by Candy Rae
Jim Cranston: Petty Officer on the WCCS Argyll, Susyc of the Northern Armies (Wolves, Courage)*
Julie: Rating on the WCCS Argyll, Vada Ryzcka (Courage)*
Juliet Randall: Daughter of Winston Randall, aged 2 on landing (Wolves, Courage)
Justin Wright: Colonist, fisherman (Courage)
Kath Andrews: Rating on the WCCS Argyll, aged 17 on landing, wife of James Rybak (Wolves, Courage)*
Kim Douglas: Colonist, farmer, Vada Ryzcka (Courage)*
Laura Merriman: Leading Rating on the WCCS Argyll, Vada Holad, wife of Francis McAllister (Wolves, Courage)*
Liam: Rating on the WCCS Argyll, Vada (Courage)*
Louis Randall: Son of Winston Randall, aged 15 on landing, Vada (Wolves, Courage)*
Louisa: Rating on the WCCS Argyll, Vada cook (Courage)
Lucy Randall: Daughter of Winston Randall, aged 5 on landing (Wolves, Courage)
Lydia Barrowman: Colonist teacher (Courage)
Mairie: Seamstress Vada (Courage)
Marge McGillivery: Rating on the WCCS Argyll, member of Argyll Garda (Courage)
Malcolm Chambers: Colonist, Councillor of Argyll (Courage)
Maria Anstell: Colonist and Civil Engineer (Courage)
Mark Ampte: Colonial youngster, aged 13 on landing, Vada (Wolves, Courage)*
Maurice: Rating on the WCCS Argyll, Vada (Courage)*
Mickel: Rating on the WCCS Argyll, Vada (Courage)*
Nell: Rating on the WCCS Argyll, Vada (Courage)*
Peter Crawford: Son of Fullarton Crawford, aged 10 on landing (Wolves, Courage)*
Piers Rowbottom: Colonist, Vada (Courage)*
Richard: Ex-convict, captured at the Battle of the Alliance (Courage)*
Robert Lutterell: Chief Petty Officer on the WCCS Argyll, Senior Councillor of Argyll (Wolves, Courage)
Ross Quigley: Rating on the WCCS Argyll, Vada Ryzcka (Wolves, Courage)*
Sean Wylie: Fisherman, father of Thomas (Courage)
Sharon: Colonist and trained medic, Vada (Courage)*
Tamsin: Colonial youngster (Courage)*
Tara Sullivan: Colonial youngster, aged 12 on landing (Wolves, Courage)*
Thomas: Son of Francis and Laura (Courage)
Tina Charles: Colonial youngster, aged 13 on landing (Courage)*
Unda Dahlstrom: Colonist and wife of Wilhelm Dahlstrom (Courage)
Violet Randall: Daughter of Winston Randall, aged 8 on landing (Wolves, Courage)
Wil Dahlstrom: Son of Wilhelm, farmer(Courage)
Wilhelm Dahlstrom: Farmer, fencing and swordsmanship maestro(Courage)*
William Whistler: Colonist and doctor (Courage)
Winston Randall: Vet, Holad (Wolves, Courage)
Yvonne Benoit: Colonial youngster, aged 15 on landing, Vada (Wolves, Courage)*
SOUTHERN HUMANS
Alan Smith: Ex-convict, Lord Smith (Wolves, Courage)
Andrew Snodgrass: Ex-convict (Wolves, Courage)
Anne Howard: Wife of Peter Howard, deceased, Captain of the WCPS Electra, mother of Jessica, Cherry and Joseph, then married to Elliot Murdoch – mother of King Elliot 1 & Princess Ruth Murdoch, after Murdoch’s death, married to Lord Sam Baker (Wolves, Courage)
Arthur Kurtheim: Ex-convict and doctor (Courage)
Albert Borsley: Ex-convict, Lieutenant (Wolves, Courage)
Bernadette: Daughter of a vassal of Lord van Buren (Courage)
Briony: Young girl, aged 16 on landing, now wife of Pierre Duchesne (Wolves, Courage)
Bryan Brentwood: Ex-convict, Lord Brentwood (Wolves, Courage)
Cara: Colonial youngster captured by southern pirates (Courage)
Carla Pederson: Daughter of Johannes Pederson, aged 15 on landing, wife of Henri Cocteau (Wolves, Courage)
Carlos Alvarez: Ex-convict, Pirate (Courage)
Charlotte Kushner: Sister of Marcus and Xavier (Courage)
Cherry Howard: Daughter of Peter Howard, aged 9 on landing (Wolves, Courage)
David Gardiner: Ex-convict, Lord Gardiner (Courage)
Elliot: King, son of Elliot Murdoch, the deceased leader of the convicts and founder of the kingdom, and Anne Howard, twin of Ruth (Courage)
Gavin Quirke: Son of Lysbet, aged 5 on landing (Wolves, Courage)
Gerry Russell: Animal Handler on the WCPS Electra, married to Jessica (Wolves, Courage)
Henri Cocteau: Ex-convict, Lord Cocteau (Wolves, Courage)
Ian Karovitz: Ex-convict, Army General (Courage)
Ian Morgan: Ex-convict, Army Colonel (Courage)
Jacques: Son of Pierre and Briony (Courage)
Jean Farquharson: Mature colonial lady from the WCCS Argyll, captured by the south (Wolves, Courage)
Joseph Howard: Son of Peter Howard, aged 7 on landing (Wolves, Courage)
Kurt: Ex-convict, barman (Courage)
Louis Senot: Ex-convict, Army Colonel (Courage)
Lysbet Quirke: Mother of Jenny and Gavin (Wolves, Courage)
Marcus Kushner: Crewmember’s son from the WCPS Electra (Courage)
Martine: Assistant Animal Handler on the WCPS Electra (Wolves, Courage)
Michael Wallace: Ex-convict, friend of Pierre Duchesne (Wolves, Courage)
Philip Ross: Ex-convict, Army Colonel (Courage)
Pierre Duchesne: Ex-convict, Lord Duchesne (Wolves, Courage)
Raoul van Buren: Ex-convict, Lord van Buren (Courage)
Ruth: Twin sister of Elliot I, Princess (Courage)
Sam Baker: Ex-convict, Lord Baker (Wolves, Courage)
Sigvard: Ex-convict, arsonist (Courage)
Steve Rongman: Friend of Xavier Kushner (Courage)
Tom: Ex-convict, innkeeper (Courage)
Ulla Pederson: Wife of Johannes Pederson (Wolves, Courage)
Xavier Kushner: Brother of Marcus (Courage)
THE LIND
Afanasei: Male Lind from pack Afanasei, Elda of pack (Wolves, Courage)
Aglaya: Female Lind, daughter of Fernei, Avuzdel (Courage)
Aiya: Female Lind from pack Afanasei (Courage)*
Alesei: Male Lind, Avuzdel (Courage)
Anlei: Male Lind (Courage)*
Asya: Female Lind from pack Afanasei, daughter of Larya (Wolves, Courage)*
Altei: Male Lind (Courage)*
Aya: Female Lind from pack Afanasei (Wolves, Courage)*
Baltvei: Male Lind, Avuzdel (Courage)*
Blei: Male Lind from pack Jalkei, Susa of Lindar (Courage)
Dahlya: Female Lind from pack Jalkei (Courage)*
Daltei: Male Lind from pack Ratvei (Courage)*
Enlei: Male Lind from pack Jalkei (Courage)*
Faddei: Male Lind from pack Afanasei (Wolves, Courage)*
Fanya: Female Lind from Vada, daughter of Asya and Faddei (Courage)*
Fernei: Male Lind, Susa Avuzdel (Courage)
Ganya: Female Lind, pack Vrlnei (Courage)*
Gsnei: Male Lind, pack Vrlnei (Courage)*
Ilyei: Male Lind from pack Afanasei (Wolves, Courage)*
Inei: Male Lind from pack Afanasei (Wolves, Courage)*
Jtanya: Female Lind , daughter of Fernei, Avuzdel (Courage)*
Jilya: Female Lind from pack Velsei (Courage)*
Jsei: Male Lind from pack Ratvei (Wolves, Courage)*
Kiltya: Female Lind from pack Afanasei (Wolves, Courage)*
Kolyei: Male Lind from pack Afanasei (Wolves, Courage)*
Larnei: Male Lind from pack Ratvei, Elda and Gtratha representative (Courage)
Larya: Female Lind from pack Afanasei (Wolves, Courage)*
Lililya: Female Lind from pack Malkei (Wolves, Courage)*
Malkei: Male Lind from pack Malkei, Elda of pack (Courage)
Manya: Female Lind from pack Helvetei, healer (Courage)
Mariya: Female Lind from Gtratha, Gtrathlin (Wolves, Courage)
Maronsaya: Female Lind (Courage)*
Matvei: Male Lind from pack Afanasei (Wolves, Courage)*
Maya: Female Lind (Courage)*
Mentei: Male Lind (
Courage)*
Mislya: Female Lind from pack Ratvei (Courage)*
Qenya: Female Lind from pack Barindya (Courage)*
Radya: Female Lind from pack Afanasei (Wolves, Courage)*
Ranetei: Male Lind from pack Ranetei, Elda of pack (Courage)
Rozya: Female Lind from pack Afanasei (Wolves, Courage)*
Satirya: Female Lind from pack Ranetei (Courage)*
Savei: Male Lind from pack Ratvei (Wolves, Courage)*
Saya: Female Lind, Gtratha representative (Courage)
Slei: Male Lind from pack Afanasei (Courage)*
Sofiya: Female Lind from pack Afanasei (Wolves, Courage)*
Talei: Male Lind from pack Velsei, Susa of Lindar (Courage)
Talya: Female Lind from pack Afanasei, healer (Wolves, Courage)
Tarmsei: Male Lind from pack Afanasei, Susa of Lindar (Wolves, Courage)
Tavei: Male Lind from pack Afanasei (Wolves, Courage)*
Ustinya: Female Lind from pack Vanya (Wolves, Courage)*
Valnrya: Female Lind from pack Matvei (Courage)*
Vlandiya: Female Lind (Courage)*
Velsei: Male Lind from pack Velsei, Elda of pack (Courage)
Vsei: Male Lind, Avuzdel (Courage)
Yansei: Male Lind from pack Velsei (Courage)
Zhenya: Female Lind from pack Afanasei, healer (Wolves, Courage)
LIST of VADELN-PAIRS
Tara/Kolyei: Kath/Matvei: Bill/Malya: Geoff/Sindya: Peter/Radya: Brenda/Inei: Yvonne/Tavei: Emily/Ilyei: Alan/Kiltya: Moira/Andei: Thomas/Stasya: Mark/Aya: James/Rozya: Jim/Larya: Laura/Faddei: Francis/Asya: Louis/Ustinya: Maurice/Qenya: Mickel/Sandoranindya: Liam/Aiya: Kim/Slei: Ross/Lililya: Piers/Vlandiya: Grant/Satirya: James/Maya: Nell/Menlei: Sharon/Anlei: Jenny/Savei: Brian/Sofiya: Geraldine/Jsei: Wilhelm/Mislya: Richard/Dahlya: Duguld/Ganya: Eitel/Jilya: Cherry/Baltvei: Tina/Daltei: Hilary/Gsnei: Tamsin/Aclei: Carol/Altei
GLOSSARY
Allst: Tall, large leafed tree of the north
Avuzdel: Lind Central Spying Unit, a quasi-secret order within the Lind nation
Ceja: Yes
Chela: Lind claw, they have five on each paw. They resemble the claws of an earth cat in that they can tract and retract
Crtath: Welcome (informal)
Daga: Lind den
Dalina: Blue flowers resembling snowdrops
Dedta: Welcome (formal)
Dom: Temporary pack home
Domta: Permanent pack home
Dugo: Small prickly, dense and fast growing bush, prevalent in the north
Duntanvad: 12
Elda(s): Leader(s) of packs and Lind nation
Eln: Mate
Gruffaw: The Lind equivalent of a guffaw, or laugh
Gtran: Large vicious cat-like predators that inhabit the snowy mountain ranges of the northern continent
Gtratha: High Council of Lind
Gtrathlin: Leader of the Gtratha
Holad: Medical section of pack, healers
Jeza: Eat
Jezdic: Zebra-like intractable animal
Kala: Caffeine drink made from the nuts of the allst tree
Kura: Docile, woolly, short-legged goat-like animal
Lai: Legendary beings of Lind legend
Lian: Woods or forests
Lin: Litter of Lind pups
Lind: Peace loving wolf-like denizens of northern continent
Lindling: Human word for Lind young, not often used
Lindar: Warrior section of pack, it is split into three ranks, or ryz, at the front – the experienced large males, in the middle – the experienced smaller females and at the back – the inexperienced and the older fighters
Lisya: Other litter of Lind pups from the same parents
Litjda: Bitter tasting poison
Ltscta: Lind youngling
Lungtrel: Multicoloured river fish
Malinon: Northern bird that sings a fine tune
Nad: Nothingness
Nadlian: Area of land with no trees, grasslands
Numbers 1-10: Dun, Vad, Lok, San, Rak, Olf, Tak, Zan, Echt, Duntan
Pilli: Small darting red fish
Ptatch: Ride
Redgeworg: Dangerous soporific drug
Rtath: Pack
Rtatha: Pack-range
Rtathen: Pack-mates
Rtathlian: Pack-woods
Ruza: Hero
Ryz: Battle line, a Lindar has three
Ryzck: Troop of Vada – made up of thirty-four vadeln-pairs and one commanding vadeln-pair, in the beginning they were much larger
Ryzcka: Vada Ryzck Commander
Saneln: Family unit of four, two humans and two Lind, mated
Satalrdn: Many
Smaha: Red numbing medicinal root
Susa: Commander of Lindar
Susyc: Commander of Army
Tranet: Edible freshwater flatfish
Ungba: Soporific root used for medicines
Vad: 2
Vada: Cavalry (Lind/human)
Vadeln-pair: Mind-bonded life-mate (Lind/human), sometimes shortened to vadeln or pair
Vadryz: Squad of Vada, made up of eight vadeln-paired duos
Vadryza: Vada Vadryz commander
Valdka: White spirit drink
Volat: Needless slaying of any creature
Vuz: Idiot (if spoken loudly)
Vuz: Small striped river animal (if spoken softly)
Wral: Large bear-like animals that inhabit the riverbanks of the snowy mountains of the northern continent
Xrndli: Vulture-like raptor
Zarova: Long necked camel-like meat animal
THE LARG
Altuinq: A human forced into rapport with a Larg
Aoalvaldr: Male Larg, Commander of Larg army during the Battle of the Alliance, now in disgrace (Wolves, Courage)
Bluaor: Larg envoy to the court of Murdoch (Courage)
Bvdmaldr: Larg army commander during the invasion (Courage)
Cmvldr: A sub-commander of Bvdmaldr (Courage)
Knlvaldr: A sub-commander of Aoalvaldr (Courage)
Kohort: Cohort of Larg warriors, numbering at least 800
Kohortangan: Army commander
Kranan: Leader of kohort (kohort) squad
Kranj: Part of kohort, numbering eight
Larg: Warlike wolf-like denizens of southern continent
Largan: Leader of all the Larg
Litjda: A bitter tasting poison
Redgeworg: A dangerous soporific drug
Redvaldr: Larg pack-leader and acquaintance of Lord Cocteau (Courage)
Rudtka: Small southern burrowing animal like a rabbit with short ears
OTHER USEFUL TERMS
Argyll: Human country on the eastern coast of the northern continent on Rybak
Battle of the Alliance: Battle, between the Larg and convicts of the south and the settlers and Lind of the north, at the beginning of the second summer of mankind on Rybak
Fort: Defensive site where the crew and families of the WCPS Electra fled to before being overrun by the convicts some months after landing on Rybak, it has become the ruling centre of the Country of Murdoch
Garda: Regular army of Argyll
Murdoch: Human country in the southern continent ruled by the ex-convicts (and their descendants) from the WCPS Electra
Rybak: Name of the planet, named after James Rybak, the star-navigator who found it Sitrep: Situation report
Smur: Drizzly rain
Standard: Language spoken by the humans when they arrived on Rybak – as the years progress, amending to take account of words of Lindish and Larg
Vadath: Country between Argyll and Lind on the northern continent, ruled jointly by humans and Lind
WCCS Argyll: Colony Ship that survived the cosmic storm and landed on Rybak
WCPS Electra: Prison Ship that survived the cosmic storm and landed on Rybak
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About the Author
Conflict and Courage was written by Scottish author Candy Rae, a lifelong fan of fantasy ficti
on. She has now realised her own unique ambition by completing a fantasy fiction series about the mysterious Planet Wolf.
Readers of the books will become aware of the subplot which runs through the series and which will keep them engrossed until it is revealed.
The novels are accompanied by a full glossary of names and places and a guide to the various languages and cultures discovered as the story unfolds.
Special thanks to Jennifer for helping to link Ayrshire, Scotland with California, U.S.A. when she supplied outstanding artwork for all volumes.
Discover other titles by Candy Rae published on Smashwords.com:
Wolves and War (Planet Wolf - Volume 1): http://smashwords.com/b/20463
Homage and Honour (Planet Wolf - Volume 3): http://smashwords.com/b/24048
Dragons and Destiny (Planet Wolf - Volume 4): http://smashwords.com/b/27716
Valour and Victory (Planet Wolf - Volume 5): http://smashwords.com/b/29824
Paws and Planets (Planet Wolf - Prequels): http://smashwords.com/b/31461
Tales and Tails (Stories from Planet Wolf): http://smashwords.com/b/44384
Ambition and Alavidha (Planet Wolf - Finale): http://smashwords.com/b/110359
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Planet Wolf Website: http://www.planetwolf.co.uk
Artwork by Jennifer Johnson
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Table of Contents
Prologue
Chapter 1 - Vadath
Chapter 2 - Rtathlians of the Lind
Chapter 3 - Vadath
Chapter 4 - Argyll
Chapter 5 - Rtathlians of the Lind
Chapter 6 - Kingdom of Murdoch
Chapter 7 - Vadath
Chapter 8 - Nadlians of the Larg
Chapter 9 - Vadath
Chapter 10 - Argyll
Chapter 11 - Vadath
Chapter 12 - Kingdom of Murdoch
Chapter 13 - Vadath
Chapter 14 - Rtathlians of the Lind
Chapter 15 - Vadath
Chapter 16 - Argyll