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Sword of Honour
: Sword given to the best Vada Cadets on their graduation.

Talastown :
Town in north east Dagan and founded by Guildmaster Annert de Gras
in the early seventh century.

Thedhrehl :
Winter season.

The Exam : The
leaving exams sat by all most of those in Argyll and Vadath wishing
to go on to further education, the usual age for sitting these is
sixteen.

The
Rhian
Inn
: An inn on the Island of Galliard.

Trent Reef :
Name of the line of rocks and small islands that run from the south
western tip of Lind to the southern continent. In the second
century the Larg used it as their route to attack the rtathlians of
the west.

Vada : Cavalry
(Lind/human)

Vada : The
township that has grown up around the Vada stronghold

Vada Roll : A
series of books into which the Susa write every serving vadeln-pair
and cadet who joins the Vada.

Vadarnth : The
Stronghold of the Western Ryzcks.

Vadath :
Country between Argyll and Lind on the northern continent, ruled
jointly by humans and Lind

Vadeln-pair :
Paired life-mate (Lind/human), often shortened to vadeln or
pair

Vadryz : Troop
of Vada - made up of eight vadeln-pairs

Vadryza : Vada
troop commander of which there are four in each Ryzck; of eight
vadeln-pairs each

Venlei*:
Original Ambassador from Vadath to Argyll. (Human: Paula)

Volat :
Needless slaying of any creature

Vuz : A small,
burrowing northern animal rather like a rabbit but with small
ears.

Vuz-beetle : A
nasty little slimy beetle-like creature that likes warm, dark
places.

Walda : A
southern grass used as fodder.

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 (Wolves)

Western Ryzck :
The section of the Vada responsible for the defence of the western
coast of the northern continent, in the Rtathlians of the Lind.

Western Sea :
Long narrow (in places) strip of water between Dagan (in the west)
and the main northern continent

Wral : Large
bear-like animals that inhabit the riverbanks of the snowy
mountains of the northern continent

Zarova : Long
necked camel-like meat animal

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APPENDICES

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Appendix
1

The Dukedoms of
the Kingdom of Murdoch in Order of Precedence

North Baker:
South Baker: Smith: Cocteau: Van Buren: Gardiner: Brentwood:
Duchesne: Graham : Hallam : Markwood : Charleson

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Appendix
2

The Royal and
Noble Protocol Ranks within the Kingdom of Murdoch in Order of
Precedence

It was King
Elliot the Second (20-93) (reigned 73-93) who formalised and made
law the rank structure of the nobility. Women cannot hold land or
rule in their own right. All females take the feminine equivalent
of their husband’s title, except for a Daughter-Heir of one of the
9 Dukedoms. Her husband becomes the Son-Heir then Duke on the death
of his father-in-law and she will become his Duchess. If a Prince
marries a Daughter-Heir, he retains the title Prince, becomes
Prince-Heir and then Prince-Duke but his wife does not assume the
title of Princess. A direct male descendant of a Duke may use the
title Lord, other nobles use the title Sir. All ladies of noble
birth may use the sobriquet Lady except for unmarried daughters of
a Thane.

King/Lord
Prince Consort : Queen : Crown-Prince (Heir to Throne) :
Crown-Princess : Crown-Prince-Heir (Son of Crown-Prince) :
Prince-Duke (Married to Daughter-Heir and reigning Duke)
:Prince-Heir (Married to Daughter-Heir) : Prince : Princess : Duke
: Duchess : Lord Marshall (Overall Commander of the Armies of
Murdoch) :Duke-Heir (Son-Heir to Dukedom of one of the 9 Dukes) :
Count (Son of a Duke) : Count (Eldest son of a Count, known as
Count Heir) :Countess (Count’s wife) : Contessa (Daughter-Heir to
Dukedom of one of the 9 Dukes) : Contessa (Daughter or
Granddaughter of a Duke) : Margrave (Younger son of a Count) :
Margrave (Eldest son and Heir of a Margrave, known as Margrave
Heir) : Margravess (Margrave’s wife) : Margravessa (Daughter of
Granddaughter of a Count) : Baron (Younger son of a Margrave) :
Baron (Titled but not descended from a Duke) : Baron (Eldest Son
and Heir of a Baron, known as Baron Heir) : Baroness (Baron’s wife)
: Baronessa (Daughter or Granddaughter of a Margrave) : Kellen
(Younger son of a Baron) : Kellen (Titled but not descended from a
Duke) : Kellen (Eldest Son and Heir of a Kellen, known as Kellen
Heir) : Kellene (Kellen’s wife) : Kellessa (Daughter or
Granddaughter of a Baron) : Thane (Younger son of a Kellen) : Thane
(Titled but not descended from a Duke) : Thane (Eldest son and Heir
of a Thane, known as Thane Heir) : Thanene (Thane’s wife) :
Thanessa (Daughter or Granddaughter of a Kellen)

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Appendix
3

The Year

First Month of
Summer – Dunrhed : Second Month of Summer - Vadrhed : Third Month
of Summer - Lokrhed : Fourth Month of Summer - Sanrhed : Fifth
Month of Summer - Rakrhed : First Month of Winter – Dunthed :
Second Month of Winter - Vadthed : Third Month of Winter - Lokthed
: Fourth Month of Winter - Santhed : Fifth Month of Winter -
Rakthed

A Rybakian year
is ten months long. There are only two seasons, summer and winter.
The year begins with Dunrhed, the first month of summer because
tradition states that this was the month of landing. There are four
weeks, each ten days long, in a Rybakian month. A week is called a
tenday.

The Seasons

Winter Season :
thedhrehl - Summer Season : Rhedhrehl - Moon (night) : tran - Sun
(day) : rhan - Hot : rhed - Cold : thed - Season : dhrehl

The Day

Midnight Bell -
First Nightbell - Second Nightbell- Third Nightbell - Fourth
Nightbell – Dawn Bell - First Bell - Second Bell - Third Bell -
Fourth Bell – Noon Bell – Sixth Bell- Seventh Bell – Eighth Bell –
Ninth Bell – Eve Bell – Eleventh Bell – Twelfth Bell – Thirteenth
Bell – Fourteenth Bell – Midnight Bell

Numbers

Numbers 1-10 ;
dun, vad, lok, san, rak, olf, tak, zan, echt, duntan

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Appendix
4

Rank Structures
of the Garda and Navy of Argyll

Infantry and
Cavalry - Commissioned Ranks (ascending order) - Juvenis (First
Year (Staticum) Officer Trainee : Senis (Second Year (Staticum)
Officer Trainee : Coronet (or Second Leftenant) : Leftenant (Lt) :
Captain (Capt) : Major (Maj) : Colonel : Major-General : General
(Gen) : Field Marshall (FM)

Navy -
Commissioned Ranks (ascending order) - Midshipman : Sub Leftenant :
Leftenant : Commander : Captain : Commodore : Admiral

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Appendix
5

The Monthly
Duty and Leave Pattern of the Vada

Duty - Duty -
Duty - Short Leave - Duty - Duty - Duty - Short Leave - Duty - Duty
- Duty - Short Leave - Duty - Duty - Duty - Long Leave - Long Leave
- Long Leave - Long Leave

Ryzck Badges of
the Vada

First Ryzck:
Allst tree - Second Ryzck: Vada sword - Third Ryzck: Lind head -
Fourth Ryzck: Red flag (original flag of the Vada) - Fifth Ryzck:
Lind paw print - Fifteenth Ryzck: Lai in flight - Sixteenth Ryzck :
Double swords - Eighteenth Ryzck: Kura - Thirty-eighth: Knife -
Fifty-first Ryzck (Susa’s Own): Lai watching

The Express:
Yellow lightning bolt on a red circle - Supply Stations: leaf of
walda grass - Holad: Red cross

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Appendix
6

Extract from
the Genealogical List of King Elliot the Twelfth of Murdoch and his
descendants

King Elliot XII
(590-647) m. Zilla of Argyll (591-649)

*King Elliot
XIII (611-92) m. Thanessa Alison Tanon (612-59)

**Crown-Prince
Elliot (632-90) m. Contessa Anne Cocteau (634-718)

***Princess
Anne (654-60)

***Princess
Alison (655-62)

***Princess
Susan (656-70)

***Princess
Zilla (658-66)

**Prince Paul
(635-87) m. Margravessa Alison Graham (636-714)

*Prince Ian
(617-80) m. Margravessa Catherine Duchesne (616-98)

**King Ian I
(636-708) m. Thanessa Dorothy Fullarton (637-92)

***King Ian II
(656-720) m. Contessa Daniella Cocteau (655-737)

****King Elliot
XIV (677-750) m. Kellessa Nancy Taviston (679-733)

*****King
Elliot XV (700-71) m. Margravessa Mary Baker (704-63)

******King
Elliot XVI (740-93) m. Contessa Antoinette Cocteau (742-93)

*******Queen
Antoinette (b766) m. Prince David (760-88)

********Crown-Princess Antoinette (b788) m. Prince Crispin of
Leithe (b780)

*********Prince-Heir Elliot (b808)

*****Prince
Paul (703-64) - Issue

*****Prince Ian
(703-64) - Issue

*****Princess
Daniella (709-80) m. Duke Paul Baker (709-80) - Issue

****Prince Ian
(679-753)

****Princess
Alison (680-746) m. Earl Louis Galland (680-740) - Issue

***Prince Paul
(660-711) m. Contessa Susan Hallam (665-711) – Issue

**Princess
Catherine (638-88) m. Duke Robert Brentwood (632-96) – Issue

**Princess
Isobel (640-715) m. Duke William Duchesne (638-720) - Issue

By AL 808,
there are a number of subsidiary royal blood-lines, all descended
from King Elliot X (527-601), through his eldest son King Elliot
XI, his descendants and his youngest son, Prince David (535-608).
Queen Antoinette was married to one of these descendants of Prince
David and in AL 808 the current Lord (Prince) Marshall of the
Kingdom, Pierre (b767) is also of that house. Duke Paul Hallam is
married to Princess Elizabeth who was the sister of Queen
Antoinette’s late husband. Prince Xavier, a devoted subject of
Queen Antoinette, is her cousin, once removed, being the grandson
of her great-uncle.

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Appendix 7

Extract from
the Genealogical List of the Kingdom of Leithe

King Altan
(729-780)

*Prince Atan
(748-771)

*King Cadan
(b750) m. Catherine of Rethan (d784)

**Crown-Prince
Catar (b774) m. Anne of R’sair

***Prince Cadan
(b796)

***Princess
Anne (b800)

***Prince Altan
(b802)

***Princess
Catherine (b804)

***Princess
Jeanne (b808)

**Prince Lars
(b776) m. Contessa Anne Kirkton of the Eastern Isles (b780)

***Prince Lars
(b800)

**Princess
Catherine (b777) m. Atran of Eilidon

**Princess
Jeanne (b779) m. Zand of Randall

**Prince
Crispin (b780) m. Crown-Princess Antoinette of Murdoch (b788)

**Prince Rand
(b782) m. Contessa Fiona Kirk of the Western Isles (b804)

***Princess
Fiona (b d 804)

*Prince Kador
(b758) m. Anne Galland of the Galland Isles Confederation
(762-92)

**Prince Kador
(b 781) m. Jonat of Eilidon (b 782)

*** Prince
Kador (b 801)

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Appendix
8

Short Extracts
from the Genealogical List of the Ducal Houses of Murdoch in
AL808

House of
Cocteau

Duke Pierre
(b760) m. Contessa Denise Hallam (b763)

*Duke-Heir
Pierre (b782) m. Thanessa Pauline Ross (b782)

**Pierre
(b804)

House of South
Baker

Duke Xavier
(b788) m. Contessa Anne van Buren (b788)

*Anne (806)

House of North
Baker

Duchess-Heir
Emma (b767) m. Count Derek Hallam (b763)

*Duke-Heir
William (b787) m. Margravessa Elizabeth Smith (b780)

House of Van
Buren

Duke Raoul
(b782) m. Princess Anne (b788)

*Duke-Heir
Raoul (b806)

House of
Smith

Duke Charles
(b751) m. Princess Mary (753-806)

*Duchess-Heir
Mary (b773) m. Count Ernest van Buren (b766)

**Charles
(b786) m. Princess Ruth (b793)

(Margravessa
Madeleine Smith, one of Queen Antoinette’s ladies-in-waiting, is a
daughter of one of the more junior, cadet branches of the ducal
House of Smith. Count Malcolm Smith, Kellen Daniel Ross’s friend
and one of Prince Crispin’s followers is Madeleine’s elder
brother)

House of
Duchesne

Duke William
(638-720) m. Princess Isobel (640-715)

*Duke-Heir
William (660-711) m. Margravessa Wendy Cocteau (665-96)

**Duke William
(683-740) m. Margravessa Jill Baker (682-731)

***William
(700-16)

**Count Thomas
(685-735) m. Margravessa Greitje van Buren (685-747)

***Thomas
(709-16)

**Count Paul
(686-725) m. Thanessa Arlene Bramwell (696-740)

***Duke Paul
(716-74) m. Miss Emma Daniels (715-93)

****Emma
(740-93) m. Count Andrew Graham (722-91)

*****Duke
William (b749) m. Contessa Claudine Cocteau (b762)

******Duke-Heir
William (b749) m. Margravessa Kate Baker (b786)

*******William
(806-07)

******Count
Andrew (b782) m. Kellessa Anne Karovitz (b782)