by A. J. Smith
Fjorlan
Tiergarten – the ancient city of Summer Wolf
Halla Summer Wolf Alephsdottir – the Daughter of the Wolf
Old Father Brindon Crowe – priest of the Order of the Hammer
Tricken Ice Fang – chain-master
Earem Spider Killer – axe-master
Colm Tide Bound – survivor of the dragon fleet
Lars Bull – survivor of the dragon fleet
Greta Cloud Seer – axe-maiden of Tiergarten.
Arnulph Grief – old man of Tiergarten
Fredericksand – where sits the high thain
Alahan Teardrop Algeson – heir to the high thain’s hall
Wulfrick the Enraged – axe-master
Ingrid Teardrop – the Little Wolf of Fredericksand
Rudolf Ten Bears – survivor of the dragon fleet
Wilhelm Speaks in Silence – priest of the Order of the Hammer
HAMMERFALL – HOME OF THE WOLF WOOD AND THE CLOUD-MEN
Rexel Falling Cloud – survivor of the dragon fleet
Anya Cold Bane (Lullaby) – wise woman
Moniac Dawn Cloud – axe-master
JARVIK – FORMERLY THE HOME OF THE GREEN-EYED LORDS, NOW THE HOME OF URSA
Rulag Ursa Bear Tamer – thain of Jarvik
Thran Blood Fist – battle brother of Jarvik
Beirand Rock Heart – battle brother of Jarvik
Harrod – priest of the Order of the Hammer
The Low Kast
Rorg the Defiler – berserker chieftain
Timon the Butcher – berserker of Varorg
Unrahgahr – Exemplar of Varorg
The Freelands
Wraith Company
Freya Cold Eyes – wise woman
Micah Stone Dog – warrior of Wraith
Ranen Gar
Fynius Black Claw – captain of Twilight Company and exemplar of Brytag
Vincent Hundred Howl – warrior of Twilight Company
THE PEOPLE OF KARESIA – MEN OF THE SUN
The Seven Sisters – enchantresses, formerly of Jaa, now of Shub-Nillurath
Saara the Mistress of Pain
Isabel the Seductress
THE FAITHFUL OF JAA – WIND CLAWS AND VIZIERS
Voon of Rikara – high vizier of Karesia, exemplar of Jaa
Kal Varaz – wind claw
Kadri Ramazon – wind claw
Dalian Thief Taker – greatest of the wind claws
Hounds
Kasimir Roux – whip-master
Turve Ramhe – whip-master
Al Hasim
The godless
Kirin
Keisha of Oslan – dark-blood
Raz Mon Vekerian – captain of the Black Wave
Jez Ran Rami – first mate of the Black Wave
Arjav – bowman of the Creeping Downs
Lylla Vekerian – protector of the Creeping Downs
Dokkalfar
Tyr Nanon the Shape Taker – soldier of the Long War
Tyr Dyus the Daylight Sky – warrior of the Fell
Vithar Loth the Tree Father – shaman of the Fell
Tyr Sigurd – warrior of Canarn
Tyr Kalan – warrior of Canarn
Vithar Joror the Heart’s Hand – shaman of the Heart
MYSTERIOUS OTHERS
Ryuthula
The Matron Mother
The Shade of Magnus
The Shade of Torian
The Shade of Bromvy
The Shade of Dalian
The Breaking Wave
The Guardian
Corvus
Acknowledgements
Finishing a series is at least four times harder than writing any of its constituent parts. I suddenly had to decide things I’d not yet thought to decide, and to seriously consider that writing by zen is not always the best policy.
I really hope you all enjoy this. Thank you for so many things.
Simon Hall, Kathleen Kitsell, Marcus Holland, Benjamin Hesford, Scott Illnicki, Carrie Hall, Martin Cubberley, Tony Carew, Karl Wustrau, Mark Allen, Paolo Trepiccione, Terry and Cathy Smith, Mathilda Imlah, Laura Palmer, Melmo the Sinister Apothecary.
About A. J. Smith
A. J. SMITH has been devising the worlds, histories and characters of the Long War chronicles for more than a decade. He was born in Birmingham and works in secondary education.
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About the Chronicles of The Long War
In the long ages of deep time, uncountable millennia before the rise of men, there lived a race of Giants.
Continents shifted and mountains rose and fell as the Giants fought the Long War for the right to possess the lands of their birth. The greatest Giants, mortal beings of huge size and power, lived long enough, fought hard enough and gained enough wisdom to become gods.
Rowanoco, the Ice Giant, claimed the cold northern lands and was worshipped by the men of Ranen. Jaa, the Fire Giant, ruled the burning desert sands to the south and chose the men of Karesia as his followers. The Stone Giant, known only as the One, held dominion over the lush plains and towering mountains of Tor Funweir, and his followers, the men of Ro, believed they had the right to rule all the lands of men. Other Giants there were also, though their names and their followers are thought lost, and their empires buried, as victims of the Long War.
The Giants have long since left these lands to the humans, but their followers still worship them, invoke their names daily and aggressively maintain their laws. The Giants themselves sit beyond the perception of humans in their halls beyond the world while their most trusted followers fight the Long War in their stead.
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First published in the United Kingdom in 2016 by Head of Zeus Ltd
Copyright © A.J. Smith, 2016
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