PandaBubs101 on Jan 7, 2017 wrote:

I am quite in depth with geography, and I have seemed to notice a pattern with the worlds...

Skull Island- probably just based off some pirate treasure island. But judging from the water moles it's probably somewhere tropical like Tahiti or Hawaii. A Polynesian island at best guess, yet narrowed down to the tropical ones.

Monquista- quite obviously Spain ( because of the accents )

Cool Ranch- America. The bisons are the natives and Santo Pollo is Mexico. Because Mexico is a part of America

Marleybone- UK. It has Irish and English accents. Not to mention the Big Ben and so many London landmarks on wizard101

Aquila- Ancient Greece. It has the same mythology and everything. Much like Avalon on wizard101 which is based on the author stories.

But here is something that really stumps me. Mexico used to be where the ancient Aztecs lived until Spain invaded. And we have plenty of Aztec ruins and destinations including el dorado. But shouldn't the ruins be in Santo Pollo if so? ( because it is based off Mexico ) also, instead of horses, shouldn't we have monkeys at Santo Pollo because they are ' Spanish '

Then again there is the reason that the Aztecs were somewhat near these tropical places like Skull Island. And that could very easily be what the case is.

Please let me know what you think ( esp. If you're a geography nerd such as myself )

PandaBubs101 on Jan 7, 2017 wrote:

I am quite in depth with geography, and I have seemed to notice a pattern with the worlds...

Skull Island- probably just based off some pirate treasure island. But judging from the water moles it's probably somewhere tropical like Tahiti or Hawaii. A Polynesian island at best guess, yet narrowed down to the tropical ones.

Monquista- quite obviously Spain ( because of the accents )

Cool Ranch- America. The bisons are the natives and Santo Pollo is Mexico. Because Mexico is a part of America

Marleybone- UK. It has Irish and English accents. Not to mention the Big Ben and so many London landmarks on wizard101

Aquila- Ancient Greece. It has the same mythology and everything. Much like Avalon on wizard101 which is based on the author stories.

But here is something that really stumps me. Mexico used to be where the ancient Aztecs lived until Spain invaded. And we have plenty of Aztec ruins and destinations including el dorado. But shouldn't the ruins be in Santo Pollo if so? ( because it is based off Mexico ) also, instead of horses, shouldn't we have monkeys at Santo Pollo because they are ' Spanish '

Then again there is the reason that the Aztecs were somewhat near these tropical places like Skull Island. And that could very easily be what the case is.

Please let me know what you think ( esp. If you're a geography nerd such as myself )

phoenixorix on Jan 10, 2017 wrote:

Valencia is also based off Spain as Valencia is a city there

winter goddess on Feb 3, 2017 wrote:

On the related note, if your curious why certain worlds have these different influences, it would be interesting to know some of my theories as to how they became the way they are now based on historical evidence.

Santa Pollo: In American History, a good proportion of the United States used to be own by Mexico. So Naturally when Cool Ranch was established, the residence there must have bought the Santa Pollo area from Monquistians who colonized there. But by the time that happened the Spanish influence remained strong.

Valencia/Wysteria => Aquilia: This is a crazy theory, but I based it upon game lore and facts. According to the lore, the earliest sea explorers of the spiral were Aquilians and Grizzleheim Vikings. I willing to bet based upon the architectural style that both Wysteria and Valencia display is because of those Vultures. They might have been a proud race until all of them were driven out of their homes. Half of them became pirates, the other half explored the spiral for a new home. I willing to bet that those vultures founded Valencia, and later Wysteria as a sister world. This Theory is only supportive of Valencia's history since the vultures have an Italian accent.

Albion: Again, referring back to the early explorers. In the past Vikings had founded Irland as one of their territories. The same can be said in-game. Vikings must have discovered Albion and planted their cultural roots there mixed with Celtic lore. This is supported by the Grizzleheim pet trainer who appears to be wearing a kilt.

....And there you have it (So far). There were other mentioned worlds we never heard of or I left out cause they meant nothing pirate wise. I hope my claims are accurate!

Helpful Aurora Par... on May 10, 2017 wrote:

Skull Island: I always thought it was just the Caribbeans, but I noticed there's a dash of Oceania in there too (the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Australia).

Monquista: Definitely Spain.

Valencia: Definitely Renaissance Italy. Parodies are here with Florenza (Florence, Italy).

Cool Ranch: I was just thinking about this earlier before looking upon this post. Cool Ranch is western California during the Wild West (to make things easier for you, think of the Zorro [trumpet sounds] time in the Mask of Zorro [trumpet sounds] by Disney [trumpet sounds; yes, for Disney]) and parts of Mexico as well, as they were trying to keep California under their control, and America was trying to take California from them - in the nicest way possible, of course.

MooShu: MooShu is Asia; definitely a mix of China, Japan and Korea.

Marleybone: Of course it's England, silly! You can definitely tell by the inhabitants' accents, and of course the way it's set up. The parodies just keep on coming, don't they? The Big Ben and even Barkeley (Berkeley), Westminster and much, much more!

Aquila: Aquila's going to have to be ancient Greece. The way everything is themed looks definitely like Greece with maybe a dash of Italy. I used to think: "Italy? That's Valencia!" But when I noticed how the amphitheaters look, I can't help but notice Italy's fine architecture.

I'll post some more, but I'm running out of characters!

- The Dashing Swashbuckler, A.K.A. Helpful Aurora Parker, Level 61 Swashbuckler
- The Reckless Pirate, A.K.A. Brave Kiley, Level 26 Buccaneer
- The Leading Commodore, A.K.A. Nora, Level 12 Privateer
- The Lazy Sharpshooter, A.K.A. Destiny Galway, Level 9 Musketeer

EviTheEccentric on May 27, 2017 wrote:

I'm afraid I have little to add anything directly related, but I can give a theory somewhat related.

I think it's common knowledge at this point that Marleybone is thoroughly inspired by Victorian England. Around this time, Scotland was at its highest resentment for their conquerors. The Act of Proscription in 1746 is a well-known piece of British history in which the kilt was banned (I suppose this is a good time to mention I won't be giving any personal opinions; I'll keep my politics to m'self.). The reason behind it was that the Scottish, more specifically, Scots native to the Highlands, used it as a form of protest. This was among many attempts to eradicate any pride left in the Scottish by King George II.

Twenty-two years after his death in 1760, the act was repealed. This didn't mean the kilt was used again, though. Throughout the rest of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the Scottish were deeply afraid of wearing the kilt for fear of discrimination. Although there are no reported incidents of discrimination, the fear was still prominent. Victorian England, an era that lasted from 1837 to 1901, was part of this age of deep fear for showing pride.

Have you ever wondered why Ms. Bonnie Anne wears a kilt while few foxes in Marleybone do? Because she has nothing to fear; and she shouldn't have anything to fear. She lives on Skull Island now, a place where she can show her Albion pride all she wants. Perhaps this is the reason she's one of the few who wears one (if I recall, a few Radicals wear it as well). Hopefully this served either interesting or relevant to the topic at all!

Oh, and also, the tigers on The Isle of Fetch are very clearly KI's version of Bombay grenadiers. Again, I hope this proved interesting if not directly related!