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"City of Illian" redirects here. For the country of Illian, see  [Illian (Country)].
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Pronunciation: IHL-lee-an 
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Map: There is a large map of Illian in [TWoTRPG|Guide], p. 272.

The city of Illian is the capital of [Illian|Illian (Country)]. It is a very large city known for its ports and tanneries; its harbor is the largest in the world. The heart of the city is the [Square of Tammaz] with the [King's Palace|Kings Palace] on one end and the [Great Hall of the Council] on the other. The Maredo Causeway leads north from the city and divides into the [Gold Road] which leads to [Far Madding] and another major road that leads to [Tear|Tear (City)]. The port area, known as the Perfumed Quarter because of its foul odor, is connected to the rest of the city by the Bridge of Flowers.

Illian is a pretty city with buildings mainly of pale dressed stone. There are as many canals as streets.

! Stores, Inns, Manor Houses

* [Square of Tammaz]
* [King's Palace|Kings Palace]
* [Great Hall of the Council]
* [Easing the Badger] Inn
* [Silver Dolphin] Inn

! Residents

* [Bili]
* Lord [Gregorin Panar den Lushenos]
* [Nieda Sidoro]

! References (Possible Spoilers)

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# In [The Eye of the World]
## [TEotW,Ch15] - [Thom|Thom Merrilin] tells [Rand|Rand alThor] and [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] that young men from Illian hunt the [Horn|Horn of Valere].
## [TEotW,Ch26] - Illian celebrates the [Feast of Sefan|Calendar] in the spring with a contest for the best telling of The [Great Hunt of the Horn|Horn of Valere].
## [TEotW,Ch36] - The [Ogier] grove in Illian is now the King's park.
## [TEotW,Ch53] - [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] asks Lord [Agelmar|Agelmar Jagad] for an escort to take the [Horn of Valere] to Illian.
# In [The Great Hunt]
## [TGH,Ch4] - The [Great Hunt of the Horn|Horn of Valere] has been called in Illian.
## [TGH,Ch5] - [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] and [Siuan|Siuan Sanche] plan to send [Rand|Rand alThor] to the Council of Nine in Illian with the [Horn of Valere].
## [TGH,Ch9] - The Bridge of Flowers connects the rest of the city with the port district known facetiously as the Perfumed Quarter.
## [TGH,Ch9] - [Bayle Domon] gets an offer.
# In [The Dragon Reborn]
## [TDR,Ch35] - [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred], [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran], [Perrin|Perrin Aybara], [Loial] and [Faile|Zarine Bashere] catch a riverboat from [Remen] to Illian.
## [TDR,Ch36] - One of the [Darkfriends] that [Ba'alzamon|Ishamael] interviews is from Illian. He wears red and gold.
## [TDR,Ch41] - [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred], [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran], [Perrin|Perrin Aybara], [Loial] and [Faile|Zarine Bashere] arrive at the city of Illian.
## [TDR,Ch42] - The Bridge of Flowers connects the rest of the city to the Perfumed Quarter.
## [TDR,Ch42] - [Ogier] from [Stedding Shangtai] built part of Illian. Stonemasons from [Stedding Shangtai] still visit Illian to do repair work.
## [TDR,Ch42] - [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred], [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran], [Perrin|Perrin Aybara], [Loial] and [Faile|Zarine Bashere] ride through the city of Illian and arrive the an inn, [Easing the Badger].
## [TDR,Ch44] - [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred], [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran], [Perrin|Perrin Aybara], [Loial] and [Faile|Zarine Bashere] flee Illian on the Maredo Causeway when they discover that [Sammael] now rules in there.
# In [The Shadow Rising]
## [TSR,Ch47] - [Siuan|Siuan Sanche] receives a report that two [Aes Sedai] disappeared in Illian.
# In [The Fires of Heaven]
## [TFoH,Ch36] - [Valan Luca] was at the Great [Square of Tammaz] when the [Hunters of the Horn|Horn of Valere] took their oaths.
## [LoC,Prologue] - [Graendal] tells [Demandred] and the others that [Sammael] is too busy fortifying Illian to join them.
## [LoC,Ch6] - [Sammael] refuses to abandon Illian even if [Rand|Rand alThor] comes after him.
## [LoC,Ch20] - The [Ogier] built a [Waygate|Ways] at Illian during its construction.
## [LoC,Ch23] - [Graendal] visits [Sammael] in his private quarters in Illian.
## [LoC,Ch25] - [Gawyn|Gawyn Trakand] is surprised to find [Egwene|Egwene alVere] in [Cairhien|Cairhien (City)]. He thought she was in Illian.
# In [The Path of Daggers]
## [TPoD,Ch20] - On their way to [Caemlyn], [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] and her party hear a rumor that [Rand|Rand alThor] is now king of Illian.
## [TPoD,Ch21] - Illian is easily as large as [Caemlyn] or [Cairhien|Cairhien (City)]. It is a city of brightly colored roof tiles with hundreds of towers. The Causeway of the Northern Star runs arrow straight through the surrounding marsh.
# In [Crossroads of Twilight]
## [CoT,Ch12] - [Zaida|Zaida din Parede Blackwing] must leave [Caemlyn] immediately for Illian where there will be a conclave to select a new [Mistress of the Ships|Sea Folk].
# In [Knife of Dreams]
## [KoD,Ch20] - [Rand|Rand alThor] sealed the [Waygates|Ways] at [Caemlyn], [Cairhien|Cairhien (City)], Illian and [Tear|Tear (City)]. He put a deadly trap on the open one at [Fal Dara] but he could not find the [Waygate|Ways] at [Far Madding].
## [KoD,Ch22] - Illian's harbor is the largest in the world.
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