Grusa—King of the Winds, Father of Foals. Usually depicted as a centaur. His symbol is a running horse.
Laris—Lady of the Forests, Goddess of Spring, the Flower Queen. Usually depicted with a crown of antlers. Her symbol is a leaf.
Macs—God of the Harvest, Fire Bringer, Lord of Plenty. His symbol is a scythe.
Raada—(twin sister of Raas) Goddess of Victory, the Red Lady. Her symbol is an arrow.
Raas—(twin brother of Raada) God of War, Lord of Thunder, Storm King. His symbol is an anvil.
Suma—Lord of the Hunt, The Beast God. His symbol is a spear.
Taankh—God of Death, the Demon King, Shadow Lord. His symbol is a serpent.
Wei—the Ocean God, Lord of the Deep, the Sun Father. His symbol is a shell.
THE WEST
The story of the Bastard’s Pearl takes place mostly in Kandaar in the east, but I’d like to say a few words about the lands west of the Greiwoll. The Deysian Protectorate is comprised of six large, cultured, very civilized city-states, innumerable towns and villages, and seven Buffer States. Beyond the Buffer States is the soaring mountain range called the Greiwoll or Kurais that separates west from east. In the west, there is only one God, a man named Leynys who was elevated to divinity by his wisdom and kindess.
About the Author
CONNIE BAILEY is a Luddite who can’t live without her computer. She’s an acrophobic who loves to fly, a faultfinding pessimist who, nonetheless, is always surprised when something bad happens, and an antisocialite who loves her friends like family. She’s held a number of jobs in many disparate arenas to put food on the table, but writing is the occupation that feeds her soul.
Connie lives with her ultralight designer husband and Ickle the Wonder Whippet at a small grass-strip airfield halfway between Disney World and Busch Gardens. Logic and reality have had little to do with her life, and she likes it that way.
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