Location from The Realm of the Elderlings by Robin Hobb
The Mountain Kingdom's capital — a city of elegant timber and stone where the Sacrifice rules, where Fitz was first poisoned by Regal's agents, and where Kettricken's story began.
Jhaampe is peaceful in a way that makes visitors from the Six Duchies nervous — they keep looking for the walls, the gates, the defensive positions, and finding instead gardens and open doors. The city smells of pine and mountain flowers, and the air has a clarity that makes colors sharper and sounds carry further. The hospitality is genuine and total, which is precisely what makes it dangerous for political visitors — it's hard to maintain court defenses when your hosts are being sincerely kind.
A city built into the mountain terrain with a graceful, organic architecture that uses local materials. Timber lodges and stone halls connected by covered walkways, surrounded by gardens that somehow bloom at altitude. The palace of the Sacrifice is not a fortress but a great hall, open and welcoming — a physical statement of the Mountain Kingdom's philosophy.
Also known as: Jhaampe