The Quest for Saint Camber
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DHASSA—free holy city and seat of Bishop Denis Arilan; known for its woodcraft and the shrines of its patron saints, Torin and Ethelburga, that guard its approaches south and north.
DOLBAN—formerly the mother house of the Servants of Saint Camber and site of a shrine to him.
DORNA—the plain where Duncan finally found Sicard’s army.
EASTMARCH—former earldom of Ian Howell; ceded to the Crown on his death and subsequently given to Burchard de Varian to reward his loyalty in the Torenth War.
ELEVEN KINGDOMS—ancient name for the entire area including and surrounding Gwynedd.
FIANNA—wine-growing county across the Southern Sea.
FORCINN BUFFER STATES—group of independent principalities south of Torenth, including Nur Hallaj.
GRECOTHA—university city, former site of the Varnarite School; seat of Bishop Wolfram de Blanet.
GRELDER—Pass, High—pass leading from Saint Bearand’s Abbey, northeast of Caerrorie, down to the Iomaire plain.
GWYNEDD—central and largest of the Eleven Kingdoms, held by the Haldanes of Gwynedd since 645.
IOMAIRE, Plain of—former site of a shrine marking the place where Camber MacRorie fell in battle.
JENAS—a Gwynedd earldom.
KILSHANE—ancient coastal earldom bordering Transha.
KHELDISH RIDING—northeastern portion of the old Kingdom of Kheldour, famous for its weavers.
KIERNEY—earldom and secondary holding of the Dukes of Cassan, now held by Duncan McLain.
LAAS—ancient capital of Meara.
LLYNDRUTH MEADOWS—grasslands at the foot of the Cardosa Defile; site of the final confrontation between Kelson and Wencit of Torenth.
MARBURY—seat of Ifor, Bishop of Marbury, in Marley.
MARLEY—former earldom of Bran Coris, now held by his son Brendan, under the regency of Richenda and Morgan.
MEARA—formerly a sovereign principality, now a possession of the Crown of Gwynedd, west of Gwynedd.
PURPLE MARCH, The—meadowlands north of Rhemuth; one of the Lordships of the Crown of Gwynedd.
RAMOS—site of the infamous Council of 917, which ruled stringent measures forbidding Deryni to enter the priesthood, hold office own property, etc.
RATHARKIN—new capital of Meara after the union of Meara and Gwynedd in 1025, and seat of the Bishop of Meara.
RHEMUTH—capital city of Gwynedd, called “the beautiful,” and seat of the Archbishop of Rhemuth, now Thomas Cardiel.
RHENNDALL—mountainous earldom in the southern portion of old Kheldour, famous for the blueness of its lakes; held by Saer de Traherne, brother of Duchess Meraude.
R’KASSI—desert kingdom south and east of the Hort of Orsal, famous for its blooded horses.
SAINT BEARAND’S ABBEY—abbey at the foot of the High Grelder Pass, near Caerrorie.
SAINT BRIGIDS ABBEY—Rothana’s abbey in the Mearan border area, sacked by Prince Ithel in 1124.
SAINTGEORGE’S CATHEDRAL—seat of the Archbishop of Rhemuth, now Thomas Cardiel.
SAINT HILARY’S BASILICA—ancient royal basilica within the walls of Rhemuth Castle, of which Duncan is rector.
SAINT KYRIELL’S—lost village in the hills north and east of Caerrorie where some of the Servants of Saint Camber went into voluntary exile after the enforcement of the Statutes of Ramos.
TORENTH—major kingdom east of Gwynedd, now ruled by regents for the boy King Liam, nephew of the late King Wencit.
TRANSHA—seat of Dhugal MacArdry, Earl of Transha, in the border marches between Kierney and the Purple March.
VALORET—old capital of Gwynedd during the Interregnum, and seat of the Archbishop of Valoret (and Primate of Gwynedd), Bradene.
APPENDIX III
PARTIAL LINEAGE OF HALDANE KINGS
About the Author
Katherine Kurtz was born in Coral Gables, Florida, during a hurricane. She received a four-year science scholarship to the University of Miami and graduated with a bachelor of science degree in chemistry. Medical school followed, but after a year she decided she would rather write about medicine than practice it. A vivid dream inspired Kurtz’s Deryni novels, and she sold the first three books in the series on her first submission attempt. She soon defined and established her own sub-genre of “historical fantasy” set in close parallels to our own medieval period featuring “magic” that much resembles extrasensory perception.
While working on the Deryni series, Kurtz further utilized her historical training to develop another sub-genre she calls “crypto-history,” in which the “history behind the history” intertwines with the “official” histories of such diverse periods as the Battle of Britain (Lammas Night), the American War for Independence (Two Crowns for America), contemporary Scotland (The Adept Series, with coauthor Deborah Turner Harris), and the Knights Templar (also with Harris).
In 1983, Kurtz married the dashing Scott MacMillan; they have a son, Cameron. Until 2007, they made their home in Ireland, in Holybrooke Hall, a mildly haunted gothic revival house, They have recently returned to the United States and taken up residence in a historic house in Virginia, with their five Irish cats and one silly dog. (The ghosts of Holybrooke appear to have remained behind.)
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