Dedicated with the greatest respect to Yves Meynard, author of
I have been reading through the first part of this letter, and there are an awful lot of names you will not know. So I have listed most of them here. If you come across one and wonder who that is, or where it is, you can look here. You would be wasting your time to read this now. It is just to look the names up in.
If a name is not here, I missed it or I do not know either, or I knew you would know already. Here they are.
ABLE
This is the name I use here. It was also the name of Bold Berthold’s brother.
AELF
Fifth-world people. They do not work much, protect trees and so forth, and see certain things differently.
AELFRICE
The fifth world, under Mythgarthr.
AGR
He was Marder’s marshal, and I have known worse people.
ALVIT
One of the shield-maidens who ride for the Valfather.
ANGRBORN
The giants who got forced out of Skai. All of them are descended from a famous giantess named Angr, or say they are.
ARNTHOR
The king of Celidon. His picture was on the money. Disiri gave me a message for him.
ATL
One of Thunrolf’s servants.
AUD
Thunrolf’s steward.
BAKI
A Fire Aelf girl I met at the Tower of Glas. She and Uri said they were my slaves.
BALDIG
One of the peasants who used to live in Griffinsford.
BATTLEMAID
Ravd’s sword. Swords get names, like ships.
BATTLEWITCH
Garvaon’s sword.
BEAW
One of Garvaon’s men-at-arms. He was a good guy too.
BEEL
The baron Arnthor sent to Jotunland.
BEN
My brother back in America, who I still miss. Did you read this, Ben?
BLACKMANE
Ravd’s charger.
BLUESTONE CASTLE
Indign’s castle. Some Osterling pirates wrecked it.
BLUESTONE ISLAND
A high, rocky island about a quarter of a mile from the mainland.
BODACHAN BOLD
Earth Aelf. They are one of the small clans.
BERTHOLD
The peasant from Griffinsford who let me cook my grouse and live with him in his hut. We said we were brothers, and he believed it.
BREGA
A peasant woman who lived in Glennidam.
BYMIR
The first Angrborn I ever saw.
CASPAR
The head warder at Sheerwall Castle.
CELIDON
A big country, longer than it is wide, on the west coast of the mainland. Irringsmouth, Forcetti, and Kingsdoom are all towns in Celidon.
COLLINS
My old English teacher.
CROL
Beel’s herald.
DISIRA
Seaxneat’s wife.
DISIRI
The queen of the Moss Aelf.
DOLLOP AND SCALLOP
The inn where we stayed in Forcetti.
DUNS
Uns’ older brother.
EAST HALL
Woddet’s manor.
EGIL
One of the outlaws.
EGR
One of Beel’s upper servants.
ETERNE
The Mother of Swords.
FINEFIELD
Garvaon’s manor.
FIRE AELF
The clan Setr took over completely.
FORCETTI
Marder’s town, a seaport.
FREE COMPANIES
Outlaw gangs. This was the polite name.
FROST GIANTS
The Angrborn, especially the raiders.
GARSECG
The name Setr was using when I met him.
GARVAON
Beel’s best knight.
GAYNOR
Arnthor’s wife, the queen of Celidon.
GERDA
The girl Bold Berthold was going to marry.
GERI
The girl you were dating when I lost America.
GILLING
