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Kharis: One of the dual capitols of Kensett

Kharis El-Malich: Sabrina’s sentinel

Kilnt: Quarry where Storm Jale was worker

Kirk Newkern: One of King Gerren’s illegitimate sons and twin of Nathan.

Koussev: Mother language of the Outer Kingdom; high speech of the royalty.

Kym Taborn, Princess: Eldest daughter of Shalu

Lakeland: Town ten miles west of Century; where the Pigeon’s Roost tavern is Lake Myria: Crescent shaped lake north of Boreas Keep

Legion A’Lex: Eldest of King Gerren’s sons and illegitimate. Commander of the Serenian Military and Vice Commander of the Serenian Forces.

Lucifus River: Border between Serenia and Diabolusia

Lydon Drake: Guard at the Labyrinth

Madalon: Great Circle of the Lost from whence came the sword called Deathwielder Maelstrom: Mysterious bubbling waters that lead from one point in time to another Mahmed Allajon: Slavetrader

Maiden’s Briar: Blow fish poison

Marsh Eden: One of Conar’s Elite and third in command behind Thom and Storm Maxine Saur: Brelan’s mother

Medea Wynth: Wife of Shag and Queen of Oceania; mother of Grice, Helen Louise, Francis Jean, Martha Ann, Chand and Laura-Alana; surrogate mother of Anya Elizabeth Meggie Ruck: Co-owner of the Briar’s Hold with husband Harry Midworld: Where Inner and Outer Kingdoms are located

Miquel Espanoza: Diabolusian warrior who is an ally of Sybelle’s.

Moira Nadia Hesar McGregor: daughter of Syn-Jorn Hesar; wife of first Xander Hesar then Gerren McGregor; mother of Conar

Montyne: Royal family of Ionary

Morgan Faustine: Illegitimate son of King Gerren and twin of Julian Myra Luz: Wife of Elite Morgan Luz; mother of Conar’s son, Wyn Nadia Steffensberg: Daughter of the Outer Kingdom Tzar; sister of Catherine Nathan Newkern: Illegitimate son of King Gerren and twin of Kirk Necroman: Jungle country whose capitol is at Jhakar; keep is called Lionheart and it is ruled by the Taborn family.

Nicholas Beriault: Illegitimate son of King Gerren; was raped by Kaileel Tohre WINDBELIEVER

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Nikabuto, Master: World’s greatest Healer; lives in Chrystallus North Boreal Sea: Northern waters above Serenia

Northwind
: A clipper ship

Norus Keep: Regent home of Prince Galen and capitol of the Southern Zone; is one of the Pathways to the Maelstrom

Nyles Ben-Jani: Hasdu commander of archers sent to siege at Norus Obelisk, The: The three-sided temple within the Shadowlands where the Daughters of the Multitude go to consult with the Great Lady and the Oracle.

Occultus Noire: High Priest of the Brotherhood of the Domination; was in line to be Arch-Prelate

Oceania: Island country ruled by the Wynth royal family; capitol at Seadrift.

Outer Kingdom: Land ruled by the Steffensberg royal family.

Palace of the Tzars: Steffensberg family home

Palace of the Winds: McGregor family home at Boreas Keep

Paegan Hesar: Youngest prince of Virago

Pearl Allegra: Champion wrestler living in Chrystallus

Peter Steffensberg: Son of Tzar Anton of Outer Kingdom

Rachel Stone: Sister of Asher; she is Liza’s double; was mistress of Jaleel Jaborn; mother of Daniel with Conar;

Raine Chastayne: Bastard son of Raphaella and Conar

Raine Jael: A Hasdu from Ventura

Raja DeLyle: The woman who first seduced Conar; mother of his illegitimate son, Regan Raphaella Chastayne: The Windweaver, Keeper of the Loom; sister of Shaz Wynth and mother of Liza and Raine. She is the guardian of World’s End.

Raphian: The Supreme Evil Entity of the Domination; Bringer of Storms; Destroyer of Men’s Souls

Rasheed Falker: Prince Guil’s henchman

Ravenwind
: Black flag ship of the Raven’s Wind Force; was once the Vortex prison transport Rayle Loure: Was captain of Cona’rs elite; twin of Thompson (Thom); killed by Hasdu near Dunswitch

Regan DeLyle: Illegitimate son of Conar and Raja

Rhinea: Town s, sw of Boreas Keep

Robbie MacCorkingdale: grandson of Boreas cook Sadie; priest of the Brotherhood of the Domination; Kaileel Tohre’s right hand man.

Roget Du Mer: Son of Duke Cul and brother to Teal and Gezelle Rommitrich Point: Old stone abbey near the city of Dunswitch in Eurus zone.

Ronnie Tucker: Keeper of the Kennels at Boreas; husband of Emmie Lou Rupert Von Schlesendorg: Suitor for the hand of Catherine Steffernsberg Rupine: A Hasdu Healer

Rylan Hesar: Crown prince of Virago; brother of Paegan

Rysalia (Middle Sector): Capitol of this country is at Dahrenia and is ruled by Shiek Jabyl Jemann; Abbadon fortress in near there.

Rysalia (Northern Sector): Nomad Emirate ruled by Jaleem family, capitol at Asaraba Rysalia (Southern Sector): Capitol at Basaraba is ruled by Gehdrin family, Sheik Sadaam Gehdrin.

Sabrina, Lady: Owner of a breeding farm in the Inner Kingdom WINDBELIEVER

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Sadie MacCorkingdale: Cook at Boreas; mother of Joannie and grandmother of Robbie Sajin Ben-Alkazar, Prince: Son of King Syam; brother of Sybelle, Jahi, Hashir, Mahmed, Nadir, Zadir, Kahlel, Balkar, Sagar, Nadar, Khan and Rasheed. He is known as The Hawk.

Samiel: Inner Kingdom Wind Force led by Khamsin (Conar McGregor) Scrubroot: An astringent

Seachance
: Oceanian clipper ship

Seachange: Conar’s second black stallion

Seaflower: Wynth family summer retreat

Seayearner: Conar’s black stallion

Sager El-Balidar: Arch-Prelate with Conar was a boy; grandfather of Guil Gehdrin Sasheon Ben-Alkazar: Son of Sybelle and Conar

Se Huan: Young woman who cares for Conar in Chrystallus

Sentian Heil: Farmer turned Elite; sentinel to Liza

Serenian Star:
Carries prisoners to Haelstrom Point Serge Nicholayevich Kutuzov: Captain of the
Anya Katrina
Seven Kingdoms, The:

Chale

Chrystallus

Ionary

Necroman

Oceania

Serenia

Virago

Sentinels: Warriors trained by the Daughters of the Multitude as guardians and messengers for a Daughter

Serenia: Capitol at Boreas and home of the McGregor clan.

Shadowlands: The mystical land where the Obelisk of the Daughters of the Multitude can be found.

Shalu Taborn: King of Necroman and father of Kym

Shaz Wynth: King of Oceania; husband of Medea; father of Grice, Helen Louise, Anya Elizabeth, Francis Jean, Martha Ann, Chand, and Laura-Alana

Shanyon David Phelps: ex-Elite who killed a Boreas temple guard.

Shasamie: Nomad wench who was one of Sorn Jamar’s prostitutes Sirenes: The protector goddesses of the Multitude

Sorn Jamar: Nomad chemist who gets Conar addicted

South Boreal Sea: Southern waters below Serenia

Spittin’ Cat Tavern: Worse tavern in Boreas

Storm Jale: Elite guard and secondi n command of Elite forces behind Thom St. Steffensberg: Capitol of the Outer Kingdom

Suzerains: Hasdu kidnappers

Svetlana Steffensbert: Daughter of Tzar and sister of Catherine of Outer Kingdom Sybelle Beth-Alkazar: Sister of Sajin; keep at Djebel ed Kjinn near Helix in Deimann province; is an Amazeen and will bear Conar a son she names Sasheon

Takahemmanon Khyrtuslish: One of the archers at the siege of Norus; called Taka by his friends; is a Hasdu guide

Tamara: Conar’s Eldest illegitimate daughter

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Tataina Steffensberg: Daughter of the Tzar and sister of Catherine Teal du Mer: Half-brother of Roget and Gezelle; a gypsy

Temple of Chrystaus: Where Conar was given his powers during a ceremony in Chrystallus Temple of the Winds: A university for the advanced training of WindWarriors, at Century near Corinth

Tenerse: A very powerful drug that is highly addictive. When mixed with various other liquids can achieve diverse results…

(1. Milk: strong sexual arousal; aphrodisiac

(2. Ale: severe, irrational anger

(3. Water: potent sedative; hangover cure

(4. Wine: stupor, hallucinations, ear ringing

(5. Brandy: Uncontrollable anger

(6. Taro root: severe heightening of pain

(7. Vinegar: severe lessening of pain

(8. Fruit juice: poison

(9. Mead: madness, irrational behavior (depending on amount) (10. Distilled Water: what Reapers take to control Transitions Tia: One of Conar’s illegitimate daughters

Tjorn Faulker: Rasheed’s father

Tolkan Coure: Arch-Prelate of the Brotherhood of the Domination Traer Saur: Brelan’s grandfather

Tran Shumota: Emperor of Chrystallus and husband of Dyreil McGregor Treacle: A healing potion

Tristan McGregor: Son of Conar and Liza; adopted by Galen as his own Tribunal: Governing body of the Seven Kingdoms

Tymothy Kullen: Guard at the Labyrinth; raped Holm Van de Lar’s daughter, Jenny Tyne Brell, Prince: Regent of Chale; excellent swordsman; sister Grace is married to Dyllon McGregor

Vanion: Liza’s familiar

Vasdane: Male and female familiar of Conar’s

Veldon: A quarry in the Outer Kingdom

Ventura: Homeland of Princess Cyle Jameem

Virago: Capitol at Haelstrom Point; governed by the Hesar Family; keep is called Tempest Keep
Vortex:
Carries prisoners to Tyber’s Isle

Windflower
: Flagship of King GerrenMcGregor

Windkeeper: Liza’s gray mare

Windswept
: Ship Holm Van de Lar used to take the royal sons on when there were small WindWarrior Society: A mystical sect of men dedicated to the preservation and protection of their individual homelands.

Wixenstead: The outlaw Syn-Jern Sorn’s hideout

Wynland: Conar’s eldest illegitimate son by a woman named Myra whom he later marries to one of his Elite, Morgan Luz

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The sea rolled like the gentle slopes of his homeland’s foothills. Its gray-green color was murky with the lowering sky that was bringing rain from the west. An occasional flash of lightning in the distance signaled a squall line off the coast of Serenia, moving inland at a slow and unhurried pace. The wind was freshening, the tang of salt and sea life bringing him fond memories of other sailing trips on the vast expanse of the South Boreal Sea. Crashing bravely through the whitecaps, her bow rising and falling with the sea passage, the Outer Kingdom ship sent salt spume spraying in its wake.

She was hugging the coastline as closely as the reefs and shoals would allow. At times the valiant ship was within shouting distance of the tall white cliffs that marked the passageway between Serenia and Oceania, and he would throw a hand up in greeting to the men who had stopped along the rugged cliff tops to admire the ship’s passing. His lips would twitch with what passed as amusement for him when the men would point, recognizing him, stunned to see him on board that strange-looking ship.

Named the Anya Katrine, the Outer Kingdom clipper was something to behold skimming along the cresting waves. Her teakwood decks gleamed, her polished brass glowed. The figurehead at her bow was an intricately-carved mermaid, which had been freshly painted in tones of green and red and was dusted with gilt. Her running lights, lit because of the darkening of the sky and the probability of inclement weather, twinkled on the water and cast a myriad of reflections across the high sheen of the teak. Overhead her sheeting strained with the brisk sea breeze sliding the clipper over the sea with little effort. Her standard snapped sharply in the wind, the coat of arms of the royal family of the Outer Kingdom announcing both ownership and destination of the stately vessel.

Her sailors wore clean and pressed uniforms of sold white tunic and breeches. Her officers were dressed in sharply creased navy serge coat and trousers with an inch wide stripe of fancy gold braid running down the side seams and around the cuffs of their coats. The Captain wore his medals upon his broad chest, as did his First and Second Mates, and the cocked hat which covered their thick manes of curly brown hair, sported white ostrich plumes held in place by the insignia of the Royal Navy of the Outer Kingdom. All in all, the ship and her crew presented a very impressive picture as she made her way steadily south.

“Once we gain the Sinisters, we’ll tack east,” the Captain informed his passenger in perfect, precise Chalean. “Three days on that course with find us near the Isle of Winds.” He grinned.

“That’s half-way home.”

His passenger’s brows shot upward. “I thought that sea lane was un-navigable.”

The Captain smiled, showing perfectly straight and stark white teeth. He shook his head. “A myth our people started to keep away unwanted Outlanders and trespassers. I can assure you, there are no sea monsters lurking beyond the Sinisters, Your Grace.”

Conar Aleksandro McGregor frowned. He could picture the fog-hidden stretch of water off the southernmost tip of Oceania. “From what I could tell when I was there, there are some pretty dangerous coral reefs out there.” He turned his gaze to the sea. “Along with that hellish fog, how can you navigate?”

“I have sailed these waters many times, Prince Conar. There is no need to concern yourself.”

There hadn’t seemed to be any way he could explain to this tall, suntanned and elegant seaman that he was no longer a Prince, that his birthright had been denied him by his own father, his heritage discarded. From the moment he had set foot on the Anya Katrine, he had been WINDBELIEVER

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treated like the royalty he had once been. He had tried to correct the Captain, whose name he found out was Serge Nikolayevich Kutusov, but the man had politely ignored him.

“You were born royalty, Your Grace. Your mother and father were King and Queen.

Consequently, royalty you still are in the eyes of my people.”

Once more Conar had protested, telling the man how much he had always hated being called by his appropriate title even when he had deserved it and it was still his, but the man had smiled and shaken his head.