Reino Da Serra

Kingdom of Erechim, in the book, is a gaucho kingdom located at 870 meters of altitude in the gaucho mountain range, inside a forest, surrounded by mountains. An enchanted kingdom in the hills, surrounded by forests and mountains. Tapetagem.

In real life, Erechim is the name of a RS city on Brazil, that means "small camp" (campo pequeno, in portuguese).

Climate and vegetation: The climate of Kingdom is temperate highland subtropical, with warm to cool summers due this altitude. With 12 degress celcius in the average coldest month. Rainfall is abundant year around. Before the curse, sunny days were frequent both in summer and winter; but after curse, the atmosphere of the kingdom became gloomy, with cloudy weather and coller than normal the whole year. The average winter temperature remained the same, but the summer temperature dropped from about 20 degrees to 18. The kingdom, once sunny, mild and shining, had become somber, cool and gloomy. Because of this, the day of the curse is known as "the last day that the sun struck here" ("o ultimo dia em que o sol deu as caras por aqui")

The city is located in a forest biome of araucarias, the most abundant tree in the kingdom. So much that was denominated of "Araucária Kingdom of Tapetagem". Due to its subtropical climate, the city presents a peculiar mosaic that mixes the tropical flora typical of the Atlantic forest with species typical of temperate climate. In autumn, the latter color their leaves in the midst of the subtropical forest of araucarias. The city has a marked presence of both native vegetation and temperate species. Besides the native araucarias and podocarpus, one can observe many species of exotic conifers, like cypress, kaysuka, thuja, pine trees and exotic species of araucarias, etc. There are also several species of palm trees, both native, such as jerivá and butiá, as well as exotic, such as the canary's palm tree, among others.

Despite the presence of exotic plants in the city, afforestation was done almost entirely with native species, in addition to its use having taken place in all landscaping projects in the kingdom, in addition to banning invasive alien species that represent a threat to native biodiversity, under penalty of exile. this is due to the fact that King Lucius has a great appreciation for Brazilian flora and fauna. That thing that Queen Rosana no longer had so much, what led to such laws to leave force after the beginning of its reign. Not to mention the fact that it valued more foreign and chic species than native species itself.She prioritized the use of foreign species, considered as chic on the use of native species.

She had honeysuckle plants planted in the royal garden, an extremely invasive and aggressive plant to native flora. His concern was even with his luxuries and with aesthetics and ornamentation, not necessarily with the well-being of the kingdom, nature or the people who live in it.