The Great Darkening (Epic of Haven Trilogy) (49 page)

Ruarc (Roo-ARK):
“Storm Words”

Zigor (ZEE-gor):
“Punishment”

Poets
: rival religious sect of the
Priests
; believe in the powers of beauty and hope rather than of resolve and piety; banished from
Haven
after a violent incident; now live in the Poet colony of
Kalein

Clivesis
(CLAHYV-zees):
keeper of wisdom

Elder John:
storyteller of
Kalein
; his mule is named
Ransom

Klieo (KLEE-oh):
historian

Marigeld (MAR-ih-gehld):
“Of Gardens”

Meledae (MEL-eh-day)
:
“Of Song”

The Miller:
brews all the ale for the Poet colony, yet has never had a drop to drink

Tolk
: present at
Cal’s
baby dedication; eldest of the
Poets

Priest King Jhames:
leader of the
Priests
and de facto leader of Haven

Priests:
the ruling religious institution of
Haven;
live in fear of the loss of the tree; they stockpile timber and teach the way of the flint

Pichan
(PEE-shun):
advisor in opposition to sailing to the
Western Wreath

Jhosiah:
long-deceased father of the
Priest
brotherhood

Pyrrhus (PAHY-ruhs):
“fire knight”
; cruel knight who travels with the first colony to the
Western Wreath

Rónán (ROH-nahn)
: the fabled hero of
Abondale
; his acts of bravery and generosities are still celebrated at
Bright Harbor
with the annual Feast of the Giant Crab

Šárka
(SAR-kah):
sorceress of the
Kingdom of Terriah
; tricked by Reynard the Wise, a confidant of Queen Herrah; her treacherous evil poisoned the heart of
Branwen
and she is now bound to her stone kingdom

Shameus (SHEY-mus):
tavern owner of the
Gnarly Knob
; father of
Keily

Sprites
: magical, fairy-like, ancient race; set free after thousands of years of imprisonment beneath the
Hilgari Mountains
; keepers of
Islwyn
; born as the unripened fruit of the Jacaranda trees

Ardghal (AHRD-gahl):
“Herald of High Valor”
; arch-herald
Sprite

Arthfael (ARTH-fay-el):
“Bear Prince”

Deryn (DAIR-ehn)
: sentinel of the house of
Iolanthe
and companion of
Cal

Eógan (YOU-gahn):
“Shepherd of the Weary”

Faolan (FAY-ow-lan):
“Little Wolf“;
Captain of the host; warrior
Sprite

Iolanthe (ee-oh-LAN-thay):
“
Violet Flower
”; Queen of the
Sprites,
compelling beauty

Llinos
(LEE-nos)
and
Linnaea (LIHN-ee-ah)
“Of Bird and Bloom”

Ninian
é
(nih-nee-AH-nay):
former Sprite name of
Morana
; kin to
Iolanthe

Wielund
(WAHY-lund):
smithy of the first colony; prize apprentice to the mastersmith for four years; befriends
Cal
after he saved him in the
Dark Sea

Woodcutters:
servants of the
Priests
, loyal to the ways of the flint; harsh and industrious; clad in furs

Bor:
unsympathetic teacher of
Cal

Brádách
(BRA-dak):
heard voices in the woods and buried his axe in his own foot

Hollis:
large
,
red-bearded chieftain who wore furs of a great white lion and wielded the great Axe
Vi
őarr (vee-OH-ar);
Keily
’s uncle

Oskar (OH-scar) and Goran (GOR-an):
competitive and jovial friends

Yasen (YEAH-sehn):
also known as the “North Wolf”; leader of the riding woodcutters; his life is saved by the sacrifice of his horse,
Filip
; love interest of
Keily
; chief woodcutter of the first colony