to be. A typical haunted manor, ain’t it?
Fictional places just came to life, didn’t they? All these places have been our safe haven and revisiting them makes so many memories flooding our imagination. We hope this was a safe and enjoyable journey for you all. You would still want more of such places, so stay tuned!
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