by Jasmine Walt
Handmar, Mr. and Mrs., Hartley and Kelton: a breeder of horses in Watawis, his wife and twin sons.
Haralis: a port city on the east coast and capital of Innarta, one of the most prosperous states in the Northia Federation.
Haralis Monitor: main local newspaper of Haralis, the capital of Innarta.
Harmon, Tuala: name of an elderly acquaintance Mina’s late grandmother, that she uses when she pretends to be a fully trained mage herself.
Hollin, Mina, aka Tamina Marton, aka Tuala Harmon: Mina’s original name is Tamina Marton, and from childhood she was called “Mina” by her friends and family. After running away as a teenager, she used the name Mina Hollin.
Iannis: see ar’Sannin, Iannis.
Innarta: one of the fifty states of the Northia Federation, where Mina’s family hails from.
Julon: owner of Abbsville’s only inn.
Karadin, Janis: Legal Secretary of the Watawis government.
Kelling, Barrla: Mina’s best friend in Abbsville, who works in her parents’ general store and loves shifter romances.
Kelling, Mr. and Mrs. Sallia: Barrla and Terad’s parents, owners of Abbsville’s general store.
Kelling, Terad: Barrla’s younger brother.
Lady, the: mages refer to the First Mage, Resinah, as the Lady, most often in the phrase “by the Lady!”
Loranian: the difficult, secret language of magic that all mages are required to master.
ar’Lutis, Fennias: pseudonym Fenris used among the Watawis mages.
Mages Guild: the governmental organization that rules the mages in each state, and supervises the other races. The headquarters are usually in the same building as the Palace of the local Chief Mage, to whom the Guild is subordinate.
Magorah: the god of the shifters, associated with the moon.
Makar: a gelding Fenris buys from Handmar, the local horse breeder.
Mallas, Zaran: Chief Mage of the state of Innarta, resides in the capital Haralis.
Manucan: the language of Manuc, an island country northwest of the Central Continent.
Marton, Soran and Monissa: Mina’s late parents, who died in an airship accident.
Marton, Tamina: Mina’s original name.
Maxin: a young mage and childhood friend of Mina’s, engaged to her friend Troina.
ar’Mees, Clostina: a young mage working for the Watawis Mages’ Guild, granddaughter of the Chief Mage.
ar`Mees, Lord Zander and Lady Marilla: the Chief Mage of Watawis and his wife.
Midnight: a stallion that Fenris buys soon after arriving in Watawis.
Mills, Thorgana: socialite and former owner of a news media conglomerate as well as numerous other companies. After being exposed as the Benefactor she was imprisoned. She managed to escape, but died around the time of the Solantha earthquake.
Mina, see under Hollin, Mina.
Minister, the: the mage who presides the Convention of Chief Mages, and coordinates the affairs of the Northia Federation between sessions, particularly foreign relations. The office is currently held by Zavian Graning.
Murmuzel: local name for a type of squirrel prevalent near Haralis.
Nebara: one of the fifty states making up the Northia Federation, located north of Canalo, and Fenris’s home state.
Northia Federation: a federation consisting of fifty states that cover almost the entire northern half and middle of the Western Continent.
Northian: the main language spoken in the Northia Federation.
Orkon: see under Trulian, Orkon.
Oscar: the name Mrs. Kelling gives to the tomcat Mina entrusted to Barrla.
Osero: one of the fifty states of the Northia Federation, located north of Canalo on the continent’s west coast.
Pandanum: a base metal used, inter alia, for less valuable coins.
Polar: see under ar’Tollis, Polar.
Provence: family name of a goat breeder, one of Mina’s clients.
Ransome, Domich: a mage, and lawyer and trustee to the Marton family, in Haralis; in charge of Mina’s inheritance since her grandmother’s death.
Recca: the world of humans, mages and shifters.
Resinah: the first mage, whose teachings are of paramount spiritual importance for the mages. Her statue can be found in the mage temples, which are off-limits to non-mages and magically hidden from outsiders.
Resistance: a movement of revolutionaries planning to overthrow the mages and take control of the Northia Federation, financially backed by the Benefactor. Over time they became bolder and more aggressive, using terrorist attacks with civilian casualties, as well as assassination. The discovery that the Benefactor and the human leaders of the Resistance were planning to turn on the shifters once the mages were defeated dealt a blow to the unity of the movement, but its human component is far from completely defeated.
Rice, Hulam: a journalist working for the Haralis Monitor.
Roor, Ilain: a young farmer in Abbsville, son of Mrs. Roor.
Rotharius aka Roth: together with Cobil, friend and companion of Marris Dolan.
Rylan: see under Baine, Rylan.
ar’Sannin, Iannis: Chief Mage of Canalo. He resides in the capital city of Solantha, from which he runs Canalo as well as the Mages Guild with the help of his deputy and Secretaries. Originally a native of Manuc, a country located across the Eastern Sea.
Sarman: false name Fenris used to store some of his most precious old books in Osero.
Shelton: the false family name under which Fenris has bought Ackleberry farm in Abbsville.
Shifter: a human who can change into animal form and back by magic; they originally resulted from illegal experiments by mages on ordinary humans.
Silver: the metal is toxic to shifters, and burns their skin when they touch it. It is nevertheless used for coins in the Federation.
Smorth, Ria: former fiancée of Cobil’s brother.
Solantha: the capital of Canalo State, a port city on the west coast of the Northia continent. Seat of Chief Mage Iannis ar’Sannin and the Canalo Mages Guild, and home of Sunaya Baine.
Sunaya: see under Baine, Sunaya.
ar’Tarnis, Yoron: Fenris’s pseudonym in Haralis, to go with his disguise as an old mage from the Central Continent.
Testing: human and shifter schoolchildren in the Northia Federation are tested for magic at least twice during their schoolyears, and a positive result will normally lead to the magic wipe (often with permanent mental damage.)
Thorgana: see under Mills, Thorgana.
Tilin, Mr.: the Abbsville carpenter.
Tira: the beloved, thirteen-year old mastiff of the Dolan family.
ar’Tollis, Polar: former Chief Mage of Nebara, who vanished after being condemned to death by the Convention.
Toring, Garrett: mage, Federal Director of Security, former Federal Secretary of Justice; an ambitious high official in the Federal government.
Troina: a young mage, and childhood friend of Mina’s from her schooldays.
ar’Trud, Maggals: a deceased Osero mage who Mina pretends used to be her master, when she claims to be Tuala Harmon.
Trulian, Orkon and Tridaris: Orkon Trulian led the first settlers to what is now the state of Innarta. Mina is descended from him through his daughter Tridaris.
Ur-God: the name the humans call the Creator by.
Uton: one of the fifty states of the Northia Federation.
Vanley: see under Cantorin, Vanley.
Watawis: one of the fifty states of the Northia Federation, landlocked, in the mountainous northwest. It is one of the least populated and poorest of the fifty states.
Willowdale: capital of the state of Watawis, seat of its Chief Mage and government.
Words: Loranian formulas used by mages for almost all standard spells.
Yoron: see under ar’Tarnis, Yoron.
About the Author
JASMINE WALT is obsessed with books, chocolate, and sharp objects. Somehow, those three things melded together in her head and transformed
into a desire to write, usually fantastical stuff with a healthy dose of action and romance. Her characters are a little (okay, a lot) on the snarky side, and they swear, but they mean well. Even the villains sometimes.
When Jasmine isn’t chained to her keyboard, you can find her practicing her triangle choke on the jujitsu mat, spending time with her family, or binge-watching superhero shows on Netflix.
Want to connect with Jasmine? You can find her on Instagram at @jasmine.walt, on Facebook, or at www.jasminewalt.com.
Also by Jasmine Walt
The Baine Chronicles: Fenris’s Story:
Forsaken by Magic (Novella)
Fugitive by Magic
Claimed by Magic
Saved by Magic (Coming Soon!)
The Baine Chronicles Series:
Burned by Magic
Bound by Magic
Hunted by Magic
Marked by Magic
Betrayed by Magic
Deceived by Magic
Scorched by Magic
Taken by Magic (Coming Soon!)
The Nia Rivers Adventures:
Coauthored with Ines Johnson
Dragon Bones
Demeter’s Tablet
Templar Scrolls—Coming Soon!
The Gatekeeper Chronicles:
Coauthored with Debbie Cassidy
Marked by Sin
Hunted by Sin
Claimed by Sin