Allies of Antares (27 page)

Malab the Kazzin: a religious figure, also known as Malab the Wounded or Malab the Fount. Believers seek mercy and wisdom, luck and health in the blood that pours from his wounded head.

Mandua: one of the countries of the Dawn Lands.

Mathdi:
a voller in the Hamalian Air Service commanded by Prescot.
BOA

maztik: a junior noncommissioned officer.

Mevek, Chuktar: an ally of Prescot against Layco Jhansi.
BOA

Mev-ira-Halviren: a pagan idol.

“Milkmaid’s Pail, The”: a drinking song.

Mionch: a race of diffs with tusks twice as long as those of a Chulik.

Mitdel’hur: a religion of few adherents in Havilfar.

moorakrim: caving experts of the moorkrim.

moorkrim: wild men living west of Hamal.

moorn: war.

Morthnin: a Jiktar in the Hamalian Air Service.
LOA

Mortiljid, Hardur: the Trylon of the province of Llanikar in Vallia; escort to Princess Lela in Hyrklana.
ROA

Mother Dikkana: the mother of Beng Dikkane.

N

Nafun, King: the king of Hambascett.
AOA

Naghan the Barrel: see Raerdu, Naghan.

Naghan the Brush: an artist in the troop of Rollo the Circle.
LOA

Naghan na Hanak, Kov: the owner of a voller yard in Huringa.
ROA

Nalgre ti Liancesmot: a long-dead playwright.

Na-Pla, Natema: the daughter of Planath Pe-Na.
BOA

Nath the Bows; the captain of
Pearl of Klanadun. BOA

Nath na Kochwold: the name given by Prescot to Nath Nazabhan.
BOA

Nath the Retributor: name used by a general in the rebellion against Queen Fahia.
ROA

Nath, Strom: one of Nedfar’s aides as prince.
LOA

Nevius, Strom: one of Emperor Nedfar’s pallans.
AOA

nikumshal: ‘half-shadow’; the Kregan term for a shadow from a single light source.

Nodgen the Bald: the king of one of the countries of the Dawn Lands.
AOA

Noran, Vad: a Hyrklanian who plotted against Queen Fahia.
BOA
,
ROA

Norhan the Flame: a comrade of Prescot in the rebellion against Queen Fahia.
ROA

O

Ohmlad’s Alley: a street in Ruathytu.

Olinmur: a race of diffs with blue skins.

oraneflut: a bird with browny-white feathers.

Orndalt, Nalgre: the manager of a Hyrklanian voller factory.
BOA

Orvendel: an imperial province of Vallia, south of Vennar.

P

Pafnut, King: the king of Chobishaw.
BOA

Pale Vampire Worm: a supernatural type of worm called forth by an Arditchoith.

Parlin, Avec: a lawyer who served Unmok the Nets.
BOA

Pearl of Klanadun:
ship employed by Unmok the Nets to transport beasts.

Pershaw: a nation in Persinia.

Pettarsmot: a town in the province of Malpettar in Tomboram.

Pondar the Iumfrey: a Khibil mercenary in the hire of Unmok the Nets.
BOA

Puhlshi: Pundhri the Serene’s female companion.
LOA

Pundhri the Serene: a philosopher saved by Prescot in Hamal.
LOA

Q

The Queen’s Head: an inn in Huringa.
BOA

Queen’s Kaidurs: an elite group of gladiators fighting in the arena of Hyrklana.

The Queen’s Secret:
an anonymous play written about 300 years ago.

Quern of Gramarye: a radiant disc of sorcerous power which appears in battles between wizards.

R

Raerdu, Naghan: Prescot’s personal spymaster.
BOA

Randalar: a mercenary in the hire of Unmok the Nets.
BOA

Randalsh, Noive: an assistant Pallan working on the island of Chandror.
BOA

Ristemer, Mileon: the son of Nomile Ristemer.
BOA

Ristemer, Nomile: an elite banker of Vondium.
BOA

Rodan: a Jiktar in 2ESW.
BOA

Rogpe: the king of Mandua in the Dawn lands.
AOA

The Rokveil’s Ank: a tavern in Ruathytu.
LOA

Rollo the Circle: the leader of a troop of artists whom Prescot met on his way to Ruathytu.
LOA

ron: red.

Rorvreng the Vakka, by: a cavalryman’s oath.

Rosala: one of Delia’s handmaids.

S

Sabal: see Vampires of Sabal.

Sadrap, Black: a member of Rollo the Circle’s band of artists.
LOA

Saradush: a subrace of the schrepims.

Sasco, by: an oath used by the adherents of Spikatur.

schrepim: a race of diffs with lizard-like features; very intelligent, swift-moving, and skilled with weapons.

Screetztyg Kyro: a square in Ruathytu.

Segutorio, Silda: the daughter of Seg Segutorio and Thelda.

The Sensil Paradise: a bathing establishment in Ruathytu.
AOA

Shanks: fish-headed reivers who sail or fly from the hemisphere of Kregen opposite Paz. From coastal raids on the nations of Paz they have progressed to a massive invasion.

“She Kissed the Mortilhead”: a song which tells of a princess who ran away from her palace for love of a paktun.

Shining Mud, Land of: the name given to much of the delta of the River Os in Havilfar.

SHS: an abbreviation for Spikatur Hunting Sword.

The Sign of the Headless Zorcaman: an inn in Vondium where Prescot met Chuktar Mevek.
BOA

The Silver Fluttrell: an inn in Huringa.
ROA

Sinopa: one of the countries of the Dawn lands.

Sissy: one of Delia’s fellow slaves under Nyleen Gillois; sold into slavery by her parents. 28

Sisters of Opaz Munificent: a sorority of Vallia.

Sjames: the favorite nikvove of Zenobya.
BOA

Slacamen: a nickname for schrepims.

Sleeths, Avenue of: a street in Huringa.

Snowdrop: an urvivel ridden by Prescot in Hyrklana.
ROA

Sokotro: one of the countries of the Dawn lands.

Soparan: a subrace of the schrepims.

Souk of Trifles: a market in Huringa.

Spag the Junc, by: an oath used in the Dawn Lands.

Spikatur Hunting Sword: a secret organization initially devoted to the overthrow of the Empress Thyllis and her corrupt government.

Spurs of Lasal the Vakka, by the: a light cavalryman’s oath.

Strandar, Naghan: chief Pallan and a senator in the Presidio of Vallia.

T

Tardalvoh: a variety of wine.

Telmont, King: nicknamed King Hot and Cold; sought to take the imperial throne of Hamal after the death of Empress Thyllis.
AOA

Thalanns, Street of: located in Ruathytu.

Thalansen: a town in western Hamal.

Therfenen, San: a sage working for Prescot as the Emperor of Vallia.
BOA

thomplod: a remarkable animal resembling a haystack, with six feet on each side; it exudes a smell which upsets many saddle animals.

Thorfrann, Fydur ham: a Chuktar in the Hamalian Air Service.
LOA

Thorndu the Wine: the owner of the Golden Zhantil in Ruathytu.
LOA

Thyfurnin, Fresk: a Deldar in the Hamalian army who fought with Prescot and Tyfar at the Lacachun Pass.
AOA

tikshvu: Kregan equivalent to the word missy, used with a threatening implication toward a girl who, powerless, yet insists on rebelling.

Tipp the Thrax: a Queen’s cheldur in the Arena of Huringa.
ROA

tresh: flag.

Trompipluns, Gate of the: a gate in the outer walls of Huringa.

U

umshal; shadow.

Unmok the Nets: a Hyrklese working in the business of catching beasts for the Arena of Huringa; became a partner and good friend of Prescot.
BOA
,
ROA

V

Vadvars, Kyro of the: a square in Ruathytu.

Vallian Freedom Army: the name of the army of Vallia formed by Prescot.

Valona: the daughter of Vomanus and Saenci the Locks; worked as an agent of Vallia in Hyrklana.
ROA

Vampire of Sabal: an animal, not supernatural, which likes to hide in out-of-the-way places and guzzle human blood.

Vanderini the Dagger: one of Chuktar Mevek’s men.

Vandrop, Ian: a Vallian paktun.
BOA

Vantile, Nazab: an imperial Justicar serving Prescot.
BOA

Varander, Bonnu ti Valkor: the ship-Hikdar of
Mathdi. LOA

Veilmon Kyronik: a small, tree-bowered square in Ruathytu.

The Vengeance of Kov Rheinglaf:
a play from the third book of
The Vicissitudes of Panadian the Ibreiver.

vew: room.

Vinnur’s Garden: a coveted section of land between Falinur and Vindelka.

Voinderam, Antar: the Vad of the province of Khovala.
BOA

Voinderam, Ortyg: the son of Antar Voinderam.
BOA

vorlca: the name given by the Vallians to a skyship not capable of movement by gripping the lines of sub-etheric force.

W

Westmin, Nogan: a pallan and member of the Presidio of Vallia.
BOA

“When the Havilthytus Runs Red”: a rather depressing Hamalian song.

“When you look too long upon the face of a leem you may grow a leem’s tail”: an aphorism variously attributed to San Blarnoi or Nalgre ti Liancesmot, warning of the dangers inherent in struggling against evil.

Whetti Orbium: the manifestation of Opaz responsible for the weather.

Winharman, Nath: a young aide to Seg Segutorio.
LOA

woflovol: a small batlike animal.

Y

Yallom, Mountains of: mountains located in southern Havilfar.

Yando the Limp: a groom, formerly a soldier but wounded at the Battle of Kochwold.
BOA

yenalk: a cave-dwelling animal with a body like two soup plates jammed together, many thin short legs, stalked eyes, and a long poisonous rapierlike proboscis.

Z

Zaydo: a name given to Prescot by Strom Irvil of Pine Mountain.
LOA

Zenobya: Queen of the nation of Pershaw in Persinia.
BOA

About the author

Alan Burt Akers was a pen name of the prolific British author Kenneth Bulmer, who died in December 2005 aged eighty-four.

Bulmer wrote over 160 novels and countless short stories, predominantly science fiction, both under his real name and numerous pseudonyms, including Alan Burt Akers, Frank Brandon, Rupert Clinton, Ernest Corley, Peter Green, Adam Hardy, Philip Kent, Bruno Krauss, Karl Maras, Manning Norvil, Chesman Scot, Nelson Sherwood, Richard Silver, H. Philip Stratford, and Tully Zetford. Kenneth Johns was a collective pseudonym used for a collaboration with author John Newman. Some of Bulmer’s works were published along with the works of other authors under "house names" (collective pseudonyms) such as Ken Blake (for a series of tie-ins with the 1970s television programme The Professionals), Arthur Frazier, Neil Langholm, Charles R. Pike, and Andrew Quiller.

Bulmer was also active in science fiction fandom, and in the 1970s he edited nine issues of the New Writings in Science Fiction anthology series in succession to John Carnell, who originated the series.

More details about the author, and current links to other sources of information, can be found at
www.mushroom-ebooks.com, and at wikipedia.org.

The Dray Prescot Series

The Delian Cycle:

1. Transit to Scorpio

2. The Suns of Scorpio

3. Warrior of Scorpio

4. Swordships of Scorpio

5. Prince of Scorpio

Havilfar Cycle:

6. Manhounds of Antares

7. Arena of Antares

8. Fliers of Antares

9. Bladesman of Antares

10. Avenger of Antares

11. Armada of Antares

The Krozair Cycle:

12. The Tides of Kregen

13. Renegade of Kregen

14. Krozair of Kregen

Vallian cycle:

15. Secret Scorpio

16. Savage Scorpio

17. Captive Scorpio

18. Golden Scorpio

Jikaida cycle:

19. A Life for Kregen

20. A Sword for Kregen

21. A Fortune for Kregen

22. A Victory for Kregen

Spikatur cycle:

23. Beasts of Antares

24. Rebel of Antares

25. Legions of Antares

26. Allies of Antares

Pandahem cycle:

27. Mazes of Scorpio

28. Delia of Vallia

29. Fires of Scorpio

30. Talons of Scorpio

31. Masks of Scorpio

32. Seg the Bowman

Witch War cycle:

33. Werewolves of Kregen

34. Witches of Kregen

35. Storm over Vallia

36. Omens of Kregen

37. Warlord of Antares

Lohvian cycle:

38. Scorpio Reborn

39. Scorpio Assassin

40. Scorpio Invasion

41. Scorpio Ablaze

42. Scorpio Drums

43. Scorpio Triumph

Balintol cycle:

44. Intrigue of Antares

45. Gangs of Antares

46. Demons of Antares

47. Scourge of Antares

48. Challenge of Antares

49. Wrath of Antares

50. Shadows over Kregen

Phantom cycle:

51. Murder on Kregen

52. Turmoil on Kregen

Notes

[1]
Wenda!
Let’s go!
A.B.A.

[2]
dustrectium:
firepower.

[3]
Dwa:
two.
Ob:
one.

[4]
Zan:
ten.
Vew:
room.

[5]
Here Prescot lovingly details all the regiments of the armies, with their commanders and insignia and strengths and equipments. Vollers, saddle‑flyers, cavalry and artillery are listed. Many men feature in the muster rolls. They make fascinating reading.
A.B.A.

[6]
Here Prescot gives the compositions of the armies, muster by muster, roll by roll. It is noticeable that many of the names he lists (many of which I have omitted) are no longer mentioned in his narrative after the battle. They do appear in the casualty lists. Evidently, the battle was far worse than he cares to tell us.