Britain, c. 757–796 CE
The world of the cursed line of Dál Riata. The saga begins three centuries earlier — with a curse, an exile, and a home wrested from the wild — but this is the land where it ends: kingdoms hardening, sacred groves falling, and the advancing line of crown and cross that will force the bloodline to its final war.
The Sacred Oak Grove & the Ruin
Near Eoforwic (York), within Dál Riata territory — older than Rome. Here stands the Antlered Throne, seat of the cursed kings and heart of the wolf-people's domain.
The Solstice Stones
The ancient druidic sanctuary of Eochaid's line — far from the wolves' hall, where the undying druids keep the stone alignment and the winter-solstice rite is held.
Offa's Realm
Under Offa, Mercia is ascendant. Forests fall for royal hunts and church estates. The old gods are outlawed, the old ways hunted. The red dashed line marks Offa's Dyke, built c. 775.
The Pack's Territory
The wolves are bound by geis to the wild north — the forests, the old Brythonic country, the lands the new Christian order is slowly closing around, axe by axe.