King Javan’s Year (85 page)

GAVIN
, Sir—age 19; formerly squire to Alroy.

GEORGIUS
, Brother—a dying monk at
Arx Fidei.
*

GIDEON
, Sir—Richard Murdoch's castellan at Nyford.

GIESELE
MacLean, Lady—Co-Heiress of Kierney; sister of Richeldis; smothered to death at age 12, at orders of regents.
*

GRAHAM
MacEwan, Duke—age 14; Third Duke of Claibourne; son of Ewan and nephew of Earls Hrorik and Sighere.

GREGORY
of Ebor, Lord—Deryni former Earl of Ebor (title now attainted and in abeyance); father of Jesse.
*

GUISCARD
de Courcy, Sir—age 29; son of Baron Etienne, secretly Deryni; sent by Joram to infiltrate the Haldane Court in preparation for accession of Javan; aide to Javan.

HALDANE
—surname of the royal House of Gwynedd.

HALEX
, Father—
Custodes
Abbot of
Arx Fidei
Abbey.

HILDRED
, Baron—Master of Horse, loyal to Javan.

HONORIA
Carmody—wife of the Deryni Declan Carmody; slain with her young sons at orders of the regents.
*

HRORIK
of Eastmarch, Lord—Earl of Eastmarch; younger brother of Ewan, elder of Sighere; uncle of Duke Graham.

HUBERT
MacInnis, Archbishop—Primate of Gwynedd, Archbishop of Valoret, one of Alroy's former regents; younger brother of Earl Manfred and uncle of Bishop Edward.

HUMPHREY
of Gallareaux, Father—Deryni Michaeline priest killed by Cinhil after poisoning Cinhil's firstborn son.
*

IMRE
, King—fifth and last Festillic King of Gwynedd (reigned 900–904); father of Mark of Festil by his sister Ariella.
*

IVER
MacInnis—age 25; son of Manfred; Earl of Kierney by right of his wife, Lady Richeldis MacLean.

JAMES
, Master—a court physician.

JAMES
Drummond, Lord—deceased father of Michaela and Cathan Drummond.
*

JASON
, Sir—a senior knight loyal to Javan.

JAVAN
Jashan Urien Haldane, King—age 16; clubfooted younger twin of King Alroy, whom he succeeded; reigned 921–922; succeeded by his younger brother, Prince Rhys Michael.

JEBEDIAH
of Alcara, Lord—slain Deryni Grand Master of the Order of Saint Michael.
*

JEROWEN
Reynolds, Lord—a law lord and member of Javan's council.

JESSE
MacGregor, Sir—age 20; a Deryni adept, eldest son and heir of Gregory of Ebor, though the Ebor title is now attainted.

JORAM
MacRorie, Father—Deryni adept and youngest son of Camber; brother of Evaine; priest and Knight of the Order of Saint Michael; now coordinating resistance to the former regents and assisting Prince Javan to realize his full powers and keep his throne.

JOSHUA
, Lord—a
Custodes
captain at
Arx Fidei
Abbey.

JULIANA
of Horthness, Lady—age 17; elder daughter of Rhun; formerly being groomed for marriage to Alroy, now slated for Javan.

KARIS
d'Oriel—age 4; Deryni daughter of Oriel.

KENNET
of Rhorau, Sir—nephew of Termod of Rhorau and brother of Sudrey; killed with Duke Ewan's party in 918.
*

KINEVAN
, Dom Queron—see
Queron Kinevan, Dom
.

LIOR
, Father—a senior priest of the
Custodes Fidei;
assistant to the Inquisitor General.

LIRIN
Udaut, Lady—age 16; daughter of Constable Udaut; wife of Richard Murdoch and Countess of Carthane.

MACGREGOR
—surname adopted by Jesse, son of Gregory of Ebor.

MACGREGOR
, Bishop Ailin—see
Ailin MacGregor
.

MACINNIS
—see
Edward, Hubert, Iver
, and
Manfred
.

MACLEAN
—see
Giesele
and
Richeldis
.

MACRORIE
—surname of Camber's family. See
Ansel, Camber, Cathan, Davin, Evaine
, and
Joram
.

MANFRED
Macinnis, Lord—Earl of Culdi of second creation; a former regent; elder brother of Archbishop Hubert and father of Iver and Bishop Edward.

MARCUS
Concannon, Father—Chancellor General of the
Ordo Custodem Fidei
, in charge of all seminaries and other institutions of education in Gwynedd.

MARK
of Festil, Prince—age 16; Deryni posthumous son of Imre and his sister Ariella, and carrier of the Festillic line after his parents' deaths; also known as Prince Marek, the Torenthi form of his name.

MICHAELA
Drummond—age 15; daughter of Elinor and James, sister of Cathan; eventually, wife of Prince Rhys Michael Haldane.

MICHAELINES
—priests, knights, and lay brothers of the Order of Saint Michael, a militant fighting and teaching Order, predominantly Deryni, formed during the reign of King Bearand Haldane to hold the Anvil of the Lord against Moorish incursions and defend the sea-lanes; suppressed under the Regency of King Alroy and outlawed thereafter.

MIKLOS
von Furstan, Prince—age 17; Deryni younger brother of King Arion of Torenth.

MURDOCH
of Carthane, Lord—Earl of Carthane and a former regent of King Alroy; father of Agnes, Cashel, and Richard; responsible for deaths of Duke Ewan of Claibourne and Declan Carmody.

NED
—a farrier at the Michaeline sanctuary.

NEVELL
—soldier of Rhemuth garrison who “attacks” Oriel.

NIALLAN
Trey, Bishop—outlawed Deryni Bishop of Dhassa; a confidant of Father Joram MacRorie.

NIEVE
Fitz-Arthur, Lady—Tammaron's countess and mother of four sons by him; widow of the late Earl of Tarleton, by whom she bore Peter (later known as Lord Albertus) and Paulin (of Ramos).

O
'
CARROLL
, Ursin—see
Ursin O'Carroll
; also
Birgit
and
Carrollan O'Carroll
.

O
'
NEILL
, Lord Tavis—
see Tavis O'Neill, Lord
.

O
'
SULLIVAN
, Sylvan—see
Sylvan O'Sullivan
.

ORDO CUSTODUM FIDEI
—see
Custodes Fidei
.

ORDO VERBI DEI
—Order of the Word of God.

ORIEL
, Master—a Healer in the forced service of the great lords, particularly Hubert and Tammaron; his wife and infant daughter held hostage for his good behavior.

ORISS
, Archbishop Robert—Archbishop of Rhemuth; former Vicar General of the
Ordo Verbi Dei
.

PAULIN
(Sinclair) of Ramos—younger son of the Earl of Tarleton and stepson of Earl Tammaron; briefly Bishop of Stavenham before his resignation to head the
Ordo Custodem Fidei;
brother of Albertus (Peter Sinclair), the Order's first Grand Master.

PIEDUR
, Sir—a knight formerly in the service of the royal household, now deceased.
*

QUERON
Kinevan, Dom—former Gabrilite Healer-priest and founder of the Servants of Saint Camber; now working with the Master Revan as a “Baptizer.”

QUIRIC
Fitz-Arthur—age 11; son of Tammaron and a junior squire at court.

RADAN
, Sir—a weapons master at Rhemuth Castle.

REVAN
, Master—human charismatic preacher working with a Deryni faction to save Deryni by blocking their powers via a kind of “baptism.”

RHUN
of Horthness, Lord—called The Ruthless; Earl of Sheele of second creation and a former regent for King Alroy; husband of Agnes Murdoch.

RHYS MICHAEL
Alister Haldane, Prince—youngest brother of King Alroy, age 15; succeeded his brother Javan as King Rhys (reigned 922–928); husband of Michaela Drummond.

RICHARD
Murdoch—age 19; son of Murdoch; later, Earl of Carthane.

RICHELDIS
MacLean, Lady—age 17; Countess of Kierney in her own right; married to Iver MacInnis.

RICKART
, Dom—Healer to Bishop Niallan and part of Joram's staff.
*

ROBEAR
, Sir—a senior knight loyal to Javan.

ROBERT
Oriss, Archbishop—see
Oriss, Archbishop Robert
.

SEANNA
—younger sister of Jesse.

SERAFIN
, Brother—Inquisitor General of the
Custodes Fidei
.

SIGHERE
, Lord—Earl of Marley; brother of Hrorik and uncle of Duke Graham.

SINCLAIR
—surname of the Earls of Tarleton.

SITRIC
—Rhun's pet Deryni.

SIXTUS
, Father—elderly priest in Hubert's service.

SORLE
Dalriada, Sir—age 25; formerly squire to King Cinhil.

STACIA
, Lady—age 12; daughter of Hrorik and Sudrey; Heiress of Eastmarch.
*

STEVANUS
, Master—
Custodes
battle surgeon at Culdi.

SUDREY
of Rhorau, Lady—niece of Termod of Rhorau and therefore a distant cousin of Mark of Festil; as wife of Hrorik, Countess of Eastmarch.
*

SYLVAN
O'Sullivan—former battle-surgeon/Healer in Gregory's household; now part of Revan's baptizer team; one of three known Deryni with ability to block Deryni powers.

TAMBERT
Fitz-Arthur-Quinnell, Duke—age 3; First Duke of Cassan; son of Princess Anne and Fane Fitz-Arthur.

TAMMARON
Fitz-Arthur, Earl—Chancellor of Gwynedd and a former regent of King Alroy; father of Fane and grandfather of Duke Tambert.

TAVIS
O'Neill—former Healer to Prince Javan; now a part of Revan's baptizer team; one of three known Deryni with ability to block Deryni powers.

THURYN
—surname of Rhys; see
Evaine
and
Rhys
.

TOMAIS
d'Edergoll, Sir—age 20; formerly squire to Prince Rhys Michael.

TREY
, Bishop Niallan—see
Niallan Trey, Bishop
.

UDAUT
, Lord—Constable of Gwynedd; father of Lirin.

URSIN
O'Carroll—formerly Manfred's pet Deryni; stripped of his powers by Revan; a failed Healer.

WILLIAM
of Desse—Master of the Works, Rhemuth.

*
An asterisk indicates a character mentioned only in passing, possibly deceased.

APPENDIX II

INDEX OF PLACES

ALL SAINTS
'
CATHEDRAL
—seat of the Archbishop of Valoret, Primate of All Gwynedd.

BELDOUR
—capital of Torenth.

CAERRORIE
—Camber's principal residence as Earl of Culdi, a few hours' ride northeast of Valoret; now the seat of Manfred MacInnis, Earl of Culdi of the second creation.

CARTHANE
—Murdoch's earldom, south of Rhemuth, whose capital is Nyford.

CASHIEN
—episcopal see to the west of Rhemuth.

CASSAN
—former petty princedom ruled by Prince Ambert Quinnell; now a duchy of Gwynedd under its first duke, Tambert Fitz-Arthur-Quinnell.

CLAIBOURNE
—principal city of Old Kheldour and first duchy of Gwynedd; seat of Graham, Third Duke of Claibourne.

CONNAIT
, The—barbarian kingdom to the west, famous for its mercenaries.

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

DESSE
—port town south of Rhemuth.

DHASSA
—traditionally neutral episcopal see east of Rhemuth, in the Lendour Mountains.

EASTMARCH
—earldom held by Hrorik, middle son of Duke Sighere of Kheldour.

EBOR
—earldom north of Valoret, formerly held by Gregory, now in abeyance.

GRECOTHA
—university city, former site of the Varnarite School; seat of the Bishop of Grecotha.

GWYNEDD
—central of the Eleven Kingdoms and hub of Haldane power since 645, when the first Haldane High King began to unify the area; seat of the Festillic Dynasty, 822–904; restored to the Haldane line in 904 with the accession of Cinhil Haldane.

HORTHNESS
—Barony of Rhun the Ruthless.

HOWICCE
—kingdom to the southwest of Gwynedd; loosely allied with Llannedd.

KHELDISH RIDING
—viceregality broken off Kheldour after its annexation by Duke Sighere and King Cinhil in 906.

KHELDOUR
—small kingdom north of Gwynedd, now comprising the Duchy of Claibourne and the Earldoms of Marley and Eastmarch.

KIERNEY
—earldom north of Culdi.

LLANNEDD
—kingdom southwest of Gwynedd; loosely allied with Howicce.

MARBURY
—episcopal see in the earldom of Marley.

MARLEY
—small earldom carved out of Eastmarch for Sighere, youngest son of Duke Sighere.

MARLOR
—barony of Manfred MacInnis.

MEARA
—kingdom/princedom northwest of Gwynedd; nominally a vassal state of Gwynedd.

MOORYN
—province at the far south of Gwynedd, including Carthmoor and Corwyn.

NYFORD
—port city south of Rhemuth, seat of the Earls of Carthane; episcopal see for Carthane.

RAMOS
—abbey town southwest of Valoret; birthplace of Paulin Sinclair; convening place of the Council of Ramos, winter of 917–918.