Where did Faintly Macabre begin to hoard all of the words?

• A. Dictionopolis.
• B. The Soundkeeper's fortress.
• C. The Terrible Trivium.
• D. Azaz's palace.

Answer: (A)

Faintly Macabre is described as a collector of words, and her hoarding activity is tied to the city that embodies language. Dictionopolis is the world’s city of words—the place where words grow, are traded, and are central to daily life. It’s the natural setting for a character who loves collecting and guarding every word, since that’s the environment built around language itself.

The other locations serve different purposes: The Soundkeeper’s fortress stores sounds, not words, so it isn’t the place where word-hoarding would begin. Azaz’s palace is a part of Dictionopolis and represents governance and order over language, but the act of hoarding words starts in the city itself, where words are produced and used. The Terrible Trivium is a figure tied to questions and learning, not to hoarding words.

So, the hoard origins in Dictionopolis, the city dedicated to words, making it the best answer.