The Quest for Saint Camber (68 page)

KILSHANE
, Earl of—known as the “Bonnie Earl,” subject of border ballads.

KYLAN
—an archer at Saint Kyriell's.

KYRI
, Lady—Deryni, around thirty, known as “Kyri of the Flame”; member of the Camberian Council.

LACHLAN
de Quarles, Bishop—Bishop of Ballymar, in Cassan; suspended for his part in the Mearan rebellion of 1123/24.

LAEL
, Father—Archbishop Cardiel's chaplain and battle-surgeon.

LAMBERT
MacArdry—one of Dhugal's older retainers.

LARAN
ap Pardyce, Lord—Deryni physician, sixteenth Baron Pardyce, about sixty; member of the Camberian Council.

LIAM
, King—middle son of Duke Lionel and Princess Morag, age ten; King of Torenth since the death of his elder brother, summer of 1123; Deryni.

LLEWELL
, Prince—younger son of the Pretender of Meara; executed at age fifteen for the murder of his sister Sidana.

LORIS
, Bishop Edmund—fanatically anti-Deryni former Archbishop of Valoret and Primate of Gwynedd; stripped of his offices and sent into forced seclusion by his fellow bishops in 1121, but escaped in 1124; executed for his part in rebellion led by Caitrin of Meara.

MACARDRY
—see
ARDRY, CAULAY, DHUGAL, MARYSE, MICHAEL, SI-CARD
.

MCLAIN
—see
DUNCAN, JARED, KEVIN
.

MAHAEL
, Duke—younger brother of the slain Lionel, and his ducal heir; regent, with Princess Morag, of the young King Liam.

MARYSE
MacArdry—eldest daughter of Caulay MacArdry; died 1108, age seventeen; wife of Duncan and mother of Dhugal.

MATTHIAS
MacArdry—one of Dhugal's retainers; thirtyish.

MERAUDE
, Duchess—Nigel's wife, and mother of Conall, Rory, Payne, and Eirian; sister of Saer de Traherne.

MICHAEL
, Brother—
coisrigte
or member of the priestly caste of the hill folk of Saint Kyriell's.

MICHAEL
MacArdry—second son of Caulay; died in 1119, age twenty-nine, leaving Dhugal the heir.

MIR
de Kierney, Bishop—one of the twelve itinerant bishops of Gwynedd, suspended for his part in the Mearan rebellion of 1123/24.

MORAG
, Princess—Deryni sister of Wencit of Torenth and widow of Lionel; mother of the current king, Liam, and Prince Ronal.

MORGAN
, Briony—see
BRIONY
Bronwyn de Morgan.

MORGAN
, Alaric Anthony—Deryni Duke of Corwyn and King's Champion, age thirty-four; cousin of Duncan McLain and husband of Richenda.

MORGAN
, Kelric—see
KELRIC
Alain Morgan.

NEVAN
d'Estrelldas, Bishop—one of the twelve itinerant bishops of Gwynedd, captured in arms and suspended for his part in the Mearan rebellion of 1123/24.

NIGEL
Cluim Gwydion Rhys Haldane, Prince—Duke of Carthmoor and Brion's younger brother, age thirty-eight; Kelson's uncle and Heir Presumptive.

NIVARD
, Father John—one of several young secretly Deryni priests ordained by Arilan.

PAYNE
, Prince—Nigel's youngest son, age ten; royal page.

RANDOLPH
, Master—Morgan's physician at Coroth.

RASOUL
ibn Tarik, Al—Moorish emissary of the Court of Torenth.

RATHOLD
, Lord—Morgan's chamberlain and master of wardrobe at Coroth.

RAYMER
de Valence, Bishop—one of the twelve itinerant bishops of Gwynedd, suspended for his part in the Mearan rebellion of 1123/24.

RHIDIAN
—young Deryni woman, member of the Quorial of Saint Kyriell's.

RHODRI
, Lord—Kelson's chamberlain at Rhemuth.

RICHENDA
, Duchess—widow of Bran Coris, Earl of Marley, and mother of the current earl, their son Brendan; now wife of Morgan, mother of his daughter Briony, and carrying his son; Deryni; age twenty-six.

ROBERT
of Tendall, Lord—Morgan's chancellor at Coroth.

ROGER
, Earl of Jenas—one of Kelson's retainers.

RONAL
, Prince—Deryni younger brother of the current King of Torenth, age seven.

RORY
, Prince—middle son of Prince Nigel, age fifteen.

ROTHANA
, Lady—novice nun at Saint Brigid's, age seventeen; Deryni; daughter of Emir Nur Hallaj and related to Richenda by marriage.

SAGART
—dead
coisrigte
or member of the priestly caste at Saint Kyriell's.

SHANDON
, Father—Duncan's young priest assistant.

SICARD
MacArdry, Lord—younger brother of Caulay, Dhugal's great-uncle, and husband to Caitrin, the Pretender of Meara; killed on the field at Dorna by Kelson.

SIDANA
, Princess—daughter of Caitrin and Sicard; briefly, wife of Kelson; killed on her wedding day, age fourteen, by her brother Llewell.

SIWARD
, Bishop—Bishop of Cardosa.

SOFIANA
—Deryni; sovereign Princess of Andelon, and Richenda's aunt; member of the Camberian Council.

SYLVIE
—Rothana's Jacan maid.

TAGAS
, Father—Morgan's chaplain at Coroth.

THOMAS
, Earl of Carcashale—present holder of the lands of Caerrorie.

TIERCEL
de Claron—Deryni, in his mid-twenties; youngest member of the Camberian Council; secretly instructing Conall.

TOLLIVER
, Bishop Ralf—Bishop of Coroth, age fifty-two.

TRAHERNE
, Saer de—Earl of Rhenndall and brother of Meraude, Nigel's duchess.

VANISSA
—Conall's mistress, with child by him.

VIVIENNE
, Lady—Deryni; elderly co-adjutor of the Camberian Council.

WARIN
de Grey—self-appointed messiah who formerly believed himself divinely designated to destroy all Deryni; has healing power that does not seem to come from Deryni sources.

WENCIT
of Torenth, King—Deryni sorcerer-King of Torenth and scion of the Festillic claim to the Gwynedd throne; slain by Kelson at Llyndruth Meadows in 1121.

WOLFRAM
de Blanet, Bishop—Bishop of Grecotha.

APPENDIX II

INDEX OF PLACE NAMES

ALL SAINTS' CATHEDRAL
—seat of the Archbishop of Valoret and Primate of Gwynedd, now Bradene of Grecotha.

ARJENOL
—duchy east of Torenth; held, since the death of Lionel, by his brother Mahael.

BALLYMAR
—newly created coastal see in northern Cassan, seat of Bishop Lachlan de Quarles.

CANDOR RHEA
—field outside Rhemuth where King Brion was slain; also site of a sacred well.

CARBURY
—north of Valoret, the former episcopal see of Bishop Creoda, now transferred to Culdi.

CARCASHALE
—an earldom in northern Gwynedd, whose present incumbent also holds Caerrorie.

CARTHANE
—a small earldom in Gwynedd.

CASHIEN
—newly created see on the Gwynedd-Connait border, seat of Bishop Belden of Erne.

CASSAN
—duchy of Duncan McLain since the death of his father, encompassing the Earldom of Kierney and bordering the Mearan Protectorate.

CAERRORIE
—original burial place of Camber MacRorie.

CORWYN
—duchy of Alaric Morgan, in the southeast of Gwynedd.

CÙILTEINE
—marcher holding south of Droghera, near Saint Brigid's.

CULDI
—site of the synod to elect a new Bishop of Meara in 1123, and the see of the suspended Bishop Creoda.

DESSE
—a port town on the river south of Rhemuth.

DHASSA
—free holy city and seat of Bishop Denis Arilan; known for its woodcraft and the shrines of its patron saints, Torin and Ethelburga, that guard its approaches south and north.

DOLBAN
—formerly the mother house of the Servants of Saint Camber and site of a shrine to him.

DORNA
—the plain where Duncan finally found Sicard's army.

EASTMARCH
—former earldom of Ian Howell; ceded to the Crown on his death and subsequently given to Burchard de Varian to reward his loyalty in the Torenth War.

ELEVEN KINGDOMS
—ancient name for the entire area including and surrounding Gwynedd.

FIANNA
—wine-growing county across the Southern Sea.

FORCINN BUFFER STATES
—group of independent principalities south of Torenth, including Nur Hallaj.

GRECOTHA
—university city, former site of the Varnarite School; seat of Bishop Wolfram de Blanet.

GRELDER
—Pass, High—pass leading from Saint Bearand's Abbey, northeast of Caerrorie, down to the Iomaire plain.

GWYNEDD
—central and largest of the Eleven Kingdoms, held by the Haldanes of Gwynedd since 645.

IOMAIRE
, Plain of—former site of a shrine marking the place where Camber MacRorie fell in battle.

JENAS
—a Gwynedd earldom.

KILSHANE
—ancient coastal earldom bordering Transha.

KHELDISH RIDING
—northeastern portion of the old Kingdom of Kheldour, famous for its weavers.

KIERNEY
—earldom and secondary holding of the Dukes of Cassan, now held by Duncan McLain.

LAAS
—ancient capital of Meara.

LLYNDRUTH MEADOWS
—grasslands at the foot of the Cardosa Defile; site of the final confrontation between Kelson and Wencit of Torenth.

MARBURY
—seat of Ifor, Bishop of Marbury, in Marley.

MARLEY
—former earldom of Bran Coris, now held by his son Brendan, under the regency of Richenda and Morgan.

MEARA
—formerly a sovereign principality, now a possession of the Crown of Gwynedd, west of Gwynedd.

PURPLE MARCH
, The—meadowlands north of Rhemuth; one of the Lordships of the Crown of Gwynedd.

RAMOS
—site of the infamous Council of 917, which ruled stringent measures forbidding Deryni to enter the priesthood, hold office own property, etc.

RATHARKIN—
new capital of Meara after the union of Meara and Gwynedd in 1025, and seat of the Bishop of Meara.

RHEMUTH—
capital city of Gwynedd, called “the beautiful,” and seat of the Archbishop of Rhemuth, now Thomas Cardiel.

RHENNDALL
—mountainous earldom in the southern portion of old Kheldour, famous for the blueness of its lakes; held by Saer de Traherne, brother of Duchess Meraude.

R'KASSI
—desert kingdom south and east of the Hort of Orsal, famous for its blooded horses.

SAINT BEARAND'S ABBEY
—abbey at the foot of the High Grelder Pass, near Caerrorie.

SAINT BRIGIDS ABBEY
—Rothana's abbey in the Mearan border area, sacked by Prince Ithel in 1124.

SAINTGEORGE'S CATHEDRAL
—seat of the Archbishop of Rhemuth, now Thomas Cardiel.

SAINT HILARY'S BASILICA
—ancient royal basilica within the walls of Rhemuth Castle, of which Duncan is rector.

SAINT KYRIELL'S
—lost village in the hills north and east of Caerrorie where some of the Servants of Saint Camber went into voluntary exile after the enforcement of the Statutes of Ramos.

TORENTH
—major kingdom east of Gwynedd, now ruled by regents for the boy King Liam, nephew of the late King Wencit.

TRANSHA
—seat of Dhugal MacArdry, Earl of Transha, in the border marches between Kierney and the Purple March.

VALORET
—old capital of Gwynedd during the Interregnum, and seat of the Archbishop of Valoret (and Primate of Gwynedd), Bradene.

APPENDIX III

PARTIAL LINEAGE OF HALDANE KINGS