A Victory for Kregen (32 page)

Tipp the Thrax, Kyr: A Huringan cheldur favored by Queen Fahia but lacking the powers of a Roman lanista.

Tlinganden: Free City of the east coast of Loh.

Tlochu: A diff of Kregen with six limbs.

Tomor, Torn: Son of Tom Tomor and Bibi of Valka, a paktun, returned to fight for Vallia, joined the 1EYJ.

Trakon’s niksuth: Boggy area surrounding Trakon’s Pillars.

Trakon’s Pillars: In Falinur, built around the hill rising from the bogs, a decadent place of many palaces with Jikaida as the most prominent architectural and decorative motif.

Trefimlad: A wealthy city of Hamal.

Trip-Tails! By the: A Kataki oath.

tromp: A bright, warm, pleasant yellow color.

Tryflor: A Tryfant spirit or deity.

Tuscursmot: A town of Southern Pandahem.

Tyfar, Prince: Son of Prince Nedfar of Hamal, studious and intelligent, a lover of books, is a superb axemen, honorable and upright, dealing fairly with all, a good comrade to Prescot down the Moder and across the Humped Land and the Dawn Lands.

U

Ungovich, Tyr: The Lord or Wizard of the Moder down which the expedition including Prescot ventured. FFK

urron: Crimson.

V

Vajikry: A board game of Kregen.

Valhan: Name of the last dynasty of Vallia; Dray Prescot began the new dynasty of Prescot.

Vardon the Cheeks: Trumpeter of the 2ESW at the Battle of Ovalia.

Varmondsweay Canal: An Admiralty yard for the flying sailing ships of the Vallian air sailing service in Vondium located by this canal.

Vazkardrin: A vadvarate of Vallia between the east coast and the Kwan Hills.

Vilaha’s Tripes: An incident of legend used in oaths.

Villa of Vennar: Layco Jhansi’s villa in Vondium, confiscated, used as meeting place of the Presidio in the Time of Troubles.

voinsh: Happy.

Vond: Rich Imperial Province west of Vondium.

W

Wayfarer’s Drinnik: Wide, dusty area outside most cities and towns of Paz where the caravans form up or disband.

“Wedding Dirge of Hondor Elaina”: A sentimental song.

Wend: A dance accompanied by popular songs, in which the singers form long lines and prance through every nook and cranny of palace, villa, kyro, and avenue of their city they can reach before either the ending of the songs or exhaustion sets in.

Wenhartdrin: Small island off south coast of Vallia, produces first-quality wines, an Imperial Province.

Werven: A small place in the kovnate of Falinur.

“When Zair crooks his finger, then up you go, my friend, and nothing will detain you on Kregen”: A saying in the Eye of the World indicating that individual fate will not be balked.

Wizards of Fruningen: A small sect of religious thaumaturges, regarding Opaz as a single entity, with some claims to serious consideration.

Y

Yadivro, Konec, Kov of Brugheim: An upright, determined, not-too-brilliant kov of a province in Mandua hostile to Hamal.

Yagno, San: A Sorcerer of the Cult of Almuensis, foppish, a show-off, drew power from hyr-lifs, vanished in the lowest zone of the Moder. FFK

Yervismot: Town of Vallia taken by Prescot, where he was reunited with Seg Segutorio. LFK

Z

zeunt: The unique vault in Jikaida.

zhantilla: Female zhantil.

zoid: Trap.

zygodont: A reptile with fangs, claws, membranous wings, and barbed tail; can grow to the size of a small zorca excluding the serpent-like neck.

[1]jid: bane.

[2]General name for city areas of confused alleys and covered souks and bazaars, teeming with commerce and villainy.
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[3]Beng Dikkane: The patron saint of all the ale drinkers in Paz.
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[4]Schturval: Color-coded badge, symbol, banded sleeve, and figurative representation of animal or plant or abstract design, forming insignia denominating allegiances in Vallia.

[5]db: dwaburs per bur.

[6]pantor: The Pandahem word for lord, equating with the Havilfarian notor and the Vallian jen.

[7]kampeon: veteran who has received recognition and won renown.

[8]See Dray Prescot #11,
Armada of Antares
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[9]Kervax: Abbreviation for Kerchurivax.

[10]bobs: phalerae, medals.

Alan Burt Akers was a pen name of the prolific British author Kenneth Bulmer, who died in December 2005 aged eighty-four.

Bulmer wrote over 160 novels and countless short stories, predominantly science fiction, both under his real name and numerous pseudonyms, including Alan Burt Akers, Frank Brandon, Rupert Clinton, Ernest Corley, Peter Green, Adam Hardy, Philip Kent, Bruno Krauss, Karl Maras, Manning Norvil, Chesman Scot, Nelson Sherwood, Richard Silver, H. Philip Stratford, and Tully Zetford. Kenneth Johns was a collective pseudonym used for a collaboration with author John Newman. Some of Bulmer’s works were published along with the works of other authors under "house names" (collective pseudonyms) such as Ken Blake (for a series of tie-ins with the 1970s television programme The Professionals), Arthur Frazier, Neil Langholm, Charles R. Pike, and Andrew Quiller.

Bulmer was also active in science fiction fandom, and in the 1970s he edited nine issues of the New Writings in Science Fiction anthology series in succession to John Carnell, who originated the series.

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The Dray Prescot Series

The Delian Cycle:

1. Transit to Scorpio

2. The Suns of Scorpio

3. Warrior of Scorpio

4. Swordships of Scorpio

5. Prince of Scorpio

Havilfar Cycle:

6. Manhounds of Antares

7. Arena of Antares

8. Fliers of Antares

9. Bladesman of Antares

10. Avenger of Antares

11. Armada of Antares

The Krozair Cycle:

12. The Tides of Kregen

13. Renegade of Kregen

14. Krozair of Kregen

Vallian cycle:

15. Secret Scorpio

16. Savage Scorpio

17. Captive Scorpio

18. Golden Scorpio

Jikaida cycle:

19. A Life for Kregen

20. A Sword for Kregen

21. A Fortune for Kregen

22. A Victory for Kregen

Spikatur cycle:

23. Beasts of Antares

24. Rebel of Antares

25. Legions of Antares

26. Allies of Antares

Pandahem cycle:

27. Mazes of Scorpio

28. Delia of Vallia

29. Fires of Scorpio

30. Talons of Scorpio

31. Masks of Scorpio

32. Seg the Bowman

Witch War cycle:

33. Werewolves of Kregen

34. Witches of Kregen

35. Storm over Vallia

36. Omens of Kregen

37. Warlord of Antares

Lohvian cycle:

38. Scorpio Reborn

39. Scorpio Assassin

40. Scorpio Invasion

41. Scorpio Ablaze

42. Scorpio Drums

43. Scorpio Triumph

Balintol cycle:

44. Intrigue of Antares

45. Gangs of Antares

46. Demons of Antares

47. Scourge of Antares

48. Challenge of Antares

49. Wrath of Antares

50. Shadows over Kregen

Phantom cycle:

51. Murder on Kregen

52. Turmoil on Kregen

A Note on Dray Prescot

1 – Tyfar Wields his Axe

2 – Of the Testing of a Wizard of Loh

3 – The Bonds of Comradeship

4 – Dead Men Pose Puzzles

5 – “Dray Prescot, Vile Emperor of a Vile Empire!”

6 – We Fly Over the Dawn Lands

7 – Of a Meeting in a Hayloft

8 – An Arrow in the Swamp

9 – We Strike a Blow for Hamal

10 – The Brothers Fre-Da Give Nikobi

11 – Vajikry

12 – Of an Invitation at the Golden Prychan

13 – Of a Few Falls with Beng Drudoj

14 – The Khamorro Way

15 – The Confidence of the Kov of Falinur

16 – Homecoming

17 – Emperor’s Yellow Jackets

18 – Silda

19 – Of Assassins, Dynasties, and Invasions

20 – The Depths of Deb-Lu-Quienyin’s Eyes

21 – Victories for Vallia

A Glossary to the Jikaida Cycle of the Saga of Dray Prescot Notes

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