Chartile: Prophecy (46 page)

Both of Faeridae’s parents and one of her
brothers, were killed during a raid by the Kelsii soldiers when
their secret location within the mountain was discovered. Until
Princess Gemari helped to rebuild the abandoned mines, The Black
Diamonds were scattered after this attack, and worked in small
groups. Faeridae turned to Arnkatla and Esjani for assistance in
helping find new marriages for Gudvor’s remaining hasanas and a few
of her brothers who were not yet married.

Brande of the House of
Kymora:
Born the 8th day of Kalqar, Brande
was the fourth son of Kymora and her first hasana, Bairdir. Brande
was denied entry into the Kelsii Soldiers training program at the
age of fifteen. Ashamed, he ran away from home and lived on the
outskirts of the Belirian Forest close to the mountain for three
weeks. His brother, Kylani, found him, and told him about The Black
Diamonds. Both brothers worked as miners, and were able to falsify
their deaths in the accident that killed Faeridae’s parents. After
which, they worked quietly to bring more members into The Black
Diamonds.

Kylani of the House of
Kymora:
Born the 17th day of Kasmaqar,
Kylani was the third born son of Kymora and her third hasana,
Bairdir. Kylani’s two eldest brothers were accepted to train as
Kelsii Soldiers at a very young age, leaving Kylani to help his
father and his mother’s other hasanas to care for his other
brothers and baby sister.

Kylani showed an interest in medicine very
early, and began training under one of the Kelsii healers by the
age of twelve. This left him little time to spend at home. He felt
entirely responsible when his little brother, and best friend,
Brande, ran away from home a few years later. While looking for
clues to where his brother may have run off to, Kylani discovered
Isla dancing in an abandoned mine. They met secretly every day for
over a week, where she taught him about her beliefs and The Black
Diamonds. With Isla’s help, Kylani discovered Brande was living at
the base of the mountain in the Belirian Forest. He immediately
went after his brother, and convinced Brande to come back home with
the hopes of them joining The Black Diamonds.

Later, the brothers apprenticed within the
miners guild.

Kylani and Isla’s secret meetings continued
over the years.

Other Characters

- Parents –

Reagan DeHaven:
Reagan DeHaven received his PHD in Engineering
with a minor in Quantum Physics from Cambridge University. He moved
back to the United States to live with his parents, Marvin and
Darlene in their retirement home in Las Vegas. After being forced
to teach mathematics at a local community college, Reagan received
a job offer from NASA two years later. He met his wife while
working on their project, P905-Tes.

Emily DeHaven:
The adopted daughter of a successful casino
owner, Emily Ward (later DeHaven) was expected to take over the
family business. When she decided to change her business major to a
degree in Quantum Physics, the family disowned her, and she never
spoke to them again. She met her husband thirteen years later while
working for NASA on the P905-Tes project. Her family never knew she
married or had a child. When P905-Tes was cancelled, and Emily and
Reagan were dismissed from work, Emily immediately contacted
friends she had in France and found a job at CERN.

Heartbroken, Emily left her husband and son
behind, hoping to return to them one day.

David Hill:
David Hill was a software programmer that worked
from home, giving him the ability to take his daughter, Jessica, to
her specialty school in Michigan. He later went on to work for
Apple Corporation after his children had graduated high
school.

Susan Hill:
Susan Cancio (later Hill) was a dental hygienist
like her mother before her, working at the same dentist’s office
her mother had years ago. Her family had lived in Swansdale for
several generations. She and David did not leave until after Jayson
had bought their home from them when David was offered the job by
Apple Corporation. It was the first time Susan had ever been out of
the state of Ohio.

Carter Mitchel:
Carter Mitchel began drinking at fifteen years
old after suffering years of physical abuse from his alcoholic
father. Carter, unfortunately, followed in his father’s footsteps,
despite every effort not to be like his dad. Carter found a job at
a local gas station in Dover, Arkansas as a mechanic. He met his
wife, Karla, when her car was towed into the shop. She had been
travelling on a road trip across the country with her friends after
graduating from college. Karla and Carter fell in love at first
sight, and Karla never returned to her home in Maine.

After losing his job due to his alcoholic
tendencies, Karla was able to convince her husband to sober up.
They were quite successful for nearly a year. Unable to find good
work, however, the Mitchel’s decided to move to Ohio where there
were more automotive jobs available.

Karla Mitchel:
Karla Franklin (later Mitchel) was the youngest
of three sisters, and the only one to graduate college. Her family
had never supported her endeavors of wanting to waste her money on
a college education when she would have been perfectly secure in
money and life working at her family’s historical Bed and
Breakfast. But the tenacious young girl had other ideas.

She graduated at the top of her class, with
magna cum laude honors. After which, Karla took off with her
friends for a much needed escape. When their car broke down, Karla
met her husband, the young mechanic at the small gas station up the
road. Two years later, they were married with their first child,
Jack, on the way.

Karla knew about Carter’s drinking habits
from the very beginning of their relationship. However, she refused
to admit her family had been right about marrying “that redneck
boy”, and would not leave him. The one thing Karla hated was to be
proven wrong. She put up with Carter’s drinking and abuse for
fourteen years, despite her family giving her several options to
get out of the relationship many times.

Nevan Romilly:
Descended from a family of blacksmiths that had
lived in Outland Post for generations, Nevan Romilly met his wife,
Paria, the granddaughter of a successful scribe and herbalist from
The Rushing Reeds Province when Kaytah came to do a census of the
village and had brought her daughter along.

Paria Romilly:
Paria Chaudoin (later Romilly) was the daughter
of a palace scribe and local fisherman, and the granddaughter of a
palace scribe and herbalist from The Rushing Reeds Province. Paria
was mostly raised by her grandparents. Her father drowned in a
fishing accident when she was three years old. Her mother, Kaytah,
continued to work as a palace scribe, and traveled all over the
Elven territories of Chartile, sometimes bringing her daughter once
she was older.

Paria met Nevan while accompanying her
mother on a trip to Outland Post. Paria followed in her
grandmother’s footsteps as an herbalist, and was one of the main
healers in Outland Post, due to her knowledge and the little
village’s isolation.

Kaytah Chaudoin:
Kaytah was the daughter of a palace scribe and
his wife, a successful herbalist from The Rushing Reeds Province.
She decided to follow in her father’s footsteps and became a palace
scribe when she was twenty-one years old. Kaytah met her husband,
Patrin, and had married by the time she was seventeen.

Knowing her ambition to become a palace
scribe, Patrin cared for their daughter, Paria, and was happy to do
so. Patrin died in a fishing accident when Paria was three years
old, leaving his in-laws to care for Paria.

Kaytah’s father had lost his hand the year
before in a bear attack, and was able to help his wife not only
care for Paria, but help her to fill orders as the local
herbalist.

Kaytah retired from scribal work after the
accident in Outland Post concerning her granddaughter, Piper.
There, she took over as the healing woman in Outland Post, and
cared for Piper to the best of her ability from a distance.

-Dwarves-

Sintori:
Harasan of House Geofra and second husband,
Sintori worked as a historian at Mount Kelsii his entire
life.

Imohad:
Third Hasana of House Alofrah. Younger brother to
Elder Imohan of the Topaz Quarter of Mount Kelsii. Imohad worked as
a soldier his entire life.

Orctkar:
Son of Balla and her first hasana, Otkatir,
Orctkar should great interest in working with food from a young
age. He worked along the mountainside with some of the farmers when
he was an early teenager. Balla soon found him a job working in the
kitchens at Mount Kelsii. Orctkar went on to marry Neradah, and
became Harasan to her House.

Ketari: Ketari was the first daughter of
Nefiri’s second eldest brother, Kehara, but was considered too
rigid for selection in training toward Princesshood. Instead, she
decided she wanted to be a retainer. Shortly after that decision,
Gemari was chosen to train as Princess of Mount Kelsii, and it was
easily decided that Ketari should be her head retainer.

Ketari often helped her sister make
important decisions, but she often did not agree with her.

Frejah of the House of
Berkhildr of the Carnelian Quarter:
First
daughter of Berkhildr, a previous elder of the Carnelian Quarter.
Frejah always knew she wanted to be an elder. It took her some time
to decide whether she wanted to marry or not. Frejah had 2 hasanas
that outlived her. She had 3 sons and no daughters.

Ulfwyn of the House of
Hallvor of the Cobalt Quarter:
Second
daughter of Hallvor and her Harasan, Ulfrik. Ulfwyn never took any
husbands. Rumors say she bore one illegitimate child, but it was
never proven.

Queen Carendeil of the
House of Esjamourn:
Queen of the Tutarian
Mountains, Carendeil passed back to the stone from the Five Day
Fever when she had only recently been made Queen.

Goddess Rashiri:
Mother Goddess to the Dwarves. She hears the
prayers of the dwarves, and delivers them to the appropriate God or
Goddess, who then decides whether to act upon the request. She is
the protector of the dwarves, like a guardian angel.

Ygdalla of the House of
Dryfinal of the Amethyst Quarter:
Ygdalla
is the first daughter of Dryfinal and her Harasan, Yngvarr. Ygdalla
was an only child for many years, as her mother did not wish to
take anymore husbands. Ygdalla was raped by a soldier when she was
17 years old. From that point onward, Ygdalla decided to embrace
her femininity, and used the position of power she knew she held
only because of her being female to hurt anyone who tried to defy
her.

It was Isla who calmed Ygdalla’s rage and
anger, and showed her that not all men acted in such a way. Ygdalla
eventually supported her friend’s underground movement of getting a
male voice on the Council, but there was still a part of her that
wanted this only so she could prove how much better a woman was
than a man.

Ygdalla eventually married, but only took
one hasana, like her mother. She trusted her husband, and wasn’t
sure she could ever trust anyone else so wholly without the risk of
being hurt again.

Princess Thora:
Princess to Mount Kelsii. She passed in tragic
cave-in that killed her and her entire guard. Rumor and speculation
say it was due to her involvement with the Black Diamonds. Some
believe several Council Elders planned the accident, and
subsequently blamed the Black Diamonds. However, there is no proof
of this.

Goddess Verika:
The Goddess of Truth and Law

Imohan:
Daughter of Alofrah and her third hasana,
Imojarah. Elder of the Opal Quarter of the Tutarian
Mountains.

Jarvae:
Daughter of Jarlil and her second hasana, Torvae,
Jarvae is the elder of Garnet Quarter of the Tutarian Mountains.
She took a husband very early in life, and eventually took three
more. She was blessed with two daughters and seven sons, which gave
her a tremendous amount of power and influence within the Council
and the Royals.

Tagrin:
A soldier of Mount Kelsii. His brother was killed
in a sabotage by The Black Diamonds, and forever held the deepest
hatred toward the organization.

Maltori:
Second Hasana to the House of Arnfastah. Maltori
worked as a blacksmith for Mount Kelsii, often repairing the
soldier’s armor. He turned spy for The Black Diamonds after
overhearing a conversation from two colleagues. He later became an
informant for Princess Taraniz when he heard she wanted to bring
the dwarves under Elven law. Maltori always placed his bets with
the biggest fish.

Jentar:
A long-time supporter of The Black Diamonds.
Jentar learned his trade as a blacksmith and armorer, then faked
his death in a skirmish between the Mount Kelsii soldiers and a
group of Black Diamonds. Since that time, he has sold weapons and
weapon accessories to most of the rogue organization using the
connections he still had to those working in secret in Mount
Kelsii. He had begun to expand his reach into the Tutarian
Mountains in order to obtain other supplies with some of the
travelling merchants, and the Queen and Princess themselves. Jentar
never married, but eventually began a relationship with one of the
human slaves much later in life.