Chartile: Prophecy (47 page)

Aerndis:
The first daughter of a wealthy family in the
Ruby Quarter, Aerndis had taken 2 husbands by the time she was 31,
and the other two followed suit shortly thereafter. She had 2
daughters and 13 sons. She had great influence within the Ruby
Quarter, often bribing and manipulating whomever held the Elder
seat of her quarter at that time.

Aeris:
The second daughter of a wealthy family in the Ruby Quarter,
Aeris was nearly the opposite of her older sister, Aerndis. She
married late in life, having only 2 husbands, 4 sons and no
daughters. Aeris’s first husband was recruited to the ranks of the
Black Diamonds as an inside source within the Palace Guards early
in his career, and confided this to Aeris shortly after their
marriage. They quietly supported the efforts of the Black Diamonds,
and Aeris worked hard to undermine all her sister attempted to do
to further the cause of executing all of the Black
Diamonds.

Lynden of Lynhldr:
The sole survivor of a tragic altercation between
the soldiers of Mount Kelsii and The Black Diamonds in the Ruby
Quarter. The incident mostly surrounded the third hasana of the
House of Lynhldr discovering his wife and her other husbands had
been working with The Black Diamonds. He coordinated an attack on
the household, but told the family at the last moment, hoping they
could all flee into the Belirian Forest and start a new life
elsewhere. The soldiers attacked before they could leave. Lynden
hid inside a cabinet during the altercation. She watched her entire
family slaughtered through the crack between the doors.

Halil Commander of the Guard: Harasan of The
House of Isanorah of the Amber Quarter. Halil was father to 1
daughter and 2 sons. He held his position as Commander of the Guard
(giving instruction to all of the soldiers and palace guards in
Mount Kelsii) into his 60’s, until he finally retired once he
developed something similar to kidney stones.

-Elves-

Princess Taraniz:
Born the 14th day of Ansalvar. First born
daughter of King Aramor and Queen Runa, Taraniz Anirya was quite a
normal young girl. She liked pretty things, especially shoes and
bracelets, and had a pet cat at one time. Taraniz began having
strange dreams when she was twelve years old. She would wake up
screaming, and still see images before her that no one else could
see. By the time she was thirteen, she had fallen into a great
depression, and had become cold and bitter.

Taraniz attempted to confide in her father
the voice in her mind and the darkness she fought every day. Aramor
was afraid, and shunned her. Taraniz became angry. She felt
betrayed and abandoned, as Valar had since left several months
before with no explanation as to why. Her fear became anger, and
Duke Noraedin’s soul within her was able to grow and feed from her
anger. At times, Taraniz felt powerful, and longed for greater
control over the amazing things the voice in her mind could do with
magic.

Soon, however, Taraniz began losing moments
of time. She could not remember what day it was, or how she had
gotten to a particular place. She could no longer remember what she
had been doing even moments before, though it had actually been
hours. When the hours turned to days, Taraniz began fighting the
voice in her mind with what little strength she had left.

Taraniz came to enough to read several
documents the voice in her mind was trying to block her from
reading. They said she had a twin sister. Having recently heard of
an incident in Outland Post involving a girl her age, Taraniz was
determined to discover if this person perhaps could tell her who
her sister was by using some form of magic. Duke Noraedin took over
her quest after she had called the orders to ride to Outland Post,
and she did not come to again for several days until they were
nearly back to the Elven Palace.

Taraniz did want to bring the dwarves and
elves under one rule. Her hope was that by integrating some of the
more “magical” and “mystical” practices of the dwarves into the
elven culture, her people would one day become more open to
allowing the practice of magic under intense restriction and
supervision. It was how she had hoped to rid herself of the
darkness in her mind. Had Taraniz lived, she and Piper would have
clashed over this point, and there would have been a struggle for
the throne.

King Aramor:
The only child of the late King Armon and Queen
Eleanor, Aramor always knew he would be king. He had no cousins,
and few uncles and aunts.

Aramor gave little thought to becoming king
until his father died of River Lung (similar to our pneumonia).
Having little experience with leading his people, Aramor looked
heavily to his mother for guidance.

The Conclave was losing faith in Aramor.
Talks of finding Queen Eleanor a second husband to be king were
rampant. Queen Eleanor arranged the marriage between Aramor and
Runa, daughter of the Lord and Lady or Harpy’s Point, in the hopes
it would settle her son and lead him to be more responsible. The
kindhearted spirit of Lady Runa was well known across all of the
Elven territories. It was for the love of Runa that kept the
Conclave from mutiny.

Queen Runa:
Lady Runa Elisa Vouclaine was the daughter of the
Lord and Lady of Harpy’s Point. Due to the climate of Harpy’s point
being so close to a very large lake, it is ideal for growing many
of the herbs needed for medicines.

After accompanying her father on a several
week long trek for his tournament season, Runa saw the need to get
these much needed herbs into the hands of the other surrounding
towns and villages.

Runa accompanied her father on his next
tournament season, and distributed herbs to ever surrounding
village and town she could travel to while her father fought in the
competitions. She taught some of the healers how to use some of the
herbs they had never seen before, and how to grow them outside of
the ideal Harpy’s Point environment.

Runa was only seventeen when this all
occurred. She asked her mother to commission the Conclave of Nobles
for a better road to be built from Harpy’s Point to the main road
so they could get stored herbs to other towns more quickly during
times of illness.

Queen Eleanor was not blind to the great
deeds being done by Lady Runa. She arranged the marriage between
Runa and Aramor when Runa was 19 years old.

Duke Noraedin:
Brother of King Pasalphathe, and one of the most
powerful wielders of magic within Chartile at the time. Noraedin
was also a great alchemist. Some believe he poisoned his own
parents to try at attain the throne. Noraedin was able to bring
many elves (and humans) under his banner as the rightful
king.

King Florine:
One of the last known Dwarvik male royals.
Florine helped to establish a basic system of writing that could be
used between the races, and a mutual form of justice when dealing
with interracial crimes.

King Jenemar:
King Jenemar (of Elven decent) negotiated with
Duke Noraedin for the meeting to call peace between their warring
parties. If a settlement could not be made, it was then discussed
to use the orenite circlet to kill Noraedin. King Jenemar, however,
did vote against this, but the rest of the Kings of Chartile were
in favor.

King Kasmalin:
The last known merfolk royal. Little is known
about Kasmalin. Many believed he was far more intelligent than his
other fellow kings, and had far greater magical abilities. However,
he chose not to use his magic often, or in great capacities, and
took a stance of neutrality most of the time. Kasmalin slowly faded
away into history. There is no known record of his death, or where
he went after the death or Noraedin.

King Pasalphathe:
The last king of the human race. When Noraedin
fell, and order was brought to Chartile once more, Pasalphathe was
eventually put into orenite cuffs and faded away into
history.

Tathias:
An Elven soldier, manipulated by Noraedin to work
in secret with the dwarves in order to infiltrate Mount Kelsii.
Taraniz (under Noraedin’s control) had killed Tathias’s family.
Tathias was manipulated to do Noraedin’s bidding in order to join
his family in the afterlife.

Brodrick Garrison:
The son of a local vinter in Cannondole. Brodrick
did not sit idly by and live off his parent’s coin. Brock was
always extremely ambitious, even at a very young age. He did odd
jobs for the merchants and business owners in Cannondole, including
delivering medicines from the local apothecary, and caring for the
horses and stable at The Glass Lantern.

Atana:
Second daughter of the owners of The Glass Lantern. Atana is
much smarter than she appears to be. At first.

Krista:
Beck-and to the Lord of Cannondole.

Sister Theodora:
One of the Sisters of the Chantry of Canna. She
particularly likes to garden.

Sister Marta: One of the Sisters of the
Chantry of Canna. She likes to read and write.

Mattimore Roux:
A first rate rogue. Mattimore earns his coin at
various jobs, and just as quickly spends it away. He has traveled
all over Chartile, and has been caught by the local soldiers of
several towns for stealing or fighting. His most recent antics of
attempting to walk onto the palace grounds rather drunk, with the
intention of marrying Princess Taraniz, landed him in the palace
dungeons.

Duke Ewan of Rushing Reeds
Province:
A distant uncle to King
Aramor.

Lady Evanora, Runa’s
Grandmother:
Part of Piper/ Eva Ruani’s
namesake. Evanora had an illegitimate relationship with one of her
beck-and’s, and pawned the child off as her husband’s. Evanora’s
husband died only a few years later, and the truth came to light
with close family only.

Leland, Captain of the
Guard:
Leland took command of the soldiers
of the palace, and the movements of the elven armies when Taraniz
(under the influence of Noraedin) killed the previous Captain.
Leland was rather young for the position, but did well for himself,
especially after Piper took the throne.

-Other-

Mr. Darrow:
History unknown

Beck-ands:
Short for Beck-and-Calls, the name given to human
slaves.

Jessica Hill:
Jayson Hill’s younger sister. Jessica graduated
her school for the arts at the age of 16. She studied acting for
several years, but eventually went back to school for a psychiatric
degree.

Stephanie Mitchel:
Jack Mitchel’s younger sister.

Ms. Pince:
One of the librarians at the Swansdale Public
Library. She dedicated her life to the library, and was constantly
passed over for promotions for one reason or another.

George Potts:
Alias given to Dimitri by Brodric
Garrision.

Uncle Rob:
Jack’s Uncle. Married to Kiera, Jack’s mother’s
sister.

Aunt Kiera:
Jack’s Aunt. His mother’s sister.

The Council of the
Elders:
A group of individuals, each
representing a different Quarter of either Mount Kelsii or The
Tutarian Mountains. Each person is elected by those residing in
each Quarter.

The Conclave of
Nobles:
Each region within the Elven
territory of Chartile is represented by a Lord, Duke or Baron.
These individuals convene and meet to advise the Royals on matters
of State. Though they hold no real power, the King and Queen often
defer to what the Conclave wishes to keep the peace.

Chartilian Wheel of the
Year

The Chartilian year consists of ten months,
most of which are named for past kings and ancient leaders. There
are 21-23 days in each month, the longest months being in
Winter.

Chartile has a very wet Spring and a long
Summer. The change from Autumn to Winter occurs rapidly, leading to
high amounts of snow in the month of Rhidqar, followed by extreme
cold and ice in the month of Murenvar.