Childe Morgan

by Katherine Kurtz

  ULF CAREY, SIR—a new-made knight of Gwynedd, known for his keen horsemanship.

  URIEL, ARCHANGEL—guardian of the element of earth.

  VERA LAURELA (DE CORWYN) HOWARD MCLAIN, COUNTESS—younger twin sister of Alyce, but raised by and believed to be the daughter of Lord Orban Howard and Lady Laurela; wife of Jared Earl of Kierney and mother of Duncan.

  VIVIENNE DE JORDANET, LADY—member of the Camberian Council.

  WALTER, SIR—a knight of Kierney, husband of Geill Morgan.

  WENCIT, PRINCE—fourth son of King Nimur of Torenth.

  WILLIAM MACCARTNEY, ARCHBISHOP—Archbishop of Rhemuth.

  XANDER OF TORRYLIN, SIR—a young knight of Lendour.

  XENIA, PRINCESS—first daughter and third child of Donal King of Gwynedd and Richeldis.

  YVES DE TREMELAN, SIR—a young knight of Lendour.

  ZACHRIS POMEROY—Deryni foster brother of Hogan Furstán, and also a student of Mother Serafina, holding lands adjacent to those of Rhydon’s father.

  ZAIZIE—family pet-name of Alazais Morgan, Kenneth’s youngest daughter by his first marriage.

  *ZEFIRYN—an ancient Deryni sage of Caeriesse.

  ZOË BRONWYN MORGAN, LADY—eldest daughter of Sir Kenneth Morgan, a former student at Arc-en-Ciel; heart-sister (and stepdaughter!) to Alyce de Corwyn.

  APPENDIX II

  Index of Places

  AIRNIS—small earldom in southwestern Corwyn.

  ANDELON—sovereign principality adjacent to the Forcinn Buffer States.

  ARC-EN-CIEL, CONVENT OF NOTRE DAME DE L’—convent school of Our Lady of the Rainbow, where Alyce and Zoë studied.

  ARRANAL VALLEY—part of a strategic pass between Torenth and the Earldom of Marley.

  ARX FIDEI SEMINARY—one of the principal seminaries in Gwynedd, north of Rhemuth.

  BELDOUR—capital city of Torenth.

  BREMAGNE—kingdom across the Southern Sea from Gwynedd, whose king has marriageable daughters.

  CAERIESSE—legendary land that sank beneath the sea.

  CARDOSA—strategic city on the Gwynedd-Torenth border in the Rheljan Mountains; location of St. Mary’s Cathedral.

  CARTHMOOR—former subsidiary princedom in the former Principality of Mooryn, the holding of Prince Richard Duke of Carthmoor.

  CASSAN—duchy in northwest Gwynedd.

  CASTLE CYNFYN—seat of the Earl of Lendour, in the town of Cynfyn.

  CASTLE RUNDEL—an hour’s ride from Culdi.

  CLAIBOURNE—northernmost and most senior duchy in Gwynedd, principal part of the ancient principality of Kheldour.

  COAMER MOUNTAINS—mountain range marking part of the southernmost border between Gwynedd and Torenth.

  COROTH—capital of the Duchy of Corwyn; location of Cathedral of St. Matthew.

  CORWYN—ancient duchy in southeast Gwynedd, part of the ancient Principality of Mooryn; seat of the Deryni dukes of Corwyn.

  CULDI—earldom and town in the Purple March formerly held by Camber MacRorie; currently a holding of Jared Earl of Kierney.

  CYNFYN—capital of the earldom of Lendour.

  DELLARD’S LANDING—ford on the Duncapall River, north of Coroth.

  DESSE—northernmost navigable point on the River Eirian, several hours’ ride south of Rhemuth.

  DHASSA—free holy city in the Lendour Mountains; seat of the prince-bishops of Dhassa, presiding from Cathedral of St. Andrew.

  EASTMARCH—county in northeast Gwynedd.

  EIRIAN RIVER—principal river of Gwynedd, extending northward from the sea to Rhemuth and beyond.

  FORCINN BUFFER STATES—loosely confederated group of independent principalities, nominally under the over-lordship of the Hort of Orsal (who is also Prince of Tralia), the others being the Duchy of Joux, the Grand Duchy of Vezaire, and the Principalities of Logreine, Thuria, and Andelon.

  FURSTÁNAN—Torenthi port town at the mouth of the Beldour River, and location of the Deryni Abbey of Saint-Sasile.

  GRECOTHA—site of Gwynedd’s great university, and also St. Luke’s Cathedral.

  GWYNEDD—principal kingdom of the Eleven Kingdoms, seat of the Haldane kings.

  HALLOWDALE—village on the Molling River, scene of the burning of Deryni.

  HAUT EMERAUD—equestrian stud facility of Oisín Adair.

  HORTHÁNTHY—summer residence of the Hort of Orsal.

  HOWICCE—kingdom linked with the Kingdom of Llannedd, southwest of Gwynedd.

  INCUS DOMINI—the Anvil of the Lord, headquarters of the Knights of the Anvil, a Deryni order partially derived from fled Knights of St. Michael after the dissolution of that order.

  JÁCA—sovereign principality, one of the Forcinn States.

  JOUX—Torenthi duchy.

  KHELDOUR—ancient principality in northern Gwynedd.

  KIERNEY—earldom in northwest of Gwynedd, a secondary holding of the Dukes of Cassan.

  KING’S LANDING—barge station on the River Eirian, just north of Rhemuth.

  LAAS—ancient capital of Meara.

  LENDOUR—earldom north of Corwyn.

  LLANNEDD—kingdom linked with the Kingdom of Howicce, southwest of Gwynedd.

  LORSÖL—duchy in Torenth, famous for its carpets.

  MARLEY—earldom in northeast Gwynedd.

  MEARA—formerly independent principality west of Gwynedd, now a province of Gwynedd.

  MOLLING RIVER—eastern tributary of the River Eirian, joining it at Rhemuth.

  MOLLINGFORD—market town on the Molling River, near Hallowdale.

  MOORYN—former sovereign principality in the southeast of Gwynedd, divided by Festil I into the Duchies of Corwyn, Carthmoor, and numerous smaller earldoms and baronies.

  MORGANHALL—manorial seat of the Morgan family.

  NUR HALLAJ—sovereign principality sometimes regarded as one of the Forcinn Buffer States.

  NUR SAYYID—great university in R’Kassi.

  NYFORD—capital of Carthmoor; ancient market town and port; site of St. Joseph’s Cathedral.

  ORSALIA—ancient name of part of Trailia, whence derives the title “Hort of Orsal.”

  PLADDA—manor house of Coroth, nestled in a curve of the Duncapall River, bordering Tendal lands.

  PURPLE MARCH—vast plain in the north-central part of Gwynedd.

  RATHARKIN—provincial capital of Meara.

  RHANAMÉ—great Deryni university and seminary in R’Kassi.

  RHEMUTH—capital of Gwynedd.

  RHEMUTH CASTLE—seat of the Haldane Kings, and center of Gwynedd’s government.

  RHENDALL—earldom in northeast Gwynedd.

  RHENDALL MOUNTAINS—mountain chain encompassing Rhendall.

  R’KASSI—kingdom east of Gwynedd and south of Torenth, famous for its horses.

  RUNDEL CASTLE—an hour’s ride from Culdi.

  SAINT-SASILE, ABBEY OF—all-Deryni monastic establishment in Furstánan, at the mouth of Torenth’s River Beldour.

  TENDAL—barony of Corwyn.

  TORENTH—principal kingdom east of Gwynedd.

  TORTUÑA—Tralian port across the straits from Horthánthy.

  TRALIA—more recent name of the sovereign principality ruled by the Hort of Orsal.

  TRANSHA—small border earldom in northwest Gwynedd.

  TRE-ARILAN—country seat of the Arilan family.

  TRURILL—earldom between Gwynedd and Meara.

  VALORET—former capital of Gwynedd; seat of the Archbishop of Valoret, Primate of All Gwynedd, at All Saints’ Cathedral.

  VEZAIRE—one of the Forcinn Buffer States.

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