By Chance Met (35 page)

Shino Essendri

Rohyr’s legal ward and a cousin.

Vaeren Henaz

an officer of the Royal Army who eventually became head of the Ardan’s Guard, a company of soldiers accountable to the Ardan alone.

Yandro Vaedon

a junior diplomat and Ambassador Jareth Hadrana’s adjutant.

Ardan of Ylandre, head of House Essendri and a powerful templar.

Lassen Essendri
tir
Idana
, Ardis of Ylandre. Rohyr’s leman of long standing and eventually his second spouse and consort.

Dylen Essendri
il
Teris
, Rohyr’s half-brother through the Ardis Dyrael Essendri’s affair with the Rikaran
hethar
Hirlen Teris. He is also the adjutant of Gilmael Calanthe, Head of the Intelligence Ministry.

Riodan Leyhar
ar
Essendri
, a prominent Ylandrin ambassador. Dylen’s lover and eventually his spouse.

Sidona

Seat of Clan Deilen, the fief is located southwest of Rikara. Sidona’s capital city is Nivare.

Keosqe Deilen
thar
Essendri
, heir apparent of the Herun of Sidona and head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. He is also Rohyr’s cousin.

Comprising the southern portion of the Vihandran supercontinent, South Vihandra has a warmer climate than the North Continent. It rains throughout the year ranging from sporadic showers during the bulk of the Aiseni year to stormy during the monsoons that mark the transition between seasons. The South Vihandrans are similar in physical appearance to their northern neighbors but slightly darker in complexion, generally ranging from olive skinned to light copper.

A royal fief that is invested on the Ylandrin Crown Prince upon attainment of his majority, Vireshe is located on the western coastline of Ylandre and north of Glanthar. It was carved out of the defunct nation of Varadan after that kingdom’s defeat and conquest by Ylandre. The capital city is Lythaen.

The richest and most powerful realm in the North Continent, Ylandre was one of the first nations to be established in Aisen. The kingdom is bound by the Samaran Sea to the west, the Nazcan Hegemony in the northwest, the principality of Teraz and the Ballar Dominion in the north, the sovereign duchies of Morave, Lithuana and Hamaldi and the principality of Cattania in the east and the Paravian Grasslands that lie between Ylandre and the South Vihandran kingdom of Asmara in the south.

Seat of House Hadrana, Ziana is a wealthy city-fief located in the northwest of Ylandre. A protectorate of the Crown, the city is the site of the oldest temple to Veres

still open for public worship.

Tenryon Hadrana
, Herun of Ziana and chief of the templars of Ylandre.

Jareth Hadrana
thar
Essendri
, Ylandre’s foremost ambassador. Tenryon’s younger half-brother and Rohyr’s cousin through his birthing father.

As far back as her college days, Eressë enjoyed writing stories set in historical times or, even better, fantasy settings. A good number turned into homoerotic romances because many of her male lead characters wound up having more chemistry with each other than with the female leads.

Whether Eressë subconsciously wrote them that way even she does not know. In any case, this penchant for fantasy M/M romance became the wellspring of Ylandre, the world in which her seminal piece
Sacred Fate
and its sequels
Hallowed Bond
and
By
Chance Met
take place.

Eressë lives in Southeast Asia with her husband, three sons and one dog. An AB

Journalism graduate, she started her writing career as an advertising copywriter. She is now a freelance writer and a contributor to a number of publications. She also enjoys cooking and baking and tries her hand at everything from pasta to pastries. But her first love is and always will be writing stories.

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