The Lost Treasure of Annwn (40 page)

 

Here are the additions to my glossary from my fourth adventure. Although Catherine Cooper has been helping me write my memoirs, any comments in brackets have been added by me.

Who's Who

Beaky –
Starling from the third watch of the
Flying Squad
, his watch is
Benbow
. (
A well-known nickname for any bird who likes to stick his beak into everything.
)

Benbow –
Nickname of
Benjamin Archer
.

Benjamin Archer –
Known as
Benbow
and a member of Max's gang. (
Hee hee! Ben short for Benjamin and Bow because his surname is Archer.
)

Bicker –
Starling, and leader of the second watch of the
Flying Squad
, his watch is
Max.
(Doesn't matter what you say, Bicker will always argue, even when he knows he's wrong.)

Chortle
– Starling from the first watch of the
Flying Squad
, his watch is
Danny
.
(A great starling, always laughing.)

Cloda
– A
Sylph
. Nymph of the air and librarian at Falconrock. Her official title is Archivist, Guardian of Ancient Knowledge, and Keeper of Secrets. As a nymph of the air, Cloda takes the form of a falcon.
(Librarians and archivists can be fearsome creatures, especially if you're noisy.)

Crosspatch
– Starling, and leader of the first watch of the
Flying Squad
, his watch is
Max
.
(You can guess how he got his name.)

Danny Westbrook –
Known as
Danny
and a member of Max's gang.
(His dad owns the Music Shop in Glasruhen.)

Dazzle
– Starling, and leader of the third watch of the
Flying Squad
, his watch is
Max
.
(Always has the most beautifully groomed plumage, a credit to the starling world.)

Devorah Dytch
– A
Hag
living in
Elidon
.
(Like all Hags, she's bad tempered and smelly.)

Digger
–
Starling from the second watch of the
Flying Squad
, his watch is
Benbow
.
(He always has his beak in the ground.)

Frank Smedley –
Known as
Tank
because of his size, and a member of Max's gang.
(He's the goalkeeper who pushed Jack and wrecked Elan's bunch of flowers. His dad has a scrap metal yard in Newton Gill.)

Grannus –
Guardian of the well, stream and spring at
Falconrock.

Grouch
– Starling from the third watch of the
Flying Squad
, his watch is
Techno
.
(A really grumpy starling if ever there was one.)

Grubber
– Starling from the first watch of the
Flying Squad
, his watch is
Tank
.
(Like Digger he's always got his beak in the ground looking for his favourite food.)

Grudge
– Starling from the second watch of the
Flying Squad
, his watch is
Tank
.
(He's got a long memory and doesn't forgive very easily.)

Judd –
The Glasruhen Giant.
(He's the giant in the story told in Annwn.)

Max Wratten
– Known as Max. Leader of a local gang.
(He's the boy Jack accidentally gave a bloody nose to with the football when he first arrived in Glasruhen. Max has had it in for Jack ever since.)

Netty
– A Fairy from the
Meadow Mound
. Representative of the meadow and wayside
Fairies
. She likes to sleep in the nettles in the
back lane
.
(Like all fairies she talks too much.)

Pippa
– Starling from the third watch of the
Flying Squad
, his watch is
Tank.
(Always first, likes to beat everyone at everything.)

Praket Kawle
– Known as
Techno
and a member of Max's gang.
(He's brilliant at designing, drawing plans and making things work.)

Rhoda
– A Fairy from the
Meadow Mound.
Representative of the garden
Fairies.
She sleeps in the rhododendrons in Grandad's garden.
(Also talks a lot.)

Sabrina
–
Water Nymph
of the
Gelston River
.

Snaffle
– Starling from the first watch of the
Flying Squad
, his watch is
Benbow
.
(He's great at finding things and hiding them away.)

Snatch
– Starling from the first watch of the
Flying Squad
, his watch is
Techno
.
(None of the starlings have any table manners but this one is the worst.)

Speedy
– A Fairy from the
Meadow Mound
whose real name is
Veronica
.

Tank
– Nickname of
Frank Smedley.

Techno
– Nickname of
Praket Kawle.

Tweek
– Starling from the third watch of the
Flying Squad
, his watch is
Danny
.
(Always preening himself and never ready on time.)

Twink
– A Fairy from the
Meadow Mound
whose real name is
Twinkle
. Representative of the moor and mountain
Fairies
. She lives in the eyebright flowers on
Glasruhen Hill
.
(Another talkative fairy.)

Twinkle
– A Fairy from the
Meadow Mound
known as
Twink
.

Twizzle
– Starling from the second watch of the
Flying Squad
, his watch is
Techno.
(He finds it so difficult to keep still you'd think he'd got ants in his feathers, which isn't good when you need them to stand to attention.)

Veronica
– Fairy from the
Meadow Mound
known as
Speedy
. She sleeps in the speedwell flowers in the meadow.
(Never call her Speedy to her face or you'll suffer the consequences… she's got a very short fuse.)

What's What?

Fairy –
Another name for a type of
Sylph
; Nymphs of the air.

Flying Squad
– A group of 15 starlings enlisted to spy on the five boys in Max's gang, consisting of three groups of five, for 24-hour surveillance.
(They were very undisciplined until I formed them into three efficient squads… just shows you what natural leadership can do.)

First Watch

Crosspatch
watching
Max
– Max Wratten

Grubber
watching
Tank
– Frank Smedley

Snaffle
watching
Benbow
– Benjamin Archer

Chortle
watching
Danny
– Danny Westbrook

Snatch
watching
Techno
– Praket Kawle

Second Watch

Bicker
watching
Max
– Max Wratten

Grudge
watching
Tank
– Frank Smedley

Digger
watching
Benbow
– Benjamin Archer

Mumble
watching
Danny
– Danny Westbrook

Twizzle
watching
Techno
– Praket Kawle

Third Watch

Dazzle
watching
Max
– Max Wratten

Pippa
watching
Tank
– Frank Smedley

Beaky
watching
Benbow
– Benjamin Archer

Tweek
watching
Danny
– Danny Westbrook

Grouch
watching
Techno
– Praket Kawle

Gnarles
– Are dying trees, no longer under the protection of a
Hamadryad
. They still have some life in them but the
Dryads
, who once tended and looked after them have left the forest and the Gnarles are left to slowly turn into dead wood.
(They don't seem to appreciate my singing.)

Sylphs
– Nymphs of the air. They can shape-shift into creatures that fly.

Where is it?

The Map of Glasruhen – (pronounced
glass-rue-hen
meaning
ancient green hill
). From
The Golden Acorn
–
The Adventures of Jack Brenin
Book One.

Brenin House
– The house where
Grandad
and
Jack
live. It's been in the Brenin family for generations.

Elidon –
The Land of Shadow.

Falconrock
– A rocky outcrop to the north-west of
Glasruhen
where an ancient Druid's library can be found.

Gelston River
– The home of the
Water Nymph, Sabrina
.

Hazel Well
– Located in the heart of
Newton Gill Forest.

Lillerton
– The next village to
Glasruhen
where
Monument Hill
can be found.

Meadow Mound
– A Fairy Mound in the meadow not far from
Brenin House
.

Monument Hill
– A large hill to the south-west of
Glasruhen
, on top of which stands a tall obelisk. The monumental obelisk was erected in memory of a local duke who once lived in
Lillerton
.

Newton Gill Forest
– Once a great forest of oak trees but now most of the trees have become
Gnarles
. The
Dryads
no longer live in the trees and the whole forest is slowly dying. The old
Hazel Well
, and the
Gnori
, home to the
Bogie
,
Peabody
, are here too.