Location from The Realm of the Elderlings by Robin Hobb
A Rain Wild city built in the canopy of enormous trees — where the Rain Wild Traders excavate Elderling ruins and the acid river below makes ground-level living impossible.
Trehaug exists in defiance of nature. The Rain Wild River is toxic — its waters dissolve wood and corrode metal, its mists cause the Rain Wild changes in anyone exposed too long. The city clings to the trees above the water line and thrives anyway, because the Elderling ruins beneath the river contain treasures worth the risk. The smell is damp, green, and faintly chemical. The light filters through a canopy so thick that the sky is always fragmented. Everything sways gently — platforms, bridges, homes — in a constant reminder that nothing here is anchored to solid ground. The Rain Wild Traders are a tough, insular community who take pride in living where others cannot.
An extraordinary city built entirely in the upper branches of massive trees along the Rain Wild River. Bridges of rope and wood connect platforms, houses, and marketplaces that hang above the toxic river and its perpetual mist. The architecture is organic, adapted to the trees rather than imposed on them. Below, the acidic river eats at everything, and the flooded Elderling ruins yield treasures to those brave enough to dive for them.
Also known as: Trehaug