Auradon

―Mal in Descendants

***The United States of Auradon*** is the main location of the four movies in the Descendants franchise. Auradon is the united nation and the home to all the Heroes and Villains of the Disney universe.

The USA primarily came into existence twenty years before the first film, when King Beast forwent going on a honeymoon with his wife, Belle, as he wanted to united nineteen of the fairytale kingdoms. All the villains and sidekicks were then rounded up and left in the Isle of the Lost, many were revived to suffer a fate worse than death.

Life in Auradon soon changed after the King declared that magic would most likely be retired so the next generation of children would learn to rely on book knowledge and their talents instead of magic, Fairy Godmother was then placed for overseeing the use of magic in the USA, much to the discontent of the three good fairies as they wanted to use magic again as they could not perform mundane tasks without it.

## Places of Interest

**Isle of the Lost****Auradon Prep****Auradon City****Fairy Cottage****Evie's Cottage****Museum of Cultural History****Enchanted Lake**
## Inhabitants

* Beast
* Belle
* Ben
* Carlos De Vil
* Chad Charming
* Cinderella
* Coach Jenkins
* Doug
* Dude
* Evie
* Fa Mulan
* Fairy Godmother
* Jane
* Jay
* Li Shang
* Lonnie
* Mal
* Mr. Deley
* Prince Charming
* Queen Leah
* Snow White

*Descendants: Wicked World*
* Ally
* CJ Hook (formerly)
* Freddie Facilier
* Jordan
* Ruby, daughter of Rapunzel

*School of Secrets*
* Bashful, Jr.
* Sleepy, Jr.
* Unnamed daughter of Rapunzel
* Unnamed niece of Ariel (Possibly Arabella)
* Some unnamed great-nephew of Smee

*The Isle of the Lost: A Descendants Novel*
* Aziz
* Cogsworth
* Dalmatian Puppies
* Doc
* Dopey
* Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather
* Genie
* Grumpy
* Jaq and Gus
* Happy
* Lumiere
* Mary (one of Cinderella's mouse friends
* Mrs. Potts
* Perdita
* Pongo
* Sleepy
* Sneezy
* Bashful
* Archimedes
* Faylinn Chime, a fairy of the Great Oak in the Fairy Vale
* Gordon, son of Grumpy
* Hercules
	+ Herkie
* King Arthur
	+ Artie
* Lexi Rose, a fairy of the Great Oak in the Fairy Vale
* Mad Hatter
* Megara
* Merlin
* Mr. and Mrs. Darling
* Pinocchio
	+ Pin
* Tiger Lily
	+ Tiger Peony
* Roger Radcliffe
* The Grand Duke

*Rise of the Isle of the Lost*
* Arabella, niece of Ariel
* Li'l Shang, Mulan and Li Shang's son and Lonnie's older brother
* Charlie Wong, the elder of Stone City
* The Grand Vizier of Agrabah, the Sultan's nephew

*Descendants 2*
* Uma
* Aladdin
* Jasmine

*Escape from the Isle of the Lost: A Descendants Novel*
*Descendants 3*
* Dizzy Tremaine
* Celia Facilier
* Squeaky & Squirmy Smee

## Geography

According to The Isle of the Lost: A Descendants Novel, Agrabah is located in the east, not far from the Imperial City. Cinderella's Castle is located in the north, next door to a palace owned by Aurora and Prince Phillip. Corona is located in the south where one could spy their floating lanterns from afar, near the coast where Ariel and Prince Eric had formed an under-and-over-the-sea royal residence at Seaside. Castle Beast, the grandest castle in the kingdom, is located in the center.

Citations from Isle of the Lost novel:

* "Meanwhile, across the Sea of Serenity, which separated the Isle of the Lost from the rest of the world, lay the USA—the United States of Auradon, a land of peace and enchantment, prosperity and delight, which encompassed all the good kingdoms. To the east lay the colorful domes of the Sultan's seat, where Aladdin and Jasmine lived, not far from where Mulan and Li Shang guarded the imperial palace. To the north was Charming Castle, owned by Cinderella and her king, next door to “Honeymoon Cottage,” the forty-bedroom palace that Aurora and Phillip called home. And to the south, one could spy the lanterns of Rapunzel and Eugene Fitzherbert's divine domicile, near the spot on the coast where Ariel and Eric had made their under-and-over-the-sea royal residence at Seaside. But right in the center was the grandest castle in all of Auradon, with lavish turrets and balconies, its highest towers flying the proud blue-and-gold banner of the good old USA."
* "This was all fitting, of course, because this was Castle Beast, home of King Beast and Queen Belle, the seat of Auradon."

Citations from Return to the Isle of the Lost novel:

* "...all the good kingdoms, from Triton's Bay in the west to Neverland in the east, all the way to the mountain lands up north and Belle's harbor village down south ..."
* "Camelot Heights was located in the northern part of the kingdom, and the city of Camelot was in its center, flanked by Sherwood Forest on one side and Eden on the other."
* "The journey from Auradon City was a long one, taking them up to Summerlands and past Snow White's castle, where they would stop for the night before making their way into the Enchanted Wood, then across the river through acres of forest lands, and finally into Camelot."
* "... lately there have been unseasonal hurricanes down by the Bayou, and giant sandstorms in Agrabah too."
* "... how Agrabah was its most beautiful kingdom, with the Sultan's Palace and its golden domes high up north, past the Great Wall."
* "down by Cinderellasburg" suggesting Cinderellasburg is located south of Charmington.
* "it snowed in Northern Wei, and hailed in Goodly Point"
* "Faraway Cove's pretty close to Charmington and Camelot is directly north of it as well"
* Sherwood Forest is six hours away from Auradon City.

## Events

* Annual Castlecoming Ball at Auradon Prep, a time for the former students to return and talk about "their days".
* The Annual Seaside Festival, a daylong celebration of merfolk life and the first in an all-kingdom "Celebration of Auradon" wherein every kingdom hosted the king with a plethora of festivities that showcased their unique culture.

## Trivia

* In the film, the bridge that Mal and Ben cross during their date was the Lynn Canyon Suspension Bridge, and the Enchanted Lake was the 30 Foot Pool.
* It seems the currency in Auradon is gold or some other coin, as Lonnie pays Mal "$50" with a bag of coins in *Descendants*. In *Descendants 3*, Ben pays Celia Facilier with a banknote and Jane pays Celia with gold and silver coins. Banknotes are seen in several wallets.
* The Auradon council consisted of Ben, Flounder, Ariel's sisters, the seven dwarves, Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather, Genie, the Dalmatians Pongo and Perdita, and the mice Mary, Jaq, and Gus. During council meetings, the members use magical communicators to translate the animals' languages.
* At one point in the narrative description of *The Isle of the Lost: A Descendants Novel*, it's pointed out "though everyone wasn't always happy in Auradon - it's not like this is Heaven, get a grip people! - they were content."
* Since Belle is elected queen, Auradon is probably an elective monarchy.
	+ Ironically, the most likely real-life counterpart would be the Vatican City.
	+ In *Descendants 2*, when Chad hears that Ben's been captured on the Isle, he suggests Beast and Belle's line could be replaced by another royal family if no more heirs are left.
* Camelot Heights did not accept technological advances like the rest of the kingdom. King Arthur was the reason for this, but why he did not want modern living conditions for his kingdom is never explained. Because of this, the kingdom remains in the state of the Middle Ages. Ben even pointed out that some deodorant would not kill them, as the kingdom smelled terrible.
* Ben mentions Auradon celebrates Fairy Godmother's Day, which honors fairy godmothers like the namesake one and Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather.