The King's Deryni (66 page)

X
ANDER OF
T
O
RRYLIN,
S
IR
—a young knight of Lendour.

X
AVIER
H
OWARD
—a new page at Coroth, a cousin of Duchess Vera.

X
ENIA
N
UALA
J
ARONI
S
WYN
BETH
H
ALDANE
,
P
RINCES
S
—first daughter and third child of Donal King of Gwynedd and Richeldis.

Y
SOMBARD,
P
RINCE
—Prince of Thuria.

Y
VES DE
T
REMELAN,
S
IR
—a young knight of Lendour.

Z
AIZIE
—family pet name of Alazais Morgan, Kenneth's youngest daughter by his first marriage.

*Z
EFIRYN
—an ancient Deryni sage of Caeriesse.

*Z
IMAREK
C
OUNT OF
T
ARKHAN
—elder son of Prince Hogan by his morganatic wife, a tournament champion.

*Z
IMRI
D
UKE OF
T
RUVORSK
—Torenthi author of a tactical work,
A Betrayal at Killingford
.

Z
OË
B
RONWYN
(M
ORGAN
)
C
HANDOS
,
L
ADY
—eldest daughter of Sir Kenneth Morgan, a former student at Arc-en-Ciel; heart-sister (and stepdaughter!) to Alyce de Corwyn; widow of Ahern Heir of Corwyn, wife to Sir Jovett Chandos, mother of Kailan Peter, Charlan, and Alyce Maria Chandos.

Index of Places

 

A
IRNIS
—an earldom in southwestern Corwyn.

A
NDELON
—a sovereign principality adjacent to the Forcinn Buffer States.

A
RC-EN-
C
IEL,
C
ONV
ENT
OF
N
OTRE
D
AME
DE
L'
—convent school of Our Lady of the Rainbow, where Alyce and Zoë studied.

A
RKELLA
—manor of Sir Evan Sullivan.

A
RRANAL
V
ALLEY
—part of a strategic pass between Torenth and the Earldom of Marley.

A
RX
F
IDEI
S
EMINARY
—one of the principal seminaries in Gwynedd, near Valoret.

B
ALLYMAR
—site of the ancient McLain burial ground.

B
ELDOUR
—capital city of Torenth.

B
REITFAHR
—Morian's home outside Ratharkin.

B
REMAGNE
—kingdom across the Southern Sea from Gwynedd, whose king has marriageable daughters.

C
AERIESSE
—legendary land that sank beneath the sea.

C
ARDOSA
—strategic city on the Gwynedd-Torenth border in the Rheljan Mountains; location of St. Mary's cathedral.

C
ARTHANE
—an earldom in the south of Gwynedd along the River Eirian, held by Sir Innis Pirek-Haldane Earl of Carthane.

C
ARTHMOOR
—former subsidiary princedom in the former Principality of Mooryn, the holding of Prince Richard Duke of Carthmoor.

C
ASSAN
—duchy in northwest Gwynedd.

C
ASTEL
E
DA
IN
—seat of Baron Faas of Glyndour.

C
ASTLE
C
YNFYN
—seat of the Earl of Lendour, in the town of Cynfyn.

C
INQUE-
E
GLISE
—Bremagni town, site of King Meyric's summer palace, Millefleurs.

C
LAIBO
URNE
—northernmost and most senior duchy in Gwynedd, principal part of the ancient principality of Kheldour.

C
LOOME
—town on the western coast of Meara, south of Laas and just north of the border with Pardiac.

C
OAMER
M
OUNTAINS
—mountain range marking part of the southernmost border between Gwynedd and Torenth.

C
OROTH
—capital of the Duchy of Corwyn; location of Cathedral of St. Matthew.

C
ORWYN
—ancient duchy in southeast Gwynedd, part of the ancient Principality of Mooryn; seat of the Deryni dukes of Corwyn.

C
ÙILLE,
R
IVER
—marks the border between Gwynedd and Meara.

C
ULDI
—earldom and town in the Purple March formerly held by Camber MacRorie; now a holding of Jared Earl of Kierney.

C
YNFYN
—capital of the earldom of Lendour.

D
ELLARD'S
L
ANDING
—a ford on the Duncapall River, north of Coroth.

D
ESSE
—northernmost navigable point on the River Eirian, several hours' ride south of Rhemuth.

D
HASSA
—free holy city in the Lendour Mountains; seat of the prince-bishops of Dhassa, presiding from Cathedral of St. Andrew.

D
UNLUCE
—port town in Carthmoor.

E
ASTM
ARCH
—county in northeast Gwynedd.

E
IRIAN
R
IVER
—principal river of Gwynedd, extending northward from the sea to Rhemuth and beyond.

E
LCHO
—region in northern Eastmarch where the traitorous Rorik Earl of Eastmarch was finally captured by forces loyal to King Brion.

F
ALLON
—tiny kingdom south of Fianna.

F
IANNA
—continental county famous for its wines.

F
ORCINN
B
UFFER
S
TATES
—loosely confederated group of independent principalities, nominally under the overlordship of the Hort of Orsal (who is also Prince of Tralia), the others being the Duchy of Joux, the Grand Duchy of Vezaire, and the Principalities of Logreine, Thuria, Nur Hallaj, and Andelon.

G
RECOTHA
—site of Gwynedd's great university, and also St. Luke's Cathedral.

G
WYNEDD
—principal kingdom of the Eleven Kingdoms, seat of the Haldane kings.

H
ALLOWDALE
—village on the Molling River, scene of an infamous burning of a Deryni family.

H
AUT
E
MERAUD
—equestrian stud facility of Oisín Adair.

H
ORTHÁNTHY
—summer residence of the Hort of Orsal.

H
OWICCE
—kingdom linked with the Kingdom of Llannedd, southwest of Gwynedd.

I
NCUS
D
OMINI
—the Anvil of the Lord, headquarters of the Knights of the Anvil, a Deryni order partially derived from fled Knights of St. Michael after the dissolution of that order.

I
SLE D
'
O
RSAL
—island site of the Hort of Orsal's summer palace.

J
OUX
—a Torenthi duchy.

J
UPE D
E LA
V
IERGE
—great cape between Fianna and Fallon.

K
ENTAR
—point on the eastern side of the Eirian Estuary, with the Abbey of St. Ultan's looking down from it.

K
HELDOUR
—ancient principality in northern Gwynedd.

K
IERNEY
—earldom in northwest of Gwynedd, a secondary holding of the Dukes of Cassan.

K
ILC
HON
—port town on the coast of Carthmoor.

K
ING'S
L
ANDING
—a barge station on the River Eirian, just north of Rhemuth.

L
AAS
—ancient capital of Meara.

L
AVAL
R
IVER
—river dividing Fallon and Bremagne.

L
ENDOUR
—earldom north of Corwyn.

L
LANARF
ON
R
IVER
—northern boundary of Llannedd, bordering Gwynedd territory.

L
LANNEDD
—kingdom linked with the Kingdom of Howicce, southwest of Gwynedd.

L
LEGODDIN
C
ANYON
T
RACE
—stony riverbed trail ending at Rustan.

L
OGREINE
—principality between Vezaire and Fianna, one of the Forcinn States.

L
O
RSÖL
—a duchy in Torenth.

M
ARLEY
—earldom in northeast Gwynedd.

M
EARA
—formerly independent principality west of Gwynedd, now a province of Gwynedd.

M
ILLEFLEURS
—Bremagni summer palace at Cinque-Eglise.

M
OLLING
R
IVER
—an eastern tributary of the River Eirian, joining it at Rhemuth.

M
O
LLINGFORD
—a market town on the Molling River, near Hallowdale.

M
OORYN
—former sovereign principality in the southeast of Gwynedd, divided by Festil I into the Duchies of Corwyn, Carthmoor, and numerous smaller earldoms and baronies.

M
ORGANHALL
—manorial seat of the Morgan family.

N
IKIDARI
—capital of Fallon.

N
UR
H
ALLAJ
—one of the principalities of the Forcinn Buffer States.

N
UR
S
AYYID
—great university in R'Kassi.

N
YFOR
D
—capital of Carthmoor; ancient market town and port; site of St. Joseph's Cathedral.

O
RSALIA
—ancient name of part of Trailia, whence derives the title “Hort of Orsal.”

P
ARDIAC
—region just south of Meara, in the Connait.

P
LADDA
—a manor house of Coroth, nestled in a curve of the Duncapall River, bordering Tendal lands.

P
OINT
K
ENTAR
—a peninsula of Carthane, at the mouth of the Eirian River.

P
URPLE
M
ARCH
—vast plain in the north-central part of Gwynedd.

P
W
YLLHELI
—capital of Llannedd.

R
ATHARKIN
—provincial capital of Meara.

R
ÉMIGNY
—capital of Bremagne.

R
HANAMÉ
—great Deryni university and seminary in R'Kassi.

R
HEMUTH
—capital of Gwynedd.

R
HEMU
TH
C
ASTLE
—seat of the Haldane Kings, and center of Gwynedd's government.

R
HENDALL
—county in northeast Gwynedd.

R
HENDALL
M
OUNTAINS
—mountain chain encompassing Rhendall.

R
'
K
ASSI
—kingdom east of Gwynedd, famous for its horses.

R
UYÈRE
—a Fallonese port.

S
A
INT-
S
ASILE,
A
BBEY OF
—an all-Deryni monastic establishment in Furstánan, at the mouth of Torenth's River Beldour.

T
ANDORELLO
—ford on the River Cùille, west of Culdi.

T
ORENTH
—principal kingdom east of Gwynedd.

T
ORTUÑA
—a Tralian port across the straits from Horthánthy.

T
RALIA
—more recent name of the sovereign principality ruled by the Hort of Orsal.

T
RANCAULT
—a Vezairi port.

T
RANSHA
—small border county in northwest Gwynedd.

T
RAVLUM
—site of Jamyl Arilan's wedding.

T
RE-
A
RIL
AN
—country seat of the Arilan family.

T
REVAS
—a village and bay on the coast of Corwyn.

T
RURILL
—a county between Gwynedd and Meara.

V
ALORET
—former capital of Gwynedd; seat of the Archbishop of Valoret, Primate of All Gwynedd, at All Saints' Cathedral.

V
ÁR
A
DONY
—winter palace of the Hort of Orsal, Prince of Tralia.

V
EZAIRE
—one of the Forcinn Buffer States.

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