Camber of Culdi (51 page)

ARIELLA
of Festil, Princess—elder sister of Imre; age twenty-eight.

ARMAGH
, Master—arms master to Imre.

BEARAND
, King and Saint—great-great grandfather of Cinhil.

BLAINE
, King—fourth Festillic king of Gwynedd, reigned 885–900; father of Imre.

BORS
—soldier under command of Coel Howell; followed Joram to Saint John's Church.

CAMBER
MacRorie, Lord—Earl of Culdi; canonized as Saint Camber in 906; patron of Deryni magic.

CAMERON
—family name of Princess Megan.

CARLE
—one of Earl Maldred's men.

CATHAN
MacRorie, Lord—Camber's elder son and heir; member of Imre's council; killed by Imre for suspected treason.

CIERAN
, Brother—lay brother at Saint Piran's Priory.

CINHIL
Donal Ifor Haldane, Prince—royal name of Nicholas Draper, alias Brother Benedict; first post-Interregnum king of Gwynedd; reigned 904–917.

COEL
Howell, Lord—brother to Elinor, Cathan's wife; member of Imre's council.

CRINAN
—Cathan's squire; doubled for Rhys under a shape-changing spell.

CULLEN
, Father Alister—Vicar General of the Order of Saint Michael, and Joram's superior.

DANIEL
Draper—as Prince Aidan Haldane, only surviving son of King Ifor; grandfather of Cinhil.

DAVIN
MacRorie, Lord—elder son of Cathan; age five.

DERYNI
—(Der-ín-ee)—racial group gifted with supernatural powers and abilities.

DOMINIC
, Father—priest at Saint Liam's Abbey; former teacher of Joram and Rhys.

DRAPER
—surname used by the Haldanes during the Interregnum;
see Daniel, Royston, and Nicholas
.

DRUMMOND
—
see James
.

EDULF
—ostler to Camber; one of fifty peasants executed at Imre's command, for the death of Lord Rannulf.

EDWARD
, Father—priest who baptized Nicholas Draper.

EGBERT
, Brother—monk at Saint Jarlath's Monastery.

ELINOR
Howell MacRorie, Lady—wife to Cathan; mother of Davin and Ansel.

EVAINE
MacRorie, Lady—daughter of Camber; later, wife to Rhys Thuryn.

FARNHAM
, Lord and Lady—parents of Megan de Cameron.

FESTIL
I, King—first Festillic king of Gwynedd, reigned 822–839; engineer of the coup of 822.

FESTIL
II, King—second Festillic king of Gwynedd, reigned 839–851.

FESTIL
III, King—third Festillic king of Gwynedd, reigned 851–885.

FULK
—soldier under command of Coel Howell; followed Rhys to the royal archives.

GABRILITES
—priests of the Order of Saint Gabriel, an all-Deryni esoteric order based at Saint Neot's, in the south Lendour Mountains.

GIFFORD
—manservant to Rhys.

GREGORY
of Arden, Father—Abbot of Saint Jarlath's Monastery.

GUAIRE
of Arliss, Lord—young officer at Imre's court; friend of Cathan; attached to Earl Maldred's command.

HALDANE
—surname of the ancient royal family of Gwynedd.

HOWELL
—
see Coel
.

HOWICCAN
, Pargan—classic Deryni lyric poet.

HUMPHREY
of Gallareaux, Father—Michaeline priest captured by Imre's men and interrogated; later, attached to Archbishop Anscom's staff; responsible for the death of the infant Prince Aidan.

IFOR
, King—last pre-Interregnum king of Gwynedd, reigned 794–822; father of Prince Aidan (Daniel Draper).

IMRE
, King—fifth Festillic king of Gwynedd, reigned 900–904.

JAMES
Drummond, Lord—grand-nephew of Camber.

JARLATH
, Saint—sixth-century Bishop of Meara and abbot; founder of the
Ordo Verbi Dei
.

JASON
Brown—apprentice to Daniel Draper; inherited business.

JASPER
Miller, Father—noncombatant Michaeline priest.

JEBEDIAH
of Alcara, Lord—Michaeline knight; Grand Master of military arm of Order of Saint Michael, after the Vicar General.

JOHN
, son of Daniel—the first “Benedict”; at Saint Piran's Priory.

JONAS
, Father—old parish priest at Caerrorie.

JORAM
MacRorie, Lord—younger son of Camber; priest of the Order of Saint Michael.

JOSEPH
—one of Maldred's men.

JUBAL
, Brother—monk at Saint Foillan's Abbey.

LEVITICUS
, Brother—vestiarian at Saint Foillan's Abbey.

MACRORIE
—surname of Camber's family.

MALDRED
, Earl—one of Imre's warlords; assassinated by Coel Howell's hireling.

MARIS
—maidservant to Princess Ariella.

MEGAN
de Cameron, Lady—Camber's ward; later, wife to Cinhil and Queen of Gwynedd.

MELISSA
Howell, Lady—sister of Coel Howell; brought to Court to tempt Imre.

MICHAELINES
—priests and knights of the Order of Saint Michael, a militant teaching and fighting order, predominantly Deryni, headquartered at the Commanderie in Cheltham, in the central Lendour highlands.

NATHAN
, Father—Michaeline priest; provisioner for the exiles in the haven.

NICHOLAS
Gabriel Draper—the third “Benedict”; grandson of Daniel;
see Cinhil
.

PATRICK
, Brother—Prior of Saint Foillan's Abbey; subordinate to Abbot Zephram of Lorda.

PAUL
, Brother—monk at Saint Foillan's Abbey.

PHINEAS
, Brother—gate warder at Saint Foillan's Abbey.

RANNULF
, Lord—Deryni lord drawn and quartered by Willimite terrorists.

REVAN
—carpenter's apprentice saved by Cathan.

REYNALD
, Brother—infirmarian at Saint Foillan's Abbey.

RHYS
Thuryn, Lord—Deryni physician and Healer; discoverer of the Thuryn technique of concentration; later, son-in-law to Camber, by marriage to his daughter, Evaine.

ROBERT
Oriss, Father—Vicar General of the Order of Saint Jarlath,
Ordo Verbi Dei
.

ROLAND
, Bishop—auxiliary Bishop of Valoret, and Anscom's subordinate.

ROYSTON
John Draper—
see Alroy
.

SAM'L
—loyal retainer of Camber at Caerrorie.

SANTARE
, Earl of Grand-Tellie—one of Imre's warlords.

SELKIRK
, Master—arms master to Imre.

SELLAR
, Wat and Tim—among the fifty peasants executed at Imre's command for the murder of Lord Rannulf.

STEPHEN
, Father—Prior of Saint Piran's Priory.

TERMOD
of Rhorau, Lord—Deryni princeling, cousin of Imre; executed by Willimite terrorists.

THURYN
—surname of Rhys.

UMPHRED
—bailiff to Camber at Caerrorie.

WAT
—servant to Rhys.

WEAVER
, Mary, and brother Will, and cousin Tom—among the fifty peasants executed at Imre's command for the murder of Lord Rannulf.

WILLIM
, Saint—child martyr to Deryni ill-use; patron saint of the Willimite movement.

WILLIMITES
—terrorist group sworn to punish Deryni who escape justice through normal channels.

WULPHER
, Master—Cathan's steward at Tal Traeth; doubled for Joram under a shape-changing spell.

ZEPHRAM
of Lorda, Father—Abbot of Saint Foillan's Abbey.

APPENDIX II

INDEX TO PLACE NAMES

ALL SAINTS
'
CATHEDRAL
—Valoret's cathedral; seat of the Primate of Gwynedd.

BARWICKE
—site of Saint Jarlath's Monastery, a few hours' ride north of Saint Liam's Abbey.

CAERRORIE
, Tor—Camber's principal residence, a few hours' ride east of Valoret.

CARBURY
—coastal town north of Valoret, where Elinor MacRorie's parents live.

CHELTHAM
—site of the Michaeline Commanderie (military headquarters).

COR CULDI
—hereditary ancestral seat and fortress of the Culdi earls, near the city of Culdi, on the Gwynedd-Meara border.

CULDI
—central city of the Honor of Culdi, on the Gwynedd-Meara border.

DHASSA
—free holy city in the Lendour Mountains; seat of the Bishop of Dhassa.

FARNHAM
—Honor of the family of Megan de Cameron; a Crown holding after the accession of King Cinhil.

FIANNA
—area across the Southern Sea, famous for its wines.

GRECOTHA
—university city on the north Gwynedd border, where Camber and Archbishop Anscom attended school.

GWYNEDD
—central of the Eleven Kingdoms; seat of the Festillic Dynasty since 822.

KHELDOUR
—small kingdom north of Gwynedd, famous for textiles and carpets; under human rule.

MARLEY
—Crown earldom in northern Eastmarch.

MARYWELL
—town in northern Gwynedd where a Festillic garrison ran amok.

MEARA
—kingdom to the west of Gwynedd; under human rule.

MOORYN
—kingdom to the southeast of Gwynedd.

NYFORD
—site of the new capital being built by Imre, formerly nought but a sleepy river town; in central Gwynedd, near Saint Illtyd's Monastery.

RENGARTH
—town in southern Eastmarch.

RHEMUTH
—ancient capital of Gwynedd under the Haldanes.

RHORAU
—seat of Lord Termod, cousin of King Imre.

SAINT FOILLAN
'
S ABBEY
—establishment of the
Ordo Verbi Dei
, about three days' ride southeast of Valoret, in the mountains, where Camber and Rhys found Prince Cinhil Haldane.

SAINT ILLTYD
'
S MONASTERY
—establishment of the
Ordo Verbi Dei
, on the river near Nyford.

SAINT JARLATH
'
S MONASTERY
—mother house of the
Ordo Verbi Dei
, two hours' ride north of Saint Liam's Abbey.

SAINT JOHN
'
S CHURCH
—parish church near Fullers' Alley in Valoret, where the Draper family records were kept.

SAINT LIAM
'
S ABBEY
—Michaeline-staffed abbey school, four hours' ride northeast of Valoret.

SAINT NEOT
'
S MONASTERY
—stronghold of the Order of Saint Gabriel, an esoteric, primarily Deryni religious order; in the Lendour highlands.

SAINT PIRAN
'
S PRIORY
—establishment of the
Ordo Verbi Dei
, a day's ride north of Saint Jarlath's; Joram and Rhys interviewed the first two “Benedicts” there.

SAINT ULTAN
'
S PRIORY
—establishment of the
Ordo Verbi Dei
, on the southwestern coast of Mooryn.

TAL TRAETH
—Cathan MacRorie's manor house in Valoret.

TORENTH
—kingdom to the east of Gwynedd, ruled by Deryni.

VALORET
—Festillic capital of Gwynedd, 822–905.