Sword of Hemlock (Lords of Syon Saga Book 1)
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Oil of Truth Sacred B’radikite oil used in blessings.
Order of B’radik Nuns who serve the goddess of truth and enlightenment, usually as teachers.
Patrise, Dame Knight of the Crimson Lioness.
Pax Hadrian from Montor
Pegrine Renda’s niece, daughter of her dead brother, Roquandor.
Pildaro Ancient Dhanani god of conquest and warfare.
Quiixa Ancient Dhanani ruler, known for indecision. Used as an epithet meaning coward or fence-straddler.
Pyran Northermost port city on Syon, east of the Hodrache Range.
Recivalesche Hadrian term for all the temples, metropolitans, cathedrals, monasteries and convents belonging to a single [Hadrian] god or goddess; a god’s kingdom.
Remiar, Sheriff of Brannagh Defeated the Wittister Mages. Died 1058.
Renda of Brannagh, Lady Heroine of the Five Hundred Years War.
Revien Lord Daerwin’s black stallion, Brannagh Horse-At-Arms.
Rjeinar Hadrian god of revenge, justice.
Roquandor Called the Handsome. Renda’s brother, Knight of Brannagh. Pegrine’s father. Died in 3858.
Saramore, Sir Knight of Brannagh.
Sedrik Valet to Lord Daerwin, man at arms.
Snowberries (R. consecrata) Rare white berries used in gravesites, thought to poison desecrators.
Storyskin Gold leather sleeve embroidered with stories of a Dhanani’s victories.
Syon Subcontinent ruled by Damerien.
Tawn Baybric Hadrian tracker from Montor.
Tremondy Barony of Tremondy southeast of the Hodrache Range, also the House of Tremondy.
Trocu, Duke of Damerien Son of Brada.
Vaccar Chul’s father. Full name: Vaccar Ka-Nira Ba-Dree.
Valmerous Cardinal of Vilkadnazor the Unshod.
Verdura Northern Bremondines, often tricksters and fortune tellers.
Verge of Anado Dhanani ruler’s quarterstaff, symbol of the united Dhanani tribes.
Verilion Syonese god of death, peace.
Verinara (R. verinarus) Poison used in Rjeinarian ritual vengeance, gathered from verinara leaves and bark.
Vilkadnazor the Unshod Hadrian god of charity and poverty, social order.
Vilmar, Duke of Damerien Ruler of all Syon, grandfather to Renda.
Vimenkatsa rulers of the whole nation.
Vimenkatsara governing body for the whole nation.
Vringo (G. scoliatus vricola) Deodorizing root, used in Hadrian soaps.
Waydon, Sir Landed Knight of Brannagh.
Willem, Sir Knight of Brannagh.
Wolf, Flying A giant bat of the Bremondine forests.
Xindraga A flail-like Dhanani weapon with a forty-foot chain, used from horseback.
Xorden Ancient Dhanani god of political acumen, power, manipulation.
Zinion Gikka’s stallion, son of Revien and a Bremondine mare. Brannagh Horse-At-Arms.
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Table of Contents
Prologue
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Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Eight
Nine
Ten
Eleven
Twelve
Thirteen
Fourteen
Fifteen
Sixteen
Seventeen
Eighteen
Nineteen
Twenty
Twenty-One
Twenty-Two
Twenty-Three
Twenty-Four
Twenty-Five
Twenty-Six
Twenty-Seven
Twenty-Eight
Twenty-Nine
Glossary
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