Guardian Last (Lords of Syon Saga Book 2) (61 page)

Syon
  Subcontinent ruled by Damerien.

Tremondy
  Barony of Tremondy southeast of the
Hodrache Range, also the House of Tremondy.

Trocu, Duke of Damerien
  Son of Brada.

Vaccar
  Chul’s father.  Full name:  Vaccar Ka-Nira
Ba-Dree.

Valmerous
  Cardinal of Vilkadnazor the Unshod.

Verdura
  Northern Bremondines, often tricksters
and fortune tellers.

Verva Copita
  Delicate mountain fern from which
is derived a strong sedative with few side effects

Verge of Anado
  Dhanani ruler’s quarterstaff,
symbol of the united Dhanani tribes.

Verilion
  Syonese god of death, peace.

Verinara
(
R. verinarus) 
Poison used in
Rjeinarian ritual vengeance, gathered from verinara leaves and bark.

Vilkadnazor the Unshod
  Hadrian god of charity
and poverty, social order.

Vilmar, Duke of Damerien
  Ruler of all Syon,
grandfather to Renda, father of Lord Daerwin.

Vringo
(
G. scoliatus vricola)
  Deodorizing
root, used in Hadrian soaps.

Xindraga
  A flail-like Dhanani weapon
with a forty-foot chain, used from horseback.

Xorden
  Ancient Dhanani god of political
acumen, power, manipulation.

Zinion
  Gikka’s stallion, son of Revien and a
Bremondine mare.  Brannagh Horse-At-Arms.

For some people, it's the sight of a mountain they haven't
climbed. For others, it's all about seeing a stretch of road they haven't run.
For me, there's nothing more wonderful or terrifying in this world than a blank
page, whether it's an actual sheet of paper or a new file in my editor. "I
dare you!" it says. "Go on, then, say something! Assert a truth, give
life to someone extraordinary! Create a world!”

Terrifying, as I say. So I spent many years NOT being a
writer, NOT rising to that challenge. I suppose I can call those my Hemingway
years, spent doing everything BUT writing. I was a symphony cellist and a
software engineer, I was an actor and director for the stage and a filmmaker.
But my greatest joy still came from writing. There is no greater thrill for a
playwright than to see actors bring her characters to life and for an audience
to fall in love with them just as she fell in love with them in the writing. It
was that thrill that got me to return to writing novels full time.

I currently live in North Carolina with my partner and my
cats. When I'm not working (and my editor isn't looking), I run, practice
aikido, play computer games and remodel my hundred year old house.

To learn more about Jordan or the land of Syon, check out
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• Prologue
  
• One
  
• Two
  
• Three
  
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• Ten
  
• Eleven
  
• Twelve
  
• Thirteen
  
• Fourteen
  
• Fifteen
  
• Sixteen
  
• Seventeen
  
• Eighteen
  
• Nineteen
  
• Twenty
  
• Twenty-One
  
• Twenty-Two
  
• Twenty-Three
  
• Twenty-Four
  
• Twenty-Five
  
• Twenty-Six
  
• Twenty-Seven
  
• Twenty-Eight
  
• Glossary
  
• About the Author