Location from The Bridge Kingdom by Danielle L. Jensen
The northern kingdom — aggressive, ambitious, dependent on Ithicana's bridge for trade, and ruled by a king who decided the simplest solution was to take the bridge by force using his own daughter as the weapon.
Maridrina is the series' northern power — a kingdom whose economy depends on trade access through Ithicana's bridge and whose political culture resents that dependence. Under Silas Veliant, Maridrina's foreign policy is straightforward: seize the bridge, eliminate the middleman, and become the continent's dominant trade power. The kingdom's people are presented as genuine victims of Ithicana's trade monopoly — the tariffs are real, the economic strain is real, and Silas's propaganda about Ithicanian greed has a kernel of truth beneath the manipulation. This makes the political dynamics genuinely complex rather than simple good-versus-evil. Silas's reign has militarized Maridrinian culture and weaponized its resentment of Ithicana. The compound where he raised his daughters as spies is the most extreme expression of a kingdom that has organized itself around a single strategic objective: controlling the bridge.
A northern continental kingdom — arid and resource-strained compared to the trade-rich south. The capital reflects Silas's reign: imposing, militaristic, and organized around the projection of power. The compound where Lara and her sisters were raised is separate, isolated, and designed for training rather than living.
Also known as: Maridrina, The Northern Kingdom