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Gunther Ulrich

**Gunther Ulrich** is a Lupine and the Alpha of the Gerwulf Pack of the Southern Lupine Territories. He is the father of Diana, Jarod, and Kendra.

## Physical Description

Gunther is a huge, muscular man with a broad chest. He has fiery amber eyes, a proud chin, a dominating aura, broad hands, and golden hair. His beard is shot through with gray on the sides. He has long canine teeth. He strongly resembles his daughter Diana. He has a deep, rumbling laugh. His voice is full of authority.

## Personality

As an Alpha, Gunther is confident leader. Elloren Gardner says he "radiates the most commanding presence she's ever witnessed." He clearly loves his children and is very proud of them.

## Biography

### The Iron Flower

Gunther arrives at Verpax University with his family and four guards for Founder's Day. He is introduced to Rafe Gardner by Diana. Rafe offers his kill, a turkey, to Gunther, and then recites his lineage all the way back to Styvius Gardner, as is Lupine custom. Gunther asks if Rafe finds his daughter "exotic." Rafe replies that he finds Diana to "be something of a kindred spirit." Rafe is able to win over Gunther. He then introduces Trystan and Elloren to the group. When Uncle Edwin arrives, Rafe introduces him to the Lupines. Then Gunther and Rafe go off to the woods.

Gunther, and the rest of the Lupines except for Diana and Jarod, are ruthlessly and horrifically murdered by Marcus Vogel and the Shadow Wand.

## Powers & Abilities

As a Lupine, Gunther's most formidable power is his ability to shapeshift between his wolf and human forms. He is immune to wand magic. He has superior senses, no matter which form he is in. He can smell the emotions of others, including levels of attraction people have for each other. His sense of smell is sensitive enough to distinguish a person's blood. He can also hear across large distances. He is viciously strong.

## Memorable Quotes

* "It's long been my view that a person's appearance often reveals little about their true character. I am quite willing to believe there may be more to you than meets he eye. Perhaps time will tell, eh?" - Gunther to Elloren Gardner

## References

1. ↑ *The Iron Flower*: page 115
2. ↑ *The Iron Flower*: page 121
3. ↑ *The Iron Flower*: pages 122-123
4. ↑ *The Iron Flower*: page 119
Ishkartan

**Ishkartans** are assassins from Ishkartaan in the the Eastern Realm.

## Physical Description

They dress all in black and have glowing gold runes. They paint their faces with black runes, line their eyes with kohl and paint their lips blue. The southern Ishkartan have dark brown skin and wear golden rune-marked headwrappings. The Issani, who are the northern Ishkartan, are blond with pale skin.

## Culture

They keep pit dragons. They are known for creating a fabric called Iskhartan goldweave. It's a black silk that lights up red and yellow as it moves. Flame-gold is worked right in the weave. It's very fine and very rare. All the Ishkart highborn wear gold clothing. The Northern Ishkart people call themselves the Issani.

## Powers & Abilities

The Ishkartan use magic through the power of runes and are become rune-sorcerers. Ishkartan runestones are black onyx with golden runes etched into them. Ishkartan runes are golden in color and are made of graceful spiraling patterns. The Ishkart's seers are stick soothsayers. They cast wooden lots.

## Known Members

* Andras Volya
* Astrid Volya
* Konnor
* Zeymir Nyvor
* Na'bee Nyvor
* Wyla
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Malkyn Bane

**Malkyn Bane** is Fallon Bane's father. He is a military commander in the Gardnerian military.

## Physical Description

Malkyn is tall and broad-shouldered. He has icy-green eyes, black hair, and pale skin with an emerald shimmer. His voice is deep and resonant. His eyes are "large and frigid green, every color of green in pale alternating lines, like ice picks."

## Personality

Malkyn is a cruel man who takes great pleasure in murdering Kelts. He targets Tessla Harrow because he thinks she slept with a Kelt. He is malicious and xenophobic. He enjoys killing. He also likes making others feel frightened, especially girls.

## Biography

### Wandfasted

Malkyn is a soldier in the Gardnerian Army. He is part of the resuce of Gardnerians from Doveshire, Keltania, along with Vale Gardner and Fain Quillen. While he outranks Vale in the Army, his magic does not.

Malkyn becomes wandfasted to Genna Thorne.

### The Black Witch

Malkyn Bane has attained a great deal of Council influence.

## Powers & Abilities

Malkyn is a powerful Level Five Mage whose affinity lines are for water, which takes the form of ice. He also has an affinity for wind. His affinity feels "sacagely cold, and crawls over a person like a creeping frost."
Za'yalor Nyvor

**Za'yalor Nyvor**, or **Za'ya** for short, is a Smaragdalfar Elf. She is a member of the Resistance.

## Physical Description

Za'ya has green scaled skin that sends off a luminous shimmer. She has pointy ears rimmed with golden hoops, and her hair is a deeper green than her scales. Her eyes are a dazzling silver. Her aura is a glittering green. She wears a deep green tunic and pants marked with glowing green runes. Her long, emerald hair is gathered in a large swath of yellow fabric marked with golden Ishkartan runes.

## Personality

Za'ya is brave, fierce, and incredibly kind and understanding. She is very religious.

## Biography

### Early History

Za'ya rescued herself from the Alfsigr-controlled sublands. She escaped from the mines and went to work forging runes for an Ishkartan smithery that Zeymir's family owned. He caught her fabricating weapons to smuggle back to her people, but instead of turning her in, Za'ya convinced him to join her cause instead.

Za'ya and Zeymir fell in love. They traveled to Issani territory because it was the only place that would allow them to marry. While they were there, they met Wyla who begged for help. The only way they could rescue her was by having Zeymir marry her as well. Za'ya and Zeymir have viewed Wyla as a daughter ever since. Later on they had a son named Na'bee.

### Light Mage

Za'ya is in Verpax City with her lover Zeymir Nyvor, their young son Na'bee, and their friend Wyla. They own and operate a smithy. The group takes in and protects Sage Gaffney when she flees from her family and her fastmate Tobias Vassilis.

## Powers & Abilities

Za'ya is an incredibly powerful rune-sorceress and a fierce rune-warrior.
Alkaia

**Alkaia** is the Queen of the Amaz.

## Physical Description

Queen Alkaia is very elderly. "Her skin is deep green, her ears are swiftly pointed, and her white hair is styled in stiff, sculptured loops that grace her head like a curling crown." She has shrewd emerald eyes with a piercing gaze. She's heavily adorned with black metallic piercings and black rune-tattoos that swirl all over her deeply lined face. She appears frail, but is anything but. Her hands are trembling and gnarled. Her voice is deep, wizened, and heavily accented.

## Biography

### The Iron Flower

Queen Alkaia meets with Elloren and hears her request for military aid in rescuing the Selkies. She decides to grant her request, and the Selkies are rescued.

Queen Alkaia has been letting in a certain number of refugees fleeing the Western Realm each month. But they aren't allowed to bring any of their male family members as males are not allowed on Amaz lands.

## Powers & Abilities

She is an immennsely powerful rune-sorceress. She is also a highly skilled and trained warrior, although her age means she no longer fights. She speaks multiple languages, including the Common Tongue.

## Memorable Quotes

* "Sometimes the truth requires strong words. And even stronger actions."
* "May I suggest, Alcippe, that if you wish to take revenge upon this girl's family, the best way to do so would be by letting her live." - Alkaia about Elloren

## References

1. ↑ *The Iron Flower*: page 337
2. ↑ *The Shadow Wand*: page 576
3. ↑ *The Iron Flower*: page 342
Lupine Territories

**The Lupine Territories** are located to the north and south of Gardneria and are home to the Lupines.

## Description

The Lupine Territories are heavily forested areas. They are named the Northern and Southern Lupine Territories, and are led by the Northern Lupine Pack and the Southern Lupine Pack.

## Government

The government of the Lupine Territories is run by pack formation. The leading pack for the Northern Territories is the Gerwulf pack.

## Notable Inhabitants

* Gunther Ulrich
* Daciana Ulrich
* Kendra Ulrich
* Diana Ulrich
* Jarod Ulrich
Wandfasted

## External Links

 Wandfasted on Amazon

 Wandfasted on Goodreads

**Wandfasted** is a prequel to *The Black Witch*, and part of The Black Witch Chronicles by Laurie Forest. It is also part of *The Rebel Mages*.

## Synopsis

Twenty years before Elloren Gardner enrolled at the illustrious Verpax University, Erthia was rent asunder during the devastating Realm War. When Tessla Harrow is driven from her home by the fighting, she discovers a depth of power she never knew she had... and an irresistible draw towards Vale Gardner, the son of the most powerful mage her people have ever known – the Black Witch.

## Plot

Tessla Harrow is a Gardnerian Mage living in a world filled with Kelts who want to kill her. We open on Tessla is in the market, trying to sell her herbal remedies in order to get enough money to leave town. She can feel violence brewing, and she wants to get her family as far away as she can before they become targets.

In Chapter 2, we meet Teslla's best friend Jules Kristian who is studying magic at the University. We learn that Jules is in love with Tessla and wants to wandfast to her, but she doesn't feel the same about him.

Kelts storm into the market with a cart full of bound and gagged Gardnerians, is that she is a day late. Jules helps her run but they’re too late, and they are captured by Kelts who take them to the main camp, presumably to be executed. She is thrown in a barn with all the other captives, where she finds out her grandfather and sick little brother Wren are also being held.

## Chapters

Prologue

1. Front Lines
2. Jules Kristian
3. Prisoner
4. The Wand of Power
5. Wandshield
6. Lightning Mage
7. Affinity
8. Vale Gardner
9. The Black Witch
10. The Dryad
11. Untethered
12. Wandfasting
13. Lower River Girl
14. Level Five Mage
15. Rigid Lines
16. Staen'en
17. Ironflowers
18. Embroidery
19. Predator
20. Mages
21. Sanguin'in
22. Voltic Sea
23. Home
24. Blue Lightning
25. Valgard
26. Kindred Lines
27. Weapons
28. Alone
29. The Selkie
30. Runehawk
31. Fire

Epilogue

## Characters

* Tessla Harrow
* Wrenfir Harrow
* Bartholomew Harrow
* Jules Kristian
* Carnissa Gardner
* Vale Gardner
* Edwin Gardner
* Vyvian Damon
* Fain Quillen
* Lucretia Quillen
* Malkyn Bane
* Genna Thorne
* Myles Richard
* Rosebeth Richard
* Nils Arden
* Lucian Talin
* Mistress Darrow
* Edgard Darrow
* Brandon
* Gerrig
* Colton
* Cor'vyyn
* Mage Krell
* Mage Cooke
* Mage Gullin
* Roland
* Orik
* Daisie
* Gramm
* Karvar
* Mage Aniliese
* Priest Alfex
* Bron Scullor
* Beck Keeler
* Margryt Keeler
* Gareth Keeler
* Ray
* Senal'lyn
* Annel'lin
* Oralyrr
Josef Klinmann

**Josef Klinmann** is a Gardnerian who teaches Advanced Mathematics at Verpax University.

## Physical Description

Professor Klinmann has pale skin with an emerald shimmer, black hair, and cool green eyes. He wears the forest green robes of the Verpax University professors. He has a calm voice.

## Personality

Professor Klinmann is cordial but rigid. He has as cruel bitterness in his eyes whenever he looks at anyone of another race. He is incredibly hurtful towards Ariel especially, pretending like she does not exist even when she's talking directly to him. He appears amused by his own cruelty.
Julia Whelan

Julia Whelan Photo from Penguin Publisher

**Julia Whelan** is the narrator for the main series audiobooks in The Black Witch Chronicles.

## Biography

Julia comes from Oregon. She caught the acting bug, at age 6, after traveling to Ashland for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Her film debut was in Fifteen and Pregnant (1998) with Kirsten Dunst. She has since appeared in Once and Again (1999) and, most notably, The Secret Life of Zoey (2002). Recently, Julia has had guest roles on Dr. Vegas (2004) and Clubhouse (2004).

Having narrated over 400 audiobooks in all genres, Whelan is, by industry standards, considered one of the top narrators recording today. She’s repeatedly featured on Audiofile Magazine’s annual Best-Of Lists. She was named Audible’s Narrator of the Year in 2014 and is a Grammy-nominated audiobook director. She has acquired multiple Audies and SOVAS (Society of Voice Arts) Awards, including for the performance of her own novel, My Oxford Year. She has won dozens of Earphone Awards, The Audie Award for Best Female Narrator of 2019, and was presented with Audiofile Magazine’s Lifetime Achievement Golden Voice Award in 2020. She attributes her distinctive style of narration to her ongoing passion for literature fueled by her decades of acting experience.

## Reviews

* Review of The Black Witch Audiobook on Audiofile Magazine
* Review of The Iron Flower Audiobook on Audiofile Magazine
* Review of The Shadow Wand Audiobook on Audiofile Magazine
* Golden Voice Narrator-Julia Whelan on Audiofile Magazine

## External links

* Julia Whelan (@justjuliawhelan) on Instagram
* Julia Whelan at the Internet Movie Database
* Julia Whelan on Twitter
* Julia Whelan on Audible
* Julia Whelan's Audiofile Magazine

## References

1. ↑ IMDb: Julia Whelan
2. ↑  Audiofile Magazine
Freyja

**Freyja** is a high-ranking Amaz warrior.

## Physical Description

Freyja is young. She has hazel skin with black hair and pointed ears. She has stern eyes. She's lean in build and carries a rune-axe with her. She wears the uniform of the Amaz soldiers, a crimson military tunic emblazoned with glowing scarlet runes, black pants, and boots. She also wears a dark winter cloak lined with black fur secured over her shoulders.

## Biography

### The Iron Flower

Clive Soren tells Elloren and Yvan to seek out Freyja among the Amaz to help rescue the Selkies.

Freyja is leading the group of Amaz warriors who intercept Elloren and her friends at the border to the Amaz lands. Freyja asks Elloren what her quest is. Elloren replies that she wishes to meet with the Amaz queen to petition her for help in freeing the Selkies before the Mage Council decides to kill all of the Selkies in the Western Realm. Freyja decides to grant Elloren, Diana, Marina, and Ni Vin their request, but Elloren is to remain under close guard. The group then travels to Cyme.

Freyja is carrying on a somewhat-secret relationship with Clive Soren. This is against Amaz culture, but while everyone knows about it, they tolerate it as long as Freyja never admits that her "hunting trips" are actually trips to see him. Were Freyja to admit this, she would be exiled from Amaz lands.

## Trivia

* Freyja tells Elloren the first time they meet that she knows Fallon Bane is not the Black Witch despite the majority of people in the Western Realm thinking this to be the truth.
Amazakaran Territory

Amazakaran Territory

**Amazakaran Territory** is the land of the Amaz people.

## Description

The Amaz Territory occupies a small area above the western third of the Northern Spine. Any men who are caught in their land is killed, even if the man didn't know he had entered their territory. The capital city is Cyme

## History

After Gardneria and Alfsigroth annex Verpacia, Keltania, and the Lupine Territories, Amazakaraan is now the only free land in the Western Realm.

## Government

The Amaz are ruled by a queen, who is currently Queen Alkaia. She is supported by her Council.

## Geography

The Amaz lands have a border of suspended crimson runes surrounding their territory. A huge, translucent dome encases the entire area. The dome is invisible, except when travelling through it. Advanced rune-sorcery allows it to be summer, even when it is winter in the surrounding lands. Upon crossing the border, the road becomes a crimson rune-road.

Cyme is the largest of the six Amaz cities set throughout the Caledonian mountain range. It is an immense city in a bowl-shaped valley with the snowcapped Caledonian Mountains just beyond. There are countless buildings densely covering the central valley, their roofs streaked with illuminated red lines. Green-leafed trees, gardens, and farms are spread throughout the entire valley. Many of the farms are set under geometric glass domes marked with huge scarlet runes. The Amaz University is a gathering of Elfin-style buildings carved into the Spine's northern face, curving like seashells until giving way to a dome-covered forest filled with strange trees that make up the University research gardens. There are many different styles of architecture. Long lines of glowing red runes trace the angles of each roof, casting the entire city in a scarlet glow. The runes power lights, stoves, and other similar things.

## Notable Inhabitants

* Valasca Xanthrir
* Freyja
* Alcippe Feyir
* Pyrgomanche Feyir
* Sala Feyir
* Alkaia
* Ysilldir Illyrindor
* Tamalyyn
* Tith'lin
* Sorcha Xanthippe
* Thraso
* Skyleia
* Euryleia
Valasca Xanthrir

**Valasca Xanthrir** is the commander of the Amaz Queen's Guard. She is part Noi and part Urisk.

## Physical Description

Valasca is young and in her early twenties. "Her features look Noi, but her ears are pointed, her skin is sky-blue, and her short, spiky, glistening black hair is streaked with vivid blue highlights." She has black eyebrows and black eyes. Her sharp-featured face is marked with Amaz rune-tattoos. She's slender and sinewy in build with surprisingly strong arms. She usually has a rakish half smile. Valasca wears a rune-marked indigo tunic and has a small rune-knife sheathed on her belt. She carries herself with a magnetic bravado.

## Personality

Valasca tends to use humor, even in dark circumstances. She has a tart efficiency. Valasca is not as judgemental as many others. For example, she is the first, and only, Amaz to give Elloren a smile instead of a hateful glare when they first meet. She is a generally positive and rather playful person. She enjoys a good fight. She can be playful.

## Biography

### Early History

Valasca is a simple Amaz goat-herder, and also one of their rune-sorceresses. She is the commander of the Queen's Guard. When Elloren finds out the truth, she is hurt at first. Valasca tells her that she did not lie because she is a goat-herder. She just left out her abilities as a rune-sorceress and her position as the commander of the Queen's Guard.

### The Iron Flower

Valasca is part of the Amaz guard that intercepts Elloren Gardner and her friends at the Amaz border. Freyja assigns Valasca as her guard. Elloren is nervous at first because Valasca is the only Amaz to be kind and friendly towards her. Valasca explains that she's willing to give Elloren the benefit of the doubt because she freed Marina. She has been trying to convince her people that they should do something to help the Selkies for over a year. Valasca and Elloren end up spending the night getting drunk together, and Elloren shares her conflicted feelings about Yvan and Lukas with her.

### The Shadow Wand

Valasca and Chi Nam rescue Elloren and Lukas. They travel to Chi Nam's sanctuary in the Northwestern Agolith Desert. Valasca and Lukas train Elloren to become an Amaz warrior in just over a month. Valasca is a brutal, but effective, teacher.

## Powers & Abilities

Valasca, like all the Amaz, has been rune-marked so she can speak to horses with her mind. She is also trained in a wide variety of weaponry and martial arts. Valasca also speaks multiple languages, including the Common Tongue, Noi, and two Uriskal dialects.

## Relationships

### Ni Vin

Valasca is in a on-again off-again relationship with Ni Vin. They want to be together, but neither will abandon her responsibilities to her people.

## Memorable Quotes

* "Interesting company you keep, Gardnerian. The daughter of Gunther Ulrich. A most *excellent* choice of bodyguard." - Valasca to Elloren

## Trivia

* Valasca speaks Noi and two Uriskal dialects even without her Noi translation rune.

## References

1. ↑ *The Iron Flower*: page 320
2. ↑ *The Shadow Wand*: page 490
3. ↑ *The Iron Flower*: page 321
Realm War

**The Realm War** was a bloody conflict that raged for thirteen years and ended with Carnissa Gardner's death in battle.

## Description

The Realm War is viewed by the Gardnerians as a necessary war because Gardneria was attacked and ransacked. By the end of the war, Gardneria was allied with the Alfsigr Elves, was ten times its original size, and was the new, major power in the Western Realm.

### Early History

Carnissa Gardner was born at a time when Mages saw their borders shrinking as the Kelts reclaimed lost land by rounding up and murdering Gardnerians. She set out not only to avenge the Mages, but to finish what her ancestor, Styvius Gardner, had started. As she honed her power, the Mages secretly built a dragon army to rival the Urisk and Keltish forces. The Gardnerians were aided in this by the despised Urisk underclass, the Uuril.

Carnissa invaded Keltania and quickly annexed it. Then she aligned herself with the Alfsigr Elves. She shipped the remaining Fae, and well as anyone with even a drop of Fae blood, to the Pyrran Isles and took over the Fae Islands. By this point she had turned into a cruel, religious zealot who wanted to wipe out every race in the Western Realm, save the Gardnerian Mages.

An Icaral rose up during Carnissa's push east. He killed her and died doing it. The Icaral was a Keltic healer who gave his life to save Keltania, a society that still harbored lingering prejudice against his kind.
Wrenfir Harrow

**Wrenfir Harrow**, also known as **Wren**, is Tessla Harrow's sickly younger brother.

## Physical Description

Wren is skinny and weak from his chronic illness. He has a wide, ready smile. As a Gardnerian, Wren has pale skin with an emerald shimmer, black hair, and green eyes. He is slender. Because he suffers from the Red Grippe, his eyes are rimmed red, small crimson spots ring his mouth, and he has deep circles under his eyes. After recieving the medicine, these symptoms begin to clear.

## Personality

After being traumatised by the brutality of the Kelts in Doveshire, Wren develops a fierce and staunch hatred of Kelts and Urisk. He wants the Gardnerians to kill them all. He tells Tessla that they are all bad, even Jules.

## Biography

### Early History

Wren and his older sister Tessla moved to the village of Doveshire, in Keltania, to live with their grandfather Bartholomew Harrow, after their parents died. Wren has been sick much of his life due to a chronic illness.

### Wandfasted

Wren, Tessla, and their grandfather are trying to leave for Verpacia. But due to Bartholomew's stubborness, they flee too late and are caught up in the Purge. Wren is eight-years-old.

After Tessla becomes wandfasted to Vale Gardner, Vale immediately has Wren and Bartholomew moved into his manor in Valgard. He orders his family's physician to tend to him and has Fain ensure he gets *Obsythian* tonic to cure him of the Red Grippe. Wren loves Vale's home and after just a few days is already starting to look healthier.

Wren becomes completely healed and begins to grow. Vale becomes his teacher in wandwork and sword fighting. His also takes lessons in self-defense to help ease his night terrors and residual trauma.

## Magical Abilities

He wandtests at Level Three, and his power continues to grow.

## Relationships

### Tessla Harrow

Wren is dedicated to his sister, and love her dearly. Tessla is more than just his older sister, she is also his main caregiver. The siblings are desperate to remain together. Tessla is concerened by her brother's newfound hatred of the Kelts and Urisk.
Verpacia

**Verpacia** is a country located in the Western Realm of Erthia. People from this country are called Verpacians.

## Description

Verpacia occupies a thin sliver of territory between the Northern and Southern Spine mountain ranges. The western pass opens near Valgard, Gardneria, and the eastern pass opens near the Eastern Desert. There are two major forested areas in the southern part of the country.

Verpacia is populated by a variety of ethnic groups. The main ones are the Verpacians, Gardnerians, Elfhollen, and Kelts.

## History

Verpacia is a central trade route in the region, facilitating the movement of goods between the west and the east. It is also the location of Verpax University, located in the capital city of Verpax, just inside the western pass.

When Verpacia becomes annexed by Gardneria, the country's name is changed to the Verpacian Province of Gardneria, or the Verpacian Province for short. The Verpacian military base is destroyed by the Vu Trin when Noilaan and Gardneria declare war on each other.

## Government

The government of Verpacia is the Verpacia Council. The military of Verpacia is formidable and supported by the Vu Trin sorceresses and the Elfhollen. There is a Vu Trin military base located at the western pass, and three bases located at the eastern pass.

## Geography

The main geographic feature of Verpacia is the Verpacia Spine, an impassable mass of vertical rock that borders the country of Verpacia. It is a white-gray rock that reaches high up into the sky and the tops of the mountains are covered by clouds. Multiple guard towers are carved into the cliffs, hewn from the rock itself. There are two ways through the Spine, the western pass and the eastern pass. The Northern and Southern Spines are like two great walls bracketing the entire country. It is unknown if Verpacia's territory continues into the Eastern Realm, or if they only maintain Vu Trin military bases in the area. Verpacian architecture is unfiorm in style and is based on Spine-stone.

## Notable Locations

* Verpax
* Verpax University
* Verpacia Spine

## Notable Inhabitants

* Orin Molyr
* Mistress Roslyn
* Iris Morgaine
* Jules Kristian
* Yvan Guriel
* Astrid Volya
* Andras Volya
* Lucretia Quillen
* Sylvia Abernathy
* High Channcellor Abenthy
* Curran Dell
* Edith Gyll
* Korrin Gyll

## Trivia

* Verpacia's borders are ward-magicked.
* The Verpacians' flag is a four-pointed star on a gray background.
Trystan Gardner

By @Caffeinated\_Dreams

**Trystan Gardner** is the youngest Gardner child, and the brother of Elloren Gardner and Rafe Gardner.

## Physical Appearance

Trystan is tall with a wiry frame. Like most Gardnerians he has black hair, dark green eyes, and pale skin with an emerald shimmer. He is startlingly handsome. His face has angular features. His skin "glimmers like it's dusted witth deep-green gems."

After being granted full Noi citizenship, Trystan uses his Wyvernguard apprentice wages to undergo a complete physical transformation. He dyes his hair sky blue and gets a dragon tattoo that stretches from his neck down his entire torso. He has piercings along the entire edge of his ears, both eyebrows, and through the side of his lip.

## Personality

Trystan has a quiet and studious nature. He loves going to the University. He is almost always calm and nothing much seems to ruffle him. While he appears like the dutiful nephew to Vyvian, he is anything but. Trystan is not easily intimidated. He has a subversive will about him. Trystan also has a bone-deep cynicism and is a bit of a renegade. Trystan is someone with a true, unbreachable, single-minded purpose.

## Biography

### Early History

Trystan, along with Elloren and Rafe, grew up in Halfix with their uncle, Edwin Gardner. His parents died when he was two. Trystan has been studying at Verpax University.

At only sixteen, he has been pre-accepted into the Gardnerian Weapons Guild and apprenticed with the military due to rarity of being a Level Five Mage.

### The Black Witch

Coming soon...

### The Shadow Wand

Trystan arrives at the Wyvernguard. He is only allowed admittance because High Commander Vang Troi ordered that he be allowed to attend and given a chance to prove himself.

## Powers & Abilities

Trystan is a Level Five Mage. His affinity lines are for fire and water. He is very powerful and has been trained in weapons magic, a particularly dangerous type of magic. He is also a talented bowmaker and fletcher.

## Relationships

### Vothendrile Xanthile

Trystan and Vothe are both immediately attracted to each other, as is their magic. Upon meeting, their powers collide. Trystan thinks Vothe is the "most dazzlingly beautiful young man he's ever seen." However, Vothe immediately hates Trystan because of who his family is.

## Trivia

* Trystan is gay, but has to keep it a secret because it is illegal in Gardneria.

## References

1. ↑ *The Shadow Wand*: page 118
2. ↑ *The Shadow Wand*: page 122
Vu Trin

**The Vu Trin** are the military sorceresses of the Noi.

## Description

The Vu Trin are a guest military force in Verpacia. They control the western and eastern passes through the Spine. Their presence is part of the treaty agreement that formally ended the Realm War. The leaders of the Vu Trin make up the Vu Trin Tribunal. Most of the Vu Trin are warriors and sorceresses, but some are Lo Voi. Lo Voi are powerful crones adept at both rune and portal sorcery. The Kin Hoang are the deadly assassins of the Vu Trin.

The Vu Trin wear a military uniform of a black tunic and pants marked with glowing blue runes. They carry curved swords at their sides and rows of silver throwing stars strapped across their chests. The Kin Hoang uniform is slightly different. They wear black scarves wrapped tightly around their heads. Their clothing is deep gray instead of black, but is also marked with glowing blue Noi runes. They carry crossed swords strapped to their backs and lines of killing stars fastened diagonally across their chests.

## Known Members

* Kam Vin
* Ni Vin
* Vang Troi
* Chi Nam
* Sang Loi
* Tu Jyn
* Hung Xho
* Chim Diec
* Ung Li
* Quoi Zhon
* Myn
* Chy Tan
* Kon Yi
* Kiya Wen
* Soyil Vho

## Trivia

* The Vu Trin salute is a fist to the heart.
* Gardneria decimates the entire Western Vu Trin force in one day.
Rivyr'el Talonir

**Rivyr'el Talonir** is an Alfsigr Elf who is a talented rune-sorcerer who was banished from the Alfsigr Lands.

## Physical Description

Rivyr'el is nineteen. He is tall, slender, and coolly beautiful. He has a relaxed posture that is very much un-Elflike. Rivyr has silver eyes with a glittery cloud of rainbow metallic dust highlighting his eyes' shimmer. His hair and skin is white. His eyebrows are ivory. Rivyr's face is coldly handsome. There's a constellation of ruby gems fastened to his braids and multicolored hoops rimming his pointed ears. His blindingly white Elfin tunic is edged with looping red, purple, and gold embroidery. He has a prismatic, silver aura.

Rivyr'el cut his hair very short after realizing that Za'ya was telling the truth about what his people have done. This symbolizes his decision to officially join the Resistance.

## Personality

Rivyr'el is sarcastic and flippant. He is very snarky and refuses to take things seriously. Because his emotions are not dampened by the Zalyn'or, he acts much differently than most other Alfsigr Elves. Rivyr'el adores children because in his view, they haven't been "ruined" yet. Despite his relaxed and joking manner, he is filled with pain over being an outcast from his people and home. He comes across as arrogant, but is actually quite vulnerable and is terribly lonely.

## Biography

Rivyr'el is the most powerful Alfsigr rune-sorcerer to be born in ages. He is the son of Afsigr royalty. He is viewed as a disgrace by his family. The story about him is that he came into his inheritance, left Alfsigr Lands, and promptly went insane.

### Light Mage

Rivyr wards Sage Gaffney to help her resist the magical pull that rune-sorcerers have on each other. This keeps her light magery from going into others, which would let them have complete control over her.

Rivyr tells Sage the true reason why he was banished from his home. When Alfsigr children turn twelve, they are given a rune-necklace called the Zalyn'or. This must be worn at all times. The Zalyn'or tamps down desire and renders the wearer placid and serene and free of all rebellious thoughts. This is why the Alfsigr are so uniform and ethereal. Rivyr'el had always been rebellious, so he decided not to wear it. This is why he acts so differently from the other Alfsigr. He was banished because an Alfsigr can't live in Alfsigr Lands and not wear their Zalyn'or. He is supposed to be imprisoned, which is why he has fled to Verpacia.

After a group of Smaragdalfar Elf refugees run screaming from him because he is an Alfsigr Elf, when he just wanted to greet them and offer the children sweets, he is devastated. He decides to devote the rest of his life to the Resistance.

### The Shadow Wand

Sylmire Talonir urges the Amaz to seek out Rivyr'el because he is the only Alfsigr rune-sorcerer who can help free Alfsigr from the mind control of the Zalyn'or.

## Powers & Abilities

Rivyr'el is an increadibly powerful rune-sorcerer. He is also capabale with a bow and arrow.

## References

1. ↑ *The Rebel Mages*: page 360
2. ↑ *The Rebel Mages*: page 430
3. ↑ *The Rebel Mages*: page 429
Auralie Greer

**Auralie Greer** is Aislinn Greer's older sister.

## Physical Description

Auralie is plain like Aislinn. She wears her hair swept back into a neat, unstylish bun. She wears the layered, shapeless clothing of the most conservative Gardnerian families. She also wears an Erthia orb on a chain around her neck and the white armband of Marcus Vogel supporters. As do her children. Auralie is a heavyset girl with her hair escaping her bun at odd angles and has a look in her eyes that makes her seem not quite there.

## Personality

Auralie is shy and a bit socially awkward. She speaks in a hushed tone.

## Biography

### The Iron Flower

Auralie visits Aislinn at Verpax University with their parents, Liesbeth, and some of their children for Fouder's Day. She has a baby who looks stressed and too thin. She also has twin boys about three-years-old, and two other boys. Auralie frantically chases after her children and is very fearful of the Lupines.

## Powers & Abilities

As a female Gardnerian, Auralie most likely has little to no magic. It is unknown what her affinity is.
Ni Vin

Vu Trin Warrior

**Ni Vin** is a Noi and a Vu Trin sorceress. She is Kam Vin's younger sister. She has jurisdiction over part of Verpax University, including where the North Tower is located.

## Physical Description

Ni Vin is young and has the same coal-black eyes, deep brown skin, black hair, and sharp facial features as her sister. She has heavy scarring on her head and body due to an attack from Carnissa Gardner during the Realm War. At least half of her face is covered in burn scars, the hair on one side of her head is gone, which she covers with a long, black scarf. One ear is completely melted away, the scars extending down her neck and disappearing inside her clothing, only to reappear in a disfigured stump that was once her hand. It appears as if all the fingers have melted together. The other side of her body is strong and lovely. She is slightly shorter and slimmer than her sister. She holds herself military straight. Her expression is always stoic and emotionless. She radiates latent power and has a shadowing presence.

She wears the uniform of the Vu Trin, which include black clothing marked with glowing blue runes and silver weaponry strapped all over her body. She wears heeled boots.

## Personality

She has a serene nature, and is not easily intimidated. Ni is also smart and calculating. She is a woman of small, quiet kindnesses. She rarely speaks.

## Biography

### Early History

The day she suffered her injuries was the day Carnissa Gardner burned her entire village. The only surviving family she has is her sister Kim.

### The Black Witch

When Elloren and her friends rescue Marina from the gardener, Ni helps cover up her presence in the North Tower.

### The Iron Flower

Ni Vin accompanies Elloren, Diana, and Marina on their visit to the Amaz lands. She is there to guard Elloren, but also protects Marina. When Elloren has her meeting with Queen Alkaia, the queen asks Ni if Elloren is telling the truth. Ni admits that she believes Elloren to be like her grandmother in looks only.

## Powers & Abilities

Ni is a powerful rune-sorceress and a skilled and deadly rune-warrior.

## Relationships

### Valasca Xanthrir

Ni and Valasca love each other, but are unable to be in a relationship.
The White Wand

**The White Wand** is a Gardnerian magical object. It is a pure force for good.

## Description

The White Wand is a "long, white wand that rises up from an exquisitely carved handle. The pale wood of the handle is smooth and cool to the touch." It's opalescent with an underlying glow.

Most Gardnerians believe the White Wand to be a children's story and a religious myth. The myth tells the story of Good versus Evil. The White Wand is pitted against the Dark Wand. The White Wand is a force for good, comes to the aid of the oppressed, and is used in ancient, primordial battles against demonic forces and against the power of the Dark Wand. The Gardnerian prophetess Galliana used the White Wand during the Demon Wars at the beginning of time.

Other races also have myths about the White Wand. The Alfsigr Elves believe a prophet elf named Syll'en came upon the White Wand floating in a forest stream during primordial times. He wielded the Wand as a rune-stylus and battled a horde of the Shadow Wand's demons and saved the Light Elves from annihilation. The Noi believe a Vu Trin warrior named Chy Tan pulled the White Wand in the form of a tooth from their sacred dragon goddess's mouth. Chy Tan led her Vu Trin army on wyvern shapeshifters to defeat the Shadow Wand's demon army. Afterwards, Chy Tan returned the Wand to the sacred dragon who hid it in a heavily warded underground lair.

### Other Names

* *Eyil'lynorin*: in Smaragdalfar
* *Zhilin*: in Noi

## History

### Wandfasted

Tessla Harrow uses the White Wand to protect the Gardnerians in Doveshire until the Gardnerian Army arrives to resuce them.

### Light Mage

Sage Gaffney is given the White Wand by her friend Gwynnifer Croft. Gwynnifer stole the Wand from her father's armory. Everyone believes the Wand no longer works and do not know it is the White Wand.

### The Black Witch

The White Wand is given to Elloren Gardner by Sage before Elloren goes to Verpax University. Sage tells Elloren that the wand wants her to have it.

## Trivia

* When Elloren touches the White Wand for the first time, it is also the first time she has touched a wooden item and could not sense its source tree.
* The Gardnerians also call it the Wand of Myth and the Wand of Power.
* The Noi also refer to is as the Sacred Fang.

## References

1. ↑ *The Black Witch*: page 39
2. ↑ *The Shadow Wand*: page 302
Dirtmouth

La ciudad de Dirtmouth (Bocasucia) es la primera zona con la que tenemos encuentro, se trata de una villa oscura y abandonada por el tiempo, de ahi el nombre de "La ciudad desvanecida". Se da a entender que Dirtmouth fue una gran ciudad en su momento, la cual atraia a muchisimos guerreros y eruditos, pero al pasar los años, esta se fue quedando sin recursos, dejandola sin nada que ofrecer y terminando en el olvido.

En ella se encuentran varios vendedores a los que podremos comprarles objetos y recibir alguno que otro consejo. Tambien cuenta con un Banco en el medio de la plaza.

Los NPC'S que podemos encontrar, son los siguientes:

* Cornifer
* Iselda
* Elderbug
* Sly
* Confessor Jiji
* Bretta
* Zote
Na'bee Nyvor

**Na'bee Nyvor** is the son of Za'ya and Zeymir. He is half-Smaragdalfar Elf and half-Ishkartan.

## Physical Description

Na'bee is about seven or eight years old. His ears are pointed and his skin is made of green geometric-patterned scales like his mother. His eyes and hair are black like father. He wears a yellow embroidered tunic. His aura is spectacular, faint rays of gold and green light that radiate out.

## Personality

Na'bee is kind, playful, and empatheic. He is also brave and can be serious.

## Powers & Abilities

As half-Smaragdalfar and half-Ishkartan, Na'bee has the ability to work runes from both systems. As both his parents are powerful rune-sorcerers, Na'bee is also very talented and powerful.
Naga

**Naga** is an unbroken wyvern rescued by Elloren and her friends from a Gardnerian military base.

## Physical Description

Naga is black. Each scale shimmers like an opal. Her wings are strong and sleek, the feathers stiff and shiny like polished obsidian. Her movements are strong and fluid. She has a muscular head and emerald green eyes. She is incredibly fast. Naga also has sharp talons.

## Biography

### The Black Witch

* She was rescued before she could be broken.
* She has bloody lash marks covering her body.
* She destroy's Ariel's stash of nilantyr to force her to detox. This indirectly leads to Ariel's death later on when Ariel's captured and forced to overdose on it.
* She can tell that Yvan is an Icaral despite his efforts to hide it.
* She was trapped in her dragon form by geomancy used on her by the Gardnerian military.

### The Shadow Wand

Raz'zor tells Elloren that Naga "sends forth the wingeds as her messengers. She will gather the drragons of the West and the East. And she will be our savior."
Viger Maul

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**Viger Maul** is a Death Fae.

## Powers & Abilities

Unlike other Fae, Death Fae don't have elemental magic, but instead they have primordial magic. Their affinities have to do with the terrifying aspects of nature, such as death, decay, sickness, and fear.Death Fae can read a person's fears. Any clothing they wear instantly turns black in color. Death Fae also have the ability to put others under a thrall.

## Relationships

### Tierney Calix

Tierney and Viger become close friends after she joins the Wyvernguard. They develop a mutual attraction, that Tierney initially refuses to pursue due to the nearing war and her conflict over the threat to the wars of the Vo River. However, on Xishlon, they share a kiss.
Elfhollen

**Elfhollen** are half-Elf with Mountain Fae Blood.

## Physical Appearance

They look mostly like elves, with silver-gray skin and hair, and silver eyes. Their military uniforms are slate gray, and they use small white star markings to denote the soldier's rank. Traditional Elfhollen clothing is a pale gray, long, formfitting tunic, gray pants, and boots. They have perfect balance and are very agile. They are usually seen with their bows.

## History

The Elfhollen were driven from the Alfsigr Lands by the Alfsigr Elves. The Elfhollen now mostly reside in Verpacia. They are one of the only reasons Verpacia is able to keep control of the Pass.

## Language

The language they speak is also called Elfhollen.

## Powers & Abilities

The Elfhollen do not have magical abilities. They are deadly archers and are part of the Verpacian Guard. They have perfect balance and are quite agile.

## Known Members

* Orin Morlyr
* Connor Haldash: a historian and translator of *A Comprehensive History of the Faekin*
* Kol

## Trivia

* There's quite a bit of sympathy for the Elfhollen in Noi lands and they're allowed safe passage through the desert.
Kelpie

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**Kelpies** are magical horses made of water.

## Physical Appearance

Kelpies' bodies roil with dark water, and have sharp teeth formed from ice. They feel cool to the touch. Their eyes are obsidian black,

## History

Kelpies exist outside of an alliance with any Fae. The Gardnerians have begun actively killing Kelpies by pounding iron spikes into the waterways.

## Powers & Abilities

Kelpies are aligned with the power of water to cause death. They straddle the line between Asrai magic and primordial forces.
Chi Nam

**Chi Nam** is the powerful Runemaster of the Vu Trin.

## Physical Description

Chi Nam is very old and has white hair. She is a bent crone with a quiet air of unquestioned authority. She has a calm and unflappable gaze. The lines of advanced age are deeply etched on her face. She leans heavily on her long rune-marked staff. She has deep brown skin and shrewd black eyes.

## Biography

### The Shadow Wand

Chi Nam takes Elloren, Lukas, and Valasca to her Vonor. This is her sanctuary known to no one else. It's located in the Northwestern Agolith Desert.

## Powers & Abilities

Chi Nam is a rune-sorceress of great power. She is also a highly skilled warrior, although she no longer fights physically.
Genna Thorne

**Genna Thorne** is the fatemate of Malkyn Bane.

## Physical Description

Genna is incredibly beautiful. Like all Gardnerians, she has black hair, green eyes, and pale skin with an emerald shimmer. Her large, luminous eyes are heavily lashed. She's elegant and her black Gardnerian clothes are made of silk.

## Personality

Genna is elitist and mean. She is unkind to those she views as below her. She rarely speaks about the night her village was attacked.
Sang Loi

**Sang Loi** is an elderly Vu Trin healer, rune-sorceress, and seer.

## Physical Description

Sang Loi has brown skin and her wizened face is round and kind-looking. She has gray hair. Sang wears a black tunic embroidered with a white dragon and a black metal circlet marked with glowing blue runes around her brow.

## Personality

Sang Loi has great compassion and is very gentle and understanding.

## Biography

### Light Mage

Sang Loi becomes Sage Gaffney's midwife and healer. As Sage suffers through her incredibly painful and difficult pregnancy, Sang remains by her side and they two women become close friends. Sang also helps Sage manage her grief at being seperated from Ra'Ven. When the Noi ruling council at their military base refuses to support Sage in delivering the White Wand to Elloren Gardner, as the Wand has asked Sage to do, Sang believes Sage and helps her complete her mission.

## Powers & Abilities

Sang Loi is a powerful rune-sorceress, skilled healer, and a seer. Like all the Vu Trin, she is also a formidable warrior.
Valgard

**Valgard** is the capital city of Gardneria.

## Description

Valgard is a bustling port city. It's located in a sloping valley. It rings the Malthorin Bay and its docks resemble the curved half of a long fishbone.

The buildings are made of Ironwood. Their progressively wider upper stories are supported by richly carved ebony columns, and curling emerald trellises thick with lush, flowering vines flow out over the rooftops and down the buildings' sides. There is an endless variety of shops, cafes, and markets. There is also the Valgard Symphony. The main church is the Grand Cathedral where Marcus Vogel is the priest.

## History

Elloren Gardner spends a couple weeks in Valgard at her Aunt Vyvian's estate before attending Verpax University.

Valgard is attacked by the Noi after Noilaan and Gardneria decalre war on one another. The Vu Trin attacked the Grey Estate, where they destroyed the house and killed the majority of the Mage Council. The Vu Trin also destroyed the Mage Council Hall and its archives as well as the Valgard Military Base.

## Notable Locations

* Vyvian Damon's Estate
* Heloise Florel's Dress Shop
* The Grand Cathedral
* Valgard Sanitorium
* The Grey Estate
* Mage Council Hall
* Valgard Military Base
* Valgard Armory
* Valgard Symphony

## Notable Inhabitants

* Vyvian Damon
* Fallon Bane
* Malkyn Bane
* Sylus Bane
* Damion Bane
* Genna Thorne
* Heloise Florel
* Gwynnifer Croft
* Geoffrey Sykes
* Vale Gardner
* Tessla Harrow
* Lachlan Grey
* Lukas Grey
* Evelyn Grey
* Malkyn Bane
* Echo Flood