To Catch A Rebel: Setting (and hotel visits)

Salutations and hello, I hope you've been well. This the year of the staycation, and I guess a lot of people have had a chance to explore the country or city that they live in. It's kind of nice to do the touristy things in your area. For me, it's staying in hotels. No really, I think I could make a book about the hotels I've stayed in Dublin. I've stayed in two during the last couple of weeks; The Clayton Hotel in Liffey Valley and the Clayton Hotel in Dublin Airport.

Both were really relaxing (even the sound of the airplanes landing) but my room in Liffey Valley was so weird.

Now onto the main part of this post; the setting of "To Catch a Rebel". It's set in an alternate version of Nigeria. Before it was meant to be dystopian of Nigeria far into the future but then I thought, why not just use Nigeria as a basis and tweak what was already there a little. So that was how the country of Xavia came to be.

It used to be one whole country, but after repeated disagreements between leaders in the past it was separated into two kingdoms; in the south Xavia, and in the north, Auja. Xavia is where the action takes place and is where Aria lives and is set to inherit after her father the king dies. At the start, she lives in a small, white-sanded village in the south called Sapele with her distant relatives.

The capital of Xavia is Beni (like the Beni Kingdom) and is where her parents live in the palace. It's a bustling city of red sand and old buildings; steeped in tradition.

Lagos in the west is the booming business capital of Xavia and the home of Aria's uncle and rival to the throne Prince Lucky and his family.

The eastern states near are where the rebels operate mostly, but their attacks go as fas as the northern border and even into Auja.

That's it for today's post. What do you think of Xavia? I'll write to you next week.