Saint Camber (63 page)

HAUT EIRIAL
—a Michaeline establishment destroyed by Imre in 904.

HOWICCE
—kingdom to the southwest of Gwynedd; loosely allied with Llannedd.

IOMAIRE
—site of battle with Ariella, on Gwynedd-Eastmarch border.

KHELDISH RIDING
—viceregality broken off Kheldour after annexation of Kheldour by Sighere and Cinhil in 906.

KHELDOUR
—small kingdom north of Gwynedd, famous for textiles and carpets; associated with Rhendall and the Festils through Termod of Rhorau.

LLANNEDD
—kingdom to the southwest of Gwynedd; loosely allied with Howicce.

MARLEY
—small earldom carved out of Eastmarch and given to Sighere, youngest son of Duke Sighere, in 906.

MEARA
—kingdom/princedom to the northwest of Gwynedd; nominally a vassal state of Gwynedd.

MOLLINGFORD
—a Michaeline establishment destroyed by Imre in 904.

MOORYN
—petty kingdom at the southeast of Gwynedd; formerly a powerful ally under Imre's reign.

NYFORD
—river town in central Gwynedd, near Saint Illtyd's Monastery; seat of the Bishop of Nyford; site of Imre's abortive new capital.

RHENDALL
—lake region north of Gwynedd; formerly the Festillic holding of Termod of Rhorau; given to Ewan, eldest son of Duke Sighere, in 906 as the secondary title of the Duke of Claibourne.

RHEMUTH
—ancient capital of Gwynedd under the Haldanes; abandoned during the Festillic Interregnum; slated to be restored under Cinhil.

RHORAU
—fortress seat of Lord Termod, cousin of King Imre, in the Rhendall lake region.

SAINT FOILLAN'S ABBEY
—establishment of the
Ordo Verbi Dei
, in the mountains, three days' ride southeast of Valoret, where Camber and Rhys found Prince Cinhil Haldane.

SAINT LIAM'S ABBEY
—a Michaeline-staffed abbey school, four hours' ride northeast of Valoret.

SAINT NEOT'S MONASTERY
—stronghold of the Order of Saint Gabriel, an esoteric, all-Deryni order, in the Lendour Highlands.

TORENTH
—kingdom to the east of Gwynedd; ruled by the Deryni King Nimur.

VALORET
—Festillic capital of Gwynedd, 822–905.

About the Author

Katherine Kurtz was born in Coral Gables, Florida, during a hurricane. She received a four-year science scholarship to the University of Miami and graduated with a bachelor of science degree in chemistry. Medical school followed, but after a year she decided she would rather write about medicine than practice it. A vivid dream inspired Kurtz's Deryni novels, and she sold the first three books in the series on her first submission attempt. She soon defined and established her own sub-genre of “historical fantasy” set in close parallels to our own medieval period featuring “magic” that much resembles extrasensory perception.

While working on the Deryni series, Kurtz further utilized her historical training to develop another sub-genre she calls “crypto-history,” in which the “history behind the history” intertwines with the “official” histories of such diverse periods as the Battle of Britain (
Lammas Night
), the American War for Independence (
Two Crowns for America
), contemporary Scotland (The Adept Series, with coauthor Deborah Turner Harris), and the Knights Templar (also with Harris).

In 1983, Kurtz married the dashing Scott MacMillan; they have a son, Cameron. Until 2007, they made their home in Ireland, in Holybrooke Hall, a mildly haunted gothic revival house, They have recently returned to the United States and taken up residence in a historic house in Virginia, with their five Irish cats and one silly dog. (The ghosts of Holybrooke appear to have remained behind.)

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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, events, and incidents either are the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, businesses, companies, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

Copyright © 1978 by Katherine Kurtz

Map by Bob Porter

Cover design by Michel Vrana

ISBN: 978-1-5040-3118-9

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