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Dramatis Personæ & Other Reference Items

The Divine:

The Weaver's - The Three Great Goddesses; Urðra, Veránda & Skúlda - the Maiden, the Matron and the Crone. They spin, weave and shear our fates into the Ymbwyrcan — the Great Tapestry of Life, to which even the Younger Gods are subject.

The Younger Gods, the Æðelings:

Seven brothers and sisters. All except for Yfelde Soð are either presumed dead or Banished)

Grund — God of the Earth

Lagufæ - Sea Goddess

Gléagerád — God of Mirth and Wisdom

Gældra — Goddess of Spirit & Magic (Died in the year 1046 of the age after the Dragon Wars)

Lígfýr — God of Fire

Cælcealda — Goddess of Air, Cold & Sorrow (Pain)

Yfelde Soð — God of Justice (Sole remaining God)

Árfæsliss — Goddess of Mercy (Hearth, Home & Healing)

Lufestræm — God of Love

Aðbǽrnesa — Goddess of Luck, Decay, Death & Rebirth

Yweorfan — God of Cultivation

Áwildia — Goddess of Wilderness (wild & untamed)

Cennan — God of Commerce, Crafts & Trade (Order)

Ámyrðria — Goddess of Chaos, Destruction, Drunkenness, Lies & Weal (She who undoes)

Swanford Village & Crystal Lake:

• Rowan - Journeyman Blacksmith (reluctant Hero)

• Boyle - Stableman (slightly slow of thought, but loyal and quite wise)

• Cedany - Rowan's village sweetheart, daughter of Vainard Miller - (a sweet young thing with a poor choice in friends)

• Gléager Oddtus — a Lore-Master (Histrio) and gléaman/joculator (a jester and a Foole who is definitely not a fool ... and who knows far more than he should)

• Duke Emdyn de Mosena - Duke of Tellesmere (a dithering cheapskate)

• Lady Ayleth — the daughter and only child of the Duke - (beauty and some brains, but spoilt utterly thoroughly)

• Vainard Miller — the Headman of Swanford Village (a pompous ass-kisser)

• Àcheram - Dockmaster (a keen watchful eye)

• Ypreth - Innkeeper, The Goblin's Head Tavern [Púca Cápa local village tavern] (pulls a proper pint)

• Kelvin Hunuwald - Innkeeper, The Green Sails Inn [dockside inn] (pulls a meager pint)

• Gorge Smith - Master Blacksmith (cantankerous but fair)

• Bryce - Friend of Rowan, guardsman - (keen of eye, slow of foot)

• Arard — Night Sergeant of Crossroads Bridge and Watchtower - (dim of eye, slender and swift as a greyhound)

• Duflyl - Sergeant of River Watchtower - (much keener of eye, but too fat to even think of running anywhere)

• Robrick - Lieutenant in command of Crossroads Bridge and Watchtower - (dutiful but friendly)

• Sedric - Warehouse Master - (extremely dutiful but not particularly friendly)

• Cegred - Stable Master - (sloven and lazy, and often surly ... when sober)

• Frigrast - Head Factor - (constantly worries about the river trade)

• Juro — a Fisherman (occasionally worries about dock traffic ruining his fishing)

• Lankfred - Priest, Church of Yfelde Soð — God of Justice (a small petty and intolerant man who burns with zeal)

• Ethrell — a Wise-woman/town healer — (a smaller but very tolerant woman with no particular regrets)

• Loren - A misguided traveler who finds the right path

• Arila - part fish/part young mischievous woman

On the Emerald River and south:

• Coryn - Captain of The Lady Ellyn - (careful, cautious and handles his boat with the grace of a river otter)

• Tory - First Mate, The Lady Ellyn - (impudent and impatient)

• Beryl - Second Mate, The Lady Ellyn & Tory's consort - (a wiser and less bold lady)

• Daren & Tashyl - Able seamen, The Lady Ellyn - (nimble and hard working)

• Brenga & Gaylyn - Able sealadies, The Lady Ellyn - (nimbler and also hard working ... and much more decorative)

• Rothale - Lieutenant of Lady Ayleth's Bodyguard - (a scoundrel)

• Kaldyn - Sergeant, Rothale's right hand man - (a born cutthroat)

• Slaryle, Kelven & Fenenin - (loyal but unfortunate men at arms)

• Vorenia - a treacherous whore

• Leresia — a badly frightened widow

• Gwenda - A Baron's daughter - (an enterprising captive of the Eorfleode, Boar-Men)

• Ashburn — a man fortunate to get a second chance to make a good first impression

• Count Renfield — A sensible and progressive nobleman

• Jim'ose - Goblin leader, Lore-Master & shaman

In Broadmore and Everdun:

• Kelvin U'Roth, the Duke of Broadmore (young and haughty, but not too bad of an egg)

• Denis — an accountant, but still a useful fellow

• Harald and Guilliam — Living proof that no good deed goes unpunished

Non-Humans:

• Daemons — the malevolent race of Infernals, who have been banished from the world since the end of the mythical Dragon Wars

• Dweorg — semi-mythical race of the folk who live beneath the earth and delve for riches; unseen by men since the end of the Dragon Wars

• Eorfleode, called by men the Boar-Men — dangerous and as strong as oxen, and nearly as smart

• Eotenas — a monster, any dangerous creature of the wilderness

• Orcneas - evil spirits without physical substance

• Púca, or the race of the Púcel in their own tongue — Formally called by men the Nihtgenga, or the Night-goers, but most commonly called Goblins

• Ylfe — a reclusive race of forest hunters who revere nature; rarely seen

Useful Terminology & Dictionary —

• Anda — a horror/fear

• Bay (body of water) — Vágr (such as Vágráþrír — Bay of Three Rivers)

• Boar — Evers; Eorf (or) Eofor) God of the Eorfleode — Ingui "Boar God" (male aspect 'Goddess of Destruction')

• Dragon - draca; wyrm

• Eagle — arth; Eagle Valley — Arden

• False — léaslic; literally something that is a profound lie and against the rightful order of things. Used to name The Seven, if in their mortal guises.

• Minstrel — Gléaman (sings, tells stories and plays instruments); joculator (acrobatics, dances or juggles, tells jokes); mimus (dance and epic stage drama); ministrellis (0r) mestier (musician primarily of that craft); Skald (slightly more honorific, specializing in epic song); Histrio or Lore-Master (being an acknowledged master of several crafts of lore, usually including history, ancient epic poetry, herbalism and the arts of healing)

• God - God (m), æðeling; líffréa (f) Lord of life; source of life líffruma (f); heathen godgield (n) idol; image of a God like person

• Guard — voror (or) geyma (or) varoa

• Island — ey (n)

• King - allvaldr (m) (sovereign ruler); gástcyning (m) soul's king, High Seat — Yppe (high place) Olanyppe

• Moon-Woman - galdorfǽmne

• Peace-Weaver — fríþwebba (f), (also variants (friðusibb, pron. "fri-thu-sib")

• Pair, Joined - gemæcca, those sharing a single double-heart life thread.

• People — Leode

• Protect — varoi (or) verja

• River — Fljot (or) á (such as Emerald-á — Emerald River)

• Sorceress — lybbestre (f) (often used disrespectfully)