The Harrowing of Gwynedd

by Katherine Kurtz

  FITZ-ARTHUR—see Fane, Nieve, and Tammaron.

  FIONA MacLean—younger sister of the slain Adrian MacLean and granddaughter of Camber’s sister Aislinn.

  FLANN—a Willimite disciple of Revan.

  GABRILITES—priests and Healers of the Order of Saint Gabriel, an all-Deryni esoteric brotherhood founded in 745 and based at Saint Neot’s Abbey until 917, when the Order was suppressed and many of its brethren slain; especially noted for the training of Healers.

  GEOFFREY MacLean, Lord—late younger brother of Iain and father of Richeldis and Giesele. (*)

  GEORDIE—a Willimite reformed Deryni and disciple of Revan.

  GIESELE MacLean—age 12; niece of Iain, Earl of Kierney.

  GILLEBERT—a Willimite reformed Deryni.

  GRAHAM MacEwan, Lord—eleven-year-old son and heir of Ewan, Duke of Claibourne.

  GREGORY of Ebor, Lord—Deryni Earl of Ebor and an original member of the Camberian Council; father of Jesse.

  GUAIRE of Arliss, Lord—former aide to Alister Cullen and a founding member of the Servants of Saint Camber. (*)

  HALDANE—surname of the royal House of Gwynedd.

  HONORIA Carmody—wife of the Healer Declan Carmody.

  HOWICCAN, Pargan—classic Deryni lyric poet. (*)

  HRORIK of Eastmarch, Lord—Earl of Eastmarch; younger brother of Regent Ewan and uncle of Graham.

  HUBERT MacInnis, Archbishop—Primate of Gwynedd, Archbishop of Valoret, and one of young King Alroy’s five regents; younger brother of Earl Manfred and uncle of Bishop Edward.

  IAIN MacLean, Lord—Earl of Kierney; father of the slain Adrian MacLean; nephew of Camber. (*)

  IMRE, King—fifth and last Festillic King of Gwynedd (reigned 900–904); father of Mark of Festil, by his sister Ariella. (*)

  IVER MacInnis—son of Manfred; marries Lady Richeldis MacLean.

  JAFFRAY, Archbishop—slain Deryni Archbishop of Valoret. (*)

  JAMIE Drummond, Lord—grand-nephew of Camber and second husband to the widowed Elinor; father of Michaela and Cathan.

  JAVAN Jashan Urien Haldane, Prince—age 12; younger twin brother of King Alroy; born with club foot.

  JEBEDIAH of Alcara, Lord—slain Deryni Grand Master of the Order of Saint Michael; a founding member of the Camberian Council. (*)

  JERUSHA Evaine Thuryn—infant daughter of Evaine and Rhys; a future Healer.

  JESSE MacGregor, Lord—Deryni Master of Ebor; eldest son and heir of Earl Gregory; becomes a member of the Camberian Council.

  JOACHIM, Brother—Revan’s chief Willimite disciple.

  JODOTHA of Carnedd—Deryni adept and disciple of the Great Orin. (*)

  JOHN, Brother—an alias of Evaine.

  JOKAL of Tyndour—a Deryni Healer-poet. (*)

  JORAM MacRorie, Father—youngest son of Camber; brother of Evaine; priest and knight of the Order of Saint Michael; a founding member of the Camberian Council.

  JOREVTN of Cashel—a Deryni adept-author. (*)

  JURIS, Dom—a fugitive Gabrilite Healer temporarily in Bishop Niallan’s household.

  KAI Descantor, Bishop—Deryni itinerant bishop who died destroying the Portal in Valoret Cathedral’s sacristy. (*)

  KENRIC, Dom—a fugitive Gabrilite temporarily in Bishop Niallan’s household.

  KINEVAN, Dom Queron—see Queron Kinevan, Dom.

  KITRON—Deryni author of Principia Magica. (*)

  KYRIELL—Camber’s name in religion. (*)

  LEUTIERN—a Deryni adept-author. (*)

  LIOR, Father—a priest of the Custodes Fidei; assistant to the Inquisitor General.

  LIRIN Udaut, Lady—twelve-year-old daughter of the Constable of Gwynedd and bride of Richard Murdoch.

  MacDARA, Eamonn—a Mearan Deryni poet, author of “The Ghosting of Ardal L’Estrange.” (*)

  MacGREGOR, Bishop Ailin—Hubert’s Auxiliary Bishop at Valoret.

  MacINNIS—see Edward, Hubert, and Manfred MacInnis.

  MacLEAN—see Adrian, Aislinn, Camlin, Fiona, Geoffrey, Giesele, Iain, Mairi, and Richeldis.

  MacRORIE—surname of Camber’s family; see Ansel, Camber, Cathan, Davin, Evaine, and Joram MacRorie.

  MAIRI MacLean, Lady—widow of Adrian and mother of Camlin.

  MANFRED MacInnis, Lord—new Earl of Culdi and later a Regent of Gwynedd; elder brother of Archbishop Hubert and father of Bishop Edward.

  MARCUS Concannon, Father—Chancellor General of the Custodes Fidei, in charge of all seminaries and other institutions of education in Gwynedd.

  MARK of Festil, Prince—posthumous son of Imre and Ariella and carrier of the Festillic line after his parents’ deaths. (*)

  MICHAELA Drummond—age 10; daughter of Elinor and Jamie.

  MICHAELINES—priests, knights, and lay brothers of the Order of Saint Michael, a militant fighting and teaching Order, predominantly Deryni, formed during the reign of King Bearand Haldane to hold the Anvil of the Lord against Moorish incursions and defend the sea-lanes; suppressed under the Regency of King Alroy.

  MURDOCH of Carthane, Lord—Earl of Carthane and one of young King Alroy’s five regents.

  NEVAN, Bishop Davet—see Davet Nevan, Bishop.

  NIALLAN Trey, Bishop—outlawed Deryni Bishop of Dhassa; later, a member of the Camberian Council.

  NICARET—Deryni widow engaged as a wet nurse for Evaine’s infant daughter Jerusha. (*)

  NIEVE Fitz-Arthur, Lady—Tammaron’s countess and mother of four sons by him; widow of the late Earl of Tarleton, by whom she bore Peter (later known as Lord Albertus) and Paulin (of Ramos).

  NORRIS—a guard at Valoret, in Rhun’s service.

  O’BEIRNE, Bishop Dermot—see Dermot O’Beirne, Bishop.

  O’NEILL, Lord Tavis—see Tavis O’Neill, Lord.

  ORDO VERBI DEI—Order of the Word of God.

  ORDO VOX DEI—Order of the Voice of God.

  ORIEL, Master—a Healer in the regents’ service, particularly Hubert and Tammaron; wife and infant daughter held hostage for his good behavior.

  ORIN—Deryni adept and mystic; author of the Protocols of Orin, a collection of scrolls containing extremely potent spells of Deryni magic. (*)

  ORISS, Archbishop Robert—Archbishop of Rhemuth; former Vicar General of the Ordo Verbi Dei.

  PARGAN Howiccan—see Howiccan, Porgan.

  PATRICK, Brother—one of Revan’s reformed Deryni Willimite disciples.

  PAULIN (Sinclair) of Ramos, Bishop—younger son of the Earl of Tarleton and stepson of Earl Tammaron; founder of the Little Brothers of Saint Ercon (912), a teaching order; first bishop of newly formed See of Stavenham, which office he resigns to found the Custodes Fidei.

  QUERON Kinevan, Dom—former Gabrilite Healer-priest and founder of the Servants of Saint Camber; later, a member of the Camberian Council.

  RADAN, Sir—a weapons master at Rhemuth Castle.

  RAMSAY, Captain—one of Hubert’s men “baptized” by Revan.

  REVAN—lame former tutor to Rhys and Evaine’s children; kingpin in the Camberian Council’s attempt to save Deryni by blocking their Deryni powers.

  RHUN of Horthness, Lord—called The Ruthless; Earl of Sheele and one of young King Alroy’s five regents.

  RHYS MICHAEL Alister Haldane, Prince—youngest surviving son of King Cinhil, age 10.

  RHYS Malachy Thuryn, Lord—deceased Deryni physician and Healer; husband to Evaine, father of Rhysel, Tieg, and Jerusha; a founding member of the Camberian Council. (*)

  RHYSEL Joscelyn Thuryn—eight-year-old daughter of Evaine and Rhys.

  RICHELDIS MacLean—age 13; niece of Iain, Earl of Kierney.

  RICKART, Dom—Gabrilite household Healer to Bishop Niallan.

  ROBERT Oriss, Archbishop—see Oriss, Archbishop Robert.

  RONDEL, Sir—a knight in Lord Manfred’s service.

  RUADAN of Dhassa—Deryni author of the Liber Sancti Ruadan. (*)

  SECORIM, Father—Abbot of the Valoret chapter of the Custodes Fidei.

  SERAFIN, Brother—Inquisit
or General of the Custodes Fidei.

  SIGHERE, Lord—Earl of Marley; uncle of Graham MacEwan.

  SINCLAIR—surname of the Earls of Tarleton.

  SITRIC—Rhun’s second pet Deryni.

  STEPHEN, Father—a priest at Valoret Catheral.

  SULIEN of R’Kassi—ancient Deryni adept; author of Annales. (*)

  SYLVAN O’Sullivan—battle-surgeon/Healer in Gregory’s household.

  TAMMARON Fitz-Arthur, Earl—Chancellor of Gwynedd; one of young King Alroy’s five regents.

  TAVIS O’Neill—former Healer to Prince Javan, with ability to block Deryni powers; later, member of the Camberian Council.

  THURYN—surname of Rhys; see Aidan, Evaine, Jerusha, Rhys, Rhysel, and Tieg.

  TIEG Joram Thuryn—age 3; Healer-son of Rhys and Evaine.

  TIERNAN, Brother—a monk at St. Mary’s in the Hills.

  TORCUILL de la Marche, Lord—Deryni baron dismissed from royal council post by regents.

  TREY, Bishop Niallan—see Niallan Trey, Bishop.

  UDAUT, Lord—Constable of Gwynedd.

  URSIN O’Carroll—Manfred’s pet Deryni; former classmate of Tavis, and a failed Healer.

  VARNARITES—Deryni adepts and scholars who founded a proto-university at Grecotha, late 7th-early 8th century; the Gabrilite Order broke off pre-745.

  WILLIAM, Saint—child martyr to Deryni ill use; patron saint of the Willimite movement; younger brother of Saint Ercon.

  WILLIAM de Borgos, Lord—proprietor of the finest racing stud in the Eleven Kingdoms. (*)

  WILLIMITES—anti-Deryni terrorist group sworn to punish Deryni who escape justice through normal channels; mostly suppressed in 904 under King Imre, but resurging during the latter reign of King Cinhil as a fundamentalist religious sect bent on forcing Deryni to renounce their evil powers and take up a life of penance.

  1 A (*) indicates a character mentioned only in passing, possibly deceased.

  APPENDIX II

  INDEX OF PLACES

  ALL SAINTS’ CATHEDRAL—seat of the Archbishop of Valoret, Primate of All Gwynedd.

  ARNHAM—birthplace of Bishop Edward MacInnis.

  CAERRORIE—Camber’s principal residence as Earl of Culdi, a few hours’ ride northeast of Valoret; now the seat of Manfred MacInnis, the new Earl of Culdi.

  CARTHANE—Murdoch’s earldom.

  CASHIEN—episcopal See formerly held by Bishop Dermot O’Beirne.

  CASSAN—petty princedom ruled by Prince Ambert Quinnell.

  CLAIBOURNE—principal city of Old Kheldour; title of Ewan, Duke of Claibourne.

  CONNAIT, The—barbarian kingdom to the west, famous for its mercenaries.

  COR CULDI—hereditary ancestral seat of the Earls of Culdi, near the city of Culdi, on the Gwynedd-Meara border.

  DHASSA—free holy city in the Lendour Mountains; seat of the Bishop of Dhassa, who is politically neutral, by tradition.

  DOLBAN—site of the mother house of the Servants of Saint Camber, destroyed late 917.

  EASTMARCH—earldom held by Hrorik, middle son of Duke Sighere of Kheldour.

  EBOR—earldom north of Valoret, held by Gregory.

  GRECOTHA—university city, site of the Varnarite School; seat of the Bishop of Grecotha.

  GWYNEDD—central of the Eleven Kingdoms and hub of Haldane power since 645, when the first Haldane High King began to unify the area; seat of the Festillic Dynasty, 822–904; restored to the Haldane line in 904 with the accession of Cinhil Haldane.

  HORTHNESS—Barony of Rhun the Ruthless.

  HOWICCE—kingdom to the southwest of Gwynedd; loosely allied with Llannedd.

  KHELDISH RIDING—viceregality broken off Kheldour after its annexation by Duke Sighere and King Cinhil in 906.

  KHELDOUR—small kingdom north of Gwynedd, famous for textiles and carpets.

  KIERNEY—earldom north of Culdi, loosely linked to the Crown of Gwynedd.

  LLANNEDD—kingdom southwest of Gwynedd; loosely allied with Howicce.

  MARLEY—small earldom carved out of Eastmarch for Sighere, youngest son of Duke Sighere.

  MARLOR—barony of Manfred MacInnis.

  MEARA—kingdom/princedom northwest of Gwynedd; nominally a vassal state of Gwynedd.

  PORTEE—site of a long-vanished Healers’ schola.

  RAMOS—abbey town southwest of Valoret; birthplace of Paulin Sinclair; the Council of Ramos convened here in the winter of 917/918.

  RHEMUTH—ancient capital of Gwynedd under the Haldanes; abandoned during the Festillic Interregnum; restored under Cinhil and Alroy.

  RHENDALL—lake region north of Gwynedd; territorial title given to the heir of the Duke of Claibourne.

  SAINT MARY’S IN THE HILLS—isolated monastery in the highlands above Culdi where Joram and Evaine took refuge.

  SAINT NEOT’S ABBEY—stronghold of the Order of Saint Gabriel the Archangel, an all-Deryni esoteric order specializing in Healer’s training; in the Lendour highlands; destroyed by troops led by the Regent Rhun on Christmas Eve, 917.

  SHEELE—Rhys and Evaine’s manor house north of Valoret; later, seat of the Earldom of Sheele.

  STAVENHAM—episcopal See held briefly by Paulin of Ramos before founding the Custodes Fidei.

  TARLEVILLE—Earl Tammaron’s estate on the Eirian River, several days’ ride north of Rhemuth.

  TEMPLUM ARCHANGELORUM—long destroyed abbey with ancient esoteric antecedents, location unspecified.

  TORENTH—kingdom to the east of Gwynedd; origin of the Festillic line, a cadet branch of the Torenthi royal House; ruled by King Arion.

  TREVALGA—Earl Gregory’s new estate in the Connait.

  TRURILL—castle of Lord Adrian MacLean, Master of Kierney; sacked by regents’ forces winter 917/918.

  VALORET—Festillic capital of Gwynedd, 822–904.

  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.)

  All rights reserved, including without limitation the right to reproduce this ebook or any portion thereof in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of the publisher.

  This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, events, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, businesses, companies, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

  Copyright © 1989 by Katherine Kurtz

  “Trial” © 1986 by Katherine Kurtz. First published in The Deryni Archives (Del Rey Books)

  Map by Shelly Shapiro

  Cover design by Michel Vrana

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