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Summary
A coloured illustration on page 8 of Sword Art Online Volume 04.

Latest image source: Ruranobe

Original image source: Gsimenas

Translation

 * For translations of the locations depicted on the map, see File:Alfheim map.png

Alfheim

The continent which bears the significance, «Land of the Fairies», and the stage for the next-generation MMO «ALfheim Online». Alfheim is divided into nine large regions, a capital town for each of the fairy tribes is in each region, and each region having its own special appearances.

In the nine tribes classes, wind-class Sylphs excel in flight velocity and hearing ability, fire-class Salamanders excel in weapons handling and offensive attacks, water-class Undines excel in recovery magic and underwater activities, earth-class Gnomes excel in defensive power and mining, cat-class Cait Siths excel in taming and agility/intelligence, shadow-class Spriggans excell in treasure hunting and illusions, musical-class Pookas excel in musical instruments and singing, blacksmith-class Leprechauns excel in weapons manugacturing and craftsmanship, and dark-class Imps excel in night flight and night vision.

In the center of Alfheim, the «World Tree», the final objective for all players, towers over; in its roots lie the world's largest city «Central Capital Alne». The fairy tribe who had gained an audience with «Fairy King Oberon», living in the legendary city said to exist on top of the «World Tree», are able to be reborn into the high-order fairies «Alf». When reincarnated into a true fairy «Alf», the flgiht time limit is lifted and perpetual flight is possible, and along with it becoming the rulers of the infinite skies.