=Anya - Symin's pony
=Atine - Maxim's mule
=Clar - Timoh's Sheepdog
=Nightwitch - a night bird with a distinctive call.
=Ascalon Clan. They live in the north east of the Kingdom of Camron. The last of the Great Clans who were something like the Highland Scottish clans. At one time each of the Clans had ruled what had been to all intents and purposes small kingdoms. Over the last five hundred years the other great clans had been completely absorbed only the Ascalons still exist, and even they are in a very much weakened position. Now all that was left was the Barony of Ascalon. The Barony consists of about 20 square miles on the north of the River Sythe. The southern portion of the Barony is quite rich from agriculture but the northern portion is very mountainous and aside from some very profitable mines is of little use. The Ascalon clan consists of several hundred clan members spread out in an approximately 50 mile radius only a small portion under direct legal control of the Ascalon leadership. However while the present Baron of Ascalon does not have legal authority over members of the clan he is still recognized by the majority of the clan as the hereditary and actual leader, and has moral authority..
=Ascalon Sandor was the original founder of the Ascalon clan. 571 years BF (Before Founding of Camron) he had completed the joining of several of the Lesser Clans at the time into the one clan under his leadership. It had taken him ten years to do so, and he had been sixty when he started. He ruled the now Great Clan for 14 years from 70 to 84, and his eldest son followed him. And leadership had passed down through the years to Armand Ascalon the present head of the Clan and Baron of Ascalon, Armand Ascalon Some of the leaders had been childless so on occasion it passed to a nephew or a cousin.
=Ascalon Crest - Ancient - first divised by Sandor Ascalon.Crossed swords with horizontal daggers beside the swords between hilt and point, point toward each other. Vertical daggers between the ends of swords pointed both with points downwards, and all on a green background the edge a silver.
=Ascalon Crest - Modern - Crossed swords with horizontal daggers beside the swords between hilt and point, point toward each other. Vertical daggers between the ends of swords pointed towards each other, and all on a green background the edge a light red indicative of nobility.
=Ascalon Armand & Cecily - 8 Children and 22 grandchildren
=Ascalon Armand - The present Baron of Ascalon. A man in his late sixties starting to show his age. The events of the last few years have changed a once forceful and commanding man into one somewhat timid and fearful.
The above profile was written before it was discovered that Tyril was actually still alive and controlling his father and mother.
=Ascalon Cecily - His wife a woman in her mid - sixties and bed - ridden.
=Ascalon Deian Avoe - wife of Duran, deceased would have been 33. Symin's mother.
=Ascalon Dinni - male , first cousin and a year older than Symin
=Ascalon Duran - Would have been 38 Symin's father. Executed at age for treason in place of Tyril. been almost
=Ascalon Symin Durril 10 years 2 months at beginning of Gifts 1. One week short of 11 at beginning of Gifts 2. The main character in the story. His mother died when he was born. Born 6th of Rege 632 AF.
=Ascalon Tyril - 36 - Symin's uncle
=Ascalon Randon - 45 Armand's heir.
=Ascalon Dimon - 12 year old. Timoh's youngest son. Has joined Timoh on The Plateau to assist him as the flock is starting to get larger.
=Ascalon Dunn - Maxim's oldest brother. In his late twenties.
=Ascalon Dylyn - Armand's personal servant.
=Ascalon Maxim - 13 at start of Gifts 1. Distant realative Almost fourteen at beinning of Gifts 2. Brown hair, brown eyes.
=Ascalon Sivvin - corporal of guard in Gifts 1. Captain of guard in Gifts 2
=Ascalon Timoh - shepherd. Clar his dog
=Minna - highest of the servants. She has overall control of all of the servants, and pretty well complete control of the Ascalon children under the age of 14. Even those over the age of 14 and yet under the age of adult status are rightly wary of her since the Ascalons will do almost anything she suggests in way of punishment. Minna is five feet tall but weighs between 250 and 300 hundred pounds. It's suspected that her family has Dwarven blood in their ancestory since most of that is muscle rather than fat and she is astonishingly agile.
| 01 Dren - r | 07 Tris |
| 02 Sume - r | 08 Silla |
| 03 Shan - r | 09 Sath |
| 04 Rege | 10 Tine |
| 05 Lim | 11 Verin - r |
| 06 Seld | 12 Waarn - r |
Lythea has a 360 day
year, and twelve months of 30 days each. When calculating ages people
are five days younger per year than they would be on earth.
Verin is the first
month of the rainy season, followed by Waarn, Dren, Sume and then Shan.
Dren is the first month of the calendar year, and Mid-Winter Days are the first four days of the year. They are the major days of celebration, celebrating the new year, and is a time of gift-giving.
=Apprenticeship - rank depending on who apprenticed to and original class
=Bards other entertainers - Actors and Jesters. Their status depends on how good they are.
=Bards other entertainers - Bards - bards are very important people. They spread the news around the county which cannot be learned in any other way. They compose the majority of music of the country.
=Bards other entertainers - Travelling singers - still have some of the immunity a bard would be graced with but they generally don't compose they simply use music already produced and spread the news.
=Classes - Baron
=Classes - Count
=Classes - Knight
=Classes - Madron - Baron Royal
=Classes - Madron - Count Royal
=Classes - Madron - Duke Royal
=Classes - Madron - Knight Royal
=Classes - Royalty Emperors & Empresses High Kings Kings & Queens Princes & Princesses
=Duke - there are several independent Dukedoms on Lythea. In Those case the ruling Duke would be classed as royalty rather than nobility.
=Indentured servants - There are no slaves in Camron. However Indentured servitude does exist and it is in reality slavery on a limited basis. A parent can sell a child into indenturment or someone can sell himself to pay off a debt. Indenturment is always for a fixed term minimun period 1 year maximum period 5 years. It can also be imposed as a punishment in a trial. While the maximum term someone can sell another person is for 5 years a criminal can be sentenced to many consecutive t5 year terms so that in the end it would for life. Anyone over the age of reason (7 or 8 depending on country) may sell himself and with permission of a court may sell himself for more than one 5 year maximum term. That would be for those children that are orphaned. It like slavery has a very dark side, since is primarily sexual.
=Magic Users see under Magic Users
=Merchants or Craftsmen - Artisans - depending or what they produce they might be equal to a High Merchant or an ordinary merchant. Examples a goldsmith would be at least equal to a High Merchant, while an ordinary carpenter would be equal to an ordinary merchant.
=Merchants or Craftsmen - High Merchant - in other words very rich merchants. They are socially equal to an Baron and a very very rich merchant would be equal to a Count
=Merchants or Craftsmen - Low Merchant - still have a respectable amountof wealth and equal to a Knight
=Merchants or Craftsmen - Merchant - lowest of the merchant class they include shopkeepers, market stall keepers and travelling merchants
=Nobility
=Peasant - Serfs - indentured to the land owner, there are none in Camron.
=Peasants -
=Peasants - High Peasant - about equal to an ordinary merchant they own their own land
=Peasants - Low Peasant or simply Peasant - they work for others and if they do own their land it is a very small amount.
=Slaves - Slavery is allowed in Madron and common in most of the other countries of the world and it is primarily sexual.
=Soldiers - status depends on rank. A general for example could equal a Count or even higher while an ordinary soldier would be equal to a Low Peasant
=Titles used in Madron to indicate members of the Royal Family not in direct line of succession
=Clothing - Adults - Men - Short trousers, shirt, and vest. For rich adults clothing is very elaborately embroiderd and made of expensive though lightweight cloth, and the shirts would be very frilly.
=Clothing - Adults - Women - Short trousers, shirt, and vest. For rich adults clothing is very elaborately embroiderd and made of expensive though lightweight cloth, and the shirts would be very frilly.
=Clothing - Because it is much hotter on Lythea wear much less clothing then Earth people would other than equatorial regions of Earth.
=Clothing - Children - 12 to 14 - they add a lightweight sleeveless shirt
=Clothing - Children - 16 to 17 - when they approach adulthood they add a sleeveless vest which shows occupation and status of the individual.
=Clothing - Children - 8 to 12 - wear short trousers with a drawstring waistband and/or a belt. The only difference between the sexes is that girls might wear much more elaborate short trousers.
=Clothing - Children - Babies & Toddlers - diapers
=Clothing - Children - Children of rich parents and noble children would on formal occasions wear the same type of garments as adults.
=Clothing - Children - Garb for children is very simple to non - existent.
=Clothing - Children - Girls start wearing undergarments when they start their periods. At about fourteen or fifteen.
=Clothing - Children - Boys - Start wearing undergarments when they reach puberty..
=Clothing - Children - Puberty starts at about 14 or 15 and 16 or 17 is the age of adulthood
=Clothing - Children - Small children above the age of 2<p><p></p></p> or so up to 7 or 8 - Both boys and girls of all classes go nude up to the age of seven or eight except for the richer classes on formal occasions. Children even the nobility in more isolated regions might go nude to 12 or 13. Lower class children might go nude in the country up to 12 or 13, in a city 10 or 11.
With the poorest class of slum children even in cities they would go nude until thirteen or fourteen.
=Clothing - Footwear - adults barefoot or sandals, the rich sandals or boots.children generally either go barefoot or the rich and the nobility would wear sandals or boots.
=Clothing - Nobles - Crests - All nobles of Camron and sometimes of other countries are tattooed with the crest of their family on the right arm just below the shoulder. These nobles are often.referred to as crested a term for nobility, at least in Camron where it is mandatory.
=Clothing - Soldiers & Guards - Neckerchiefs are worn by those in certain occupations, such as soldiers and guards, because it can be used to keep sweat out the eyes and as an improvised bandage. Leather shirts and pants to provide a little protection if they get into a fight and soldiers going into battle would wear armor.
Madron is the country on Camron's eastern border.The last major war between the two counties had occurred over 75 before. Except for the occasionalborder skirmish there had been general peace since that time.
=Camron - capital Camara
=Madron - capital Divandia
=Scart - capital and port Tenve. Five hundred miles from southern border of Camron, narrow, about fifty miles at Tenve and expanding to two hundred miles at the western border. Tatrin's border is tothe north and Varryn to the south
=Tatrin - capital Shale. On Camron southern border.
=Varryn - capital and port Corson . a thousand miles from southern border of Camron. Scart's border is to the north.
=Vela - to the East of Scart and Varryn and south of Tatrin. Elven Kingdom.
=Aislin - Safar, Kemal - 6 ½ younger of the twins.
=Selatar Forest - Forest in wich the Forest Elves live which is ceded to them by the King of Hamar.
=Aislin - Safar, Quendin - 6 ½ oldest of twins by 1 hour and Baroness Aislin's heir.
=Aislin, Baroness Sanja - 35. Formerly Fenla Baroness now Camron. 4 children all boys.
=Baron Konn
=Baron Kosla Barony in County Wymark
=Baron of Volsen
=Bremen - Largest population center on the road from northern part of Madron to the Camron capital. It is 100 miles from the border. The road is actually a half mile north of Bremen from the northern gate but there is a road which completely encirles Bremen so allowing exiting from all gates to go to the main road.
=Callar Efil - Camron Royal Archivist
=Camara - Capital 412 miles from Madron border. 312 miles from Bremen
=Chadress, Hail, Baron Chadress, Barony in County Wymark. Unmarried.
=Cosgra, Baron Marnell - an old friend of Symin's, grandfather and a fanatic about chess. Buys a chess set that Symin has made.
=Count Theron
=Count Efam Wymark
=Dearna - most powerful Healer in Bremen and surrounding area. Daughter of Seldon
=Dorn - member of the town guard
=Dumar - one of the lesser clans
=Dumar Bran - merchant
=Dumar Dav present head of the clan. Once a mercenary.
=Emcara - Port city on the En-wai River, beyond which the River is not navigable.
=En-wai River - the river is on the coast and it reaches in land for 200 miles towards the capital of Camara and is navigable for the first 100 miles.
=Esgen - smaller town about 20 miles east of Bremen where there is a Messenger post.
=Garll - woodworker in Count Wymark's castle
=Ismar, Baron Vesan - 67. Formerly Fenla Baron now Camron. 8 children. 3 girls 5 boys.
=Ismar, Carana - 60. Baron Ismar's wife.
=Ismar, Tarvala - 38. Baron Ismar's oldest daughter and heir.
=Iturr, Baroness Ashen, new Barones of Kosla Barrony
=Jareth - lieutenant of Stark's guard, ill at time of incident.=Orson's Hole - suspected haunt of thieves and bandits, never been proven.
=Jasmar, Atalan - Baron Jasmar's wife. 28.
=Jasmar, Baron Talkar - 30. Formerly Fenla Baron now Camron. 3 children 2 boys 1 girl
=Jasmar, Belasan - 6. Baron Jasmar's heir.
=Killin - son of one of man at arms who with two other boys is acting as a page at the Kosla Barony.
=King Hamar of Camron
=Konn Den - 9 years old. One of the two twins from Sheran's warehouse.
=Konn Fane - the other twin
=Laslan, Baron Salan. 51. Leader of the six Baronies established by Fenlar at the head of the valley inside Camron territory.
=Laslan, Darval 50. Baron Laslan's wife.
=Laslan, Kailie - 20 year old daughter of Laslan his only child and heir. Brown hair, brown eyes.
=Lorry - innkeeper's 15 year old daughter in Bremen
=Martil - Lieutenant of the town guard
=Morvey - chancellor or Kosla Barony
=Orson's Hole - about 24 miles from Sothra and 6 miles from Stark
=Pinchon - southernmost port of Camron
=Prince Tamen of Camron40 during Gifts 2 dark hair, midnight blue eyes, incredible presence
=Prince Uaughn - Crown prince of Camron. 43=Camron - capital Camara
=Quin - sergeant of guard at Stark
=Reslar, Barandis - 14. Baron Reslar's son and heir
=Safar, Ventar - 37. Baroness Sanja consort.
=Selatar Forest - Forest in wich the Forest Elves live which is ceded to them by the King of Hamar.
=Seldon - Healer - mage father of Dearna
=Senson Kalli - Count of Wymark's mistress. Was a sergeant in the Company Senson. Became Lieutenant of guard at Wymark. Two sons, Born illegitimate Forsen Wymark, and Kanen Wymark. The king of Camron when he stripped the Count of Wymark of his title and gave the title to Forsen and made them wards of the Crown he gave them legitimacy.
=Senson Phyl - more bookish then most Senson's. He is Kalli's cousin and is tutor to her sons.
=Severin, town on border founded by Nellen and taken over by Camron
=Sheran - merchant and Bremen head of slaving ring.
=Sothra - southern port of Camron. The richest and biggest on the southern coast
=Sparan - Captain of the town guards in Bremen.The Town Guard wear leather armor and long leather trews which give a little protection from weapons
=Stark Kinon - 9 year old son of Baron Stark. Brown hair and brown eyes.
=Stark Krin - cousin to Vell, Kinon and Tana
=Stark Tana - Kinon's aunt
=Stark Tana - Kinon's aunt and Vell's sister
=Stark, Baron Vell - father of Kinon and brother of Tana.
=Stark, Vell - Baron Stark
=Tane - member of the town guard.
=Tarn - sergeant of the platoon escorting, Hider's band and Kinon to the Stark Barony
=Theron Genda - eldest of the three boys rescued from Sheran's warehouse
=Tomma - Mayor/Judge of Bremen
=Toron - Corporal of the town guards and also nephew of Sparan
=Volsen Jaran - just turned nine when kidnapped 10 at second part of Gifts,
=Wymark Forsen - illegitimate son of the former Count of Wymark, and now the Count of Wymark in his stead. 6 years 8 months old
=Wymark Kanen - younger illegitimate son of the former Count of Wymark. 5 years old
=Wymark Terrion son of the Count of Wymark one of the kidnapped children. 8 1/2 when kidnapped, at time second part of Gifts, 9 1/2. Dyslexic. Adopted by Rendar with the approval of the Camron king and became Terrion Farlei Originally only showed Mind - speech but in the year he pretended to be Rendar's slave developed into a Far - speaker.
Wynn, City on the border of Tatrin and Camron. Gold mines in the hills about twenty miles north of Wynn were responsible for the border troubles.
=Edict of Exile issued on 4th of Sume 633 AF Tyril was executed at the age of 27 for treason.He conspired to kill and replace the King. Underold time clan law the clan leader is totallyresponsible for what all sub - leader's do.Therefore since all of his male children areconsidered clan sub - leader's under clan law theleader is considered fully responsible for whatthey did.Under kingdom law this would not be the case butthe King who had spent much of his reigndestroying anyone with a large power base whocould threaten the kingdom's peace was not happyabout having someone with so much power left inhis kingdom so he chose to apply clan law and laythe blame on the head of the clan he couldfinally destroy the power of the last Great Clan.By applying clan law which the baron hadoftentimes used when he judged disputes he forcedthe Baron to either sumbit to the King's will orto fight.The Baron chose to accept the King's judgementOnce the Baron submitted he applied kingdom lawto punish the Ascalon clan.The law he invoked is called the Edict of Exileand the following conditions would apply.
=Edict of Exile - A huge initial fine was imposed on the Ascalonfamily.
=Edict of Exile - The Baron and all of his children andgrandchildren once they were above the age of reason (many medieval societies considered the age of reason to be 7 years old, this was the agewhen many became pages and left home to serve inanother castle to start to prepare them for a arror's life.) were exiled to the Baron's estate for a period of ten years. If any adults was to leave the estate and was caught he/she would be be executed. For anyone above the age of reason yet under the age of adulthood a judge would decide the punishment that would be dealt out and execution of even the youngest was not ruled out. This applied only to the immediate family not to other members of the household many of whom were at least distantly related to the Escalons.
=Edict of Exile - In addition 75% of all revenues would be forfeit to the crown for the period of exile. 50% for an additional 10 years and 25% for a third period of ten years.
=Edict of Exile - This is only one form an Edict of Exile might take it would more commonly used to exile someone completely out of the country and might include complete loss of all estates and permanent exilt.
=High Justice - responsible for crimes for which the death penalty can be given out. Hard labor in areas which is considered equivilent to the death sentence such as mining of dangerous substances and to the galleys.
=Judge & Magistrate - has responsiblity for all crimes.
=Judge - responsible for crimes that deal with High Justice.
=King is ultimately responsible for all legal matters.
=Magistrate - deals with crimes that are notconcerned with High Justice. Can sentence criminalsto hard labor for up to a year at things thataren't considered death penalties such as roadbuilding.
=Prince Tamen - Head of legal system and the King's Messengers.
=Bremen - Largest population center on the road from northern part of Madron to the Camron capital. It is 100 miles from the border. The road is actually a half mile north of Bremen from the northern gate but there is a road which completely encirles Bremen allowing exiting from all gates to go to the main road.
=Dearna - primary Healer in Bremen and surrounding area.
=Dorn - member of the town guard
=Lorry - innkeeper's 15 year old daughter
=Martil - Lieutenant of the town guard
=Sheran - merchant head of the slaving ring.
=Sparan - Captain of the town guards. The TownGuard wear leather armor and long leather trews which give a little protection from weapons
=Tane - member of the town guard.
=Tomma - Mayor/Judge of Bremen, Dearna's cousin
=Toron - Corporal of the town guards and also nephew of Sparan
=Town Guard 1 Captain, 2 lieutenants Total of 51
=Town Guard - 20 Auxilliaries who take the spots of injured or off duty men, presently 8 of regular guards not available on 30th of Shan, 643 AF so 8 Auxilliaries on active duty. 63 men available but 18 needed for minimum guard duty, so 45 men available for attack on Sheran's warehouse
=Town Guard - day shift - 2 guards each gate - 8
=Town Guard - day shift 4 lookouts 4
=Town Guard - day shift 4 two men patrols - 8
=Town Guard - day shift guards 20
=Town Guard - night shift 4 lookouts 4
=Town Guard - night shift 8 two men patrols 16
=Town Guard - night shift guards 28
=Town Guard - night shift - 2 guards each gate 8
=Severin, town on border founded by Nellen and taken over by Camron
=King Keston - King of Fenla during the war 200 years before present day.
=Fenla - Country to the north of Camron. Smaller but has designs on the territory that the Forest Elves occupy.
=Scala Lake
=Sangree River - flows out of Scala Lake south and then west, at the point where it meets the Pentil River which flows out of the moutains. Camron claims the territory south of the Pentil and Sangree Rivers and all of the Valley which is about which is about 150 miles wide and is partially forested, and the
=Pentil River
=King Nellen
=Tantar - Capital of Fenla. On coast.
=Laslan, Baron Salan. 51. Leader of the six Baronies established by Fenlar at the head of the valley inside Camron territory.
=Laslan, Darval 50. Baron Laslan's wife.
=Laslan, Kailie - 20 year old daughter of Laslan his only child and heir. Brown hair, brown eyes.
=Reslar, Barandis - 14. Baron Reslar's son and heir
=Jasmar, Baron Talkar - 30. Formerly Fenla Baron now Camron. 3 children 2 boys 1 girl
=Jasmar, Atalan - Baron Jasmar's wife. 28.
=Jasmar, Belasan - 6. Baron Jasmar's heir.
=Ismar, Baron Vesan - 67. Formerly Fenla Baron now Camron. 8 children. 3 girls 5 boys.
=Ismar, Carana - 60. Baron Ismar's wife.
=Ismar, Tarvala - 38. Baron Ismar's oldest daughter and heir.
=Aislin, Baroness Sanja - 35. Formerly Fenla Baroness now Camron. 4 children all boys.
=Safar, Ventar - 37. Baroness Sanja consort.
=Aislin - Safar, Quendin - 6 ½ oldest of twins by 1 hour and Baroness Aislin's heir.
=Aislin - Safar, Kemal - 6 ½ younger of the twins.
Land of Spires, exotic and very rich country far to the south.
=Arla - Rendar's mother. Sixty - three. Princess and sister to the King of Madron.
=Carlinn - Crown Prince of Madron
=Darain. A lesser mage in the employ of Rendar.
=Decon Aron - owner of Jaran Volsen
=Divandi - Madron's capital
=Farlei Rendar , Duke of Farlei and Duke Royal
=Farlei Terrion adopted son of Rendar, was Terrion Wymark.
=Ivin - the King of Madron's Far - speaker
=Karrin, housekeeper to Rendar.
=Karvel - Carlinn youngest brother, the one who's life was in danger in Gifts part 1
=Madron is the country on Camron's eastern border. The last major war between the two counties had occurred over 75 before. Except for the occasionalborder skirmish there had been general peace since that time.=Madron - Consolidation - The Consolidation changed Madron from a minor Kingdom, it tripled its size and turned it into a major Kingdom. This occurred in 312 AF. Since Camron already had an established calender which the Northern Kingdoms were already using Madron didn't change there calender, but just considers the date 312 as the official founding of the Consolidated Kingdom of Madron. It is at present 643 AF so Madron has been in existence for 331 years.
=Samra - Rendar's sister, who died before he was born.
=Senson Turc - Head of the mercenary Company Senson and Kalli Senson's uncle.
=Senson, Turc -
=Temple city. Chief religious center of the the Mother - goddess, with temples to all of the major Gods and Goddesses of Lythea
=Treven - male servant in Duke Rendar's household .
=Vendar - King of Madron
=Venya - me female servant in Duke Rendar's household .
=Wendel - captain in the Madron army.
=Wymark Terrion son of the Count of Wymark one of the kidnapped children. 8 1/2 when kidnapped, at time second part of Gifts, 9 1/2. Adopted by Rendar with the approval of the Camron king and became Terrion Farlei Originally only showed Mind - speech but in the year he pretended to be Rendar's slave developed into a Far - speaker.
=Yersine - Great Mage and chief motivator behind the troubles between Madron and Camron. Also the great uncle of Sheran.
=Bayes - Sergeant of the guard for Considus in Tenve.
=Canties, Marrko - Apparent Head of Scart's Underworld. A sadist of the worst kind.
=Tannart, Considus - a minor Noble and also a wine merchant, but he is a good man by Lythean standards. While he takes boys to his bed, he treats them well and pays well. He purchased Kinon almost by accident wanting to save his life from Marrko..
=Denna - Magic User - Scrambler. Ancestors came from Scart.
=Hider - 10 year old street urchin, leader of a band of twenty children ranging in age from 4 to 12. When he helped Tana Stark get her nephew out of Tenve she took the entire band with her. His birth name was Hyden.
=Hunters - Scart is one the few countries where Magic Users are in danger. Healers are tolerated as are Hunters who are Magic Users with Empathic abilities, who as their name implies Hunt other Magic Users, when they catch them, the result is exile or death.
=Jer - Scart street child. Aside from slaves the lowest of the low. They are always naked.
=Prince Diam - Prince of Scart, and Hider's father
=Princess Rashin - Diam's wife and Hider's mother. Though a good woman, she's not very motherly.
=Raf - Scart street child. Aside from slaves the lowest of the low. They are always naked.
=Scart - Capital Tenve
=Shena - a former member of the band. Killed by a noble
=Stark Kinon - 9 year old son of Baron Stark
=Stark Tana - Kinon's aunt
=Swane - owner of the Roaring Lion Inn
=Tarvan - Scart street child. Aside from slaves the lowest of the low. They are always naked.
=Tres - at twelve the oldest of Hider's band
=Vanra - Great Mage and Denna brother.Ancestors came from Scart.
=Vental, Andal - commander of Tenve's City Guard.
=Sinpa - Country to the south of Varryn.
=Edin - 7 1/2 one of identical twin sons of former clan chief of the Marten Clan in Sinpa. Blond hair, black eyes. Other one Selen. Sacrifices in Surnal's Temple, made Verhandel to get into Temple complex.
=Selen - 7 1/2 one of identical twin sons of former clan chief of the Marten Clan in Sinpa. Blond hair, black eyes. Other one Edin. Sacrifices in Surnal's Temple, made Verhandel to get into Temple complex.
=Lercon - Uncle of Edin and Selen, and unmarried. Chief of the Clan of the Squirrel or Squirrel Clan. Twenty - seven.
=Ferran - Uncle of
Edin and Selen and younger brother of Tercon. Present heir, but the
twins would have become heir when they reached the age of sixteen. Twenty
- four.
=Country - Jalar, Land of Spires. A land of Oriental people.
=Jaeram Merchant Guildhall messenger
=Kurcon, became the chief city of Tatrin after the Sedgewick went down.
=Polemn, once the chief city of Tatrin ruined by a shipwreck
=Savron - Merchant Guildmaster of Polemn
=Sedgewick, Ship. Went down with the wealth which would have restored the fortune of the citizens of Polemn
=Tatrin, the country immediately south of Camron border.
=Tarla - chief priestess of a Temple of the the Mother - Goddess in southern Tatrin
=Kethan - high ranking priest in Temple of the the Mother - Goddess in southern Tatrin. A Camron citizen.
=Bonded Messengers are chosen by Flarston. They canbe of any class from a slave to a king. Their bracelets can get them anywhere, they need no money, all must help them for no cost.
=Corson - capital of Varryn
=Kane - Chief Priest of the temple of Flarston
=Kith - Bonded Messenger - chosen directly by Flarsten
=Valdane Kell - Kith's Message
=Valdane Van - Baron Valdane, Kell's father
=Varryn - The Wars about 800 years before present date, lasted about fifty years in total.
=Wend - Priest in charge of the Bonded Messenger's and second in the temple the wars - a period of time about 1000 years before present date which is 64? AF
=Beallar - the dragon who left Tess for dead on the planet that they used to trap Varagon. Killed by Tess's father Tatagar.
=Stefaraa - the Dragon's world. More volcanically active than Lythea of Earth.
=Tatagar - Tess's father.
=Zemara - Tess's mother.
=Resellen - Female dragon who the Link contacts in order to bring the information of the bait to the trap to Varagon. Before he had appeared she had almost ready to challenge the ruler at the time of his appearance.
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=Meeting Place - Place for casual, and important meetings. A sort of dragon club. A flat well watered area of grass.
=Foss, Garth - enemy of Daniel Vincent
=Molloy, Darren - Jenny's father and a retired police - officer.
=Nordstrom, Oskar - jeweller and hock shop owner for the rich.
=Vincent, Daniel - Jennifer's husband
=Vincent - Molloy, Danielle (Danni) 12
=Vincent - Molloy, Jason 9
=Vincent - Molloy, Jennifer - Daniel Vincent's wife
=Vincent - Molloy, Travis 8
=Jenkins orchard - where Pictou Travis and Symin Transported to when returning from Lythea.
Pancakes.
=Harnou Scale - thermometers on Lythea use this scale. For some reason, it's identical aurochs identical to the Fahrenheit scale.
=Ferone - liquid used to sober up a drunk man. Reacts with the alcohol in his system and causes him to puke his guts out. Reacts normally for about two days, but can be enhanced to last for about a week by a normal Healer.
=Olun
=Alcalaar - God of the Forests. While not an Elf he is portrayed as one, and is the Forest Elves principle God.
=Averon - Dragon God of Justice
=Avoe - Mother - Goddess. First day of week named after her. Avoeday
=Band of Gold - Given
at a wedding ceremony. The Band of Gold was always of metal but only
the more important members of society actually had real bands made of
gold others unless the band was gifted to them by wealthy friends or
relatives, would use bands of silver or copper or even of iron. / It
would be hung on their wall to indicate their status as a married couple
and to divorce they would simply bring it to a Priest of the religious
sect in which they were joined and he would separate. / They would also
receive a document on parchment from the Temple a copy of which would
be recorded in their records as well as a copy given to the civil authorites
being.
=Bonded Messengers - Bonded Messenger, they represent a small sect that worships. Flarston, Bonded Messengers will take messages anywhere as long as they are paid the appropriate sum and Flarston approves. When they are carrying a message they are protected by Flarston personally, the only God I have been able to find who actively intervenes in Lythean life. The other Gods do not object because mostly the Bonded Messengers are confined to Varryn and only rarely travel outside of it.
=Dark Goddess - As the Dark Goddess her worshippers use human sacrifice, and the sects, which worship her as the Dark Goddess are outlawed thoughout most of the continent.
=Esshor - God of plants and animals. Essen's twin.
=Essus - Goddess of Healing. Sixth day of week named after her, Essday.
=Flarston - God of Messengers. The Bonded Messengers are chosen by Flarston. They can be of any class from a slave to a king. Their bracelets can get them anywhere, they need no money, all must help them for no cost in Varryn, outside they must pay like any others. It wouldn't be nice to call Flarston greedy, tight fisted might be a better term. authorized to hire assassins to kill you and your children.
=Gray Goddess - Surnal worshipped as either the Gray Goddess or the Dark Goddess. As the Gray Goddess her worshippers sacrifice animals in offerings.
=Kranholt - God of fire and forge. Fifth day of week Kranday named after him.
=Landar - God of the Seas. Second day of week named after him. Landay
=Paradise, the Lythean equivilent of heaven.
=Place of the Gods - a place whether real or only created by the Gods where they meet mortals.
=Rituals - The Gods do not interfere directly with Lythean life, however on occasion they show their approval in Magical ways. One was in Part 2 where they destroyed Yersine's Fortress AFTER the action was over. Another of these ways is a Gift such as was given to Symin in part 4. If Terrion had not accepted the Gift of Healing, Symin might have gone for years before bestowing this Gift. The Ritual and the words used are to catch the attention and jog the memory of the Gift to the God who gave it.
=Surnal worshipped as either the Gray Goddess or the Dark Goddess. As the her worshippers sacrifice animals in offerings. As the Dark Goddess her worshippers use human sacrifice, and the sects, which worship her as the Dark Goddess are outlawed thoughout most of the continent.
=Tamra, also referred to as Avoe in the southern provinces of Camron, the Mother Goddess
=Teron - God of Justice and War. Seventh, and last day of week named after him, Teronday. Of all the Gods is the second most powerful after the Mother - Goddess.
=Varagon - former god
=Varilia - Varagon's mate.
=Vendora - Goddess of Love. 4th day of week, Venday named after her.
=Cartan - King's Messenger. High ranking. Around 6' 4 tall and 240 pounds. Very broad shoulders.
=Couriers - a branch of the King's Messengers. There are two types Those who are Magic - users and can transport Message Stones and those who only deliver messages and mail.
=King's Messengers - official name. Hold the rank of knight whatever their birth station. Must be Magic - Users with the ability to Mind - speak. They deliver important messages for the King and also act as spies, answering to Prince Tamen the King's second son who answers to the King
=Messenger Posts - on the Nortern Road start on the border between Madron and Camron and are placed every 30 miles. There is 412 miles from the border to Camron and almost a hundred miles from the border to Bremen. Therefore there are three posts between the border and Bremen. The next post on the west of Bremen is at Esgen a smaller town twenty miles from Bremen. Each post is built to support at least 8 couriers in times of troubeleand a resident staff though normally there are only two or three couriers plus resident staff. That means that there is usually a place for government officials or others on the King's business, such as a person with a Royal Token that Symin possesses. Usually to defray expenses government travellers pay about half what they would normally pay at an inn. The posts are usually in a village or town. Whether they were originally placed in a village or town or whether over time people gathered around the post is not known.
=Sinya - King's Messenger. High ranking. Forest Elf about 5'5 very light hair and slender. Symin's cousin.
=Law on Birth - Aborting a fetus took about thirty seconds and even the lowest class of Healer, a village Wisewoman or Wiseman could perform the action, and even the poorest of woman could afford the price, since for such a service it might only be to cook meals for the Wise - person for a few days, or to clean for the same length of time. For a woman to allow a pregnancy to come to term, under these circumstances, meant that she and her family would be responsible for the child.
=Law on Birth - If it turned out to be the rapist's son he would have to provide child support.
=Law on Birth - if the woman simply wasn't aware that she was pregnant as can occasionally happen, it would be considered a Gift of the Gods and many of the religious orders would pay to raise the child
=Law on Birth - In the case of a prostitute she would be responsible for the child.
=Law on Birth - In the cases of mistresses of any class, the father would be responsible for the child or children, and must provide for their upbringing and provide a suitable inheritance. They would be illegitimate but if no legitimate children were born they would inherit. By acknowledging such a child the father would confer legitmacy on the child. Unfortunately this could cause problems, since the legitimate children could be displaced.
=Law on Inheritance - In Camron if the king removes a noble, normally his legitimate children would inherit. If he had only illegitimate children the King actually must reclaim the title then give it to the illegitimate child.
=Artefacts of Power - A Tuner can Tune almost any object to have any ability the Tuner has and it will have the same power level as the original Tuner. He can also Attune it to other Magic Users so they can use that ability even if they don't possess it. Almost any object can be used but semi - precious and precious stones can be Tuned more easily.
=Artefacts of Power - Diamond Obsidian - the hardest material on the world of Lythea. A diamond on the Mohs hardness scale is 10. Diamond Obsidian would on earth have a Mohs rating of 12. It is the only Artifact of Power that can actually provide a Tuned user with more power than the person who originally tuned it had. It had been very rare, but these stones are turning up at an increasing rate. The only way Diamond Obsidian can be changed is by a Mandean God - blade. Once altered it becomes just a pretty stone unable to be tuned.
=Blood Oath - blood is mixed from guards with that of their overlord and it gives him control over them.
=Magic Users - All of those who can actually use magic are classed simply as Magic Users, the most powerful of which are referred to as Mages, either Lesser or Great Mages.
Magic at a low level is quite common, for instance farmers have farming magic, which allows them to impart energy to plants, and to a lesser extent to animals.
Magic is controlled by the power of the mind rather than spells though what they do is referred to as spells. The more intelligent and/or stubborn a being is the more of his magical abilities he can use effectively. They also use Artefacts of Power, where those who have the ability, which is called Tuning, or Attunement, can put a semblance of their own abilities into an object. After that they can assign the ability to use that Artefact to any Magic User.
=Magic Users - Artefacts of Power - A Tuner can Tune almost any object to have any ability the Tuner has and it will have the same power level as the original Tuner. He can also Attune it to other Magic Users so they can use that ability even if they don't possess it. Almost any object can be used but semi - precious and precious stones can be Tuned more easily.
=Magic Users - Great Healer - Mages
=Magic Users - Great Mages
=Magic Users - Healers
=Magic Users - Lesser Healer - Mages
=Magic Users - Lesser Mages
=Magic Users - Magic - almost all beings whether intelligent or animal have innate magic. Only some can use their magic knowingly.
=Magical Abilities - Concealment - the ability to make intelligent beings not notice you even if you are in plain sight. Depending on the magical strength of the being under the influence of this magic you might appear to be completely invisible or only something a person recognizes as familiar and not out of place, so they pay no attention to it.
=Magical Abilities - Empathy - the ability to feel emotions.
=Magical Abilities - Far-speaker - the abiltiy to mind speak over long distances. Like Terrion in Gifts 2 it may be a couple of hundred miles or well over a thousand miles.
=Magical Abilities - Healing - obviously the ability to heal, but also the ability to kill or injure. For example you can feed magical power into a being to reinforce their life force to heal wounds or illnesses. But the same talent gives the ability to drain the life force of a being, perhaps to heal yourself or simply to kill or to enhance your internal magical abilities.
=Magical Abilities - Healing can also be used to heal oneself but it is a conscious process.
=Magical Abilities - Killing magic - the ability to hurl things at someone to kill or injure. It might be a mental blow, fire, lightning, water, ice, weapons of all sorts.
=Magical Abilities - Mage-Sight - a function of perception, which can be invoked in various ways. Used either to see Magic, or auras, and sense most magical abilities differ from person to person, some Magic Users can actually see the Astral Spirit.
=Magical Abilities - Mandean God-blade. A magical blade. Ones are known of from the past but Symin's dagger seems to be the only one remaining.
=Magical Abilities - Mind-Blasts - ability to use a blast from the mind as a physical ram to damage people or objects.
=Magical Abilities - Mind-Speech - Broad-speaker - each of the intelligent races has a slighty different rhythm or cadence to their thought structure. In the case of many of those with minor Mind-speech ability they are limited to being able to speak to those of their own race. In the case of those with mixed blood, the Mind-speaker will be able to speak to both races because his mind rhythm is a combination of both. A Broad-speaker on the other hand can speak to all of those races who have Mind-speech, his mind automatically adjusting to the diffenece in cadence.
=Magical Abilities - Mind-speech - the ability to talk mind to mind. This is the ability that the King's Messengers/Spies use to read and record to messenger stones.
=Magical Abilities - Perception - ability to perceive with the mind alone things about you. One advantage is that in the area in which your perception works, you can adjust your ability to see everything in that area. If you were a thief for example and wanted to break into a strong box you could perceive the box and everything in an around it, so if there were any booby traps inside the box or the lock of the box you could perceive them.
=Magical Abilities - Scrambler - ability to scramble the abilities of Empaths and Mind - speakers who aren't expecting it. though they have less affect on passive Empaths than active Emparths.
=Magical Abilities - Self- healing - an ability that some Magic Users have. It is generally an indicatioin that the person has the latent ability to become a Mage. It is different from Healing, because it is an involuntary process. People with this type of healing will not get the usual childhood ailments and they are almost immune to minor illnesses though not major ones. Scrapes and minor cuts and bruises will heal very quickly. Major illness or injury will put them into a healing trance. A fat or large individual will have no trouble healing this type of injury just from normal body bulk, and though it takes time it takes much less than would ordinarily by the case. A large muscular individual will use muscle mass instead of body fat and will have to go through a type of rehabilation to regain his normal muscle tone. Both type of individual can maintain either large fat content or large musculature by being given food and liquids during the healing process. However a small individual such as a child with low body fat content the process can be very debilitating could in fact kill rather than heal, so they must be given both food and liquids to maintain body weight and avoid debilitation.
=Magical Abilities - Transporting - 1 - Physically moving objects from one location to another. It's a fairly limited ability for most Mages, since there is a weight limit. For Lesser Mages a couple of pounds is the most that can be Transported and the distance is only about one hundred miles or so. Greater Mages can Transport more but still a weight limit of about twenty - five pounds is their maximun, and about four or five hundred miles.
=Magical Abilities - Transporting - 2 - identical to the ability that Mages with that ability have but within the Link, and for various members of the Link the weight limit is much higher. Several hundred pounds for individual members and for the Link itself probably several thousand pounds.
=Magical Abilities - Transporting - 3 - The ability to Transport into the Void which is a magical area between and around universes. Dragons and unicorns have the ability and so does Varagon, but the other members of the Link haven't been able to use it.
=Magical Abilities - Transporting - 4 - While dragons except for Tess can't Transport from place to place on a planet their ability to Transport into the Void allows a close analog. They Transport into the Void and then with carefull visualization Transport back onto a planet where they want to go to.
=Magical Abilities - Tuning or Attunement - ability to embue an object and create or tune an Artifact of Power. The Tuned object will only have the the same power level as the Tuner.
=Void - is a magical place between universes. It is the place from which magic comes from, seeping from the Void into each world, some worlds only receive a little bit and others receive much more.
There is no actual distance in the Void, though there is apparent distance. Beings entering the Void going from world to world will spend actual time getting from one to the other.
It's not logical but magic is not always logical.
=Mandean - an small ancient religious sect. Flourished 3 to 4 thousand years before present. They worshipped Kranolt the god of fire and forges. They were blacksmiths by trade and their best work was equal to the best Dwarven work. Every family head had one ultimate goal in his life. To produce a God - blade to honor his god. The Mandeans were some of the most powerful Magic Users in history and they embued the God - blade with all the magic they possessed. Once made the honor was complete and they were simply discarded. Some into rubbish heaps, others would be sold with other weapons. Only a few persons in history were able to find and use a God - blade, because it is the only magic Artifact of Power that Tuned itself to a person.
=Mandean God Blades Known - Darva - Banara the Fair. Revenged the destruction ofher family.
=Mandean God Blades Known - Scolinel - Mandel Bloodyhand carved out a kingdomwhich lasted for 500 years.
=Tran the Carver. Great mage. Known to have a God - blade.Lived about 2500 years before present. It's thought Sandor Ascalon and Symin Ascalon are his descendants.
=Money - copper - scored so that it can be broken in four. So the smallest unit of money is one copper bit.
=Money - electrum - not scored. One hundred gold.
=Money - gold - not scored. ten silver
=Money - silver - ten coppers. Also scored so smallest silver is one silver bit or 2 1/2 coppers
=Adar - sailor on the War Hammer war galley in Camron's navy.
=Aislin - Safar, Kemal - 6 ½ younger of the twins.
=Aislin - Safar, Quendin - 6 ½ oldest of twins by 1 hour and Baroness Aislin's heir.
=Aislin, Baroness Sanja - 35. Formerly Fenla Baroness now Camron. 4 children all boys.
=Aislin, Sanja - Baroness 35. Formerly Fenla Baroness now Camron. 4 children all boys.
=Alcalaar - God of the Forests. While not an Elf he is portrayed as one, and is the Forest Elves principle God.
=Amardar, Keston - King of Fenla during the war 200 years before present day.
=Arla - Rendar's mother. Sixty - three. Princess and sister to the King of Madron.
=Ascalon Armand - The present Baron of Ascalon. A man in his late sixties starting to show his age.The events of the last few years have changed a once forceful and commanding man into one somewhat timid and fearful
=Ascalon Armand & Cecily - 8 Children and 22 grandchildren
=Ascalon, Cecily - His wife a woman in her mid - sixties and bed - ridden.
=Ascalon, Deian Avoe - wife of Duran, deceased would have been 33. Symin's mother.
=Ascalon, Dende - 8 1/2 years old at beginning of Gifts 1. Third son of Dunn, and Maxim's nephew.
=Ascalon, Dimon - 12 year old. Timoh's youngest son. Has joined Timoh on The Plateau to assist him as the flock is starting to get larger.
=Ascalon, Dinni - male , first cousin and a year older than Symin
=Ascalon, Dunn - Maxim's oldest brother. In his early thirties.
=Ascalon, Duran - Would have been 38 Symin's father.executed at age for treason in place of Tyril. been almost
=Ascalon, Dylyn - Armand's personal servant.
=Ascalon, Endin – Sivvin’s uncle from whom he learned how to use a staff.
=Ascalon, Marin - Maxim's mother.
=Ascalon, Maxim - 12 1/2 at start of Gifts 1. Distant realative. Brown hair, brown eyes.
=Ascalon, Sandor was the original founder of the Ascalon clan. 571 years BF (Before Founding of Camron) he had completed the joining of several of the Lesser Clans at the time into the one clan under his leadership. It had taken him ten years to do so, and he had been sixty when he started. He ruled the now Great Clan for 14 years from 70 to 84, and his eldest son followed him. And leadership had passed down through the years to Armand Ascalon the present head of the Clan and Baron of Ascalon, Armand Ascalon.
=Ascalon, Symin Durril 10 years 2 months at beginning of Gifts 1. One week short of 11 at beginning of Gifts 2. The main character in the story. His mother died when he was born. Born 6th of Rege 632 AF.
=Ascalon, Syrel - Maxim's next brother, fourteen.
=Ascalon, Tenay - Maxim's father.
=Ascalon, Timoh - shepherd. Clar his dog
=Ascalon, Tyril - 36 - Symin's uncle
=Ascalonk, Sivvin - corporal of guard in Gifts 1. Captain of guard in Gifts 2
=Atine - Maxim's mule
=Avoe - Sinya's aunt and Symin's great - grandmother. High - priestess of the Mother - goddess in Temple city in Madron
=Baron Chadress, Hail Chadress, Barony in County Wymark
=Baron Konn
=Baron Stark - father of Kinon and sister of Tana.
=Baron Volsen
=Bilin and Valar - cousins.
=Bluent Farnun - Lesser Mage, responsible for the Blood Oath that the Kosla Guards had to swear.
=Bron - Ven hound. Type of hunting dog. Bron was owned by King Nellen of Fenla, who appointed him as the Provost Marshal of his captital, telling anyone if they had any doubts that their king was insane. Nellen was assassinated six days after the appointment and replaced by Prince Telren his second cousin.
=Callar Efil - Camron Royal Archivist=Anya - Symin's pony
=Carlinn - Crown Prince of Madron
=Cartan - King's Messenger. High ranking. Around 6' 4 tall and 240 pounds. Very broad shoulders.
=Carvay, Telren - Prince of Fenla, who replaces King Nellen
=Carvey, Nellen - mad King of Fenla, who forces six Barons to enter Camara and take land there, in a plot to decoy the army to The Valley and then would attack Camara coastal cities.
=Chadress, Hair, Baron Chadress, holds Barony in County Wymark
=Clar - Timoh's Sheepdog
=Condeedotar, Sinya - King's Messenger. High ranking. Forest Elf about 5'5 very light hair and slender. Symin's cousin.
=Condeeson, Drew - Sinya's older brother.
=Condeeson, Telton - Sinya's younger brother father of the twins.
=Considus - a Noble and also a wine merchant, but he a good man by Lythean standards. While he takes boys to his bed, he treats them well and pays well. He purchased Kinon almost by accident wanting to save his life from Marrko.
=Count Theron
=Count Wymark
=Darain. A lesser mage in the employ of Rendar.
=Dark Goddess - As the Dark Goddess her worshippers use human sacrifice, and the sects, which worship her as the Dark Goddess are outlawed thoughout most of the continent.
=Dearna - most powerful Healer in Bremen and surrounding area. Daughter of Seldon
=Decon Aron - owner of Jaran Volsen
=Denna - Magic User - Scrambler. Ancestors came from Scart.
=Dorn - member of the town guard
=Dumar Bran - merchant
=Dumar Dav - head of what's left of the Dumar clan. Saves Symin's life. Once a mercenary.
=Edin - 7 1/2 one of identical twin sons of former clan chief of the Marten Clan in Sinpa. Blond hair, black eyes. Other one Selen. Sacrifices in Surnal's Temple, made Verhandel to get into Temple complex.
=Fandar, Tesa - 102. Lesser mage Healer. Full Black Mountain Elf. Friend of Dearna's father and mother and a potential mate for Seldon.
=Farlei Rendar, Duke of Farlei and Duke Royal
=Farlei Terrion adopted son of Rendar, was Terrion Wymark.
=Farlei, Arla - Rendar's mother and younger sister of King Vendar, 59.
=Feone - Drew's wife
=Flaranson, Condee - Sinya's father. Symin's great - uncle
=Flarason, Kraftin, Sinya's uncle, Symin's great - uncle
=Flarston - God of Messengers. The Bonded Messengers are chosen by Flarston. They can be of any class from a slave to a king. Their bracelets can get them anywhere, they need no money, all must help them for no cost in Varryn, outside they must pay like any others. It wouldn't be nice to call Flarston greedy, tight fisted might be a better term. authorized to hire assassins to kill you and your children.
=Foss, Garth - enemy of Daniel Vincent
=Garll - woodworker in Count Wymark's castle
= Garmen, Hunten - Baron Stark's agent in Sothra.
=Gray Goddess - Surnal, As the Gray Goddess her worshippers sacrifice animals in offerings
=Hider - 10 year old street urchin, leader of a band of twenty children ranging in age from 4 to 12. When he helped Tana Stark get her nephew out of Tenve she took the entire band with her.
=Huges, Remington - rancher on Earth. Daniel buys a stallion and half a dozen mares from him when his family comes to Lythea.
=Ismar, Baron Vesan - 67. Formerly Fenla Baron now Camron. 8 children. 3 girls 5 boys.
=Ismar, Carana - 60. Baron Ismar's wife.
=Ismar, Tarvala - 38. Baron Ismar's oldest daughter and heir.
=Ismar, Vesan - Baron 67. Formerly Fenla Baron now Camron. 8 children. 3 girls 5 boys.
=Ivin - the King of Madron's Far - speaker
=Jaerum - Tatrin Guildhall messenger
=Jareth - lieutenant of Stark's guard, ill at time of incident.=Orson's Hole - suspected haunt of thieves and bandits, never been proven.
=Jasmar, Atalan - Baron Jasmar's wife. 28.
=Jasmar, Baron Talkar - 30. Formerly Fenla Baron now Camron. 3 children 2 boys 1 girl
=Jasmar, Belasan - 6. Baron Jasmar's heir.
=Jasmar, Talkar - Baron 30. Formerly Fenla Baron now Camron. 3 children 2 boys 1 girl
=Jer - Scart street child. Aside from slaves the lowest of the low. They are always naked.
=Kane - Chief Priest of the temple of Flarston
=Karliv - (Karliv pronounced as if spelled with a double ee Karleev) - Half Forest Elf and half Black Mountain Elf, Great Mage. Symin's cousin.
=Karrin, housekeeper to Rendar.
=Karvel - Carlinn youngest brother, the one who's life was in danger in Gifts part 1
=Kethan - high ranking priest in Temple of the the Mother - Goddess in southern Tatrin
=King Hamar of Camron
=King Keston - King of Fenla during the war 200 years before present day.
=King Nellen of Fenla
=Kith - Bonded Messenger - chosen directly by Flarsten
=Konn Den - 9 years old. One of the two twins from Sheran's warehouse.
=Konn Fane - the other twin
=Kranholt - God of fire and forge workers
=Laslan, Baron Salan. 51. Leader of the six Baronies established by Fenlar at the head of the valley inside Camron territory.
=Laslan, Darval 50. Baron Laslan's wife.
=Laslan, Kailie - 20 year old daughter of Laslan his only child and heir. Brown hair, brown eyes.
=Laslan, Kailie - Salan's heir. 20 year old female
=Laslan, Salan - Senior Baron of those who came from Fenla.
=Laytal - Arch - Priest of Surnal in the Temple in Sinpa.
=Lorry - innkeeper's 15 year old daughter in Bremen
=Marrko - Apparent Head of Scart's Underworld. A sadist of the worst kind.
=Martil - Lieutenant of the town guard
=Minna - highest of the servants. She has overall control of all of the servants, and pretty well complete control of the Ascalon children under the age of 14. Even those over the age of 14 and yet under the age of adult status are rightly wary of her since the Ascalons will do almost anything she suggests in way of punishment. Minna is five feet tall but weighs between 250 and 300 hundred pounds. It's suspected that her family has Dwarven blood in their ancestory since most of that is muscle rather than fat and she is astonishingly agile.
=Molloy, Darren - Jenny's father and a retired police - officer.
=Nightwitch - a night bird with a distinctive call.
=Nordstrom, Oskar - jeweller and hock shop owner for the rich.
=Patis - Kinon's pony.
=Prince Diam - Prince of Scart, and Hider's father
=Prince Tamen of Camron - Second son - 40 during Gifts 2 dark hair, midnight blue eyes, incredible presence. Head of legal system and the King's Messengers, and the army.
=Prince then King Telren was more stable than Nellen, who was his second cousin, but he was the leader of a faction which intended to remove much of the power the nobles had gained over the centuries. Since Baron Laslan and the other five Barons where just the type of persons he planned to remove power from, he had no intention of returning their former lands to them.
=Prince Uaughn - Crown prince of Camron. 43=Camron - capital Camara
=Princess Rashin - Diam's wife and Hider's mother. Though a good woman, she's not very motherly.
=Quin - sergeant of guard at Stark
=Raf - Scart street child. Aside from slaves the lowest of the low. They are always naked.
=Reselan - female dragon, about two thousand years old and if Varagon hadn't existed would have been a prime candidate for the ruler of the dragons.
=Reslar, Barandis - 14. Baron Reslar's son and heir
=Reslar, Efan - Baron 38 Widower. Formerly Fenla Baron now Camron. 4 children. 3 boys 1 girl
=Safar, Ventar - 37. Baroness Sanja consort.
=Samra - Rendar's sister, who died before he was born.
=Andar, Caran - One of Jenna’s seven year old identical twin sons.
=Andar, Donel - One of Jenna’s seven year old identical twin sons.
=Andar, Jenna - Katel’s widowed sister.
=Sandar, Katel - Great Mage in Kasar, Varryn
=Santin - Kith’s assitant.
=Savron - Merchant Guildmaster of Polemn
=Sear & Dale - 13 years olds twins, equivilent age slighty under 7 years old in human terms
=Seldon - Healer - mage father of Dearna
=Selen - 7 1/2 one of identical twin sons of former clan chief of the Marten Clan in Sinpa. Blond hair, black eyes. Other one Edin. Sacrifices in Surnal's Temple, made Verhandel to get into Temple complex.
=Senson Kalli - Count of Wymark's mistress. Was a sergeant in the Company Senson. Became Lieutenant of guard at Wymark. Two sons, Born illegitimate Forsen Wymark, and Kanen Wymark. The king of Camron when he stripped the Count of Wymark of his title and gave the title to Forsen and made them wards of the Crown he gave them legitimacy.
=Senson Phyl - more bookish then most Senson's. He is Kalli's cousin and is tutor to her sons.
=Senson Turc - Head of the mercenary Company Senson and Kalli Senson's uncle.
=Sera - Telton's wife
=Severin, town on border founded by Nellen and taken over by Camron
=Shel, Arnan - 21. Leather worker in Kasar and Colorn Wither’s partner
=Shena - a former member of the band. Killed by a noble
=Sheran - merchant and Bremen head of slaving ring.
=Sinpa - Country south of Varryn.
=Sparan - Captain of the town guards. The Town Guard wear leather armor and long leather trews which give a little protection from weapons
=Stark, Kinon - 9 year old son of Baron Stark. Black hair and gray eyes.
=Stark, Krin - cousin to Vell, Kinon and Tana Quin - sergeant of the guard at Stark Castle
=Stark, Tana - Kinon's aunt and Vell's sister
=Stark, Vell - Baron Stark
=Surnal worshipped as either the Gray Goddess or the Dark Goddess. As the Gray Goddess her worshippers sacrifice animals in offerings. As the Dark Goddess her worshippers use human sacrifice, and the sects, which worship her as the Dark Goddess are outlawed thoughout much of the continent.
=Swane - owner of the Roaring Lion Inn
=Tamra, also referred to as Avoe in the southern provinces of Camron, the Mother Goddess
=Tane - member of the town guard.
=Tantar - Fenla's capital
=Tarla - chief priestess of a Temple of the the Mother - Goddess in southern Tatrin
=Tarn - sergeant of the platoon escorting, Hider's band and Kinon to the Stark Barony
=Tarvan - Scart street child. Aside from slaves the lowest of the low. They are always naked.
=Teltonson, Dale & Sear - 13 years old twins, equivilent age slighty under 7 years old in human terms
=Tenning - Healer in Madron.
=Tennonson, Flaran - Condee and Kraftin's father.
=Teron - God of Warriors
=Tessilonika - last of the link. Called Tess by the others.
=Theron Genda - eldest of the three boys rescued from Sheran's warehouse
=Tinja, Atal - Baron 43. Formerly Fenla Baron now Camron. 6 children. 3 boys 3 girls.
=Tinja, Farna - 38. Baron Tinja's wife
=Tinja, Setin - 18. Baron Tinja's son and heir.
=Tomma - Mayor/Judge of Bremen, Dearna's cousin
=Toron - Corporal of the town guards and also nephew of Sparan
=Tran the Carver. Great mage. Known to have a God - blade.Lived about 2500 years before present. It's thought Sandor Ascalon and Symin Ascalon are his descendants.
=Tres - at twelve the oldest of Hider's band
=Vanra - Great Mage and Denna brother.Ancestors came from Scart.
=Varagon - former god
=Varilia - Varagon's mate.
=Vendar - King of Madron
=Vere, Tasla - Mayor of Severin. 51.
=Vincent - Molloy, Danielle (Danni) 12
=Vincent - Molloy, Jason 9
=Vincent - Molloy, Jennifer Daniel Vincent's wife
=Vincent - Molloy, Travis 8
=Vincent, Caitrin - Jason's wife. Thirty - six.
=Vincent, Jason - Daniel's cousin. Thirty - seven Has six children ranging in age from four to sixteen. three boys, three girls. Daniel and Jenny give the farm to them.
=Vincent, Daniel - Jennifer's husband
=Volsen Jaran - just turned nine when kidnapped 10 at second part of Gifts,
=Wend - Priest in charge of the Bonded Messenger's and second in the temple the wars - a period of time about 1000 years before present date which is 64? AF
=Wendel - captain in the Madron army.
=Wilkes, Gannon - 22. One of Baron Stark's younger guardsmen assigned to watch Kinon
=Wither, Colorn - 20. Leather worker in Kasar and Shel, Arnan partner.
=Wymark Forsen - illegitimate son of the former Count of Wymark, and now the Count of Wymark in his stead. 6 years 8 months old
=Wymark Kanen - younger illegitimate son of the former Count of Wymark. 5 years old
=Wymark Terrion son of the Count of Wymark Dyslexic.One of the kidnapped children. 8 1/2 when kidnapped, at time second part of Gifts, 9 1/2. Adopted by Rendar with the approval of the Camron king and became Terrion Farlei Originally only showed Mind - speech but in the year he pretended to be Rendar's slave developed into a Far - speaker. Brown eyes.
=Yersine - Great Mage and chief motivator behind the troubles between Madron and Camron. Also the great uncle of Sheran.
=Selatar Forest - Forest in which the Forest Elves live which is ceded to them by the King of Hamar.
=Fenla - Country to the north of Camron. Smaller but has designs on the territory that the Forest Elves occupy.
=Scala Lake
=Sangree River - flows out of Scala Lake south and then west, at the point where it meets the Pentil River which flows out of the moutains. Camron claims the territory south of the Pentil and Sangree Rivers and all of the Valley which is about w 150 miles wide and is partially forested, and where the Forest Elves live.
=Pentil River
=the Valley. About
one hundred and fifty miles wide and about the same in length, divides
two mountain ranges. Camron claims it but has never actively tried to
settle it, because of its isolation and because a large part of it is
forested and is the home of the Forest Elves. Camron is required to
do so, Symin is at first a Barony on the border to establish the Kingdom's
presence and when they find that Fenla has taken advantage of Camron's
preoccupation with the Madron problem, and established six Baronies
south of the river, the activity hidden by four Great Mages. Using an
established precedant, the Kingdom claims the Baronies as their own
and enlarges Symin's position to that of Count and Maxim is established
as the Baron Ascalon.
=Calender was invented by a long vanished society and the names of the months are simply numbers in their dead language from 1 to 12
=Dating scheme is that of Camron. The present period I am exploring is 640+ in Camron time. AF means After Founding. BF before founding
=Days - 1 Avoeday - Avoe
=Days - 2 Landay - Landar
=Days - 3 Synday - Synera
=Days - 4 Venday - Vendora
=Days - 5 Kranday - Kranholt
=Days - 6 Essday - Essus
=Days - 7 Teronday - Teron
=7 Days - named after the Gods. Teronday and Avoeday are considered the most holy days, as close to a weekend as there is.
=Months each have thirty days
=Months - 01 Sume
=Months - 02 Shan
=Months - 03 Rege
=Months - 04 Lim
=Months - 05 Seld
=Months - 06 Tris
=Months - 07 Silla
=Months - 08 Sath
=Months - 09 Tine
=Months - 10 Verin
=Months - 11 Waarn - Terrion born 20th of Waarn
=Months - 12 Dren - Maxim born 15 of month 631 A
=Numbers are translated into Earth standand the ancient numbering system only used for days and months.
=Moon - Balar - Word from a dead language that means God, or Diety.
=Planet - Lythea about 10% larger than earth the gravity only about 1% higher since it has an iron core which is a bit smaller. Has the same rotational period as earth but orbits the sun in 360 days. So there is a calender consisting of 12 months of 30 days each. There are seven days per week, 12 months of 30 days each however only 51 weeks adding up to 357 days per year. the other 3 days are simply called Mid - winter Days numbered 1 to 3.
=Rainy season is from Verin to change to Sume Rege. At both beginning and end of rainy season is quite light though constant rain from Dren to Shan moderate to very heavy.
=Sun - Tor. Because it is a little hotter than Sol the temperature on Lythea in Camron has a mean temperature in the summer of 100 degrees and in the rainy seaon (winter) the mean temperature is in the mid - 80's to high 80's.
=Time is comparable to Earth 24 hours day. Some societys using a 24 hour clock and others two 12 hour night/day periods. Camron and surrounding countries use 12 hour night/day 60 minute hour is standard as is the sixty second minute.
=Year - 12 months 51 weeks plus 3 days left over which is mid winter
=Druberry - one of the most commom of the berry family on this world. Cooked it's delicious and absolute harmless. Uncooked it tastes even better, but it has one unfortunate side - affect when eaten in large quantities. YOU CAN'T SLEEP UNTIL IT WEARS OFF, and when you've taken a bellyfull an adult would be up for twenty - four hours. A child on the other, bearing in mind that a bellyfull would be a smaller quantity than an adult, is affected for twenty - four to forty - eight hours. Distilled it can be used to help someone to stay awake when needed. Since it is both non - addictive, and can be taken for several days in a row it is the preferred method of keeping from sleeping though others are available.
=Okun tree - The leaves are chewable and edible, and provides the equivalent of chewing gum, though they don't have to be processed simply dried and compacted.
It grows very slowly and has a small crown which doesn't begin to really grow until the tree is about 150 years old, and then it has massive branches which are very high off of the ground.
=Dragons - not native to lythea. Can Transport into the void and travel in it to other worlds though they move much slower than unicorns. A ratio of 1 to 10.
=Dwarves - about 4 to 5 feet tall. Very rotund appearing fat but actually all muscle. Very strong.
=Elves - Part - pound for pound for some reason are the strongest of the races.
=Elves - slender but very strong. Slender weighing about two thirds that of a human so strength just about equals out. Same range of height as a human.
=Giants - between 7 and 8 feet tall. Very heavy boned. Half to double the weight a human would be at same size. A 7 foot human would be about 400 to 500 pounds and a giant at the same height would be 600 to 800 pounds. Very strong but somewhat slow and clumsy. Very isolated as are the Halflings staying to themselves, Nnone seen in any of the Gifts stories so far.
=Halflings - 3 to four feet tall. An isolated race,
=Humans - adults with very broad range of size from 4 feet to 8 feet. Both low height and high height anomolies.
=Shape - shifters and shape - changers, the difference that I perceive between the two terms in a fantasy setting, not necessarily by other writers. A shape - shifter, in a fantasy setting or in some of our own legends, is a person or being that can shift from one form to another, however there is a limitation. A shape - shifter can only shift to a form which has the same mass and weight that the original being has. A werewolf, from our own legends is a good example, a man changes into wolf - form but the wolf has the same weight that the man originally had. A shape - changer on the other hand is not limited to his own weight. For instance, Dracula would be a shape - changer, when he changes into bat form there is no correlation of his original body mass to the body of the bat.
=Tessilonika - last of the link. Called Tess by the others.
=Unicorns - from another world. They are shape - shifters with two forms. In unicorn form with wings they only weigh about four hundred pounds because like birds they have very lightweight hollow bones. Made up of the same material as their horn, their bones are almost unbreakable, and the bulk of their weight is in the flesh, muscles and tendons. They are quite small, samller than many ponies and weigh about three hundred pounds. Their alternate form is that of a dog or cat depending on the unicorn. Pictou who becomes Symin's companion, alternate form is that of a large dog, and in this form since the weight must stay the same he is a very large dog and weighs the same, three hundred pounds.
=Dark Forest Elves - Branch of the Forest Elves in northern Madron.
=Fandar, Tesa - 102. Lesser mage Healer. Full Black Mountain Elf. Friend of Dearna's father and mother and a potential mate for Seldon.
=Alvardottar, Feone - Drew Condeeson's wife.
=Avoe - Sinya's aunt and Symin's great - grandmother. High - priestess of the Mother - goddess in Temple city in Madron. Named after the Mother - Goddess.
=Black Mountain Elves - Dark, skin, hair and eyes. Have a higher percentage of Magic Users and are much more used to travelling.
=Clothing - Adults same conventions as rest of society. For children they follow the practice used in more isolataed areas and don't start wearing clothing till they're about twelve or thirteen.
=Condeedottar, Sinya - neice of Avoe who is Symin's great - grandmother, Symin's cousin.
=Condeeson, Drew - Sinya's older brother.
=Condeeson, Telton - Sinya's younger brother father of the twins.
=Dark Forest Elves - Branch of the Forest Elf clan who live in northern Madron. Like Forest Elves they live in a forest though it's a much bigger forest. Unlike Forest Elves they live in more conventional housing.
=Drewdottar, Sera - Drew's daughter, 9 (eighteen)
=Drewson, Ravall - youngest of Drew's children at equivalent of 6 (12 years old)
=Drewson, Sain - oldest of Drew's children at equivalent of 10, (20 years old)
=Flaranson, Condee - Sinya's father. Symin's great - uncle
=Flaranson, Kraftin, Sinya's uncle, Symin's great - uncle
=Forest Elves - Usually light skinned and silver colored hair. They are not great travellers and do not use horses very much. Those that do leave the forest therefore learn to ride quite late and seldom become qreat riders. Are one of the few Elven clans that do not have a lot of high Magic - Users such as Mages. Some families have a form of Far - speak that can only be used amongst themselves. Their principal magical talent it the growing of plant life the way they want. They are also wood workers of unmatched skill on Lythea. Their furniture and other objects are truly creations, indicating that Symin's love of carving may be from both sides of his family. They live in tree houses. See the okun tree for description of house.
=Gray Mountain Elves
=Kraftinson, Karliv - Half Forest Elf and half Black Mountain Elf, Great Mage. Symin's cousin.
=Mayandottar, Sera - Telton's wife
=patronymic. Elves both male and female take their last name from the first name of their father. For males son is added and for female's dottar is added. Elves who follow the naming conventions of their race only have two names. A personal name and a surname. For those Elves who are more closely bound up in the societies in which they live quite often follow the naming convention of the country in which they live, and might have several names.
=Teltonson, Sear & Dale - 13 years olds twins, equivilent age slighty under 7 years old in human terms
=Tennonson, Flaran - Condee and Kraftin's father.
=White Mountain Elves
=Children have almost no rights in any of Lythea, simpy what their parents are prepared to give them.
=Rivers & Streams - The stream which exits the cliff to create the pond is very crooked for the first mile and then straightens somewhat though it still curves by the castle and the little village by the castle, it is joined by several streams and it a quite respectable sized where it joins the Banner River.
=Rivers & Streams - The Banner river flows out of the mountains in the northern part of the Barony of Escalon it flows toward the east just south of the town of Bremen and then flows a hundred miles curving to the north where is forms part of the border between Camron and Madron. Madron is the country on Camron's eastern border. The last major war between the two counties had occurred over 75 before. Except for the occasional border skirmish there had been general peace since that time.
Symin’s staff. Made for him by Sivvin. Four and a half feet long. Elaborately carved. Has a recessed hidden catch, which releases a two and a half foot blade.