Key to Magic 04 Emperor

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by H. Jonas Rhynedahll


  Llylquaendt straightened resolutely. "Yes, I think I must. These are my people as well, all that is left of Pyra."

  The Gheddessii put on a feast and danced by firelight till the early morning.

  Having slept on a pallet of soft furs with bellies full of horse stew, Mar and the rest rose before dawn, momentarily roused Llylquaendt, found slumbering in the arms of a not quite young woman, to bid him farewell, and then continued on their way.

  Mar blazed through the cut at a speed of better than ten leagues an hour, so that they arrived at the cataract lake well before noon. When Number One hove into sight, even Wilhm began to show an anxious energy.

  The full crew of the skyship, legionnaires and supernumeraries, boiled out to fill the deck of the skyship as the rowboats approached, and as soon as they docked alongside, a boisterous welcome erupted, with questions, hurrahs, and laughter overflowing.

  There was, however, one person that Mar did not see.

  "Where's Telriy?" He pressed Ulor as soon as he was aboard.

  The marine looked very grave. "I don't know, my lord king,"

  "What do you mean?"

  "She's gone, my lord king. She disappeared from her bed eight nights ago and none have seen her since."

  The Key to Magic continues in Book V: Wizard (2013)

  Addendum

  The Forty-Nine (give or take) Gods

  Aenhishk'lhe, Stepchild of the Leafy Goddess

  Awandrehachor, God of Poems and Sonnets

  Alosth, Sublime Half-Quarter-Goddess of the Rapine of Civilization

  Bhalrgam, Mystical Lord of the Fleet of Foot

  Bhenthiabuka, God of Condiments

  Bhist-gem-naet, fertility goddess

  Bhurghrah, God of Waste, Sewage, and Refuse

  Bhizg'g, God of the Malformed and patron of all beggars.

  Borloi'gh'nyh, Archfriend of Arsonists and Clumsy Fools

  Chaoel, Ascending Goddess of the Marvelous Loom

  Cyhalis’ts’psqo, God of Boats, ships, rafts, and buckets of all sorts

  Ephtehg’rha, Lord of Shipwrecks

  Fflygao, the Under Oligarch of Foliage

  Gheshuai -- Chief Suzerain of Unhappy Marriages, Cuckolds, and Oppressed Husbands

  Gwolth, Invisible Ultimate Priestess of the Arcane Rites of Sand

  Gz’l, God of Heretics

  J'yorstagnoephiactle, Patron of Rat Catchers.

  Knorthrha the Night God

  Luftorh, God of the Oceans

  Mhokh, God of Death

  Mehl-shzu, God of Nautical Trades

  Myrae’n the Snake Goddess

  Nhal-bhy-chu, Goddess Mother of Chance Events

  Nhish, Goddess of Grain

  N'm, God of Seafood

  Oahkthegk, God-Regent of mountains and deserts (and all ancillary terrain, inhabitants, and conditions)

  Oos'ghlsiana, Mistress of Forests, Seedlings, and Shade.

  Pernaphrhan, Overseer of Trickery

  Plegh, The Unknowing God

  Ptem-ko-ah, God of the Outerworld

  Phrusht, Guardian of the Drowned

  Rwalkahn, Demigod of Righteous Vengeance

  Rwalkahn, in his rival persona as 32nd Avatar of Pernaphrhan

  S'lskaigho, Protector of Forgotten Things

  Shurzha, God of Purity

  Soohlmed, God of Idiocy

  Trhoozh, Master of Luck

  W’aerliq, God of Forests, Meadows, and Trees in general. In some cultures, also the God of the Hunt.

  z'm, Demigoddess of Jocularity

  Zzgssii, the Leafy Goddess, whose various incarnations are distinguished by the placement of key leaves in her bodice

  Zsnigh-mhi, Demigod of Tile roofs, Sheds, and Cisterns

 

 

 


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