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9  
 Crowthistle

10  
 Banquet

11  
 Gold

12  
 Tears and Flames

13  
 Reprise

14  
 When the North Wind Blows

Afterword

Acknowledgements

References

Goblin Language

Inspirations and Resources

Glossary
 

 

Ádh:
luck, fortune (AWE); one of the four Fates of the Sanctorum

Álainna Machnamh (AWE-lanna Mac-NAV)

Aonarán: loner, recluse (AY-an-ar-AWN)

a mhuirnín:
darling (a wirr-NEEN)

a stór:
darling (a STOR)

athair:
father (AH-hir)

brí: the power possessed by weathermasters, enabling them to predict and control the dynamics of pressure systems and temperature, winds and other meteorological phenomena

Cailleach Bheur: The Winter Hag (cal-yach vare or cail-yach vyure)

carlin: wise woman

Cinniúint:
destiny, fate, chance (kin-YOO-int); one of the four Fates of the Sanctorum

Cuiva (KWEE-va) In the Irish language this name is spelled ‘Caoimhe’

Earnán (AIR-nawn)

eldritch: supernatural

Eoin (OWE-in)

Fedlamid macDall (FEH-limy mac-dawl)

Fionnbar (FIN-bar or FYUN-bar)

Fionnuala (Fin-NOO-la)

gariníon:
grand-daughter (gar-in-EE-an)

garmhac:
grandson (gar-VOC)

Gearóid (gar-ODE)

Genan of Áth Midbine (AWE mid-BINNA)

gramarye: magic

gramercie: expression of thanks

Lannóir: Goldenblade or Fallowblade, the golden sword, the only one of its kind, slayer of goblins and heirloom of the House of Stormbringer (lann-OR)

Liadán (LEE-dawn)

Luchóg (la-HOGE)

Maolmórdha (mwale-MORGA)

máthair:
mother (MAW-hir)

Mí-ádh:
bad luck, misfortune (mee-AWE); one of the four Fates of the Sanctorum

Míchinniúint:
doom, ill-fate (mee-kin-YOO-int); one of the four Fates of the Sanctorum

Ó Maoldúin (oh mwale-DOON)

Páid (PAWD)

Risteárd Mac Brádaigh (reesh-TARD Mac BRAW-dig)

Saibh (SAY-EVE)

To
sain
is to bless, or call for protection from unseelie forces

seanathair:
grandfather (shan-AH-hir)

seanmháthair:
grandmother (shan-WAW-hir. ‘Waw’ rhymes with ‘au’ in ‘Maud’)

seelie: benevolent to humankind

Uabhar (OO-a-var)

Uile: the All, or universe (ILLE, ‘e’ as in ‘best’)

unseelie: malevolent to humankind

Some Significant Characters
 

 

The Kingdom of Ashqalêth (Capital city: Jhallavad)

Chohrab Shechem II: King of Ashqalêth.

Duke Rahim: King Chohrab’s brother-in-law, brother of Parvaneh.

Parvaneh Shechem: Queen of Ashqalêth.

Shahzadeh: King Chohrab’s eldest daughter, the Princes Royal of Ashqalêth.

The Kingdom of Grïmnørsland (Capital city: Trøndelheim)

Gunnlaug Torkilsalven: youngest son of Thorgild.

Halfrida Torkilsalven: Queen of Grïmnørsland.

Halvdan Torkilsalven: second son of Thorgild.

Hrosskel Torkilsalven: eldest son of Thorgild, and Crown Prince of Grïmnørsland.

Solveig Torkilsalven: third child and only daughter of Thorgild.

Thorgild Torkilsalven: King of Grïmnørsland.

The District of High Darioneth (Principal seat: Rowan Green)

Aglaval Maelstronnar (Stormbringer): Storm Lord in days of yore.

Albiona: Dristan Maelstronnar’s wife.

Alfard
ē
ne Maelstronnar (Stormbringer): the swordsmith who fashioned Fallowblade.

Arran Maelstronnar (Stormbringer): eldest son of Avalloc.

Asr
ă
thiel Heronswood Maelstronnar: only daughter of Jewel and Arran.

Avalloc Maelstronnar (Stormbringer): the current Storm Lord and member of the Council of Ellenhall.

Avolundar Maelstronnar (Stormbringer): the warrior mage who wielded Fallowblade during the Goblin Wars.

Cavalon: son of Dristan and Albiona Maelstronnar.

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