Location from Crescent City by Sarah J. Maas
The wolf shifter territory in Lunathion — a district that functions as much by pack law as city law, where hierarchy is everything and challenges are settled with teeth.
Moonwood operates on two overlapping legal systems: Lunathion city law and wolf pack law, and when they conflict, pack law usually wins. The air smells like pine, turned earth, and the faintly metallic tang of supernatural predators. At night, wolves patrol in shifted form, and the non-wolf residents (there are a few) learn quickly to stay indoors. The social atmosphere is intense — every interaction carries a dominance subtext, every meal has a seating order, and every new wolf who enters the territory is assessed within seconds. For wolves, it's home. For everyone else, it's uncomfortable in a way that's hard to articulate but impossible to ignore.
A greener district than most of Lunathion, with parks, training grounds, and low-rise buildings designed around pack living — communal spaces, large apartments for extended families, and open areas for shifting. The architecture is sturdy rather than elegant, built to withstand the wear of people who become wolves regularly. Howling carries on the night air during pack gatherings.
Also known as: Moonwood, Wolf Territory