Maroboodus: A Novel of Germania (The Goth Chronicles Book 1)

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To Woden, Freya, and the old gods who are still everywhere in our lives.

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OTHER BOOKS BY THE AUTHOR

THE HRABAN CHRONICLES – NOVELS OF ROME AND GERMANIA

THE OATH BREAKER – BOOK 1

RAVEN’S WYRD – BOOK 2

THE WINTER SWORD – BOOK 3

BANE OF GODS – BOOK 4 (COMING 2016)

GOTH CHRONICLES - NOVELS OF THE NORTH

MAROBOODUS - BOOK 1

THE CANTINIÉRE TALES – STORIES OF FRENCH REVOLUTION AND NAPOLEONIC WARS

JEANETTE’S SWORD – BOOK 1

JEANETTE’S LOVE – BOOK 2

JEANETTE’S CHOICE – BOOK 3 (COMING LATE 2016)

TEN TEARS CHRONICLES – STORIES OF THE NINE WORLDS

THE DARK LEVY – BOOK 1

EYE OF HEL – BOOK 2

THRONE OF SCARS – BOOK 3 (COMING 2016)

THIEF OF MIDGARD – STORIES OF THE NINE WORLDS

THE BEAST OF THE NORTH – BOOK 1

QUEEN OF THE DRAUGR – BOOK 2 (COMING 2016)

‘Yea, you mortals,

hear the gods chortle.

Twigs and skull,

and an old, rotten hull.

The Bear shall choose,

between a woman and a noose.

A surprise for the crow lord,

and death at the end of the sword.

Victory for the beast,

but there shall be no feast.’

MAP OF THE GOTH SHORES B.C. 30 (SWEDEN)

NAMES AND PLACES

Agin
– son of Gislin, a Svea Lord and rival to his father, brother of Saxa

Aldbert
– the poet friend of Maroboodus

Bero
– Lord of Marka, the supposed Thiuda of the Black and Bear Goths

Boat-Lord
– father of Hughnot and Friednot

Bone-Hall
– Bero’s hall

Ceadda
– the Saxon ally of Maroboodus

Cuthbert
– a Lorf of the Saxons

Danr
– champion of Bero

Dragon’s Tail
– the hills where Hughnot and Maroboodus fought

Draupnir’s Spawn
– spawn of Draupnir, Woden's ring, the influential ancient ring of Maroboodus’s family

Dubbe
– champion of Hulderic

Eadwine
– champion of Bero

Friednot
– father of Bero and Hulderic, Lord of the Black and Beart Goths

Galdr
– rhythmic spell singing

Gasto
– champion of Bero.

Gislin
– Svea Thiuda of Snowlake gau

Gothonia
– home of the Goths, an island in the Baltic Sea

Gothoni
– old Germanic tribe from the Baltic Sea

Harmod
– champion of Hulderic

Hild
– völva of Agin

Hraban
– son of Maroboodus

Hrolf the Ax
– son of Hughnot

Hogholm
– home of the Boat-Lord

Hughnot
– Lord of the Black Goths

Ingo
– champion of Hughnot

Ingulf
– champion of Hughnot

Long-Lake
– a stretch of water on the coast of modern Sweden, stretching far inland from the Baltic Sea

Ludovicus
– champion of Friednot

Maino
– son of Bero

Marcus
– daughter of Fulch the Red, lover to Hraban, then Wandal's wife to be

Mare Suebicum
– the Baltic Sea.

Mare Germanicum
– the North Sea

Marka
– the home of the Bear Goths

Maroboodus
– son of Hulderic the Goth

Njord
– the Saxon and brother of Ceadda

Osgar
– champion of Friednot

Ragnarök
– the final battle of Germanic mythology, the end of most of the living things, the gods included

Saxa
– the Svea princess, daughter of Gislin, sister of Agin

Seidr
– magical power of Freya, the war goddess, mistress of seduction

Sigmundr
– champion of Hulderic

Spear Hall
– the home of the Black Goths

Suebi
– a vast confederacy of Germanic tribes stretching from Sweden to Danube River

The Three Forks
– rivers near Wolf Hole

The Three Spinners
– norns, the Germanic deities, or spirits, sitting at the foot of the world tree, by the Well of Fate, weaving the past, the present, and the future of each living creature. Also called Urðr, Verðandi, and Skuld

Vaettir
– Germanic nature spirits

Vitka
– priest

Völva
– priestess

Whisper
- vitka of Gislin

Woden
– also known as Odin, the leader of the Aesir gods, one of the creators of men and the world.

Wolf Hole
– home of Gislin the Svea

Wyrd
– fate in Germanic mythology

Yggdrasill
– the world tree, where the nine worlds hang from. Source of all life