The Harrowing of Gwynedd (73 page)

JESSE
MacGregor, Lord—Deryni Master of Ebor; eldest son and heir of Earl Gregory; becomes a member of the Camberian Council.

JOACHIM
, Brother—Revan's chief Willimite disciple.

JODOTHA
of Carnedd—Deryni adept and disciple of the Great Orin. (
*
)

JOHN
, Brother—an alias of Evaine.

JOKAL
of Tyndour—a Deryni Healer-poet. (
*
)

JORAM
MacRorie, Father—youngest son of Camber; brother of Evaine; priest and knight of the Order of Saint Michael; a founding member of the Camberian Council.

JOREVTN
of Cashel—a Deryni adept-author. (
*
)

JURIS
, Dom—a fugitive Gabrilite Healer temporarily in Bishop Niallan's household.

KAI
Descantor, Bishop—Deryni itinerant bishop who died destroying the Portal in Valoret Cathedral's sacristy. (
*
)

KENRIC
, Dom—a fugitive Gabrilite temporarily in Bishop Niallan's household.

KINEVAN
, Dom Queron—
see Queron Kinevan, Dom
.

KITRON
—Deryni author of
Principia Magica
. (
*
)

KYRIELL
—Camber's name in religion. (
*
)

LEUTIERN
—a Deryni adept-author. (
*
)

LIOR
, Father—a priest of the
Custodes Fidei;
assistant to the Inquisitor General.

LIRIN
Udaut, Lady—twelve-year-old daughter of the Constable of Gwynedd and bride of Richard Murdoch.

M
ac
DARA
, Eamonn—a Mearan Deryni poet, author of “The Ghosting of Ardal L'Estrange.” (
*
)

M
ac
GREGOR
, Bishop Ailin—Hubert's Auxiliary Bishop at Valoret.

M
ac
INNIS
—
see Edward, Hubert
, and
Manfred MacInnis
.

M
ac
LEAN
—
see Adrian, Aislinn, Camlin, Fiona, Geoffrey, Giesele, Iain, Mairi
, and
Richeldis
.

M
ac
RORIE
—surname of Camber's family;
see Ansel, Camber, Cathan, Davin, Evaine
, and
Joram MacRorie
.

MAIRI
MacLean, Lady—widow of Adrian and mother of Camlin.

MANFRED
MacInnis, Lord—new Earl of Culdi and later a Regent of Gwynedd; elder brother of Archbishop Hubert and father of Bishop Edward.

MARCUS
Concannon, Father—Chancellor General of the
Custodes Fidei
, in charge of all seminaries and other institutions of education in Gwynedd.

MARK
of Festil, Prince—posthumous son of Imre and Ariella and carrier of the Festillic line after his parents' deaths. (
*
)

MICHAELA
Drummond—age 10; daughter of Elinor and Jamie.

MICHAELINES
—priests, knights, and lay brothers of the Order of Saint Michael, a militant fighting and teaching Order, predominantly Deryni, formed during the reign of King Bearand Haldane to hold the Anvil of the Lord against Moorish incursions and defend the sea-lanes; suppressed under the Regency of King Alroy.

MURDOCH
of Carthane, Lord—Earl of Carthane and one of young King Alroy's five regents.

NEVAN
, Bishop Davet—
see Davet Nevan, Bishop
.

NIALLAN
Trey, Bishop—outlawed Deryni Bishop of Dhassa; later, a member of the Camberian Council.

NICARET
—Deryni widow engaged as a wet nurse for Evaine's infant daughter Jerusha. (
*
)

NIEVE
Fitz-Arthur, Lady—Tammaron's countess and mother of four sons by him; widow of the late Earl of Tarleton, by whom she bore Peter (later known as Lord Albertus) and Paulin (of Ramos).

NORRIS
—a guard at Valoret, in Rhun's service.

O
'
BEIRNE
, Bishop Dermot—
see Dermot O'Beirne, Bishop
.

O
'
NEILL
, Lord Tavis—
see Tavis O'Neill, Lord
.

ORDO VERBI DEI
—Order of the Word of God.

ORDO VOX DEI
—Order of the Voice of God.

ORIEL
, Master—a Healer in the regents' service, particularly Hubert and Tammaron; wife and infant daughter held hostage for his good behavior.

ORIN
—Deryni adept and mystic; author of the
Protocols of Orin
, a collection of scrolls containing extremely potent spells of Deryni magic. (
*
)

ORISS
, Archbishop Robert—Archbishop of Rhemuth; former Vicar General of the
Ordo Verbi Dei
.

PARGAN
Howiccan—
see Howiccan, Porgan
.

PATRICK
, Brother—one of Revan's reformed Deryni Willimite disciples.

PAULIN
(Sinclair) of Ramos, Bishop—younger son of the Earl of Tarleton and stepson of Earl Tammaron; founder of the Little Brothers of Saint Ercon (912), a teaching order; first bishop of newly formed See of Stavenham, which office he resigns to found the
Custodes Fidei
.

QUERON
Kinevan, Dom—former Gabrilite Healer-priest and founder of the Servants of Saint Camber; later, a member of the Camberian Council.

RADAN
, Sir—a weapons master at Rhemuth Castle.

RAMSAY
, Captain—one of Hubert's men “baptized” by Revan.

REVAN
—lame former tutor to Rhys and Evaine's children; kingpin in the Camberian Council's attempt to save Deryni by blocking their Deryni powers.

RHUN
of Horthness, Lord—called The Ruthless; Earl of Sheele and one of young King Alroy's five regents.

RHYS MICHAEL
Alister Haldane, Prince—youngest surviving son of King Cinhil, age 10.

RHYS
Malachy Thuryn, Lord—deceased Deryni physician and Healer; husband to Evaine, father of Rhysel, Tieg, and Jerusha; a founding member of the Camberian Council. (
*
)

RHYSEL
Joscelyn Thuryn—eight-year-old daughter of Evaine and Rhys.

RICHELDIS
MacLean—age 13; niece of Iain, Earl of Kierney.

RICKART
, Dom—Gabrilite household Healer to Bishop Niallan.

ROBERT
Oriss, Archbishop—
see Oriss, Archbishop Robert
.

RONDEL
, Sir—a knight in Lord Manfred's service.

RUADAN
of Dhassa—Deryni author of the
Liber Sancti Ruadan
. (
*
)

SECORIM
, Father—Abbot of the Valoret chapter of the
Custodes Fidei
.

SERAFIN
, Brother—Inquisitor General of the
Custodes Fidei
.

SIGHERE
, Lord—Earl of Marley; uncle of Graham MacEwan.

SINCLAIR
—surname of the Earls of Tarleton.

SITRIC
—Rhun's second pet Deryni.

STEPHEN
, Father—a priest at Valoret Catheral.

SULIEN
of R'Kassi—ancient Deryni adept; author of
Annales
. (
*
)

SYLVAN
O'Sullivan—battle-surgeon/Healer in Gregory's household.

TAMMARON
Fitz-Arthur, Earl—Chancellor of Gwynedd; one of young King Alroy's five regents.

TAVIS
O'Neill—former Healer to Prince Javan, with ability to block Deryni powers; later, member of the Camberian Council.

THURYN
—surname of Rhys;
see Aidan, Evaine, Jerusha, Rhys, Rhysel
, and
Tieg
.

TIEG
Joram Thuryn—age 3; Healer-son of Rhys and Evaine.

TIERNAN
, Brother—a monk at St. Mary's in the Hills.

TORCUILL
de la Marche, Lord—Deryni baron dismissed from royal council post by regents.

TREY
, Bishop Niallan—
see Niallan Trey, Bishop
.

UDAUT
, Lord—Constable of Gwynedd.

URSIN
O'Carroll—Manfred's pet Deryni; former classmate of Tavis, and a failed Healer.

VARNARITES
—Deryni adepts and scholars who founded a proto-university at Grecotha, late 7th-early 8th century; the Gabrilite Order broke off pre-745.

WILLIAM
, Saint—child martyr to Deryni ill use; patron saint of the Willimite movement; younger brother of Saint Ercon.

WILLIAM
de Borgos, Lord—proprietor of the finest racing stud in the Eleven Kingdoms. (
*
)

WILLIMITES
—anti-Deryni terrorist group sworn to punish Deryni who escape justice through normal channels; mostly suppressed in 904 under King Imre, but resurging during the latter reign of King Cinhil as a fundamentalist religious sect bent on forcing Deryni to renounce their evil powers and take up a life of penance.

¹
A (*) indicates a character mentioned only in passing, possibly deceased.

APPENDIX II

INDEX OF PLACES

ALL SAINTS
'
CATHEDRAL
—seat of the Archbishop of Valoret, Primate of All Gwynedd.

ARNHAM
—birthplace of Bishop Edward MacInnis.

CAERRORIE
—Camber's principal residence as Earl of Culdi, a few hours' ride northeast of Valoret; now the seat of Manfred MacInnis, the new Earl of Culdi.

CARTHANE
—Murdoch's earldom.

CASHIEN
—episcopal See formerly held by Bishop Dermot O'Beirne.

CASSAN
—petty princedom ruled by Prince Ambert Quinnell.

CLAIBOURNE
—principal city of Old Kheldour; title of Ewan, Duke of Claibourne.

CONNAIT
, The—barbarian kingdom to the west, famous for its mercenaries.

COR CULDI
—hereditary ancestral seat of the Earls of Culdi, near the city of Culdi, on the Gwynedd-Meara border.

DHASSA
—free holy city in the Lendour Mountains; seat of the Bishop of Dhassa, who is politically neutral, by tradition.

DOLBAN
—site of the mother house of the Servants of Saint Camber, destroyed late 917.

EASTMARCH
—earldom held by Hrorik, middle son of Duke Sighere of Kheldour.

EBOR
—earldom north of Valoret, held by Gregory.

GRECOTHA
—university city, site of the Varnarite School; seat of the Bishop of Grecotha.

GWYNEDD
—central of the Eleven Kingdoms and hub of Haldane power since 645, when the first Haldane High King began to unify the area; seat of the Festillic Dynasty, 822–904; restored to the Haldane line in 904 with the accession of Cinhil Haldane.

HORTHNESS
—Barony of Rhun the Ruthless.

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

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

KHELDOUR
—small kingdom north of Gwynedd, famous for textiles and carpets.

KIERNEY
—earldom north of Culdi, loosely linked to the Crown of Gwynedd.

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

MARLEY
—small earldom carved out of Eastmarch for Sighere, youngest son of Duke Sighere.

MARLOR
—barony of Manfred MacInnis.

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

PORTEE
—site of a long-vanished Healers' schola.

RAMOS
—abbey town southwest of Valoret; birthplace of Paulin Sinclair; the Council of Ramos convened here in the winter of 917/918.

RHEMUTH
—ancient capital of Gwynedd under the Haldanes; abandoned during the Festillic Interregnum; restored under Cinhil and Alroy.

RHENDALL
—lake region north of Gwynedd; territorial title given to the heir of the Duke of Claibourne.

SAINT MARY
'
S IN THE HILLS
—isolated monastery in the highlands above Culdi where Joram and Evaine took refuge.

SAINT NEOT
'
S ABBEY
—stronghold of the Order of Saint Gabriel the Archangel, an all-Deryni esoteric order specializing in Healer's training; in the Lendour highlands; destroyed by troops led by the Regent Rhun on Christmas Eve, 917.

SHEELE
—Rhys and Evaine's manor house north of Valoret; later, seat of the Earldom of Sheele.

STAVENHAM
—episcopal See held briefly by Paulin of Ramos before founding the
Custodes Fidei
.

TARLEVILLE
—Earl Tammaron's estate on the Eirian River, several days' ride north of Rhemuth.

TEMPLUM ARCHANGELORUM
—long destroyed abbey with ancient esoteric antecedents, location unspecified.

TORENTH
—kingdom to the east of Gwynedd; origin of the Festillic line, a cadet branch of the Torenthi royal House; ruled by King Arion.

TREVALGA
—Earl Gregory's new estate in the Connait.

TRURILL
—castle of Lord Adrian MacLean, Master of Kierney; sacked by regents' forces winter 917/918.

VALORET
—Festillic capital of Gwynedd, 822–904.