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'''Hutch/FitzFaeren/Alt Pas?''' leads to a hutch in the Lesser Hall of [[FitzFaeren]]. This is the first world actually visited by [[Henry York|Henry]] and [[Henrietta]] in ''100 Cupboards''. They had viewed some of the other worlds through the smaller cupboards before, but this was the first one they actually entered through the main cupboard.
 
'''Hutch/FitzFaeren/Alt Pas?''' leads to a hutch in the Lesser Hall of [[FitzFaeren]]. This is the first world actually visited by [[Henry York|Henry]] and [[Henrietta]] in ''100 Cupboards''. They had viewed some of the other worlds through the smaller cupboards before, but this was the first one they actually entered through the main cupboard.
   
'''/Endor/''' leads to the [[Tomb Cities|crypt]] where Nimiane and Nia were sealed. It is through this cupboard that Nimiane was revived when she bit Henry's hand and drank the blood from the wound.
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'''/Endor/''' leads to the [[Tomb Cities|crypt]] in the world of [[Endor]] where Nimiane and Nia were sealed. It is through this cupboard that Nimiane was revived when she bit Henry's hand and drank the blood from the wound.

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The cupboards which the series is named after are portals to other worlds. Many key events to the story, including the revival of Nimiane in the first book, take place because of them.

Use and Organization

There are one hundred cupboards in total. Ninety-nine of them were built into a wall in the attic of the Willis house, and the hundredth cupboard is located on the floor of Grandfather's bedroom. The hundredth cupboard is referred to as the "main cupboard," because it is the cupboard normally used by human beings to travel from one world to another and was created for this purpose.

One of the cupboards near the center of the attic wall has two knobs in it that each resemble a large compass. The position of their "compass needles" determines which world the main cupboard will lead to.

The left knob has nineteen symbols written around it, and its "needle" can be turned to point at one of them. The right knob has the first twenty-two integers written around it in Roman numerals, and its "needle" can likewise be turned to point at one of them. This makes for a total of 418 possible combinations, and thus 418 worlds that can be accessed through the main cupboard. However, only 98 of the cupboards were aligned to the knobs, leaving the other 320 combinations powerless.

Each of the other ninety-eight cupboards leads to another world, but they are too small for a grown human to pass through. That is why the main cupboard was built. The ninety-eight cupboards have each been aligned to one of the combinations.

To travel to one of the worlds, the knobs must be turned to that world's corresponding combination. This will cause the main cupboard to lead to that world. The main cupboard can then be crawled through into that world. If the knobs are set to a combination to which no cupboard has been aligned, then the main cupboard will just be an ordinary cupboard and will lead to nowhere.

As Grandfather describes it in his journals, "When one of [the cupboard's] combinations has been set, you will find no back to [the main] cupboard. The back is still there, as is the wall that supports it, but the cupboard meets with another place before it meets with the wall."

The cupboard with the knobs also leads to a world.

History

The cupboards were originally constructed by Henry's great grandfather (on Dorothy's side of the family), and the house where the Willis family lives was apparently built specifically for the cupboards.

Henry's grandfather studied them and exploited them, writing down what he learned in journals. After a series of unfortunate mishaps, he decided to hide them by plastering over them. They remained hidden under the plaster until Henry uncovered them in the first book.

List of Cupboards

This is a list of the ninety-eight cupboards found in one of Grandfather's journals. The middle word (if there is one) in each row refers to the world, and the left word (if there is one) refers to a specific location within that world. The meaning of the right word (if there is one) is never made very clear in the series. However, it seems to have something to do with time.

If that's the case, then "alt" is probably short for "alternate," "pres" for "present," "pas" for "past," and "fut" for "future. Wherever there is a question mark, it appears that Great Grandfather wasn't certain which time the cupboard led to.

(There may be minor spelling errors in this copy of the list, due to the original being handwritten and difficult to read at parts.)

  1. Library/Adria/Lost
  2. Cylinder/Aksum/Alt Pres
  3. Wall/Mistra/CCM back
  4. CV/Telmar/Alt Pas
  5. Square/Ur/Damage
  6. Barrow/Lindis/Pres
  7. C. Lane/Yarntown/ Vary delay?
  8. /Endor/
  9. Vestibule/Buda/Pre-war
  10. Balcony/Fontevrault/apprx. C loss
  11. Larder/Milan/Alt?
  12. Lunar A./Carnassus/Alt Pas?
  13. Spiral/Lahore/Ruin
  14. Kastra/Damascus/iii
  15. Litter/Napata/Alt Pres
  16. Stern/Tortuga/Static
  17. Rail/Arizona/Now
  18. Treb/Actium/Constant
  19. Hutch/FitzFaeren/Alt Pas?
  20. Closet/Reba/Pres
  21. Friez/Karatep/Broken
  22. Deep Shaft/Masada/Varies
  23. Viper/Edom/Alt
  24. /Cleave/
  25. Falls/Rauras/Alt
  26. Drop/Ein Gedi/ Alt 2M back?
  27. Sealed/Daqin-Fulin/?
  28. Bom J./Goa/Pres
  29. Dome/Sintra/Alt pas
  30. Hall/Cush/ Damage
  31. Partition/Globe, H-let/True pas?
  32. Garden/ H. Sophia/ Pre-minaret
  33. Wet/Henneth Annum/Alt
  34. Encyc./Uqbar/Partial Pres
  35. Lower Castle/Transito/Sealed
  36. Rotten/Heriot/?
  37. Water Tunnel/Germa/Varies
  38. Tempore/ /Alt pres?
  39. Lake/Acacus/Now
  40. Bowl/ Skara Brae/Now
  41. Lab/Knoss/Alt Pas, back 4M?
  42. Inner p./Arcturus/Surging
  43. Mound/Lerna/Now
  44. Sewer/Topkapi/ back 5 C. true
  45. Mouth/Marmara/Alt ?
  46. ?/Angkor/ Varies
  47. Hall/Midge/Other
  48. Fern/Bootes/ Damage
  49. /Cleave/
  50. Peat/Grus/Trailing
  51. Hole/Nara/Alt now
  52. Konya/Huyuk/Shifting alt
  53. Granary/Mokenjo/Lost
  54. Pool/Basra/Slowing alt
  55. Grave/Lagash/Damage
  56. Commonwealth/Badon Hill/Same
  57. Hostel?/Bovill/Now
  58. Hollow/iguazu/Shifting Now
  59. Narbonne/Carcassone/back 3C
  60. Daxiong/Ningbo/Now
  61. Barn/Lower Sol/Alt pres
  62. Gate/Procyon/Flux
  63. Lighthouse/Alex/Alt Pres
  64. Sheer/Henge/Never
  65. Moss/Morte/Surging pres
  66. ? /Kappa Crucis/Lost
  67. Nave/Dochia/Alt Fut
  68. Column/Thucyd/Alt
  69. Corrund. shaft/Myanmar?/ ?
  70. Pump/Rayfe/Fast
  71. Vat/Kimber/Alt now
  72. Southern Cit./Boghazk/Alt pas. back 3M
  73. Bank/Amster/yesterday
  74. Wells/ Premier Cullinan/Lost
  75. Yellow Pine/Tindrill/ ?
  76. Temp/Mysore/Alt pas, back 4C
  77. Post/Byzanthium/When?
  78. Shifting/ San LO./Shift spring
  79. Gunnery/Brush/Static
  80. Crush/Corvus/Dead
  81. W.house/Cam?/Bubon
  82. Mill/Gilroy/Alt trailing L
  83. Reka/Skogan/Back? Alt?
  84. Bell/Delphi/Other
  85. Base/Massis/Alt back 3C
  86. Canal/Tenochtitlan/Alt pres
  87. Bog/Malden/Damage
  88. Blue/Cataldo/Alt fut
  89. Loft/Strickne/Now
  90. Sub Pill. 56/Persepolis/Alt pas, back M
  91. Frame/Tana Kirkos/Partial Lost
  92. ?/Ellora/Damage
  93. Mine Spurr/Tordrillo/Now
  94. Mid/izamel/Flux Alt
  95. Veranda/Millbank, Rhod./Alt pas
  96. Model/Saggara/Lost
  97. Cliff/Achil/Now
  98. Offs./Epidauros/Constat Aristo

Significant Cupboards

Hutch/FitzFaeren/Alt Pas? leads to a hutch in the Lesser Hall of FitzFaeren. This is the first world actually visited by Henry and Henrietta in 100 Cupboards. They had viewed some of the other worlds through the smaller cupboards before, but this was the first one they actually entered through the main cupboard.

/Endor/ leads to the crypt in the world of Endor where Nimiane and Nia were sealed. It is through this cupboard that Nimiane was revived when she bit Henry's hand and drank the blood from the wound.