Adol Christin's travelogues are a series of books written by Adol Christin recording his adventures since age of 16. There are 100 books in all, each recording his adventures in various regions, countries, areas and islands at various times. He compiled his experiences and adventures from the information he had recorded in his journals.
On his travels, Adol Christin drew sketches of the people he met, the locations he visited and the monsters he fought in his journals. There are sometimes lists of weapons that he used during his adventures. He would draw rough maps of the area and marked up the important locations of the area. However, some pages are damaged or lost to time. The archaeologists can only restore and replicate the legible parts of his journals.
The travelogues[]
So far, there are nine books known:
Ancient Ys Vanished[]
Ancient Ys Vanished describes Adol's first adventure to the Esteria region and to the mythical country of Ys. From Adol shipwrecked on the shore of Port Barbado, meeting the Tovah's family, climbing the Darm Tower, defeating Dark Fact, ascending to the floating island of Ys and eventually defeating Darm in Shrine of Solomon.
The Normans' Paradise Lost[]
Great Forest of Celceta[]
Great Forest of Celceta recorded Adol's adventure to Celceta, where he met the Giver of Knowledge Eldeel and was named an Adventurer by him. At the same time, he got caught in between the conflict of Eldeel's good and evil personalities. In the end, he needed to acquire the Mask of the Moon to stop evil Eldeel and Gruda's scheme.
Felgana Archives[]
Felgana Archives is the record that Adol has in Felghana when he visited Dogi's hometown with him.
Lost Kefin, Kingdom of Sand[]
Travelogue of the Gaete Sea[]
Searching for the Winged Ones[]
The Five Dragons of Altago[]
Balduq Prison[]
Video games[]
Ys 8 Artbooks made to look like one of Adol's travelogue.
Each of the games of the Ys series are treated as a replay of the events in one of Adol's travelogues.