Free Glades

Settlement info
Name	Freeglades
Location	In the Deepwoods, roughly one third of the way from the Twilight Woods to the Thorn Forests, north of the Silver Pastures and south of the Hundred Lakes
Population	Fourthlings, Spindlebugs, Oakelves, Woodtrolls, Slaughterers, several Goblin races, some other minority races
Time period	First Age of Flight, Second Age of Flight, Third Age of Flight
Appearances	The Last of the Sky Pirates, Freeglader, The Lost Barkscrolls, The Immortals
Governing body	Freeglades Council
Currency	None
Establishment	Founded by Maris Pallitax and Tweezel in the year 25 EY
Disestablishment	Became a district of the city of Great Glade in the Third Age of Flight

The Free Glades was a group of permanent settlements in the Deepwoods, which played a central role in the Rook trilogy. Known throughout the Edge as a beacon of hope, all of its residents were free citizens.

Rook Barkwater, Stob Lummus, Magda Burlix, and Xanth Filatine journeyed to the Free Glades in The Last of the Sky Pirates, and all of the Librarians relocated there in Freeglader.

Settlements and regions of the Free Glades

Settlements

• New Undertown
• Waif Glen
• Lake Landing
• Great Library
• Ironwood Glade
• Gardens of Light
• Lullabee Island
• Cloddertrog Caves
• Slaughterers' Camp
• Woodtroll Timberyards

Regions

• Northern Fringe
• Eastern Farmland
• Western Farmland

Lakes

• South Lake
• Great Lake
• North Lake

History

The Free Glades were founded by Maris Pallitax and Tweezel. They had been traveling with a group of children who Maris had taken care of, and stumbled upon the glades. At the time, the Free Glades were unsettled, with the exception of a colony of Spindlebugs below the Ironwood Glade. Tweezel persuaded them to allow settlements to be constructed, and the population of the Free Glades began to grow. As word spread about the glorious new region of freedom and opportunity, new tribes began to relocate to the Free Glades and establish settlements. The Librarians created an academy at the Great Lake, and the city of New Undertown was founded in the north. Eventually Woodtrolls, Cloddertrogs, Gyle Goblins, and Slaughterers established permanent settlements in the Free Glades, and when Undertown was destroyed by the Dark Maelstrom, the citizens of the once-great city relocated to the Free Glades. Hemuel Spume attempted to enslave the entire region with massive machines called Glade-Eaters, but his attack failed.

Features

The most attractive feature of the Free Glades was that everything was free. However, during the Third Age of Flight, it appears, though not stated, that the Free Glades, like the rest of Great Glade has begun to charge merchandise with gladers.

Far Future

500 years into the Third Age of Flight, the Free Glades expanded massively into a city known as Great Glade. The original Free Glades acted as one of the twelve districts of this huge city.