Maps, a character list, and glossary of terms

Maps

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Dramatis Personae

The main four:

Endarion Boratorren—Arch-General of Denjin; father of Daria, Tali, Remus, Lexia, and Bekker; brother of Valerian and Heller; uncle of Sephara and Kaeso

Estrid Elerius—Kandras of the Dasjuran army; heir to Aladar; former Imperial arch-general

Sephara Boratorren—daughter of Valerian; sister of Kaeso; niece of Endarion; Dexion’s lover; also known as Silvia Barum

Tali—illegitimate youngest child of Endarion; a half-Dontili; Heller’s niece

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The Boratorren family:

Avelyn Brazus—Doglord of the Denjin army; mother of Remus; ex-lover of Endarion

Bekker—son of Endarion and Kesa

Daria Boratorren—daughter and heir of Endarion

Helleron Boratorren—captain of his mage cadre; brother of Endarion and Valerian; uncle of Tali

Iana Mallian—an ally of the Boratorrens; Lexia’s mother; Endarion’s ex-lover

Kaeso Boratorren—son and heir of Valerian; brother of Sephara; nephew of Endarion

Kesa Hult—First Mistress of the Heaven’s Paramours; mother of Bekker; ex-lover of Endarion

Lexia—daughter of Iana and Endarion

Remus—son of Endarion and Avelyn

Stonehounds—Basirius, Demon, Andaria, Styros

Valerian Boratorren—patriarch of the Boratorrens and Corajus of Denjin; brother of Endarion and Heller; father of Sephara and Kaeso

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The Tyrannus family:

Dobran Tyrannus—brother of Janus; Arch-General of Adhistabor

Janus Tyrannus—Caetoran of the Imperium

Khian Tyrannus—son of Dobran and Nazhira; Warmaster of the Imperium

Nazhira Tyrannus—wife of Dobran; a Kastrian general; non-biological mother of Khian

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In the Karhes:

Erun—a monster on the planet Shaeviren; tortured Endarion, now haunting Tali’s mind

Indro—titled ‘Lord’, currently raising an army in the Empire of the Thousand Kings

Katja Westervelt—a mercenary

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Mariska—a human mage in Heller’s cadre

Rexan Sudarium—enigmatic leader of the Fensidium Order; immortal mage

Shira—mage; mentor to Tali; part of Heller’s cadre

Tornjak—a Vasipan mage in Heller’s cadre

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In the Imperium:

Byrria Dumerian—Arch-General of Uldhen

Caelinus Naevon—Corajus of Asineo; brother of Ricardus; ally of the Boratorrens

Calvus Valens—Corajus of Quendinther

Cato Romanus—First-General of Denjin; killed by Endarion

Dexion Mendacium—Captain-General of the Praevin; Sephara’s lover

Kavan Aza—Arch-General of Quendinther

Korzha Mazilu—Arch-General of Odynia

Palla Hasund—First-General of Denjin; possesses unusually powerful magic; works for Sudarium

Reveka Rom—Arch-General of Daresgar

Ricardus Naevon—Arch-General of Asineo; ally to the Boratorrens

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In Kalduran:

Aladar Baltakis—Baltanos of Kalduran

Borso Farkas—deputy to Estrid; a thundermancer

Elek Danukos—Kandras of Kalduran Prime

Ilona Redik—Kandras of the Northstorm army of Kalduran

Laszlo Lakatos—Kandras of the Eskaldan army of Kalduran

Tanas Drikas—Aladar’s husband

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The dead and gone:

Aemilia Calerus—deceased mother of Daria

Andaria—mythical founder of the Boratorren family

Asterion Boratorren—deceased father of the Boratorren brothers

Canisius Thurinus—founder of the modern Imperium

Cnaeus Casus—the last Paramount-General of the united Empire of Adhistabor

Erdohan—the Novhar who supposedly caused the Cataclysm 10,000 years ago

Katrin—deceased mother of Tali and ex-lover of Endarion; a Dontili soldier

Marcus Traian—co-founder of the modern Imperium

Noster Seius—deceased director to Iana

Novissa Boratorren—deceased aunt of Endarion and Valerian

Phaedra Boratorren—deceased mother of the Boratorren brothers

Skiron Koinos—tyrannical Arisen godking four thousand years dead

Glossary

Aasiur—the source of all magic

Aasiurmancy—the practice of magic by the manipulation and conjuration of aasiur, split into nine branches:

* Aeromancy—whereby a mage can conjure aasiur in the shape of air

* Aquamancy—whereby a mage can conjure aasiur in the shape of water

* Idomancy—whereby a mage travels short distances by stepping through space

* Pyromancy—whereby a mage can conjure aasiur in the shape of fire

* Shadowmancy—whereby a mage can conjure aasiur in the shape of shadows

* Solarmancy—whereby a mage ca conjure aasiur in the shape of light

* Geomancy—whereby a mage can conjure aasiur in the shape of earth, rock, soil, mud, etc.

* Thundermancy—whereby a mage can conjure aasiur in the shape of lightning

* Worldstriding—whereby a mage can travel any distance through a created portal

Abyss, the—the void that exists beyond the world and surrounds the universe

Arch-General—the overall leader of one of the seven Reign armies in the Imperium

Architects—mythical creators of the Novhar and Ravessi races

Arisen—toppled immortal godkings who ruled parts of the continent between 4,000 and 6,000 years ago

Arisen Theocracies—the empire ruled over by the immortal godkings

Atlas Gate—now-defunct portals once created and used by the Novhar to travel between worlds

Cataclysm, the—an apocalyptic event 10,000 years ago whereby the Abyss was loosed into the world

Caesidi—once the highly-trained shadowmancer assassins serving the Arisen godkings

Caetoran—ruler of the Imperium

Captain-General—commands the Dhakan in Empyria

Cavalry-General—overseer of the cavalry in an army in the Imperium

Corajus—the governor of a Reign in the Imperium

Doglord—overseer of all the doglords in an army in the Imperium; title exists only in the army of Denjin

Eld—the world on which the story takes place; the biggest in the Vast Infinite

Exalt-Lord/Lady—noble title used in the Imperium

Fensidium—a renegade mage order in the Karhes

First-General—second-in-command of an army in the Imperium

Gnostic Planes—the metaphysical planes on which aasiurmancy can be accessed

Jalin—overseer of all things magic in Drasken, including the Ren Câdern College in Kaltoren

Kandras—the overall leader of an army in Kalduran

Keizerin—overall ruler of Drasken; rules for a term of twenty years; sits on the Varkommer

Kommer—one of the ten who sit upon the Varkommer; each has their own area of control

Masantra—second-in-command of an army in Kalduran

Novhar—creators of the human race; immortal; once controlled the entire Vast Infinite

Paramount-General—the overall leader of all armies in the Imperium

Praevin—the policing force in Empyria

Ravessi—denizens of the Abyss; they caused the Cataclysm

Reign—a province in the Imperium

Shifting City—a nomadic settlement that travels around the Karhes, usually on massive wheels powered by a Surrekan engine

Shroud, the—the metaphysical, magical barrier between the physical world and the Gnostic Planes

Stonehound—the massive, wolf-like war-dogs bred by the Boratorren family; they make up the Doglords of Denjin

Surrekan engine—made of pure aasiur and created by Novhar; powers the Empyrian Tower, Kaltoren’s towers, thunderships, and Shifting Cities

Varkommer—the oligarchic council of ten that rules the Drasken Empire

Vast Infinite, the—the known universe and everything in it

Warmaster—military advisor to the Caetoran in the Imperium