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Bestiary
Barrow Wight
:
Reskalan:
demonic foot soldiers in service to the Lords of Nifleheim
Tranteers
: the lithe, speedy horses bred in Dover
Trolls
: legendary bogeymen from the mountains
Wyrms or Fire Wyrms
: dragon-like creatures
THINGS
Miscellany
Asgardian Daggers
: legendary weapons created in the first age of Midgaard. They can harm creatures of Nifleheim.
Dargus Dal
: Sir Gabriel's Asgardian dagger
Worfin Dal
: "Lord's Dagger," Claradon's Asgardian dagger
Dor:
a generic Lomerian word meaning “fortress”.
Dyvers Blades
: finely crafted steel swords
Magus Mysterious
: olden language of sorcery
Militus Mysterious
: olden language of sorcery used by certain orders of knights
Ragnarok:
prophesied battle between the Aesir and the Nifleites.
Yggdrasill
: sacred tree that supports and/or connects the Nine Worlds
Combat Maneuvers, Techniques, and Styles
Dyvers’ thrusting maneuvers; the dwarvish overhand strikes; the cernian technique; the Sarnack maneuvers; Lengian cut and thrust style; Valusian thrust;
For more than twenty-five years, Glenn G. Thater has written works of fiction and historical fiction that focus on the genres of epic fantasy and sword and sorcery. His published works of fiction include the first four volumes of the Harbinger of Doom saga:
Gateway to Nifleheim, The Fallen Angle, Knight Eternal
, and
Dwellers of the Deep
; the novella,
The Gateway
; and the novelette,
The Hero and the Fiend
.
Mr. Thater holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics with concentrations in Astronomy and Religious Studies, and a Master of Science degree in Civil Engineering, specializing in Structural Engineering. He has undertaken advanced graduate study in Classical Physics, Quantum Mechanics, Statistical Mechanics, and Astrophysics, and is a practicing licensed professional engineer specializing in the multidisciplinary alteration and remediation of buildings, and the forensic investigation of building failures and other disasters.
Mr. Thater has investigated failures and collapses of numerous structures around the United States and internationally. Since 1998, he has served on the American Society of Civil Engineers' Technical Council on Forensic Engineering (TCFE), is a member of that Council’s Executive Committee, and is the past Chairman of TCFE's Committee on Practices to Reduce Failures. Mr. Thater is a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Accredited Professional and has testified as an expert witness in the field of structural engineering before the Supreme Court of the State of New York.
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BOOKS BY GLENN G. THATER
THE HARBINGER OF DOOM SAGA
GATEWAY TO NIFLEHEIM
THE FALLEN ANGLE
KNIGHT ETERNAL
DWELLERS OF THE DEEP
VOLUME 5+
forthcoming
HARBINGER OF DOOM
(Combines
The Gateway
and
The Fallen Angle
into a single volume)
THE HERO AND THE FIEND
(A novelette set in the Harbinger of Doom universe)
THE GATEWAY
(A novella length version of
Gateway to Nifleheim
)
THE DEMON KING OF BERGHER
(A short story set in the Harbinger of Doom universe)
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