Leanan Sidhe – beautiful Fey women who like to take on human lovers, often taking the look and appearance of their lover’s sweetheart to more easily beguile them.
Nephilim – the children of fallen angels and humans. Although diluted, they have enough Fey blood in them to still command significant powers.
Ogham – pronounced “owe ‘em”, it is the crystallization of a Fey’s power, through which it can access its magic, as well as receive that of their Fey Lord or Lady for additional sustenance. It usually takes on the form of a gem, but depending on the Fey’s power, can take on different forms, including that of living creatures with a semi-independent will. By knowing the Fey’s true name to which the ogham belonged, a knight may be able to call on its power.
Pair Dadeni – a giant cauldron recorded in ancient Wales, known to be able to revive the dead, and therefore give an unfair advantage to whoever uses it. Thought once to have been destroyed, it turns up in a rather unsettling location instead…
Sangraal – also called Lapsit exillis, or the stone that fell from Heaven. It is a stone bowl inscribed with runes along its rim. It once belonged to Lucifer, and, when touched with a true heir’s blood, will fill up with liquid that can restore any Fey, angels and demons included, to its full power.
Scrying – the practice of looking into a reflecting surface, such as a lake or mirror, to be able to see and communicate with others at great distances, and even in other realms.
Teind – the tithe or tribute, chiefly made up of humans, Dark Sidhe have to pay to Hell to retain their powers. It used to happen once every seven years, but this activity has increased lately.
About the Author
Ogre killer, witch subduer, bookkeeper for the Gnomes Of Terrible Hirsuteness Society, and Fairy documentarist, Alessa Ellefson uses any spare time she has to write her accounts of the Fey kingdom before her memories can be wiped clean.
Blood of the Fey, Rise of the Fey and Curse of the Fey are the three volumes in Alessa's Morgana Trilogy, a young adult fantasy series based on the memoirs of Morgan Pendragon that were relayed through the goodwill and resilience of pigeon messengers (a true feat in dragon- and harpy-infested skies).
Alessa won the second prize at the CINEFANTASY International Short Film Screenwriting Competition in 2016 for her screenplay The Seeker's Key, a tale of two brave children in a tension-filled immigration camp.
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[1] Loose accumulation of silt.
[2] Police officer.
[3] Menu of the day.
[4] What had to be proven.
[5] Caste of unskilled workers in India.
[6] An incense holder used during certain Masses.
[7] Charmed.
[8] Dear.
[9] Group of three men.
[10] Baby.
[11] Motherless calf.
[12] Smooth talker.
[13] Kill.
[14] Crazy.
[15] Enjoys heavy drinking.
[16] Lies.
[17] Of the day.
[18] Darling.
[19] Quickly!
[20] An encyclopedia of herbs and plants and their uses as medicine, but written in code. Only one example’s ever been deciphered, and it resides with Dr. Cockleburr.
[21] Long flags, usually found on a lance.
[22] Standing stone.
[23] A Fey who’s half goat, half man.
[24] The dip above the upper lip.
[25] Missy.
[26] Russian knight.
[27] Knight.
[28] Good luck.
[29] Disease found in domestic animals transmittable to humans, usually in the form of jaundice and fever.
[30] What’s the matter?
[31] Let’s get going.
[32] Going to beat you up.
[33] Alarm bell.
[34] My dear.
[35] Eh?
[36] Brave little one.
[37] Alcoholic beverage.
[38] Canonical hour: mid-morning (around 9 a.m.).
[39] Viral inflammation of the respiratory system that produces a bark-like cough.
[40] Pretty.
[41] “this witch of a”
[42] Around midnight.
[43] Metal container that hangs from a chain and in which incense is burned.
[44] Money.
[45] Russian for “Write it down, please!”
[46] A container that looks like a long pear with three bumps instead of two, that’s used for distillation or other alchemical processes.
[47] An alembic where the flask is closed off at the top and has at least one tube attached to it.
[48] A second opening or tube.
[49] Pruning shears.
[50] Volcanic Explosivity Index. A VEI of 7 or 8 is characterized by a very powerful eruption that can eject between 24 to 240 cubic miles (or 100 to 1000 cubic kilometers) of magma.
[51] Newbies.
[52] Killing.
[53] Types of fish found in Lake Winnebago.
[54] A young boy.
[55] ‘Thanks be to God’ in Latin.
[56] Alcohol, typically whiskey.
[57] From William Congreve’s quote: “Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.”
[58] Idiot.
[59] Great physical appeal.
[60] Definition not for the faint-hearted: Cryptosporidia are parasites that are normally passed in feces, which can lead to a number of bad side-effects.
[61] Hindi idiom that literally means “What would a monkey know of the taste of ginger?” Meaning: someone who can’t appreciate something’s value.
[62] Dead.
[63] The smallest mouse fed to reptiles. Then come fuzzies, crawlers, hoppers and adults.
[64] Church
[65] Courting.
[66] An overly critical person.
[67] A supermarket store.
[68] Sword.
[69] Wife.
[70] A way for one political party to gain the advantage even if the other party possesses the majority in its favor already.
[71] Idiot.
[72] Jail.
[73] Give a thorough whipping.
[74] Coward.
[75] Appetizers.
[76] War between two groups of the same party.
[77] A three-leafed pattern where the three leaves intersect in their middle like a stylized Venn diagram.
[78] Mild French swearing expression, meaning roughly “Holy cow!”
[79] The two projections that form the cross-guard of a sword
[80] A poisonous plant.
[81] To completely erase or wipe out.
[82] Toothless.
[83] Blood of any Fey, including that of Dark Sidhe and demons. Can have a different consistency or color from that of humans.
[84] A false god in Zoroastrianism.
[85] Blue tattoos that Mordred wears, in reference to the tincture he used to make them.
[86] Medium-sized mouse that’s fed to snakes, bigger than the pinky and the fuzzy.
[87] Demon’s head in Arabic
[88] Satan’s head in Hebrew
[89] The piled up corpses in Chinese
[90] Muscles that bend joints and limbs by contracting, like those on the inside of the forearm
[91] French expression of surprise similar to “holy cow.”
[92] The carved ornament at the beginning or end of a piece of furniture.
[93] A traveling minstrel or poet/musician.
[94] ‘Evil demon’ in Russian.
[95] ‘Blind fool’ in Russian.
[96] Semi-circular recess at the end of a church where the altar stands.
[97] A type of fungi that grows on trees and looks like a miniature platform.
[98] Celtic symbol of interlaced arcs that look like th
ree connected leaves.
[99] Vertical piece of wood that divides a window into sections.
[100] Thigh armor.
[101] Butts, in French.
[102] Tuareg drink made from goat cheese, millet, and dates.
[103] One of the greatest of the fallen angels, whose name means the “Destroyer.’
[104] Goddess of death and destruction in Hinduism.
[105] Random speech that makes no sense.
[106] Demon possession in German.
[107] The knights Templar are still amongst us in French
[108] Circle crossed at the base—a symbol used to cast away evil spirits.
[109] Prayer desk and kneeler combined into one, primarily used for private devotionals, or for praying at church.
[110] A tight white cap that covers the head and is worn under a nun’s veil.
[111] Monster made up of dissimilar parts that give it a grotesque and horrifying appearance.
[112] The joining of two or more runes into one.
[113] Infinite series of numbers where the next one is found by adding the two numbers before it: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8…
[114] The end of a sword’s blade around which the grip, guard piece, and pommel are placed.
[115] The groove on the long sword that starts about halfway up the naked blade.
[116] Eh?, in French.
[117] Little snot, in French.
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