Locations

This is a list of relevant locations to the story of The Case of the Golden Idol.

## Albion

Albion is a fictional stand-in for England and where nearly all of the base game takes place. The language of Albion is called Albion. Albion is implied to have a collection of distant colonies reminiscent of Colonial America.

### Blackfield Manor

The Blackfield Manor is a small manor in the city of Blackfield that is passed through the Cloudsley family via inheritance throughout the game. In its first appearance it is owned by Sebastian Cloudsley, who bequeaths it to Rose Cubert in his will and testament. The manor is passed to Edmund Cloudsley after the death of Rose, then to Peter Battley when Edmund fakes his death. Two known deaths occur in the manor: Sebastian Cloudsley, who dies of a head wound, and Lazarus Herst, who is blasted with a cannon by Peter Battley.

### Little Mermaid Inn

The Little Mermaid Inn is a bar and inn on the east side of Albion, run by Oscar Boyton. It is where David Gorran stole the Golden Idol from Willard Wright, leaving it in Edmund Cloudsley's possession until the very end of the story. Additionally, it is where Walter Keene ordered Edmund Cloudsley to visit to confirm his identity to Ada Baker, who would then reveal Walter's residence at the Cloudsley Cabin so that Edmund could return Walter's lost years.

### Cloudsley Cabin

The Cloudsley Cabin is a cabin that Edmund Cloudsley and his servants secretly resided in during 1788 to hide from the Brotherhood of Masks. His location was discovered in November of that year by Walter Keene, who attempted to rob Edmund of the Golden Idol but instead was captured. The fake death of Edmund was said to be from an explosion caused by a laboratory accident in the Cloudsley Cabin during this robbery. It is also where Walter expected to meet Edmund to regain his lost years after the 42nd Order Party tribunal; Edmund instead sent David Gorran, who attempted to assassinate Walter, but ended up being killed himself.

### Order Party tribunal

The Order Party tribunal is a court where the Order Party held approximately 50 merit exactions during its reign over Albion. At least one death, that of Gideon Bell, is known to have occurred at the tribunal. The final cutscene of the base game shows the tribunal being defaced following the collapse of the Order Party.

## Aquitania

Aquitania (also Aquitan) is a fictional stand-in for France. The language of Aquitania is called Aquitanian.

There are two distinctly Aquitanian characters present in the story. The first is Claude d'Avreux, a member of the Seven Seas Company mentioned in In the Web of the Spider. The second is a pawnbroker present in the base game's final cutscene who buys the broken Golden Idol for 3 sou. Walter Keene also claims that he met Lazarus Herst while he was fleeing from authorities in Aquitania.

## Lemuria

Lemuria is a fictional stand-in for India and an ancient empire from which the Golden Idol is believed to have originated. Ancient Lemurians are implied to have known the full capabilities of the Golden Idol, shown by the modern-day Lemurian myth of the "fountain of youth". The empire collapsed for reasons that are unknown to Albions; the scope and location of modern-day Lemuria is never confirmed. The language of Lemuria is called Lemurian.

The only Lemurian present in the base game is Ergin Ptoo; however, The Spider of Lanka introduced three more Lemurian characters: Zubiri Kerra, Yupik Kerra and Arri Sukerra.

### Monkey Paw Island

Monkey Paw Island is an abandoned island that used to be part of the Lemurian empire. It is where the Golden Idol was left for presumably thousands of years before Oberon Geller coaxed its location out of Yupik Kerra and went on expedition to retrieve it. It was returned to Albion by Albert Cloudsley, who killed Oberon during the expedition.

The name of Monkey Paw Island is a clear allusion to The Monkey's Paw, symbolizing how Oberon's success in finding the Golden Idol led directly to both his own death and many years of political turmoil in Albion.

### Lanka

Lanka is an island that used to be part of the Lemurian empire; unlike Monkey Paw Island, Lanka developed a large population and rich culture following the collapse of Lemuria. The island is divided into three kingdoms: Vijaya, Gamini and Jaffna, whose respective capitals are Lankapur, Klusapur and Jambupur (also Jampupur). Oberon Geller used the arrival of Zubiri Kerra and Yupik Kerra to Gamini to learn the location of the Golden Idol.