by KS Villoso
Solat
A mage assigned to the Dageian army. High Keeper of the Drusgayan defence.
Soshain
Meirosh Tar'elian's second wife. Of both Gorenten and Baidhan descent. She fell in love with Meirosh during his studies in Baidh.
Storri
A Gorenten slave, set free by Kefier.
Sume alon gar Kaggawa
Goran Kaggawa's younger child, who sets off for Fuyyu to work as a seamstress after her brother Oji seemingly falls off the face of the earth.
Tachya
A mage of Eheldeth.
Takas
A general in the Dageian Army.
Tarron Beeching
Rohn Beeching's son.
Teoman
Captain of King Elrend's personal guard.
Tetsung alon gar Shoho
A rice merchant from the famous "Shoho" family, one of the richest rice merchants in the Sougen region.
Thiar
Officer of Singular Seven of the Boarshind mercenaries.
Thiri
Anu-Sthura
A war consultant, hired by Yn Garr to straighten out the Boarshind after Baeddan's death.
Tiora
High King Elian's daughter.
Ureji
Rysaran's Captain of Guard.
Urthen
Agartes' right hand man.
Vayna
Agartes' youngest daughter.
Vilum Kashor
A bastard rog-Bannal, Sapphire's cousin, who grew up in Ambassador Hegas' household before he was sent to Enji. He was abused by Ambassador Hegas as a child.
Xyl
A young kusyan who assists Kefier and refers to Faci as "grandfather."
Yeshin aren dar Orenar
Warlord of Oren-yaro.
Ylir yn Garr
A merchant, Gorrhen yn Garr's apprentice. Ylir "yn Garr" is an unoffical name, given on account of how close he is to his master.
Zilfikar
An-Albahtal
K'an ono K'an, the Holy King of Gaspar.
Zoiron
An-Albahtal
The Holy King of Gaspar's son and crown prince.
Cities and Towns in The
Agartes Epilogues
Aldawan
A village in the island of Agantuan in Gorent.
Ad Methas
A city in south central Dageis, near the mountains that border Dageis and Gaspar.
Akki
A port city in the island of Akki, one day south of Fuyyu.
Aret-ni
A Gasparian port city on the eastern coast of Gaspar. Aret-ni is also within the Al-ir province.
Bara
A city near Oren-yaro, currently ruled by the Baraji clan.
Bardes
A port city in eastern Dageis.
Bay-at-dan
A Gasparian city on the border of Dageis and northern Gaspar.
Blackwood
A city in southern Hafod.
Cael City
A small city set in the heart of the foreboding Kag wilderness. Cael is one of the city-states founded by Agartes Allaicras. The abundance of a smooth, white stone mined from quarries around the city helped it become prosperous despite its humble roots, and it now stands as a bastion of culture and arts in the Kag. Cael City is also the home of Yn Garr Industries, one of the largest companies in the whole Kag region.
Cairntown
A run-down city in the stateless region of Kago. Prostitution, gambling, and other illicit activities run rampant in this town. The mercenary group, Boarshind, founded by Baeddan Siromer and Gorrhen yn Garr, is the prominent power in the area.
Darusu
The city of the Hoen royal clan of Jin-Sayeng. It lies at the foot of the mountains in the northeast coast of the nation.
Drusgaya
The capital of the Empire of Dageis. Drusgaya is a city like no other–it takes up an entire small peninsula on the northern coast of Dageis, connected to the mainland by six bridges. It is easily ten times the size of Jin-Sayeng’s Shirrokaru. Trams powered by the agan provide transportation throughout the city. There are also numerous towers, with the four tallest surrounding the palace where the Emperor of Dageis resides.
Eheldeth
Not technically a city, but a large community and school founded around the education of mages. It stands on the Dageian Plateau, several days north of the Gaspar border city of Bay-at-dan. The council at Eheldeth is largely responsible for the management of mages in the Dageian Empire.
Fuyyu
A Jin-Sayeng city in western Jin-Sayeng. One of the cities that is not officially within warlord territory. Many of the ruling families in the area come from merchants and farmers. There is much tension between these commoners and the royal clans from the east, especially when the Ikessars elevated the merchant caste after they opened trade with the Kags.
Kai
A port city in Eastern Jin-Sayeng.
Kalthekar
A Gasparian city north of the Jin-Sayeng border near Shirrokaru. It is within the Barun province.
Kazfian
A Dageian colony city, once under the rule of the Shi-uin people. It is in the southwestern coast of the Shi-uin island, a day’s boat ride from Bardes.
Kiel City
A rougher version of Cael, though one should not let Kielers hear it. Its own city-state, Kiel trades in white stone similarly. The city borders on lands owned by various ka-eng tribes, as well as the Laidari people.
Lon Basden
A port city at the northern tip of the Orasmus Peninsula, formerly the Gorenten city of Gentigen. It is one of the few cities not directly connected to the airship system in Dageis.
Nalvor
A port town near the city-state of Cael.
Ni'in
A port town in Kago.
Oren-yaro
The city of the Orenar royal clan of Jin-Sayeng. South of Shirrokaru, it is more rural in character, keeping its rice fields and farms close at hand. It stands near Oka Shto Mountain and by the River Agos.
Port Greenleaf
A port city in the island nation of Baidh, west of Tilarthan.
Sen'senal
A small Gorenten city, the largest within those group of islands.
Shirrokaru
The city traditionally attributed to the Ikessar royal clan of Jin-Sayeng, currently the ruling family. Shirrokaru is formed around Lake Watu and is split into a northern and southern district. The Dragonlord’s palace, as well as a number of businesses and royal houses, is located on the northern district. Large dragon-towers mark up the landscape, connected by bridges–these used to house the dragons when they were numerous enough for people to keep. A series of tunnels connects these dragon-towers to many homes, with dragonfire providing warmth and sanitation in the past. With the near-extinction of dragons in the land, these systems have been largely abandoned.
Sutan
The city of the Jeinza royal clan of Jin-Sayeng. A harbour city that, like most of the royal clans’ cities, contains empty dragon-towers. Sutan was one of the cities attacked by the Empire of Ziri-nar-Orxiaro (or Xiaro) during the war several years back–a war which is commonly believed to have pushed the Ikessars into considering opening trade to the Kags.
Tilarthan
A large port city, capital of the Kingdom of Hafod. It has fortified its northern walls to repel attacks from Dageis in the Orasmus Peninsula to the north. A good part of the city sprawls around the tall cliffs making up the landscape. A network of roads make transportation convenient throughout the city–one can usually hail a horse-driven coach for that purpose.
Vildar
A town halfway between Cael City and Nalvor.
Yu-yan
A city in the Sougen plains of western Jin-Sayeng.
Nations in The Agartes Epilogues
Baidh
The Kingdom of Baidh is an island country to the west. It is mainly known for having large pastures and highlands, suitable for raising sheep and other lives
tock.
Cael
Technically "Cael City", a city-state, the name is also used to loosely refer to the area west of Kago. The term can be used to include the towns of Vildar and Nalvor. It is surrounded by the Kag wilderness. Cael built a thriving industry through the export of a type of white stone that is abundant in the area and is prized primarily as a building material.
Gaspar
A land north of Jin-Sayeng and south of Dageis, it is ruled by a Holy King. Mage-warriors, called mandraagars, are taken as young children to serve the temples and the realm. Various k'an rule individual provinces.
Gorent
A group of islands northwest of Dageis. Once a proud people, the invasion of their capital city drove them further out into the sea, and now the Gorenten mostly live out in small villages, with only a single city, Sen'senal, to their name.
Hafod
A land along the western side of the continent. Hafod is a fairly new nation, sprouting in the harsh lands of the Kag after discontented nobles from Baidh and beyond decided to settle elsewhere.
Herey
An island country in the continent of Lier. Herey is known to the outside world as a strange place, where anomalies in the agan has produced very strange phenomena, including monsters that pose as people.
Jin-Sayeng
A land along the eastern side of the continent of Vir. Once ruled by mighty warlords who rode dragons, it is now a land rife with tension between provinces. There is also conflict between the different castes, including the royal clans of the east and the commoners of the west.
Kago
A region comprised of towns and villages that sprouted in the wilderness west of Jin-Sayeng. "Kago" refers to the general area and is not an actual country, lacking a leader or any other means of government.
Kiel
Another city-state, west of Cael and deeper into the wilderness. Kiel boasts more quarries and mines than Cael, but a lot less culture.
Shi-uin
An island nation invaded by Dageis years ago. Its people have been scattered throughout the continent, and the island itself is now trapped in a seemingly permanent winter.
The Empire of Dageis
Or "Dageis," as it is commonly called, is a large empire that takes up most of the northern half of the continent. The rapid growth and industrilization of this empire can be owed to the way they have harnessed the agan for their own purposes, as well as the number of small nations they have invaded or annexed over the centuries. A few nations have refused to bow down to Dageis' conquest, including its famed rival, the Kingdom of Gaspar.
The Empire of Ziri-nar-Orxiario
Derogatively called "Xiaro" by the people of Vir (and mostly by Jinseins), the Zarojo Empire—the more correct term—lies in the continent of Lier to the east. It tries to mimic Dageis in its use of the agan, though without the proper systems in place. Similarly to Dageis, it has annexed a number of countries, including the small nation of Lay Weng Shio. The Zarojo Empire was once Jin-Sayeng's closest trading partner until an attack early on in Dragonlord Reshiro's reign, which left both nations hostile to each other.
About The Author
K.S. Villoso was born in a dank hospital on an afternoon in Albay, Philippines, and things have generally been okay since then. After spending most of her childhood in a slum area in Taguig (where she dodged death-defying traffic, ate questionable food, and fell into open-pit sewers more often than one ought to), she and her family immigrated to Vancouver, Canada, where they spent the better part of two decades trying to chase the North American Dream. She is now living amidst the forest and mountains with her family, children, and dogs in Anmore, BC.
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