Frostborn: The False King (41 page)

GOTHALINZUR: An urdmordar, slain by Ridmark Arban at the village of Victrix. 

IMARIA LICINIUS SHADOWBEARER: The youngest daughter of Gareth Licinius, and a former Magistria of the Order. The new bearer of Incariel’s shadow after the death of Tymandain Shadowbearer. 

JAGER: A bold halfling thief and merchant, married to Queen Mara of the Nightmane Forest. Serves as her Prince Consort. 

JORAM AGRAMORE: A knight and vassal of Dux Gareth Licinius. Currently serves as the Comes of Dun Licinia. 

KADIUS: A decurion of men-at-arms in the army of Arandar Pendragon. 

KAJALDRAKTHOR: A Frostborn warrior, and Lord Commander of the Order of the Vanguard. Leader of the Frostborn forces in Andomhaim. 

KALDRAINE PENDRAGON: The eldest son of High King Uthanaric Pendragon and heir to the realm of Andomhaim. Murdered during the battle of Dun Calpurnia. 

KALOMARUS: The legendary Dragon Knight, who disappeared after the first defeat of the Frostborn. 

KHARLACHT: An orcish warrior of Vhaluusk and follower of Ridmark Arban. 

KORS DURIUS: The Dux of Durandis, Andomhaim’s western march against the mountains of Kothluusk. 

KURASTUS: A Magistrius and the Master of the Order of the Magistri. 

KURDULKAR: A manetaur Prince of the Range and a follower of the shadow of Incariel. 

LEOGRANCE ARBAN: The Dux of Taliand, and the father of Ridmark Arban and Tormark Arban. 

LINUS RILLON: A knight of Tarrabus Carhaine and one of the Enlightened of Incariel. Killed by Accolon in self-defense. 

MARA: The daughter of the Traveler, the dark elven lord of Nightmane Forest. Now rules as the Queen of Nightmane Forest. 

MARCAST TETRICUS: A knight formerly in service to the garrison of the Iron Tower, now opposed to Tarrabus Carhaine. 

MARHAND: A Swordbearer, and Master of the Order of the Soulblade. Carries the soulblade Torchbrand. 

MARIUS: Known as the Watcher, Calliande’s former teacher in the magic of the Magistri. Watched over her in spirit form after she awakened in the Tower of Vigilance without her memories. 

MARTELLAR: A manetaur khalath in service to Prince Curzonar. 

MHALEK: Orcish warlord and shaman who believed himself a god. Defeated at Black Mountain, and the killer of Aelia Licinius Arban. 

MIRIAM: The sister of Arandar’s late wife Isolde. Her husband died in the same plague that killed Isolde. 

MORIGNA: A sorceress of the Wilderland, and former lover of Ridmark. Murdered by Imaria Licinius and the Weaver at Dun Licinia. 

MOURNACHT: A Mhorite orcish warlord and shaman, later subverted into the service of Tymandain Shadowbearer. Killed by Ridmark Arban near Dun Licinia. 

NYVANE: The daughter of Sir Arandar and granddaughter of the High King. 

PAUL TALLMANE: A vassal of Tarrabus Carhaine, member of the Enlightened of Incariel, and Constable of the Iron Tower. Defeated by Ridmark Arban and killed by Jager at the Iron Tower. 

QHAZULAK: An Anathgrimm orc. Champion of Nightmane Forest, and Lord Captain of the Queen’s Guard. 

RALAKAHR: A manetaur khalath in service to Prince Kurdulkar of the Range. 

RASZEMA: The First Queen of the manetaurs, and senior wife of Red King Turcontar. 

RHOGRIMNALAZUR: An urdmordar, slain by Ridmark Arban and his companions in the ruins of Urd Cystaanl. 

RHYANNIS: A high elven bladeweaver. Owes her life to Ridmark Arban. 

RIDMARK ARBAN: Known as the Gray Knight, the youngest son of Dux Leogrance Arban of Taliand. Expelled from the Order of the Swordbearers and branded for cowardice upon his left cheek. The widower of Aelia Licinius Arban. 

RJALMANDRAKUR: A Frostborn noble, Lord Commander of the Order of the Vanguard, the military Order of the Dominion of the High Lords devoted to quickly subjugating new worlds. Killed by Ridmark during the battle of Dun Calpurnia. 

RUTH: The former Keeper of Andomhaim who took Calliande as an apprentice. 

SEBASTIAN AURELIUS: The Dux of Caertigris, the eastern march of the High Kingdom. 

TAGRIMN VOLARUS: A knight and vassal of Dux Gareth Licinius, and the lord of Mourning Keep in the southern hills of the Northerland. 

TARRABUS CARHAINE: The Dux of Caerdracon and the an Initiated of the Seventh Circle of the Enlightened of Incariel. Also the leader of the Enlightened of Incariel. Now claims to be the High King of Andomhaim by right of conquest. 

TAZEMAZAR: An arbiter of the manetaurs. 

TORMARK ARBAN: The eldest son of Leogrance Arban, and the heir to the duxarchate of Taliand. Ridmark Arban’s oldest brother. 

THE TRAVELER: The dark elven prince of Nightmane Forest, and creator and master of the Anathgrimm. Killed by his daughter Mara in Khald Azalar. 

TURCONTAR: The Red King of the manetaur kindred. 

ULAKHAMAR: The king of the orcish kingdom of Rhaluusk and a vassal of the High King. 

UTHANARIC PENDRAGON: The High King of Andomhaim, and the heir of Arthur Pendragon. The bearer of the soulblade Excalibur and the Pendragon Crown. Murdered during the battle of Dun Calpurnia. 

THE WARDEN: The lord of Urd Morlemoch, and widely regarded as the greatest wizard ever produced by the dark elves. Trapped in Urd Morlemoch since the arrival of the urdmordar fifteen thousand years ago. 

THE WEAVER: Formerly a Magistrius named Toridan. Now a powerful Enlightened of Incariel capable of changing form quickly. 

TOMIA ARBAN: The wife of Leogrance Arban, and the mother of Tormark Arban and Ridmark Arban. Died of illness when Ridmark was a child. 

ZHORLACHT: A warrior and wizard of the Anathgrimm orcs. Formerly a priest of the Traveler, and now an advisor of Queen Mara. 

ZOTHAL - A tygrai Imryr in service to the arbiter Tazemazar and the First Queen Raszema. 

ZUGLACHT: An orcish wizard and the ruler of the town Shakaboth. 

Glossary of Locations

ANDOMHAIM: The realm of the High King, founded by Malahan Pendragon, the grandson of Arthur Pendragon of Britain, when he fled the fall of Arthur’s realm through a magical gate to another world. 

ARANAEUS: A village of the Wilderland, birthplace of Gavin. Formerly ruled by the cult of the urdmordar Agrimnalazur. 

BASTOTH: The capital city of the manetaurs and the seat of the Red King of the Range. 

THE BLACK MOUNTAIN: A mountain of peculiar black stone north of Dun Licinia. Sacred to both the dark elves and the dvargir. 

CAERDRACON: A duxarchate in central Andomhaim, one of the wealthiest and most powerful of the realm. 

CAERTIGRIS: The eastern march of Andomhaim, bordering on the lands of the manetaurs. 

CASTRA CARHAINE: The stronghold and seat of Dux Tarrabus Carhaine of Caerdracon. 

CASTRA MARCAINE: The stronghold and seat of Dux Gareth Licinius of the Northerland. 

CASTRA ARBAN: The stronghold and seat of Dux Leogrance Arban of Taliand. 

CINTARRA: The largest city of Andomhaim, ruled by the Prince of Cintarra, Cadwall Gwyrdragon. 

COLDINIUM: A city on the northwestern borders of Andomhaim. Its Comes is a direct vassal of the High King. 

DUN CALPURNIA: A town in the western Northerland, overlooking the valley of the River Moradel. 

DUN LICINIA: A town in the Northerland, marking the northern border of the realm of Andomhaim. 

DURANDIS: The western march of the kingdom of Andomhaim, bordering the mountains of Kothluusk. 

THE IRON TOWER: Once the northwestern outpost of the kingdom of Andomhaim, commanded by Sir Paul Tallmane. Destroyed by Ridmark Arban and his allies in their fight against the Artificer. 

KHALD AZALAR: A destroyed kingdom of the dwarves, located beneath the mountains of eastern Vhaluusk. 

KHALD TORMEN: The chief of the remaining Three Kingdoms of the dwarves, located beneath the mountains of Kothluusk west of Durandis. 

KHALDURMAR: The chief city of the dvargir in the Deeps. 

KOTHLUUSK: A kingdom of Mhor-worshipping orcs, located west of Durandis. 

THE LABYRINTH: A dark elven ruin in the Deeps below the Range. 

LIAVATUM: A village in the western Northerland. 

MORAIME: A town in the Wilderland, formerly the home of Morigna. 

NIGHTMANE FOREST: The domain of the Traveler and the homeland of the Anathgrimm orcs, now ruled by Queen Mara. 

THE NORTHERLAND: The northernmost march of the realm of Andomhaim. 

OPPIDUM AURELIUS: A trading town in the western edge on the Range. 

THE RANGE: The vast grassland east of the realm of Andomhaim, home to the manetaur and tygrai kindreds. 

RHALUUSK: Kingdom of orcs near Durandis. The King of Rhaluusk is sworn to the High King of Andomhaim, and the orcs of Rhaluusk follow the worship of the Dominus Christus. 

SHAKABOTH: A trading town in the upper levels of the Deeps, ruled by the orcish wizard Zuglacht. 

TALIAND: The oldest duxarchate of Andomhaim, located west of the mouth of the River Moradel. 

TARLION: The capital city of Andomhaim and the seat of the High King. Home to the High King’s Citadel and the Well, the source of the magic of the Magistri. 

URD AROWYN: The stronghold of the urdmordar Agrimnalazur. 

URD CYSTAANL: The stronghold of the urdmordar Rhogrimnalazur. 

URD MORLEMOCH: The ancient stronghold of the Warden, located by the sea in the northwestern Wilderland. 

VHALUUSK: A kingdom of orcs of the Wilderland, splintered into dozens of warring tribes and fiefdoms. Predominantly worshippers of the orcish blood gods, though the faith of the Dominus Christus is spreading among the Vhaluuskan tribes. 

VICTRIX: A village in the southern Northerland where Ridmark Arban slew the urdmordar Gothalinzur. 

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