The Moonshawl: A Wraeththu Mythos Novel (48 page)

Characters

Hara of Jesith

Jassenah – Ysobi’s chesnari

Ysobi – a hienama of the town,
who is sent to Gwyllion to work for Wyva har Wyvachi

Zephyrus – Ysobi and Jassenah’s son

The Wyvachi

Barly – a househar of the Wyvachi

Briar – head stablehar of the
Wyvachi family

Cawr – brother to Wyva

Dillory – the Wyvachi family’s
cook

Fush – a member of the Wyvachi’s
househara staff

Gen – brother to Wyva

Modryn – chesnari of Cawr

Myvyen – son of Wyva and Rinawne

Porter har Goudy – son of Rey,
the Wyvachi’s departed hienama

Rey
har Goudy
–
hienama of the Wyvachi who left the community before Ysobi’s arrival

Rinawne – chesnari of Wyva,
originally from Erini, father of Myvyen

Wyva – phylarch of the Wyvachi in
Gwyllion, hostling of Myvyen, chesnari of Rinawne

Historical Wyvachi

Arynne – hienama of the original
Wyvachi family

Kinnard – Wyva’s hostling

Peredur – Hura to Wyva

Yvainte – Wyva’s father

The Wyverns

Beiryan – a cousin of Medoc, who
left Meadow Mynd with him

Caerwyn – a cousin of Medoc, who
left Meadow Mynd with him

Edryd – a cousin of Medoc, who
left Meadow Mynd with him

Medoc – Hura to Wyva, phylarch of
the Wyverns

Meilyr – a cousin of Medoc, who
left Meadow Mynd with him

Persys – son of Wenyf

Thraine – chesnari of Medoc

Wenyf – son of Medoc and Thraine,
hienama of the Wyverns

Ysgaw – son of Medoc and Thraine

The Whitemanes

Mossamber – phylarch, hostling of
Nytethorne and Emberflax

Nytethorne – son of Mossamber,
hostling of Ember

Emberstrife (or Ember) – son of
Nytethorne

Emberflax – son of Mossamber

Hara of Gwyllion

Ludda – a farmer, who keeps the
farm below Dŵr Alarch where Mossamber’s hunting hounds are
kennelled
.

Selyf – Member of the Gwyllion
Assembly and keephar of The Crowned Stag

Tryskyr – a farmer/landowner,
member of the Gwyllion Assembly

Yoslyn – keephar of The Rooting
Boar

Other Hara Mentioned in the Story

Bronna – phylarch of Rinawne’s
phyle when he lived in Erini

Flick har Roselane – a har who
first created the harish version of the spiritual Wheel of the Year

Gadda – a friend of Rinawne from
his harlinghood in Erini

Gesaril – a former lover of Ysobi,
now living in Immanion

Huriel – a friend of Ysobi’s
living in Kyme

Malakess – an early commander in
Alba Sulh, who became High Codexia of Kyme

Pellaz – Tigron of Immanion

Thiede – the first har

Human Ancestors

The Wyverns

Vivyen or Vivi, matriarch of the
family

Arianne, wife of Tobias, born of
the Mantel family

Erling – son of Vivi

Gwyven – son of Arianne

Peredur – son of Arianne

Kinnard – son of Arianne

Medoc – son of Arianne

Tobias – son of Vivi, husband of
Arianne

Vere  - son of Vivi

The Mantels

Thorne – patriarch of the Mantels

Bryce – son of Thorne (who became
Mossamber post inception)

Places

Alba Sulh – the country that was
formerly England

Almagabra – equating to Greece in
the old human world, the country that is home to the Gelaming, most influential
of Wraeththu tribes

Deerlip Hall – original name of
the Whitemane domain

The Domain –
home
of
the Whitemanes in Gwyllion

Dôl Cartref – the Home Meadow,
close to Meadow Mynd

Dŵr Alarch – the Swan Tower,
where Ysobi lives while in Gwyllion

Erini – Island to the west of
Alba Sulh, formerly Ireland

Gwyllion – a town in what was
formerly North Wales, owned by the Wyvachi

Harrow’s End –
domain
of
the Wyverns

Hiyenton – the nearest large
market town to Gwyllion

Immanion – capital of Almagabra,
principle town of the Gelaming tribe, who are the most influential among
Wraeththu. Corresponds to the old country of Greece.

Kyme – a town in northern Alba
Sulh, famed seat of learning

Llwybr Llwynog – The Fox Run (or
Path), a wooded hill on Wyvachi land

Maes Siôl – the Shawl Field

Meadow Mynd –
domain
of
the Wyvachi in Gwyllion

Afon Siôl Lleuad – The River
Moonshawl

Pwll Siôl Lleuad – the Moonshawl
Pool

Yorvik – a town in northern Alba
Sulh, formerly York

Glossary of Terms

Althaia
–
the process and period of change from human to har following inception

Arojhahn
– a season
festival, the ritual to celebrate it.

Arotohar
– the name give
to the Wheel of the Year, the annual cycle of eight seasonal festivals.

Aruna
–
sexual union between hara that is both spiritual and physical.

Astale
– (ass-tar-lay) a ritual word of
invitation and welcome, also a term of respect, most often used to greet
invoked dehara.

Carehar
– a
har designated to care for a harling who is not a parent

Chesna
–
(chez-nah)
a
close relationship, a chesna-bond can be equated to marriage

Chesnari
– a
partner in a chesna-bond

Daghda
– In Erini, ‘the good god’, he
is seen as the father and protector of a tribe in that country.

Dehar
– a
Wraeththu deity (pl. Dehara)

Devastation, the – one of many
terms used to describe the final days of humanity, when the world was in
turmoil, and there was catastrophic conflict between hara and humans.  The days
of change.

Egregore
– an
occult
concept representing a
‘
thoughtform
’
or
‘
collective
group mind
’
, an autonomous
psychic
entity
made up of, and influencing, the thoughts of a group of people.

Erinish
– a
har of Erini, formerly Ireland.

Feybraiha
– a
period of time equating to puberty in humans when a har matures sexually. The
term also refers to a day of celebration for this. At the end of his feybraiha,
when he is physically ready, a har will take aruna with another for the first
time. This is regarded as an important rite of passage.

First Generation
–
hara who were became Wraeththu by being incepted as humans

Gelaming
–
the most influential tribe of Wraeththu, whose tribal home is Almagabra

Har
– a Wraeththu
individual

Harakin
– a
term used by a har to describe members of his family

Harling
– a
young har not yet at feybraiha

Hienama
–
equivalent of a priest/teacher/healer

Househar
– a
member of the household staff

Hurakin
-
relatives

Inception
–
the process by which a human becomes har, involving a transfusion of blood.

Keephar
–
an innkeeper/landlord

M
ajhahn
–
a
ritual

Nayati
– a
temple or sacred space for spiritual work

Ouana
–
the masculine aspect of Wraeththu

Phylarch
–
leader of a phyle

Phyle
– a
distinct community within a tribe, a sub tribe

Pothar
–
har employed in an inn

Pureborn
– a
har who has been born to harish parents rather than inception from human. A
second-generation har and beyond.

Nahir Nuri
– a
har of high spiritual rank, who has undergone all caste training.

Soume
–
the feminine aspect of Wraeththu

Tiahaar
– a
polite form of address (as in Sir, Madam)

Tigron
–
ruler of Wraeththu in Immanion

Wraeththu
–
(ray-thoo)
androgynous
race that came to replace humanity

Glossary of Welsh Terms and Phrases

Dôl Cartref
– Home Meadow

Dŵr Alarch
– Swan Tower

Gadael, ysbryd aflan!
– Be gone, foul
spirit!

Craig Drygioni
– Mischief Rock

Gwerin Crwydrwyr
- Roamer Folk

Llwybr Llwynog
– Fox Run (the fox path)

Maes Siôl
– Shawl Field

Pwll Siôl Lleuad
– Moonshawl Pool

Siôl lleuad
– Moonshawl

Afon Siôl Lleuad
– River Moonshawl

Yn dod yn dda
!
–
become well or
good

Ysbryd garedig
–
a
good
spirit (pl.
Ysbryddon
garedig
)

Ysbryd drwg
–
an evil spirit

About the Author

Storm is the creator of the Wraeththu Mythos, the
first trilogy of which was published in the 1980s. However, the influences and
inspirations for the Wraeththu world go much further back than that, and
continue into the future as she plans more stories for it.

Her other full length works cross genres from
science fiction, to dark fantasy, to epic fantasy, to slipstream. She has
written over thirty books, including full length novels, novellas, short story
collections and non-fiction titles.

Storm is the founder of Immanion Press, created
initially to publish her out-of-print back catalogue, but which evolved into
the thriving venture it is today. Her interests include magic and spirituality,
Reiki, movies, music and MMOs. Among her many occupations, most of which are
unpaid, she runs a Reiki school and a guild called Equilibrium on the EU
servers of World of Warcraft. She lives in the Midlands of the UK.

Books by Storm Constantine

The Wraeththu Chronicles

*The Enchantments of Flesh and Spirit

*The Bewitchments of Love and Hate

*The Fulfilments of Fate and Desire

*The Wraeththu Chronicles (omnibus of
trilogy)

The Wraeththu Histories

*The Wraiths of Will and Pleasure

*The Shades of Time and Memory

*The Ghosts of Blood and Innocence

Wraeththu Mythos

*The Hienama

*Student of Kyme

The Artemis Cycle

*The Monstrous Regiment

*Aleph

The Grigori Books

*Stalking Tender Prey

*Scenting Hallowed Blood

*Stealing Sacred Fire

The Magravandias Chronicles:

*Sea Dragon Heir

*Crown of Silence

*The Way of Light

*Hermetech

*Burying the Shadow

*Sign for the Sacred

Calenture

*Thin Air

Silverheart (with Michael Moorcock)

Short Story Collections:

*The Thorn Boy and Other Dreams of Dark
Desire

*Mythangelus

*Mythophidia

*Mytholumina

*Mythanimus

Wraeththu Mythos Collections

(co-edited with Wendy Darling,
including stories by the editors and other writers)

*ParaGenesis

*Para Imminence

*Para Kindred

Non-Fiction

*Sekhem Heka

*Grimoire Dehara: Kaimana

The Inward Revolution (with Deborah
Benstead)

Egyptian Birth Signs (with Graham
Phillips)

Bast and Sekhmet: Eyes of Ra (with Eloise
Coquio)

*available as Immanion Press editions