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Idrene Gardiki

**Idrene Gardiki** ("Drema," to her children) was the mother of Nikys Arisaydia kin Jurald and stepmother of Adelis Arisaydia. She was the titual "Prisoner of Limnos" in the story of that name.

## Biography

Idrene was the daughter of one of the old General Arisaydia's senior officers.

She became engaged to a young miltary officer, the only son of the Rodoa family. She decided to "try out" her fiancé before the marriage, and thus became pregnant with Ikos. Her intended was killed in battle before the marriage and before the baby was born. Her fiancé's family wanted the baby; as soon as Ikos was weaned, his grandmother adopted him. But they didn't really want Idrene and treated her as an unpaid servant, not an almost-daughter-in-law.

At this time, Idrene was contacted by old General Arisaydia and his wife, Lady Florina. The Arisaydias had been childless for years, and wanted Idrene, who was known to be fertile, to become General Arisaydia's concubine and mother to his children. Idrene only took the offer after talking to Lady Florina; the two women bonded, and became, in most ways, closer to each other than to their mutual husband.

The two became pregnant at the same time, and gave birth on the same day: Idrene to Nikys and Lady Florina to Adelis. Florina and Idrene raised the "twins" as their joint children, and the children regarded both woman as their mothers. General Arisaydia died when Nikys and Adelis were teenagers; Idrene and Lady Florina jointly raised the two the rest of the way to adulthood.

Ikos' grandmother cut off all contact with Idrene after the adoption and after she became General Arisaydia's concubine. Idrene didn't see her first-born again until he was an adult.

Years later, after Adelis fled to Orbas, Minister Methani decided to take her prisoner in hopes of using her as a lever against Adelis, or perhaps as bait to lure him back. Idrene was arrested at her home and taken to the Daughter's retreat on Limnos. After about three weeks, she was rescued by Nikys, Penric, and Bosha. She fled to Orbas where she lived with her daughter, son-in-law, and, eventually, grandchildren Florina and Wyn kin Jurald.

## Personality

Idrene was practical and level-headed in emergencies. She was warm and loving towards her children and grandchildren; Nikys was very fond of her.
Ser dy Joal

**Ser dy Joal** is a Chalionese nobleman, known to be one of Dondo dy Jironal's bravos. After Dondo's death, dy Joal picks a fight with Cazaril and challenges him to a duel. After refusing several times, Cazaril loses his temper. Cazaril smears dy Joal's face with blood after pinning him to the wall. Cazaril warns him, "If I decide you die, you will die when I choose, by what means I choose, and you will never see the blow coming." Cazaril then further manhandles dy Joal, leaving him vomiting on the ground.

Dy Joal then enters the service of Martou dy Jironal and gathers some men to set a trap for Cazaril when he returns from Ibra with Royse Bergon. While waiting for Cazaril to arrive, dy Joal loses control of his men and several locals are killed. Cazaril detects the trap in time thanks to their ghosts, and kills dy Joal.
Father's Day

**Father's Day** was a festival held on the first day of winter, the winter solstice. Father's Day events included collecting the gifts that kept the temple running for the next three months.

In Chalion, the ceremony included a young new father dressed in dark robes playing the role of the Father of Winter. He was mounted on a black horse that was led by a raggedly dressed youth representing the outgoing Son of Autumn.

The Father's Feast was held on Father's Day and typically involved sacred music and dancing.

A secondary festival for the Father was held at midwinter.
Heir of Ibra

At the start of *the Curse of Chalion*, the **Heir of Ibra** was the Fox of Ibra's eldest son. The Heir had been in rebellion against his father on and off for years, with Orico inevitably picking the wrong side to support.
The Heir's most recent rebellion was raised in South Ibra with the support of Darthaca. Worried that the Fox might chose his younger brother to replace him, the Heir arranged to have Bergon dy Ibra kidnapped and sold into slavery. When the crime came to light, the Fox demanded the Heir's abject surrender. Instead, the Heir died abruptly of a coughing sickness. Royse Bergon became the new Heir of Ibra.
Lodi

**Lodi** was the capital of Adria. It was a canal city heavily dependent on maritime power.

## Facts about Lodi

* There was a group of castrati, castrated male sopranos, who lived there.
* Prostitution was legal; the taxes were a significant source of income for the government.

## People from Lodi

* Mira
* Penric kin Jurald lived there for a few years.
* Blessed Chio
* Learned Iserne and her son Ree Richelon

## Behind the scenes

Lodi in location and general description matches with real-world Venice, Italy.

## Mentions

* Penric's Demon
* Masquerade in Lodi
Akylaxio

"*Bigger and busier than little Guza, smaller than Patos, much less than the maze of docks and warehouses and forests of masts that crowded great Thasalon’s entrepot.*"
―Nikys considers Akylaxio[src]**Akylaxio** was a walled town on the Cedonian coast with a seaport. It was larger than and up the coast from Guza.

## Facts about Akylaxio

* There was a reasonably clean inn near the harbor.
* Roughly six merchant ships arrived each day, loading and unloading goods, along with a few local boats that went back and forth between the coast and the nearby islands.
Tesko

**Tesko** was Ingrey kin Wolfcliff's manservant. He was young, with a club foot. He was not often sober, and cheated at dice.

Tesko became Ingrey's servant when Ingrey joined Hetwar's service, although only half-trained, perhaps because the other servants knew Ingrey's reputation as a man to be feared. An initial period where Ingrey ignored Tesko made the servant think this reputation was unwarranted, and Tesko attempted to pilfer some of Ingrey's possessions. Ingrey corrected Tesko's impression and such was not attempted again.

 Appearances

* *The Hallowed Hunt*
Biast kin Stagthorne

**Prince Biast kin Stagthorne** was the son of the hallow king of the Weald at the time of *The Hallowed Hunt*. He became heir presumptive on the death of his older brother Byza three years earlier; prior to that he had been expected to have a military career. He was styled prince-marshal and gained military experience on the northwest border of the Weald.  Biast had a younger brother Boleso who was plotting against him, and a sister Fara who was the wife of Earl Wencel kin Horseriver. Biast's bannerman was his cousin Symark kin Stagthorne.

Prince Biast had brown hair and the long jaw of the Stagthornes. He was a little shorter and of lighter build than his brother Boleso, and was athletic.

During the uncanny night in the Wounded Woods where Ingrey released the souls of those who died at Bloodfield, Prince Biast served as the gate of the Son.

 Appearances

* *The Hallowed Hunt*
Cedonia

**Cedonia** was a country to the west of the Carpagamon Islands and north of Orbas and Grabyat. It was a mountainous country with many islands.

## History

More than 1000 years before, the Cedonian Empire stretched from its main peninsula to the Darthacan coast. This ascendancy lasted about three hundred years, then collapsed, leaving a legacy of old coins and carvings on old temple ruins.

## Facts about Cedonia

* In Penric's time, it was still a large country, but no longer rules most of the Five Gods World.

* A ruler from long ago was named Emperor Letus, the Engineer.

* Violent power transitions were more typical than not.

## Places in Cedonia

Regions within Cedonia were referred to as provinces, and had their own provincial capitals. For example, the province containing Sosie had its capital on the coast, where a port was located. There were military garrisons within cities in the various provinces.

* Patos
* Doara
* Skirose
* Sosie
* Thasalon
* Guza
* Akylaxio
* Limnos
* Corfara
* The Epalia, a place where springs come forth
* Vytymi Valley, near the southern border

## Cedonians

* Emperor Letus the Engineer
* General Adelis Arisaydia
* Nikys Khatai
* Tepelen / Velka
* Learned Kyrato
* Master Prygos
* Minister Methani
* Madame Zihre
* General Egan Chadro
* Lady Florina Arisaydia (Florie)
* Idrene Gardiki (Drema)
* Ikos Rodoa
* Tanar Xarre
* Lady Xarre
* Bosha
* Hekat
* Sugane, Litikone, and Vasia

## Behind the scenes

Cedonia (similar to Macedonia), is located roughly where Greece is in the modern world, but is considerably enlarged, including Albania, North Macedonia, Montenegro, and Bulgaria.

The Emperor has a "southern-island guard", some with with lighter than usual hair and eye color. Probably inspired by the Varangian Guard from real world history. (Limnos chapter VI)

## References

* Penric's Mission
* Mira's Last Dance
* The Prisoner of Limnos
* The Assassins of Thasalon

## Mentions

* Penric's Demon
* The Orphans of Raspay
Illvin dy Arbanos

**Illvin dy Arbanos** was a Chalionese nobleman who served as master of horse and spy for his half brother Arhys dy Lutez. He was the bastard son of Ser dy Arbanos, the late castle-warder of Porifors, who was half Roknari, and the Lady of Porifors who was the second wife of Arvol dy Lutez. Illvin's father acknowledged him after his mother's death. He was dedicated to the Bastard's Order in his youth but did not develop a calling. He did not inherit much from his father.

Prior to *Paladin of Souls*, a demon ridden by Cattilara, Arhys's wife, began to steal soul-stuff from Illvin to keep Arhys's soul in his body after Arhys is killed. This left Illvin in a coma-like state except for brief waking periods. Ista deduced the arrangement and forced Cattilara to share her soul-stuff as well so that Illvin could defend Porifors against the besieging Roknari. Ista and Illvin became lovers; Illvin became Ista's seneschal at the conclusion of *Paladin of Souls.*

Illvin had a high forehead, frosted dark long hair worn in the Roknari style, and dark eyes. He was about 39 years old during *Paladin of Souls* and was two years younger than Arhys. He spoke Roknari fluently.

 Appearances

* *Paladin of Souls*
Blood

**Blood** was a dog owned by the hedge shaman Scuolla; he was approximately half-way to being a Great Dog at the time of Scuolla's death. He and Arrow sought to get help for their master after he was killed by a rockslide; Blood stayed at the site to guard it, and Arrow went in search of someone who could help.

Blood ended up staying with the local Temple acolyte; he served very well as a funeral animal for the Son of Autumn. On visits to the rockfall, it seemed that Scuolla's ghost derived some sustenance from him.
Kin Stagthorne

The **kin Stagthorne** family was a group of Wealdean aristocrats that had the Hallow Kingship before and after the events of *The Hallowed Hunt*.

Their lands were around and north of Easthome.

## Known members of the family

* Symark, banner carrier for Biast
* Biast, later known as Good King Biast
* Princess Fara
* Prince Boleso
* Princess-Archdivine Llewyn
* Princess Llewanna

## References

* *The Hallowed Hunt*
* Penric and the Shaman
* Penric's Fox
Fonsa dy Chalion

**Fonsa** was Roya of Chalion before Ias. He was known as Fonsa the Wise or, after his death, Fonsa the Fairly-Wise. He had six sons, five of whom were killed in battles contesting the mountain passes between the Roknari princedoms north of Chalion. Ias was his only surviving son.

Fonsa asked for and was granted death magic on the Golden General, an act which then resulted in the Golden General's curse against Chalion, specifically Fonsa’s heirs.
Arhys dy Lutez

"*Lord Arhys," said Ista. "How long have you been dead?*"
―A pertinent point[src]
**Arhys dy Lutez** was the March of Porifors in the Chalionese province of Caribastos. He was the son of Lord Arvol dy Lutez and his second wife, a northern heiress, but was not a principal heir of his father as those properties went to the sons of his first wife. Arhys interited Porifors through his mother along with some other estates in Caribastos.

Arhys was married to Cattilara, a daughter of the March of Oby. He had a daughter Liviana from his first marriage who is about 9 years old; his first wife died in childbed. Arhys was never brought to court by his father, perhaps because of his mother's relationship with Ser dy Arbanos, the castle-warder of Porifors. Arhys had a half-brother, Illvin dy Arbanos, from this relationship.

Prior to the events in *Paladin of Souls*, Arhys was accidentally stabbed in a scuffle and was killed. In the same scuffle Cattilara contracted a demon and commanded it to keep Arhys alive, which it did by stealing soul-stuff from Illvin to keep Arhys animate, if not truly alive. During this period of half-living, Arhys's soul was sundered, and it required Ista's intervention to allow Arhys's soul to go to the Father when it was finally released during a sortie against the Jokonan sorcerers and soldiers besieging Porifors.

Arhys was of striking appearance, with reddish dark hair and a lighter beard that is shot with gray, about 41 at the time of his death.

 Appearances

* *Paladin of Souls*
Cattilara dy Lutez

**Lady Cattilara dy Lutez** was the Marchess of Porifors, the second wife of Arhys dy Lutez, the March of Porifors. She was the daughter of the March of Oby. A strong-willed woman, she decided to marry Arhys when she was fourteen, and campaigned with her father for three years to achieve this.

Cattilara killed the Roknari Princess Umerue in jealousy over Arhys, and the demon which had ridden Umerue jumped to Cattilara. Cattilara was able to control the demon and force it to re-animate Arhys who was accidentally killed in the same incident. Ista was able to allow Cattilara's demon to ascend and pass along information about Joen's background and use of demons.

At the conclusion of Arhys's raid on the Jokonan camp when his soul was taken up by the Father, Cattilara's demon gained control and attempted to make her commit suicide. Ista separated the demon from her and returned it to the Bastard.

Cattilara was tall and slim, has black hair, and was about 21 years old at the time of *Paladin of Souls*. She was very lovely.

 Appearances

* *Paladin of Souls*
Antoine Dreminks, AKA Copycat

All in the name of acting! -One of Copycat's 'catchphrases', if you will

## Description

Antoine Dreminks, or as most people call him, Copycat, is a boy of about eleven years of age. Copycat's normal appearance is a kid with short blonde hair and bright blue eyes with a rather pale complexion. He doesn't take on his normal form very often, since he often dresses up as people from the pizzeria, and acts like them. He is incredibly good at what he does and seems to know a lot about the people he dresses up as. He usually figures out how the people he dresses up as act due to acts of what could be called stalking. When asked why he stalks people, he will only respond with saying "It's all in the name of acting!"

## Alternative Universes

Copycat isn't all that present in most AUs on the forum, and even when he is, his main gimmick has been changed. He doesn't dress up as other people, at least not in Fazbear High, and he instead dresses up as characters in his school plays
Daughter of Spring

"*He'd once thought of the Lady of Spring as a sort of pleasant, gentle young woman... This overwhelming Mind listened to every cry or song in the world at once. She watched the souls spiral up in all their terrible complex beauty with the delight of a gardener inhaling the scent of Her flowers.*"
―Cazaril's vision of the Daughter of Spring[src]
The **Daughter of Spring**, also called the Lady of Spring**,** was one of the five gods of the Chalion world.

Her particular domain was new life. Soldiers under the Daughter functioned mostly as police, keeping the roads clear of bandits. Her festival day, Daughter's Day, took place on the vernal equinox.

Her primary color was blue; the secondary was white. Virginity was sacred to her, as was young love and lyric poetry. Lady-schools educated children.

At death, unless there was a stronger association with a different god, women who'd never borne children generally were taken up by the Daughter.

## Phrases associated with the Daughter

* Daughter's blessings (The Prisoner of Limnos)
Sorcerer

> *Acquiring a demon made one a sorcerer much as acquiring a horse made one a rider, but whether skilled or poor was a more open question. Like a horse, a demon could run away with its master. Unlike a horse, there was no dismounting. To a soul's peril. -* Ista dy Chalion*, Paladin of Souls*
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When a demon entered a human, they became a **sorcerer**. An inexperienced demon needed time to learn from its host and thus could be controlled - for a while. The demon would try to tempt the human with magic, which generally made the demon stronger and allowed it to seize control of the relationship. The human could remain in control by having an overpowering purpose, or by carefully maintaining balance in their use of magic.

Demon magic could be very powerful. Examples included Cattilara keeping Arhys 'alive' by draining Illvin, Princess Joen harnessing other demons to her will, and the Roknari host destroying the water supply and setting fires within Porifors. If used carelessly, the cost of such magic was high. As Ista put it, "Two lives traded for one, then that one subtracted. Leaving, for all your efforts, nothing." However, Temple sorcerers could learn to use the demon magic for good.

Demons shed chaos like human radiated heat. Untrained sorcerers often died prematurely because of this; either the chaos caused something they were relying on (such as a climbing rope) to break, or the chaos infected their bodies, eventually becoming cancerous tumors. Traveling on a sea-fairing vessel was almost certain disaster for an untrained sorcerer, and most sailors would thus not allow sorcerers onto their ships. An important part of Temple training was teaching a new sorcerer how to constantly and carefully shed chaos into safe, allowable chaos sinks outside of themselves, avoiding that uncontrolled leakage.

## Sorcerers in the World of Five Gods

* The great-souled demon, father of the Bastard
* Foix dy Gura
* Cattilara dy Lutez
* Princess Umerue of Jokona
* Prince Sordso of Jokona
* Princess Joen of Jokona
* Hallana
* Cumril
* Penric kin Jurald
* Learned Dubro
* Learned Ravana
* Alixtra
* Learned Tronio

Former sorcerers

* Learned Tigney
* Learned Lewko
Rodney Grey

*The voices... I have to obey them! -Rodney to Felix*

Rodney is a murderer in the Five Nights of Roleplay universe. He's probably the most unpredictable, and one of the few that kills against his own will.

## Origin

Rodney first appeared as a seemingly innocent and sweet homeless child, that used the pizzeria as a shelter for during the night. It was later shown however that he was in a very bad mental state, with multiple disorders, which have driven him to insanity. He has a very bad self image and will do anything to harm himself, even if it brings others in danger, which was shown when he threatened to throw Felix of a building along with himself. He has voices in his head that tell him to make blood flow, in most cases his own. He satisfies this bloodlust by cutting himself, usually not that bad, but when in a psychotic state he does very painful things to himself, such as making a hole straight through his own leg using a pocket knife. In this psychotic state the darker side of his personality is revealed, a personality that both OCs and their creators seem to find rather disturbing

## Personality

The best way to describe Rodney is troubled. He has always been talked down to by voices in his head, which has lead to him not caring about himself, and sometimes not even others. He has tics and spasm attacks, caused by his disorders. His appearance mixes many different styles, making it unclear what really IS his style. His leather jacket makes him look like a tough guy, while his glasses make him look more studious. His normal behavior towards others is friendly and spontaneous, sometimes randomly hugging others for no apparent reason. When in a psychosis he turns more open about himself, as he just simply told Ivan and Bambi that he was a serial killer. He doesn't want to kill, but is forced to by the voices in his head according to him, as he believes that people he cares about will suffer and die if he doesn't obey.

## Trivia

-Rodney believes his mom died because he didn't listen to the voices in his head

-Rodney is afraid of Felix Markuss Neville, as he usually kicks him out of the pizzeria

-Rodney is the youngest person created in the murderer thread on the forum, being only 16 years old

-Rodney is obsessed with time

-Rodney grew up in Miami
Sean the Shark

*Pretty sure there's something wrong with you. Let's fix that*
-Sean to Scythe

Sean the Shark is an animatronic character on the five nights of roleplay forum. He is good friends with Rex the T-rex and Scythe the Basilisk, and is in a relationship with Christina

## Origin

When Sean came around for the first time he was a very mean person, and all he really did was try to kill the guards, but he was always stopped by either Scythe or Techno. When he tried to kill a kid, Alexandra Markham, he was stopped by Christina, who he later admitted to be in love with, and she made him promise to become a better person, a promise he has kept to this day.

## Joshua

The spirit inside of Sean is Joshua Brown. He was a bully while still alive, and got strangled by the father of a kid he bullied. It is still unclear why he was a bully, but he has now become a better person

## Over The Years

In Over The Years, Sean had been bought by a haunted house, but was later bought back by Alice, because her friend Christina missed him so much. Because he was actually still in use, he is the least withered of all the animatronics

## Trivia

-Joshua is blind with one eye

-In the Normal Life AU, Joshua isn't a bully

-Sean is a pirate animatronic

-Joshua is from Ireland

-Joshua likes skating
Rede Licata

Master Rede was the first medical officer in Adelis's army in Orbas. Young for his role, he stepped into the position after his mentor, Master Orides, died from the bruising sickness.

Master Rede and Learned Dubro had an agreement that Rede would inherit Dubro's demon Maska on Dubro's death, so he may have become a sorcerer-physician eventually.
Casilchas

"*Gray and ochre stone, rough or dressed, formed both walls and buildings, here and there enlivened with plaster dyed pink or pale green, or with painted wooden doors or shutters, rich red or blue or green in the angled light of the late-spring afternoon.*"
―A view of Casilchas[src]**Casilchas** was a sleepy town in Baocia, a long day's ride west of Palma. A seminary of the Order of the Bastard, including a fine library, was located there in an old mansion.

Ista's pilgrimage spent three nights in Casilchas at the seminary.
Ikos Rodoa

"*Ikos tried a friendly smile. It just made him look like a bandit delighted with the prospect of cutting a throat.*"
―Penric and Ikos Rodoa escape together[src]
**Ikos Rodoa** was the first child of Idrene Gardiki; she'd gotten pregnant by a young soldier in the Rodoa family who died soon afterwards (before Ikoa was born). When she bore a son, the soldier's family decided to keep the son, but not Idrene.

He became a master bridge builder, traveling around Cedonia for his projects. Later, when she was taken prisoner as part of Cendonian machinations against her other son, Adelis Arisaydia, Ikos devised a rescue.

His attempt coincided with her daughter Nikys's; as a result he ended up rescuing Penric, who'd substituted himself for Idrene.

## Appearance and Personality

Ikos was sturdy and muscular with broad shoulders and dark hair. His face, while not attractive, did have reasonably pleasant, rounded features. Penric considered him to be "sawed-off and tough-looking".

He was much more inclined to carefully worked out plans than seat-of-the-pants improvisation.

Likely due to his non-legitimate birth, his god was The Bastard.
Wealdeans

Wealdeans are people of the Weald. Known Wealdeans include:

## Nobles

* Earl-ordainer Badgerbank - head of kin Badgerbank and distant relative of Ijada. He was present in Hetwar's chambers when Ingrey was given the task of retrieving Boleso's body
* kin Boarford brothers - identical twin brother earl-ordainers sharing the earldom of Boarford. They were present in Hetwar's chambers when Ingrey was given the task of retrieving Boleso's body, passed Ingrey's party on the road to join the funeral procession at Oxmeade, and were among those carrying the prince's bier.
* Archdivine Fritine kin Boarford
* Tollin kin Boarford
* Tolla kin Boarford
* Ijada dy Castos
* Lady Hetwar
* Lord Hetwar
* Earl-ordainer Wencel kin Horseriver
* Princess Fara, Lady Horseriver
* Lord Alca kin Otterbine - noble who was present in Hetwar's chambers when Ingrey was given the task of retrieving Boleso's body
* Baron Halber kin Pikepool
* Baron Wegae kin Pikepool
* Baroness Yvaina kin Pikepool
* Lord Stagthorne, the hallow king
* Prince Biast kin Stagthorne
* Prince Boleso kin Stagthorne
* Prince Byza kin Stagthorne - older brother to Biast and Boleso, who had a reputation for diplomacy. He died of lockjaw.
* Princess Archdivine Llewyn kin Stagthorne
* Princess Llewanna kin Stagthorne
* Prince Rigild - the king's seneschal, was present in Hetwar's chambers when Ingrey was given the task of retrieving Boleso's body
* Symark kin Stagthorne - second cousin and bannerman to Prince Biast. He is a few years older than Biast and a noted swordsman. He had been Byza kin Stagthorne's bannerman before Biast's.
* Ingalef kin Wolfcliff
* Ingrey kin Wolfcliff
* Islin kin Wolfcliff - cousin of Ingrey kin Wolfcliff, castlemaster of Birchgrove. A little older than Ingrey, he has held Birchgrove for three years since his father's death, and lived there for ten.
* Kasgut kin Wolfcliff - Earl Wolfcliff in the time of Ingalef kin Wolfcliff.
* Inglis kin Wolfcliff

## Others (includes those whose noble status is unknown)

* Arpan - groom-acolyte of the Father's Order who participates in the funeral rite that used Fafa the ice bear
* Bernan
* Cumril
* Gesca
* Hallana
* Hergi
* Maraya - scholar who runs the Lady-school in Reedmere
* Nij - groom-acolyte of the Bastard's Order who participates in the funeral rite that used Fafa the ice bear, and tries to keep Fafa from signing the Bastard's acceptance of the departed soul.
* Oswin
* Learned Lewko
* Tesko
* Rider Ulkra - housemaster for Prince Boleso, who follows the prince's orders to not interfere with Boleso's intended rape of Ijada dy Castos. He is stout, and is usually stolid.
* Master Firthwyth
* Jons
* Treuch
* Dorra
* Losno
* Kreil
* Lunet
* Nath
* Oswyl
* Thala
* Learned Hamo
* Learned Magal
* Saint of Easthome
* Learned Listere
Porifors

"*The mountains had dwindled away altogether, into a wide, rolling country, open to the bright sky. It was warm enough for olive groves, shining silver-green largesse scattered here and there across the long slopes. A few walled villages sat like light-gilded toys at the edges of sight. In this peaceful day, yokes of oxen plowed far valleys. A tall wheel groaned in a watercourse, its voice softened by distance, lifting moisture to irrigate the garden plots and rows of vines embroidered upon the lower and more fertile ground. Along the heights, the gray bones of the world poked through the thinner soil, soaking in the sun like old men on a plaza bench.*"
―Ista looks at the landscape of Porifors[src]
**Porifors** was a marchdom in the province of Caribastos in the northwest corner of Chalion, held by Arhys dy Lutez at the time of *Paladin of Souls*. Castle Porifors was the seat of the March of Porifors, and was located at the border of Chalion, Ibra, and the Roknari princedom of Jokona. Castle Porifors was originally built to guard Jokona from Chalion and Ibra before Chalion conquered the region.

The architecture of Castle Porifors reflected the style of the Roknari stonemasons. The crenellated fortress walls were of pale gold stone with contrasting white stone bands with elaborate twining carvings. The village of Porifors lay below the fortress in its own walls. The fortress had several interior courtyards and galleries, with pools and pots of flowers and succulents, the stonework elaborately carved and utilizing marble and alabaster. The entry court was full of potted plants and greenery, including an apricot tree entwined with an almond tree, espaliered to a wall. The castle relied on cisterns for its water supply.

Porifors uniforms were gray tabards with gold.
Quadrene

The **Quadrene faith** held that the Bastard was not a God, but rather a demon begotten on the Mother of Summer by rape. Quadrenes thus worshiped only four gods, the Father, the Mother, the Son and the Daughter. Roknaris were predominantly Quadrenes and persecuted followers of the Bastard, criminalizing sodomy. Common punishment included removal of the thumb (common symbol of the Bastard), then tongue (source of all lies) and genitals. Roknari raiding parties routinely tortured and executed members of the Bastard's Order. Sorcerers were burnt alive or abandoned at sea on a slowly leaking cushion.

The Quadrenes used a four-point sign of blessing, touching forehead, navel, groin and heart, keeping the thumb carefully folded in.

## References

* *The Curse of Chalion*

* *Paladin of Souls*
Bastard's Order

The **Order of the Bastard** dealt with the things-out-of-season that are the god’s mandate – foundling hospitals and orphanages were among the order’s main concerns. The Bastard's Order was a refuge for homosexuals. The Order also sought out demons that had gotten into the world of matter to return them to the Bastard; as the other side of that coin, they managed the rare Temple-approved sorcerers such as Hallana and Penric and were responsible, over many lifetimes, for training and growing their demons into ones tame enough and advanced enough to be used by sorcerer-physicians.

Hallana and Penric wore a white, cream, and metallic silver Temple school braid on their shoulder to indicate their status as sorcerer-divines. Most members of the Bastard's order wore white robes.

## Facilities

* A seminary with a fine library, at Casilchas, in Baocia
* The University of Rosehall has a Bastard's seminary.

## Known members of the Bastard's Order

* Archdivine Mendenal of Cardegoss
* Umegat, divine and saint
* Chivar dy Cabon, divine
* Daris, lay dedicat
* the saint of Rauma, who was able to separate a demon from its mount and return the demon to the god
* a saint in Darthaca who could separate demons from their mounts and return them to the god, from *The Hallowed Hunt*
* Illvin dy Arbanos (in his youth)
* dowager Royina Ista, saint and lay dedicat "of a sort"
* Learned Hallana, sorceress-divine (also a physician-divine of the Mother's Order)
* Learned Lewko, petty saint, Temple overseer in Easthome
* Marda, divine
* Nij, acolyte-groom
* Penric kin Jurald
* Learned Tigney
* Learned Dubro

## References

* *The Curse of Chalion*
* *Paladin of Souls*
* Penric's Demon
* Penric's Mission
Kin Jurald

The **kin Jurald** family was a group of Canton aristocrats. During Penric kin Jurald's life, some portions of the Cantons were at least partly under the control of the Weald; or at least, Martensbridge had a resident Princess-Archdivine from the ruling kin Stagthorne family.

Their lands were in the eastern/central part of the Cantons, about a hundred miles east of Martensbridge. Jurald Court was basically a "large, sprawling fortified farmhouse."

## Members of kin Jurald

* Rolsch
* Drovo
* Penric

## References

All of the Penric tales discuss Penric kin Jurald, but useful mentions of the rest of his family are primarily seen in:

* Penric's Demon
* Penric's Mission mentions the death of his mother
Times Matched to Real World Events

**Timeline of Five Gods World**
The Five Gods World is a distinct creation, not exactly matching the Real World.

Nevertheless, several events mentioned in the tales have approximate correspondences with events in history, and it is handy to keep them in mind when picturing approximate distances between the tales.

* 0-300 - Cedonian Empire stretches from the Cedonian Peninsula to Darthaca
	+ Time is approximate: all that's clear from tales is that the Empire existed more than a millenium before Penric's time and that it lasted approximately 300 years
	+ Appears to be a cross between ancient Rome and Alexander the Great (died 323 BCE)
* 800 - Great Audar of Darthaca conquers the Weald
	+ ~ Charlemagne (claimed to be about 400 years before events of Hallowed Hunt)
* 950 - Weald is retaken from heirs of Audar.
* 1200 - events of Hallowed Hunt
* 1350 - Penric tales
	+ technology of interest: early stages of printing presses
* 1469 - Curse of Chalion ~ Marriage of Ferdinand & Isabela of Spain
	+ technology of interest: printed books are common-place
* 1470 - Paladin of Souls
Cumril

**Cumril** was a sorcerer in the Weald, possibly formerly a sorcerer-divine of the Bastard. At the time of *The Hallowed Hunt* Cumril was serving in Prince Boleso’s household under the guise of a body servant, and had been assisting with Boleso's rites to gain spirit animals.

Cumril was middle-aged and stooped, with a scraggly beard that framed his face.

Cumril was also the sorcerer who performed the spirit warrior rites for Lord Ingalef kin Wolfcliff and his son Ingrey. These rites left Lord Ingalef dead of rabies and Ingrey in a delirious state, and in Cumril's despair his demon gained control. Cumril wandered under the demon’s influence until Boleso found him and compelled him into service using unspecified means.

Learned Lewko had reassembled a letter of confession written by Cumril just before his demon ascended, after the demon had burned it.
Rex the T-rex

*I'm nothing but a monster, but even monsters have a heart*
-Rex to Yuyuko

Rex is an animatronic Character on Five Nights of Roleplay. He's close friends with Scythe the Basilisk and Sean the Shark

## Origin

Rex was first introduced after he woke up in his cell for the first time in 10 years. In the beginning he was a very anger filled person, but with the help of Scythe he was able to become more friendly. He has a very low self esteem, and it was unclear why until he told the others about why he had been locked in the cell for all that time: He had brutally murdered a child by crushing him. Despite him blaming himself, it wasn't his fault, since he was pushed over by other kids, and his friends keep telling him that he shouldn't blame himself for it. He is also tormented by a vampire named Alexa. He is also very, very cute, although he thinks of himself as a very tough guy

## Rampage

Another reason for Rex's low self esteem is that he once went on a rampage after being misused by many kids. Rex couldn't take it anymore and snapped, after which he went on a rampage, which has to do with his T-rex nature. This rampage could be seen as the Five Nights of Roleplay version of "The Bite of '87"

## Unique

What makes Rex unique is the fact that he, instead of an endoskeleton, has a fossil of a small T-rex as his base. Because of this he's about twice as big as the other animatronics. He is also has a second personality, and is one of the two animatronics that has one

## Trivia

-Rex hates the song "Dinosaur"

-Rex likes Junior, but often frightens the little animatronic with his large appearance

-Rex is similar in personality to Sean in some ways, as they both try to act tough but are really nice people on the inside
Tessa dy Hueltar

"*She doesn't batten, you know; in certain narrow ways, she makes herself quite useful. It is sad, though, that she herself destroys the gratitude that ought to be her reward.*"
―Ista, regarding Lady Tessa[src]
**Lady Tessa dy Hueltar** was the dowager Provincara dy Baocia's cousin and close companion. She was a widow and lay dedicat of the Temple. Her other boon companion was the Divine Tovia.

## Personality and Traits

Lady dy Hueltar was elderly and shared the dowager Provincara's rigid sense of propriety. In *Paladin of Souls*, she was scandalized when Ista set out on her pilgrimage with only Liss as attendant. Lady dy Hueltar arrived at Porifors when the siege was broken, trailed by what seemed like hundreds of servants, grooms and maids in support of a dozen ladies from the courts of Valenda and Taryoon. After she tried to replace Liss, Ista handed her off to her brother, who she believed would find dy Hueltar a suitable place.

## Appearances

* *The Curse of Chalion*

* *Paladin of Souls*
Kin Martenden

"*Castle Martenden is not just some fortified farmhouse. Kin Martenden have been great landholders in these parts for centuries.*"
―Clee's opinion of relative rank of kin Martenden versus kin Jurald[src]The **kin Martenden** family was a group of Canton aristocrats. During Penric kin Jurald's life, some portions of the Cantons were at least partly under the control of the Weald; or at least, Martensbridge had a resident Princess-Archdivine from the ruling kin Stagthorne family.

Their lands were in the western part of the Cantons, north of Martensbridge.

## References

* Penric's Demon
* Penric and the Shaman
Ijada dy Castos

**Ijada dy Castos** was the daughter of a Chalionese lord dedicate of the Son's Order and a Wealding lady of kin Badgerbank. She was a member of Princess Fara's household at the opening of *The Hallowed Hunt*. Her dower lands were large, running thirty miles east to west at the base of the Raven Range and twenty miles north to the edge of the watershed with the Cantons. However, the lands were called the Wounded Woods as the trees are stunted and were thought to be haunted. The lands were also said to be the site of Bloodfield.

Her father was commander of a Temple fort on the west marches when Ijada was ten. He was killed trying to mediate a dispute between people of the marsh country, and Ijada's mother took Ijada and returned to her kin in the north of the Weald. There she re-married in a year to another Temple man, but died of a fever four days after the birth of Ijada's half-brother. Ijada's stepfather then remarried quickly for the sake of the baby, to a woman three years older than Ijada. Ijada's Badgerbank aunt thought Ijada should be removed from her more common stepfamily and found her the position in the household of Princess Fara, wife of Earl Horseriver.

Ijada had dark hair and hazel eyes, and was the same height as Ingrey kin Wolfcliff.

Prince Boleso intended to use Ijada, a virgin, in a rite to gain a leopard as a spirit animal. Instead Ijada killed Boleso with his own war hammer, and the leopard spirit was called into Ijada by the Son. Ijada gained the ability to sense things of the world of the spirit especially through smell, was able to see and talk to the Son in a dream-state, and had prophetic dreams. Even before gaining the leopard spirit animal, she had experienced an uncanny dream when visiting the Wounded Woods in her dower lands.
Arrow

**Arrow** was a full Great Dog raised by the hedge shaman Scuolla. When Scuolla was killed in a landslide, Arrow went searching for help while Blood stayed at the site. Scuolla's nephew Savo received Arrow afterwards.

Arrow found Inglis kin Wolfcliff trapped in a mountain pass near Chillbeck Vale and took up with him.

He was a fine, big dog with a deep bark, black and tan, with triangular ears; he was roughly the size and shape of a wolf.

Despite his Great Beast nature, he was fond of doggish activities such as

* rolling in dead things
* eating unsuitable scraps, vomiting them up, and enthusiastically sniffing the vomit
* fetching sticks
* begging to be petted
* sniffing other dogs' nether parts
Menagerie

Roya Orico’s **menagerie** in the Zangre was a collection of animals from many areas. At the time of *The Curse of Chalion*, it had been in existence for about six years. Orico visited frequently and spent time feeding and currying some of the animals such as the leopard and the bears. The menagerie, located outside the walls of the Zangre attached to the stables, had been under the charge of the groom Umegat since its beginning, with assistance from other grooms. Quarters for the grooms were above the stabling area for the animals.

The menagerie, through Umegat, hosted a miracle of the Bastard which delayed the effects of the curse of Chalion on Orico’s health. Dondo dy Jironal planted the false idea with Royse Teidez that the menagerie was instead a form of Roknari black magic that harmed Orico, which led to Teidez slaughtering all of the animals except one small blue-and-yellow bird.

Animals mentioned included:

* Leopard
* Black bears
* Large “perch bird” that is bright green with a yellow breast and red throat - a former sailor’s bird with a rude vocabulary, brought to the menagerie by Martou dy Jironal
* Other large brightly colored birds
* Tiny brightly colored birds
* Vellas - goat-like animals from beyond the Archipelago
* Mountain cats with tufted ears from south Chalion, golden colored and one albino with black ear tufts
* Archipelago sand foxes with large, triangular ears

The crows of the Zangre were not part of the menagerie.
Lantihera

**Lantihera** was an island approximately halfway along the Carpagamon Islands. Its principle town was Lanti, which had a harbor used by both fishermen and pirates.

Being relatively close to Cedonia, its ownership history was complex: It was once owned by Cedonia, but then alternated being run by Carpagamo or the Roknari (via Rathnatta), though it sometimes managed a perilous sort of independence. At the time of Penric kin Jurald's adventure there, it had been taken over by pirates due to the absence of both Carpagamo and Rathnatta.
Chalion-Ibra

The country and royacy of **Chalion-Ibra** was formed by the marriage contract of Iselle dy Chalion and Bergon dy Ibra joining the countries of Chalion and Ibra, during the events of *The Curse of Chalion*. Bergon and Iselle each were to inherit their respective crowns at the death of the then-current royas. Bergon held authority in Chalion as roya-consort, and Iselle held authority in Ibra as royina-consort, reciprocally and equally. Their heir was planned to hold the royacy of Chalion-Ibra as a single crown.

## References

* *The Curse of Chalion*
* *Paladin of Souls*
Sacred Animals

"*The dog-fox, released from its copper chain, sniffed, trotted to the bier, whined, hopped up, and curled itself by dy Sanda's side. It rested its muzzle over the deceased man's heart, and sighed deeply*"
―At a funeral[src]
**Sacred animals** were used in funeral rites to indicate which god has taken up the deceased person's soul. The omen was 'the one tiny miracle the gods granted every person, no matter how humble, at their passing.'

Various animals were used, though generally the color of the animal reflects the color associated with the god they represented. In the main temple of Cargegoss for example, a blue jay was used for the Daughter, a great green bird for the Mother, a flame coloured dog-fox for the Son, a gray wolf for the Father, and white rats for the Bastard. Smaller temples used a more 'motley' selection of animals, and Cazaril once described an instance using five kittens with colored ribbons around their necks.

## The ritual

The sacred animals were released one at a time and made a distinctive gesture to sign their respective god's interest or disinterest in the deceased person. They would become agitated if someone tried to push them to give a false response. For example, all the sacred animals at Dondo dy Jironal's funeral reacted negatively and refused to approach the body. When the the blue jay representing the Daughter was placed on the corpse's chest, the bird reacted by dropping a blob of guano and flying away. In the most extreme case, Fafa the ice bear nearly killed his handler when prevented from signifying that the Bastard had taken up a deceased man because the temple had accepted a bribe.

### Roknari variant

The Roknari chose to place fish marked with dye in a tub and interpret the swimming patterns to identify which god had taken a person's soul. They avoided identifying the Bastard partly by not providing a fish for him - the tub held four fish; the rest of the way involved deliberate misinterpretation of the patterns.

## Other uses of animals by the gods

In addition to their use in funeral rites, rats and crows were considered sacred to the Bastard and as such were used in death magic. Also, a crow was used to determine Cazaril's innocence when an accusation of rape was made.

## References

* *The Curse of Chalion*
* *Paladin of Souls*
* *The Hallowed Hunt*
* Penric's Demon
Freitten

**Freitten** was a town in the Cantons where a University had been founded not long before Penric kin Jurald became a sorcerer.

The distance between Freitten and his home town of Greenwell was less than the distance between Martensbridge and Greenwell (which was approximately 100 miles).

Penric had hoped to go to Freitten to study, but between his lack of clarity for what he would learn in particular and the family's lack of finances to back such a time, he was unable to attend.
Raven Range

"*The Ravens were rugged but not high; no snow, either early or late, clung to their green-and-brown heights, though here and there some sheer fall of rock, gleaming in the sun, gave the illusion of ice. Their deep folds were rucked up like a blanket, cut with sharp ravines and secret places.*"
―Ingrey approaches the Raven Range[src]The **Raven Range** was an east-west mountain range along the border between the Weald and the Cantons (and Westria, to some extent). The headwaters of the Stork River flowed from this range.

## Behind the scenes

The Raven Range corresponds in location to real-life Jura Mountains between Germany and Switzerland.

## References

* *The Hallowed Hunt*, particularly chapter 22
* Penric's Demon
* Penric and the Shaman
Mendenal

"*He stared at Cazaril, and glanced aside to the Mother's midwife, with an odd hopeless envy in his eyes, devoid of hostility. 'When a pious ordinary man finds himself in a room with three working saints – if he has any wits left – he seeks instruction, he does not feign to instruct.'*"
―Mendenal defers to saints[src]**Mendenal** is the archdivine of Cardegoss at the time of *The Curse of Chalion*, having held the post for two years.

Mendenal was dedicated to the Bastard's Order at the age of fourteen with a dower provided by his father, a provincar. He served as a divine when he was younger; he once saw a case where a sundered spirit managed to take over the body of a person who'd died, possibly by death magic. He was chosen as archdivine because of his administrative skills and to please his powerful family.

## Personality and traits

Mendenal readily defers to working saints in matters of theology, holding them in some envy but no hostility. Cazaril considers Mendenal's views on sainthood to be somewhat naive, imagining holy blessings where horrors actually are.

## References

* *The Curse of Chalion*

* *Paladin of Souls*
Linkbeck

**Linkbeck** was a village in the Cantons high along a river valley, at or along the Chillbeck River.

It was too small to have a full divine for its temple, so it generally made do with an acolyte.

A local man, Scuolla, was the last of a string of people who bred Great Dogs in the region; his death led to the arrival of a Shaman and a sorcerer to aid his soul in reaching his God.

## People from Linkbeck (and environs)

* Beris
* Bern
* Savo
* Churr
* Scuolla
* Laaxa Graybraid
* Acolyte Gallin
* Gossa
* Heive

## Great Dogs from Linkbeck

* Arrow
* Blood
Foix dy Gura

**Foix dy Gura** (FOY) was a cousin of the March dy Palliar and the younger brother of Ferda. He was an officer-dedicat of the Daughter’s Order. While injured after the battle to retake Gotorget, he served as a clerk to Chancellor dy Cazaril. In the events of *Paladin of Souls*, Foix was sent with Ferda to serve as Royina Ista's escort on her pilgrimage. He contracted a demon which until that time had been riding a bear, and developed into a sorcerer when he learned to control it.

Foix was broad and muscular, and shorter than Ferda.

## Appearances

* *The Curse of Chalion*

* *Paladin of Souls*