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Dragons of the Dawn Bringer: The Goddess Prophecies Fantasy Series Book 5

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by Araya Evermore


  Palu’anth - warrior

  Rhul’ynth - warrior

  Diarc’ynth - young warrior

  Wizards’ Circle – a male order of the most learned and powerful wizards in the Known World

  Averen - High Wizard. Holds the elven seat of Intolana. Elf.

  Coronos Avernayis Dragon Rider – Novice Wizard. Keeper of the Orb of Air. Holds the seat of Drax. Adopted father to Asaph

  Domenon - Master Wizard. Holds the seat of Davono

  Drumblodd - Novice Wizard. Keeper of the Orb of Fire. Holds the dwarven seat of Venosia

  Freydel – Master Wizard. Keeper of the Orb of Death. Holds the seat of Celene

  Haelgon - High Wizard. Holds the seat of Atalanph

  Luren - Novice Wizard. Holds the seat of Lans Himay

  King Navarr - Novice Wizard. Holds the seat of Frayon. King of Frayon

  Miscellaneous

  Daluni – those who can converse with animals

  Karshur – Powerful elf wizard. Creator of the dagger Karshur

  King Gedrock – King of the Shadow Demons

  Lost One – a lost spirit that searches for but cannot find the light

  Forsaken – an angry rage-filled spirit that shuns the light

  Feylint Halanoi – Fighters of the Free World. The name of the combined resistance forces fighting against the Maphraxies. Named in the forgotten language of the Ancients meaning: “Freedom or Death”

  Navadin - Bear Riders of legend. Ancestors of the People of the Uncharted Lands.

  Qurenn the Courageous – warrior who slew Slevina

  Saurians – lizard people who inhabit the swamplands of Ostasia

  Seers - a secretive female order of magic wielders

  Slevina the Dragon Queen – pure dragon who slew Qurenn

  CHARACTERS OF THE DARK

  Cirosa – High Priestess of Celene, next in line to the Oracle

  Dereever - Queen of harpies

  Greater Demons - from beyond The Murk. Far more evil than Lesser Demons;

  Harpy – ‘bird-women’ in league with Baelthrom

  Histanatarns – vicious ‘fish-people’ from the island nation Histanatarn

  Incubi – male shape-shifting demons

  Karhlusus - demon lord wizard, ruler of The Murk

  Keteth – a powerful wizard, trapper of souls, creator of the Shadowlands

  King Kull - Demon Lord, possessor of Karhlusus

  Lesser Demons - from The Murk. Of the dark and rarely assist the light; Grazen - loyal to Karhlusus. Shadow - against Karhlusus

  Succubi – female shape-shifting demons

  Vornus - Draxian once loyal to the King and Queen of Drax

  Maphraxies

  Baelthrom – The Immortal Lord. Demi-god spewed forth from the Dark Rift. Leader of the Maphraxies

  Hameka – Maphraxie’s Commander in Chief

  Kilkarn - Baelthrom’s dark dwarf aide

  Death Hounds – massive, dog-like Maphraxie beings

  Dromoorai – Maphraxian High Commanders and Dread Dragon Riders

  Dread Dragons – once Dragon Lords now split into two immortal, twice as powerful, beings: Dread Dragon and Dromoorai

  Empty Ones – formless energy or ‘spirit’ that can inhabit and feed off any physical living being and turn them into any form of Life Seeker

  Foltoy – giant, black cat-like creatures that can walk on two legs or four.

  Life Seekers – all Maphraxies are also called Life Seekers because their nature is to seek out life and destroy it

  FOOD, DRINK & MEDICINE

  Lintel weed – used in pipes and smoked by some for relaxation and calming of the mind; Purple lintel – the most expensive lintel, White lintel – the mildest lintel

  Dagono tree – thin strips of bark woven to form hard armour for the Kuapoh. Also used to make long rope that never breaks

  Tallan tree – medium sized tree of The Unchartered Lands with large fleshy pink fruits

  Kocha tree – huge tree of The Unchartered Lands with large heavy bunches of edible brown kocha nuts

  Fire wine – very strong Kuapoh wine made from the fire grape

  Mavy’s kelp – nutritious seaweed mostly found in rocks pools

  Blue seaweed – rich in iron and found in brackish waters

  Hessel leaf – musty smelling herb found by the coast; curer of seasickness

  Jungle Spirits - strong alcoholic beverage of the Gurlanka tribe

  Saran Poison - deadly poison from Venosia often used on weapons (aka Hameka’s darts)

  Sirin Derenax – “Oblivion of Souls” in Elvish. The Black Drink, the Elixir of Immortality

  NOTABLE FLORA & FAUNA

  Chukatan – large, luminous yellow and indigo coloured fruit-eating bird of The Unchartered Lands – a good luck omen

  Island panther – feline mammal found on Frayon and her surrounding islands. Slightly larger than a domestic cat with leopard spotted or black fur

  Sand pines - Twisted hardy trees of draxian islands

  Swamp apples - hard, sweet, peach-coloured fruit growing in the swamps of Ostasia

  Tallen trees - drops huge, sweet brown-coloured fruits with soft pink insides.

  THE KNOWN WORLD

  Abha Fey [Sea] – the “Shining Sea”, in the old Frayonesse tongue. The Lost Sea and domain of Keteth’s Shadowlands

  Aralanastias – the Ancients mythical Land of Peace and Plenty. Over time translated into the Elven Land of Mists

  Atalanph – desert kingdom to the south. Inhabited by dark-skinned blue-eyed humans. Sopho Morlin is the capital

  Davono – kingdom in southeast Frayon. Mainly inhabited by dark-haired humans and many Dwarven and Elven refugees

  Drax – the ‘Dragon Kingdom’. Once inhabited by Pure Dragons and Draxians; tall, fair/red-haired humans with a mix of Dragon blood

  Fariant Fey - the Warm Flowing Torrent in old Frayonesse. Warm ocean current flowing from the south and through the Isles of Kammy

  Frayon – human and Feylint Halanoi stronghold. Largest kingdom of the Known World

  Histanatarn – inhabited by evil warrior ‘fish-people’

  Intolana – Once the Elven homeland. Taken and destroyed by Baelthrom many moons ago

  Isles of Kammy – home of Issa (Little Kammy)

  Isles of Tirry – homeland of the Seers of Myrn (Myrn is the name of the main island and the capital)

  Kingdom of Fire – exists to the south beyond the Known World

  Kingdom of Ice – exists to the north beyond the Known World

  Lans Himay – kingdom in north-eastern Frayon. Mainly inhabited by humans and Dwarves and refugees from all over the Known World

  Maphrax – once Tusarza, now the stronghold of Baelthrom

  Munland – Once a half Dwarven half human kingdom – now destroyed and dominated by Maphraxies

  Murk, The – the Demon Underworld just below the planes of Maioria

  Ocean Kingdom – exists to the east beyond the Known World. Between the Known World and Ocean Kingdom there once existed several large islands where the Ancients lived. Destroyed by Baelthrom and sunk beneath the waves eons ago

  Ostasia – homeland of the Saurians and Harpies. Destroyed and dominated by Baelthrom

  Shadowlands - a Shadow Realm filled with ghosts and wraiths (Lost Ones and Forsaken trapped by Keteth). Keteth’s creation and domain

  Tusarza – once a beautiful land owned by all races and none. Destroyed by the Maphraxies and now a wasteland. Baelthrom’s stronghold

  The Unchartered Lands – lands far to the west of the Known World

  Venosia – southern Dwarven homeland now dominated by Baelthrom and Dark Dwarves. Tarvalastone was once the capital for the dwarves of light, now called Diredrull

  Tabards & Flags

  Carvon - white castle on royal blue

  Corsolon - five white crosses on royal blue

  Davono - green tabard and yellow sun

  Feylint Halanoi - golden shield on red

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  Goddesses & Gods, Moons & Stars

  Doon – Guardian of the Forest. Maioria’s male guardian and the name of the white, medium-sized moon. Also called Ood and Doonis.

  Feygriene – The Sun Goddess. Guardian of the sun and creator of dragons. Also called Fey.

  Woetala – The Forest Goddess. Maioria’s female guardian and the name of the small, pale orange moon. Also called Woela.

  Zanufey – The Night Goddess. Guardian of Aralansia and the name of the large, rarely seen, indigo moon. Also called Zanu and Arzanu.

  The Source of All – Loving, omnipotent source of all creation. Called the Great Mother and/or Great Father and, more commonly and universally, the One Source, Source or the One Light.

  Blaze of Eight - a trail of eight bright stars in Maioria’s constellations

  Orbs

  Orb of Fire – belongs to the Dwarves

  Orb of Water – belongs to the Wykiry

  Orb of Earth – belongs to the Elves

  Orb of Air – belongs to the Dragon Lords

  Orb of Life – belongs to the Ancients

  Orb of Death – belongs to the humans

  WORDS & PHRASES

  Maio = Sacred – pronounced ‘May’ followed by a very short ‘O’ like the ‘O’ in ‘Orange’ and ‘Ostentatious’

  Ria = home as in home planet. Pronounced ‘Reeah’ as in the ‘rea’ in ‘area’

  Maioria = thusly means: “Sacred Home/Planet”

  Artheria = daughter; Arto = son

  Words ending in ‘n’ (Maion) are possessive and mean: My / Mine

  Maion'artheria – “My sacred daughter”; Maion’arto – “My sacred son”

  Elven

  A = I / me

  A’farion - literally “I walk death” - I walk [in] death

  A’nkahrin malfea dun = I command the elements

  DRAGONS OF THE DAWN BRINGER

  Published by Starfire Epic Fantasy

  Copyright © 2017 by Araya Evermore

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