Ever Realm

Ever Realm
Name	Ever Realm
Films	Sofia the First: Once Upon a Princess Elena and the Secret of Avalor
Shows	Sofia the First Elena of Avalor
Inspiration	Various fairytales and folklore
Alias	Sofia's world

The Ever Realm is a parallel world that is magical in nature, and contains medieval/fantasy elements as a part of its culture. It is the world that Sofia the First and Elena of Avalor take place, and it is shown in the former that it is also where all the Disney Princess kingdoms are despite not being officially stated in any of the movies.

Background

The Ever Realm is a fairytale-like realm. While similar to our planet Earth, its key characteristic is that magic constitutes a major role in the structure of the Ever Realm's civilizations and wildlife. All magic in the Ever Realm comes from the Mystic Isles. Most of the cultures of the Ever Realm are kingdoms governed by a monarchy; in addition, some kingdoms occupy the same area (such as the Tri-Kingdom Area between Enchancia, Khaldoun, and Wei-Ling) and have formed strong ties to the point that there are social festivities for celebrating the kingdoms' relations.

One of the realm's earliest civilizations included Maru, whose people practiced some of the most powerful forms of magic in the Ever Realm. They were also responsible for creating magical artifacts such as the Amulet of Avalor, the Scepter of Light, and the Codex Maru. One day, Maru vanished without a trace, and the Kingdom of Avalor rose in its place.

According to Admiral Hornpipe, there are seventeen seas.

Notable Locations

Main Domains

• Wildwing Valley - A forest valley that is a haven for enchanted beasts like flying horses.
• Misty Palisades - An island where all dragons and sea serpents of Enchancia reside.
• Hexley Hall - A distinguished school for sorcerers.
• Royal Preparatory Academy - A primary school for royalty run by Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather.
• Ophidan Island - An island that was once populated by a civilization known as the Ophindans.
• Princess Ivy's island - An island where Princess Ivy was banished to, before having that place as a kingdom of her own.
• Charmswell School for Royal Magic - A school for royalty where princes and princesses from across the Ever Realm continue their royal studies and also learn all types of magic.

Kingdoms

• Arendelle - The Norwegian-inspired kingdom from Frozen that is ruled by Anna, and formerly, Elsa.
• Avalor - A diverse kingdom ruled by Princess Elena.
  • Maru - An ancient kingdom that was home to the Maruvians, it is now the kingdom of Avalor.
  • Nueva Vista - An area within Avalor that was once ruled by Elena's cousin, Duke Cristóbal.
• Borrea - A kingdom whose ruled by Prince Roderick.
• Brazendell - A kingdom ruled by an unnamed king where many dragons live.
• Cariza - A kingdom ruled by King Joaquin and Queen Teresa.
• Cordoba - A kingdom ruled by King Juan Ramón.
• Corinthia - A kingdom that is ruled by Princess Clio's parents.
• Enchancia - A medieval kingdom ruled by King Roland II. It is home to Sofia and her family.
  • Ramblingham - is an area within Enchancia that is taken care of by Lord Gilbert and his daughter Lady Joy.
• Freezenburg - An cold icy kingdom ruled by King Henrik.
• Galdiz - Is ruled by an unnamed ruler but is based after the country of Spain.
• Hakalo - An island paradise ruled by King Kamea and Queen Halia.
• Isleworth - A kingdom ruled by King Philip and Queen Everly, and home to Princess Charlotte.
• Khaldoun - A country that is ruled by Queen Anya and her family Prince Khalid, Princess Maya, and Princess Leena.
• Maarswik – A kingdom ruled by King Lars.
• Merroway Cove - An underwater kingdom home to the Merpeople, ruled by Queen Emmaline.
• Napurna – An Indian-inspired kingdom ruled by King Raja.
• Norberg - A kingdom that is ruled by Queen Abigail, and the former home of Naomi Turner's parents.
• Paraíso - A kingdom that Princess Valentina is from.
• Rudistan - A kingdom ruled by King Magnus.
• Satu - An oriental kingdom near Avalor ruled by King Toshi.
• Tangu - A desert kingdom ruled by King Habib and Queen Farnaz.
• Trufflandia - French based Kingdom that Collette is from.
• Wei-Ling - A Chinese kingdom ruled by Emperor Quon. It is notably one of the few kingdoms that is ruled by an Imperial monarchy.
• Zumaria - A kingdom that is ruled by King Marcus and Queen Cecily, their daughter is Princess Vivian.

Sub-domains

These are realms that have a close relationship to the Ever Realm but are only accessible by certain means. Unique races are shown to occupy these worlds.

• Elvenmoor - The land of the elves. It is hidden away from the human world and is full of imaginative wonders. A special passage to the realm exists inside of a particular tree.
• Mystic Isles - The land of magic. It is not only the Ever Realm's magic reservoir but is also the home to different magical creatures and objects.
• Vallestrella - The home realm of the Jaquins.
• Spirit World - Home to all spirits, the Spirit World is one huge colorful tree, where each branch represents all different types of spirits. It is often referred to as the "Spirit Tree".

Trivia

• The Ever Realm is slated to have 140 kingdoms. However, according to Princess Hildegard, there are 138 kingdoms.
  • At the time of Hildegard's statement, the kingdoms of Hakalo and Merroway Cove were considered legends.
• The Ever Realm is moving at the same time as the real world, despite the medieval infrastructure.
• The Ever Realm is home to, or visited by, several of Disney characters, most strikingly Merlin and Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather, magic-users depicted in Sofia the First as inhabitants of the Ever Realm, yet who were able to visit England in various time periods in the Disney classics. It is unclear if they are alternative versions, or if they had crossed over from the Ever Realm to Earth in the Disney feature films.
  • It is implied by Winter and the powers of the Amulet that the princesses also come from this realm, though Cinderella's statement suggests that not all of them may come from the Ever Realm since the Amulet can summon "all princesses that ever lived".
• In the case of the Disney Princesses, most of the ones summoned by the amulet were Ever Realm denizens from different decades. However, only those from fictional settings are from the Ever Realm; those who come from a specific real-life place (i.e. Tiana from New Orléans) are not (although Maldonia probably is in the Ever Realm). This is supported by Cinderella's statement that the amulet can summon "all princesses that ever lived", and is not necessarily limited to those in the Ever Realm. The statement that "all the Princesses from made-up kingdoms" are from the Ever Realm does, however, clash with the Earth-date of 1840 being given in Frozen Fever despite Arendelle being an imaginary kingdom.
• The closed captions keep alternating the spelling between including and omitting the space between "EverRealm" and "Ever Realm".
• Ever Realm is a nod to the phrase "Happily Ever After".

Locations
Enchancia | Trolls' Grotto | Royal Preparatory Academy | Tangu | Merroway Cove | Wei-Ling | Mystic Meadows | Wildwing Valley | The Secret Library | Elvenmoor | Hakalo | Freezenburg | Enchanted Animal Park‎‎ | Avalor | Dragon Hold | Maru | Hexley Hall | Misty Palisades | Mystic Isles | Ever Realm