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'''Paranor''' is a fictional mountain in [[Terry Brooks]]' [[Shannara]] series.
== History ==
Paranor was first constructed by builders from all the Races to house the [[Shannara Druids#The First Druid Council|First Druid Council]], under the leadership of the [[Elves (Shannara)|Elf]] Druid [[Shannara Druids#Galaphile|Galaphile]]. At the summit of Paranor is the Druid's Keep, the castle that serves as home and central hub for all [[Shannara Druids|Druids]] since the First Council. The Druid's Keep is sometimes referred to as Paranor because it sits atop the mountain.
== Role in the Novels ==
In the ''[[First King of Shannara]]'', Paranor is attacked by the evil forces of the [[Warlock Lord]], including rebel Druids loyal to him. The Druid order is destroyed except for [[Bremen (Shannara)|Bremen]], [[Shannara Druids#Tay Trefenwyd|Tay Trefenwyd]], and [[Minor Dwarves in Shannara#Risca|Risca]]. At the end of ''First King of Shannara'', the newly created ''[[Shannara artifacts#The Sword of Shannara|Sword of Shannara]]'' is placed here in a block of Tre-Stone by the son of [[Jerle Shannara]] following his death.
After the fall of Paranor to evil forces, [[Allanon]] returns to the location on more than one occasion in order to obtain certain knowledges. At one point, Allanon and a party led by himself traveled there to get the Sword of Shannara, only to fall into a trap which was set by the Warlock Lord.
At one point Allanon removes Paranor from the [[Four Lands]] in order to protect it from evil forces. Several [[Mord Wraiths]] and their [[Shannara creatures#Gnomes|Gnome]] guards are trapped and die there. No one sees Paranor again for 500 years until [[Walker Boh]] uses the [[Shannara artifacts#The Black Elfstone|Black Elfstone]] to bring it back.
== See also ==
*[[Shannara Druids#History of the Druids|History of the Druids]]
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