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Riddle-Master Trilogy

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by Patricia A. Mckillip


  Peace, tremulous, unexpected, sent a taproot out of nowhere into Morgon’s heart.

  People and Places

  ACOR OF HEL

  third King of Hel

  AIA

  wife of Har of Osterland

  AKER, JARL

  dead trader of Osterland

  AKREN

  home of the land-rulers of Hed

  ALOIL

  a Lungold wizard

  AMORY, WYNDON

  farmer of Hed; Arin, his daughter

  AN

  kingdom incorporating the Three Portions (An, Aum, Hel) ruled by Mathom

  ANOTH

  physician at the court of Heureu of Ymris

  ANUIN

  seaport in An; home of the Kings of An

  ARYA

  a Herun woman subject of a riddle

  ASH

  son and land-heir of Danan Isig

  ASTRIN

  land-heir of Ymris; brother of Heureu

  ATHOL

  dead father of Morgon, Eliard and Tristan; a prince of Hed

  AUBER OF AUM

  descendant of Peven of Aum

  AUM

  ancient kingdom now one of the three portions of An

  AWN OF AN

  ancient land-ruler of An; died because he deliberately destroyed part of An to keep it from an enemy

  BERE

  grandson of Danan Isig: son of Vert

  BLACKDAWN, HALLARD

  a lord of An, with lands in east Hel

  CAERWEDDIN

  chief city of Ymris; seat of Heureu; a port city

  CAITHNARD

  a free-port city between Ymris and An; site of the college maintained by the Riddle-Masters

  CITY OF CIRCLES

  home of the Morgol of Herun

  COL

  ancient lord of Hel

  CORBETT, BRI

  ship-master of Mathom of An

  CORRIG

  a shape-changer; ancestor of Raederle

  CROEG, CYN

  the Lord of Aum, with lands in east Aum; a descendant of the Kings of Aum

  CROEG, MARA

  Cyn Croeg’s wife; The Flower of An

  CRON

  ancient Morgol of Herun; full name Ylcorcronlth. His harper was Tirunedeth

  CROWN CITY

  chief city of Herun; ringed by seven circular walls; seat of the Morgol El of Herun

  CYONE

  wife of Mathom of An; mother of Raederle and Rood

  DANAN ISIG

  Land-ruler and king of Isig

  DETH

  a harpist

  DHAIRRHUWYTH

  an early Morgol of Heron

  DUAC

  son of Mathom and land-heir of An

  EARTH-MASTERS

  ancient, mysterious inhabitants of the High One’s realm

  EDOLEN

  an Earth-Master

  EL ELRHIARHODAN

  the land-ruler of Herun

  ELIARD

  the Prince of Hed; Morgon’s younger brother

  ELIEU OF HEL

  the younger brother of Raith, Lord of Hel

  ERIEL

  a shape-changer; a kinswoman of Corrig and Raederle

  ERLENSTAR MOUNTAIN

  ancient home of the High One

  EVERN

  “The Falconer”; a dead King of Hel

  FARR

  the last of the Kings of Hel

  GALIL

  ancient king of Ymris in the time of Aloil

  GHISTESLWCHLOHM

  founder of the school of wizards at Lungold; also impersonator of the High One

  GOH

  a member of the Herun guard

  GRANIA

  dead wife of Danan Isig, mother of Sol

  GRIM MOUNTAIN

  site of Yrye, home of Har of Osterland

  HAGIS

  dead king of An, grandfather of Mathom

  HAR

  the wolf-king; land-ruler and king of Osterland

  HARTE

  mountain-home of Danan Isig

  HED

  a small island ruled by the Princes of Hed

  HEL

  one of the Three Portions of An

  HERUN

  a kingdom ruled by the Morgol

  HEUREU

  king of Ymris

  HIGH ONE

  sustainer of the land-law of the realm

  HLURLE

  a small trade-port near Herun

  HUGIN

  son of Suth the wizard

  HWILLION, MAP

  a young lord with lands in south Aum

  IFF

  a Lungold wizard

  ILON

  ancient harper of Har of Osterland

  IMER

  a guard in the Morgol’s service

  INGRIS OF OSTERLAND

  refused to take in the disguised Har of Osterland and died as a result

  ISIG

  a mountain kingdom ruled by Danan Isig

  ISIG PASS

  a mountain pass between Isig and Erlenstar Mountain

  KALE

  first King of An, who won a desperate battle with a Great Shout

  KERN OF HED

  ancient prince of Hed, subject of the only riddle to come from Hed

  KIA

  a guard in the Morgol’s service

  KING’S MOUTH PLAIN

  site of a ruined city of the Earth-Masters

  KOR, RUSTIN

  trader

  KRAAL

  port-city at the mouth of the Winter River

  KYRTH

  trade-city in Isig on the Ose River

  LAERN

  Riddle-Master at Caithnard; lost his life in a riddle game with Pevin of Aum

  LEIN

  kinsman of the High Lord of Marcher

  LOOR

  fishing village in Ymris

  LUNGOLD

  city founded by Ghisteslwchlohm; home of the School of Wizards

  LYRA

  the land-heir of Herun; El’s daughter

  MADIR

  ancient witch of An

  MARCHER

  territory in north Ymris governed by the High Lord of Marcher.

  MASTER, CANNON

  farmer of Hed

  MATHOM

  King of An

  MEREMONT

  coastal territory of Ymris

  MEROC TOR

  high lord and ruler of Tor; subject of Heureu of Ymris

  MORGON

  the Star-Bearer, at one point the Prince of Hed

  NEMIR

  Nemir of the Pigs; a dead King of Hel

  NUN

  a Lungold wizard

  NUTT, SNOG

  pigherder of Hed

  OAKLAND, GRIM

  overseer for Morgon of Hed

  OEN OF AN

  conqueror of Aum; king of An; built a tower to trap the witch Madir

  OHM

  a Riddle-Master of Caithnard

  OHROE OF HEL

  a dead King of Hel; called “The Cursed”

  OSTERLAND

  northern kingdom ruled by Har

  PEVEN

  ancient lord of Aum

  RAEDERLE

  daughter of Mathom of An

  RAITH

  the lord of Hel

  RE OF AUM

  offended an ancient lord of Hel, and in trying to insure his safety, allowed the lord of Hel to trap him on his own estate

  RHU

  fourth morgol of Herun; built the seven walls surrounding Crown City; died seeking the answer to a riddle; full name Dhairrhuwyth

  ROOD

  Mathom’s younger son; brother of Duac and Raederle

  RORK

  high lord of Umber

  RYE, TOBEC

  trader

  SEC

  an Earth-Master

  SERIC

  the High One’s watcher; trained by the wizards at Lungold

  SOL OF ISIG

  dead son of Danan of Isig; died at the door of the cave o
f the Lost Ones at the bottom of Isig Mountain; cut the stones for the stars on the harp Yrth made

  SPRING OAKLAND

  dead mother of Morgon of Hed; wife of Athol

  STONE, HARL

  farmer of Hed

  STRAG, ASH

  trader of Kraal

  SUTH

  an ancient wizard

  TALIES

  a Lungold wizard

  TEL

  one of the Riddle-Masters of the college at Caithnard

  TERIL

  son of Rork Umber

  THISTIN OF AUM

  current lord of Aum, under Mathom

  TIR

  Earth-Master; Master of Earth and Wind

  TIRUNEDETH

  harper to the Morgol Cron, ancient ruler of Herun

  TOL

  small fishing-town in Hed

  TOR

  a territory in Ymris

  TRIKA

  a guard in the Morgol’s service

  TRISTAN

  Morgon’s sister

  UMBER

  Midland territory of Ymris

  UON

  harpmaker of Hel, three centuries before

  USTIN OF AUM

  ancient king of Aum who died of sorrow over the conquering of Aum by An

  VERT

  daughter of Danan Isig

  WIND PLAIN

  the site in Ymris of Wind Tower and a ruined city of the Earth-Masters

  WIND TOWER

  only complete structure in the ruined city on Wind Plain; top of tower cannot be reached

  WOLD, LATHE

  great-grandfather of Morgon of Hed

  WOLD, SIL

  farmer of Hed

  XEL

  wild cat belonging to Astrin, gift of Danan Isig

  YLON

  an ancient King of An; son of a queen of An and the shape-changer Corrig

  YMRIS

  a kingdom ruled by Heureu Ymris

  YRTH

  a powerful, blind wizard at Lungold

  YRYE

  home of Har of Osterland

  ZEC OF HICON

  craftsman who did the inlay work on the harp with three stars

 

 

 


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