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Saone

**Saone** was a country adjacent to Darthaca, Carpagamo, and the Cantons.

### Facts about Saone

* The language was called Saonese; it was a particularly difficult form of Darthacan to learn.

### People of Saone

* Penric kin Jurald's maternal ancestors were from Saone, and he spoke the language sufficiently well to lead people to believe he was from there.
* Learned Amberein

## Behind the scenes

Saone is roughly located with Savoy and Monaco, in real-world geography.

## Mentions

* Penric's Demon
* Penric and the Shaman
* Penric's Mission
* The Prisoner of Limnos
* The Orphans of Raspay
Florina Arisaydia

**Lady Florina Arisaydia** was the mother of Adelis Arisaydia and stepmother of Nikys Arisaydia kin Jurald.

Florina was a Cedonian noblewoman of high birth, with connections to the Imperial family itself. She married the old General Arisaydia. However, they were childless for many years. Finally, convinced it was the only way for him to have children, Florina and her husband had agreed to bring Idrene Gardiki in as his concubine. Ironically, Florina became pregnant at the same time as Idrene. Florina gave birth to Adelis on the same day that Idrene gave birth to Nikys. The two women raised the children together; both children regarded both women as their mothers equally.

Florina and Idrene were close; emotionally, they were closer to each other than they were to their mutual husband.

Florina died when Nikys and Adelis were in their late 20s. She did not appear directly in any story.
Oxmeade

**Oxmeade** was a largish town in the Weald not far from kin Stagthorne lands around Easthome.

## Facts about Oxmeade

* It sat in a valley (probably a river valley).
* It had at least one large home owned by a wealthy family.
* The temple was a large stone building.
* A town square was very busy, with a street market and a skillful fiddler.

Learned Magal's deceased husband's family lived in Oxmeade.

## References

* *The Hallowed Hunt*, chapters 7,8,9
* Penric's Fox
Sara dy Chalion

**Royina Sara dy Chalion** was the wife of Roya Orico. She was an aunt to the current provincar of Labran at the time of *The Curse of Chalion*.

Sara and Orico were a devoted couple but did not have any children. After many tries to conceive an heir for Orico including attempts with other women, Orico was persuaded to allow Martou and Dondo dy Jironal to attempt to sire a child by Sara. These efforts continued for a year and only ended when Sara threatened to kill herself. While Martou was polite about his efforts, Dondo took pleasure in humiliating Sara.

Immediately before Iselle's wedding, Sara, along with a physician and Archdivine Mendenal, concealed Orico's death to prevent Iselle's marriage from being potentially invalid because she had become a ward of Martou dy Jironal.

Sara maintained her chambers on the top floor of Ias’s Tower.

She was in her mid-thirties, her earlier prettiness now faded and worn. She enjoyed the court minstrels and singers, but remained aloof from court society.

 Appearances

* *The Curse of Chalion*

* *Paladin of Souls*
Olus

**Olus** was a Roknari prince, best known for his habit of burying his enemies in excrement and burning them alive.
Five years before the start of *Curse of Chalion*, he was involved in a border war with Chalion. Cazaril and Dondo dy Jironal were sent to parlay with him. Olus decided he only needed one messenger to return, so gave Cazaril and Dondo a choice. Whichever one would cut off the head of the other would be allowed to return back to the Chalionese lines. Given first choice, Cazaril refused the offer. When Dondo took it up, Olus blocked the sword thrust and sent both back, knowing there would be bad blood between the two.

Olus was murdered about a year later by his own bodyguards.

 Appearances

* *The Curse of Chalion*
Greenwell

**Greenwell Town** was a small town in the Cantons, near the tall northern mountains.

### Location

It was located approximately five miles out from the kin Jurald home, and about a hundred miles east from Martensbridge.

### Size

The town was too small to get lost in, and was about a tenth the size of Martensbridge.

## Facts about Greenwell

* It had a Mother's hospice and a full Temple divine.

* At one time in the past, a man who left to take up mercenarying was reported dead, only to turn up years later and discover that his wife had remarried.

* Mountain raftsmen sometimes climbed onto logs in rivers to cut them loose during the spring.
* Its Lady School was a couple of rooms with a single bookcase in a home where teachers lodge.
* Its bathhouse was small, in back of the home of the woman who owned it.
* Its temple was a wooden hall with abundant woodcarvings.
* Hanging was a standard method of execution for robbery and murder.

## People from Greenwell

* Learned Lurenz
* Penric kin Jurald
* Rolsch kin Jurald

## References

* Penric's Demon
* Penric and the Shaman
* Penric's Mission
Father of Winter

"*A tall, somber man stood on the treads two below her.... His face and form were uncertain in outline; she thought he looked a bit like Arhys, a bit like Arvol, and more than a little like her own dead father.... His hair and beard were pure gray, cut short as Arhys's were, clean and fine. The wavering candlelight did not reflect from his upturned face, nor from the endless depths of his eyes; they shone instead with their own effulgent light.*"
―Ista meets the Father face to face[src]
The **Father of Winter** was one of the five gods of the Chalion world.

The primary color associated with the Father was black, the secondary color was gray. His particular aspects regarding interactions with the world were justice and fertility. Judges and crime investigators were particularly likely to be adherents of the Father.

His feast day, Father's Day, was at the winter solstice.

At death, unless there is a stronger association with a different god, men who've fathered children generally were taken up by the Father.

## Swear-phrases regarding the Father

* Father's tears
* Father weeps
* Father's balls
* Father's weighing scales
Adelis Arisaydia

**Adelis** (pronounced Ari-SAY-dia) was a talented army general of Cedonia and later Orbas.

## Background

Adelis was born to the Old General Arisaydia's first wife, Lady Florina. He was born on the same day as Nikys was born to the General's second wife, Idrene, and so Nikys and Adelis have always considered themselves twins. His father died when he was a teen; he and Nikys were jointly raised by Idrene and Lady Florina; both Nikys and Adelis consider both Idrene and Lady Florina their mother.

Before the events of Penric's Mission, he had several successful military campaigns, especially against the Rusylli. His successes, popularity with his men, and the general dissatisfaction in the army with the current government made some in the government, particularly Minister Methani, worry he would try a coup. They planted false evidence that Adelis was planning to defect to Adria in order to accuse him of treason and justify blinding him. Ironically, Adelis, aware of the danger, had actually been planning to defect to Orbas shortly before his blinding.

After Penric repaired his sight, his eyes became garnet and his upper face heavily scarred, giving him a disturbing appearance. This was actually an asset for his military career, as many enemies seemed supernaturally terrified of him and his men seemed to regard him as more-than-human.

Though he was initially wary of her, in later books he got along well with Desdemona, as both had a certain bloody-minded practicality. Unlike Penric, who had moral qualms about things, both Adelis and Desdemona tended to prefer the most efficient method of reaching their goals. For instance, Adelis was perfectly willing to kill people who threatened him, while Penric would try to reform them.

Like many successful generals, Adelis was fanatical about planning and logistics. He always sought to know as much as possible about the terrain he would be fighting on, and, when possible, he could spend days drawing up contingency plans for any scenario he can imagine before going into a fight.

As of the end of Assassins, he was married to Lady Tanar Xarre.

## Appearances

* Penric's Mission
* Mira's Last Dance
* The Orphans of Raspay
* The Physicians of Vilnoc
* The Assassins of Thasalon
Clee

**Clee** was a bastard half-brother to Rusillin kin Martenden, and served as temple-sworn dedicat in the Bastard's Order in Martensbridge, doing copyist work part of the time.

When Penric kin Jurald arrived with an unexpected demon, Clee and his brother came up with a plan to acquire it for themselves.

## Appearance and Biography

He had dark hair, soldier-cut. He had a sister in the Daughter's Order, and was ten years younger than Rusillin. Until age 14, he was raised in Castle Martenden; at that point he was placed with the Bastard's Order.

Lacking a scheme that involves befriending Penric, he was dismissive. He also was clear that getting good jobs comes as a result of good connections, rather than skill.
Kin Horseriver

The **kin Stagthorne** family was a group of Wealdean aristocrats that held the Hallowed Kingship in the days of the Great Audar. Their lands were in the northeastern/north-central Weald, bounded on the west by the Lure River.

Their banner showed a running white stallion on a green field above three waving blue lines.

## Family members

* Wencel kin Horseriver
* Princess Fara (nee kin Stagthorne) - probably returned to kin Stagthorne upon her widowship.
Jedula Corva

Jedula Corva was the mother of Lencia and Seuka Corva. On her deathbed, she bargained with the Bastard for protection for her daughters, which led to the events of The Orphans of Raspay.

## Background

Jedula was a prostitute in Raspay, a small town in Jokona. She bore Lencia and Seuka to her long-time client Master Ubi Getaf, who loved her but already had a wife and family in Zagosur.

Despite her lowly station, and despite living in a Quadrene nation, she was a great soul beloved of the Bastard, perhaps even a saint of the Bastard. On her deathbed, she bargained with the Bastard with her soul, threatening to go to the Mother after death instead of the Bastard if He didn't promise to protect her children. It seems He agreed, and arranged for Penric to meet up with the sisters, save them, and bring them to chapterhouse of His order in Vilnoc.

She was a secret Quintarian, and taught her daughters the Quintarian faith as well.

She was unfailing kind, constantly willing to help others in her profession who had fallen on hard times. At great risk, she and Ubi smuggled many slaves and secret Quintarians out of Jokona.
Son's Order

The **Son's Order** (or Order of the Son) is dedicated to the service of the Son of Autumn. It provides military support to local regions generally, and is headed by a Holy General. Most young men of military leaning swear themselves to the Son’s Order. The Son's order is typically larger than the Daughter's Order.

In Chalion, it maintains a tradition of battling the Roknari. Also, the Holy General is appointed by the roya, and is a lucrative and powerful position. The court robes of the Holy General are in layers of brown, orange, and yellow.

## Known members of the Son's Order:

* Arvol dy Lutez, appointed Holy General by Roya Ias
* Martou dy Jironal, appointed Holy General by Roya Orico
* Bergon dy Chalion-Ibra, appointed Holy General by Royina Iselle
* Lupe dy Cazaril (as a young man)
* Ser dy Sanda, lay dedicat (as a young man)
* Dondo dy Jironal, officer (as a young man)
* Lord dy Castos, lord dedicat, captain of a Temple fort on the western marches of the Weald

## References

* *The Curse of Chalion*
* *The Hallowed Hunt*
Grabyat

**Grabyat** was a country bordering Cedonia, Trigonie, and Orbas. It also suffered incursions from Rusylli tribes.

## Facts about Grabyat

* The tripoint border between it and Cedonia and Orbas was used for sneaking spies between the various nations.
* The leader was titled the High Oban.
* The eldest daughter of Duke Jurgo of Orbas was married to the High Oban at the time of Penric kin Jurald.
* Rusylli incursions were an ongoing problem for Grabyat.

## Behind the scenes

Grabyat in location roughly corresponds to Northern Serbia and/or Hungary.

## Mentions

* Mira's Last Dance, chapter VIII.
* The Prisoner of Limnos
Chivar dy Cabon

"*I stole your pilgimage, Royina. I thought the god was telling me to.*"
―Chivar explains himself to Ista[src]
**Learned Chivar dy Cabon** was a divine of the Bastard who served as Royina Ista's spiritual conductor on her pilgrimage. He was the illegitimate son of Ser Odlin dy Cabon, and a third or fourth cousin to Lord dy Yarrin.

Learned dy Cabon was an obese young man of no more than thirty, somewhat near-sighted. He was a gourmand, and during the pilgrimage also began to drink to excess. The latter was the result of troubling dreams, sent by the Bastard, that showed him dying horribly at the hands of Roknari soldiers. With the help of this warning, he and Foix dy Gura were able to evade the Jokonan raiding party and were eventually reuinited with Ista at Porifors. Later, dy Cabon sleeplessly tended to the wounded and dying. His trials had stressed him close to cracking open to the god's presence, making him a potential saint.

 Appearances

* *Paladin of Souls*
Arfrastpekka

**Arfrastpekka** was the name of an island kingdom well to the south of the Weald in the World of the Five Gods. Glaciers and ice bears were found there, as well as possibly-pirates, definitely-poets.

## People from Arfrastpekka

* Prince Jokol Skullsplitter
* Breiga
* Ottovin

## Behind the scenes

Arfrastpekka roughly corresponds to Iceland, though its location is not specified enough to know whether to connect that as well.
Rathnatta

**Rathnatta** was an island at the end of either the Carpagamon or Roknar archipelagos. At the time of Penric kin Jurald, it was owned by the Roknari.

## Facts about Rathnatta

* Slave trading was common in Rathnatta.
* Periodically ships from Rathnatta arrived in the lower Carpagamon Islands and took them over.

## Behind the scenes

In location and approximate size/shape, Rathnatta corresponds to real-world Sicily.
Fara

"*She was treated most miserably from first to last. But in the end she remembered she was a princess.*"
―Ingrey kin Wolfcliff speaks of Fara[src]
**Princess Fara** was the daughter of Lord Stagthorne, the hallow king, and sister of Princes Boleso and Biast. She was married to earl-ordainer Wencel kin Horseriver for four years but had no children.
Fara was not a beauty but her proud carriage and presence normally made up for any shortfall. She had brown hair and dressed plainly. When Ingrey first met her, she looked haggard and ill.

Prior to the events of *the Hallowed Hunt*, Ijada was one of her ladies-in-waiting. Partly out of jealousy, Fara yielded Ijada up to Boleso, knowing the results would be 'unpleasant'. After hearing Fara's testimony in Ijada's trial, Biast appointed Ingrey to be Fara's guardian. Wencel subsequently infested her with a spirit horse, and used her as his banner-carrier in the rite at Bloodfield. However, Fara broke the banner pole, causing the hallow kingship to temporarily pass to Ingrey. THis allowed him to cleanse the souls of those slain at Bloodfield.
Chalion Timeline

**The complete timeline we have in Chalion** takes up 50 years, from the deaths of Fonsa and the Golden General to the end of *Paladin of Souls*. This number is repeated several times in *Paladin of Souls*, so we can assume it is meant to be exact. Since *Paladin of Souls* takes place 3 years after the end of *Curse of Chalion*, and *Curse of Chalion* takes slightly more than one year, Curse of Chalion begins 46 years after the deaths of Fonsa and the Golden General.

While there are some correspondences between our timeline and that of Chalion, we cannot be sure that their reckoning matches ours. We do know that their calendar is not the same as ours, because they have more leap years than we do. Were they to use the same reckoning as us, the Curse of Chalion would take place in the years 1468-1469.

Since we do not have an exact year, however, we will use year G to mark the event that is the keystone of the timeline - the deaths of Fonsa and the Golden General.

Year G: Fonsa and Golden General die from death magic. Ias becomes roya.

Unknown but no later than G+10: Orico is born.

G+10: Ista is born.

G+11: Cazaril is born.

G+24 to G+29: Cazaril serves as a page in Valenda.

G+28: Ias and Ista marry.

G+30, mid-Spring: Iselle is born.

G+32: Teidez is born.

G+33: Attempt to break the curse. Arvol dy Lutez dies.

G+34: Ias dies. Orico becomes roya.

G+36: Provincar of Baocia dies. Ista’s brother becomes new Provincar, moves his capital to Taryoon.

G+40: Ista moves to Valenda with Iselle and Teidez. Menagerie arrives in Valenda shortly thereafter.

G+41: Cazaril and Dondo sent to parlay with Roknari prince Olus.

G+43, winter: Cazaril made castle warder for Gotorget.

G+44, autumn: Gotorget sold after 9 months of siege. Cazaril sold to galleys.

G+46: Cazaril freed. Spends time in Ibra, walks to Valenda, arrives on day before Daughter’s Day. *Curse of Chalion* begins.

G+47: Orico dies. Bergon and Iselle marry. Martou dy Jironal dies. *Curse of Chalion* ends.

G+49: Cazaril and Betriz have a son. Bergon and Iselle have a daughter.

G+50: Dowager Provincara of Baocia dies. *Paladin of Souls* begins and ends.
Guza

**Guza** was a small coastal village in Cedonia with a port; it was the nearest settlement to Limnos, and much of its
income was a result of serving them and the pilgrims who visited their sacred well.

## Facts about Guza

* The Daughter's Order ran a hospice there for pilgims.
* The ferries that took travelers to Limnos often had women captains and crew.
Chio

Blessed Chio was a saint of the Bastard in Lodi.

Chio was an orphan. She was left, anonymously, at the orphanage on the Isle of Gulls in Lodi. At 14, she was about to be apprenticed to a dressmaker when the Bastard first came to her and she became a saint.

She was 18 during the events of Masquerade in Lodi, so she was about 10 years younger than Penric. As of her first appearance in the book, she was very sheltered and had rarely been off the Isle of Gulls.

## Mentions

* Masquerade in Lodi

1. ↑ "That's how the god first came to me, four years ago ... but who listens to a fourteen-year-old-girl?" -- Masquerade in Lodi
Easthome

"*The town and the broad southern plains beyond spread out before their gaze. The river Stork curled away from the town’s foot in a bright silver line, growing more crooked until lost in the autumn haze.*"
―Ingrey and Ijada arrive at Easthome[src]
**Easthome** was the seat of government of the Weald, site of the hallow king's hall and the Royal College. It was located on the edge of the broad southern plains with a range of low hills to the northeast. The city was a port on the river Stork, at the head of navigation for sea-going vessels. Timber and other goods could be floated from upriver of Easthome when the river level was high enough. The city was walled, although newer buildings had encroached on the wall and then spilled beyond it, reducing the defensive capabilities.

Early in the history of the city it was two villages of different tribes, separated by a creek which is a tributary of the Stork. The tribes feuded until Audar's grandson established his western capital there and rebuilt the city, eliminating the tribal divisions. The creek became little more than a sewer and was built across in many places.

The architecture at the times of *The Hallowed Hunt* and *Penric's Fox* favored tall houses of tan stone blocks or whitewashed stucco, with red-tile roofs.

The town was divided into 2 parts, Templetown and Kingstown. Templetown was the upper town on high bluffs above the river, and held the temple and offices of the holy orders. Kingstown was in the lower town, which held the dock quarter, warehouses and merchant's quarters, and on higher elevations the kin-lords' houses and other mansions in addition to the hallow king's hall.

The building in Templetown housing the Order of the Bastard had been a converted merchants' mansion made of wood at the time of *The Hallowed Hunt*, but about the time Penric kin Jurald was born, it burned down and was replaced with a more impressive building made of cut yellow stone - high, balanced, and austere.

## Behind the scenes

The city plan of Easthome is loosely based on that of Zagreb.

 References

* *The Hallowed Hunt*
* Penric's Fox

1. ↑ Lois McMaster Bujold, post to the Bujold mailing list, 18 February 2005, [1]http://lists.herald.co.uk/pipermail/lois-bujold/2005-February/025361.html
Ingalef kin Wolfcliff

"*His father’s appearance had never greatly mattered to Ingrey; it was his solid presence that had warmed, and his rumbling voice, resonating in a chest to which a child-ear pressed, that had promised safety.*"
―Ingrey remembers Lord Ingalef[src]**Ingalef kin Wolfcliff** was the father of Ingrey kin Wolfcliff. He was castle master of Birchgrove under Earl Kasgut kin Wolfcliff. His sister, Lady Horseriver, was mother to Wencel kin Horseriver, later Earl Horseriver.

Lady Horseriver, perhaps through one of the five gods, became convinced that Wencel had been possessed by an evil spirit of the Old Weald, and asked Ingalef for help. Their plan was to invest Ingalef and Ingrey with wolf spirit animals, using Old Weald magic against it. Ingalef suborned Cumril, a Temple sorcerer, to assist with the rite, which successfully invested them with wolf spirits. However, Ingalef's wolf was rabid and bit him during the process, and he died of rabies. Ingalef's spirit wolf prevented his soul from being taken up by the gods. Much later, Ingrey found his ghost and separated the spirit animal, but it was too late and his soul remained sundered.

 Appearances

* *The Hallowed Hunt*
Weir

**Weir Village** was a small community about 10 miles east of Easthome in the Weald. It lay in a hilly region just outside a 50 square mile wooded tract owned by kin Pikepool.

The local temple had a full divine; she was rather suspicious of strangers, particularly from Easthome. There was also a man who served as lay dedicat.

## People from Weir or the neighboring wooded tract

* Dorra - the village alewife
* Treuch - the forester for the tract
* Losno - an elderly caretaker for the manorhouse in the tract
* Halber kin Pikepool - lived for a time with Treuch
Ingrey kin Wolfcliff

**Ingrey kin Wolfcliff** was a shaman of the Weald; his spirit animal was a wolf. His father was Ingalef kin Wolfcliff. Ingalef's sister was Lady Horseriver, making Ingrey a cousin of Wencel kin Horseriver; they were also related through Ingrey's mother. Ingrey was a retainer in the household of Sealmaster Lord Hetwar, acting in various capacities include high courier where he "delivered rewards intact, and threats suitably nuanced." He seemed to become a berserker in battles, fighting with extraordinary skill and ferocity, killing mercilessly, until he was brought back to awareness. He could read and write both Wealdean and Darthacan.

Ingrey was of middle height and has dark hair indicating some Darthacan ancestry. Wencel called him "half a Darthacan".

## Biographical notes

At the age of fourteen, Ingrey's father Ingalef enlisted the sorcerer Cumril to give himself and Ingrey wolf spirit animals. Ingalef's wolf was rabid, and he died soon after the ritual of an untreated bite. Ingrey's wolf was healthy but was a great hallowed animal, a much greater force to merge with Ingrey's soul. Ingrey survived but was in a state of delirium and confusion for some time.

He underwent many attempts to remove the wolf by various siritual and physical means. During this period Ingrey learned to control the wolf and was able to function again, and also received a dispensation from the Temple for his animal spirit, the possession of which would otherwise have been cause for execution by burning. His father's castle had been settled on an uncle, and Ingrey was sent on a pilgrimage seeking a cure. The pilgrimage became wandering, making a living by taking on odd tasks. He met Lord Hetwar in Darthaca where Hetwar was on an embassy, was taken into his household to be able to work his way back to the Weald, then given a permanent position.

After Hallana broke the geas on Ingrey, his wolf was unbound and Ingrey began to experience heightened senses from the wolf.

Ingrey was able to use the weirding voice to command others after the wolf was unbound. He could use this voice or a related power to call the animal spirits out of the souls of dead spirit warriors, though the effort required that he shed some blood for each use of the weirding voice.

 Appearances

* *The Hallowed Hunt*
Red Dike

**Red Dike** was a royal free town in the Weald, neither subject to an earl from a kin family nor under a Temple lord-divine.

## Facts about Red Dike

* It was a largish town as such went, though not as large as Oxmeade.
* Its temple was constructed according to Darthacan-style: made of stone with five rounded and domed lobes.
* It had three inns.

## References

* *The Hallowed Hunt*, particularly chapters 4-6
Cazaril's crow

"*He entertained himself and, apparently, the bird for several minutes attempting to instruct it in its new language, even meeting it halfway by trilling* Cazaril! Cazaril! *in what he fancied was a birdish accent, but despite lavish gifts of bread it seemed even more resistant than Iselle to Darthacan.*"
―Speech lessons[src]
Shortly after his arrival at the Zangre, Cazaril was approached by one of the **sacred crows** who inhabited Fonsa's Tower. The bird, missing two tail feathers, seemed entertained when Cazaril tried to teach him to say his name, but proved resistant. Later in the day though, the bird approached him again, this time calling 'Caz', and refuses to leave until Umegat removed him.

A few days later, Cazaril was brought before Roya Orico after a courtier related a story that Cazaril's scars were the result of being flogged for rape. In response, Martou dy Jironal claimed Cazaril should be removed from Royina Iselle's presence immediately. Orico chose to resolve the issue by having one of the sacred crows fly to the innocent party. Cazaril was exonerated, but wondered if a trick was involved, since the crow used was the one that was missing two tail feathers. Umegat advised that he did not seek out a particular crow; rather, the crow, sacred to the Bastard, picked him.

Several nights later, Cazaril was driven to use death magic against Dondo dy Jironal to prevent his marriage to Iselle. Fully expecting to die him himself, Cazaril crawled over to Fonsa's Tower and was approached by the crow with two missing tail feathers. Cazaril kissed the crow on its head and asked for forgiveness. "Maybe the Bastard will feed you the bread of the gods, and you can ride on His shoulder, when you meet Him." Then Cazaril broke the crow's neck and prayed to the Bastard for justice.
Ranks of Nobility

## Lands of the Ibran peninsula

Ranks used in the non-Roknari countries of the Ibran peninsula:

 royse/royesse
 provincar/provincara
 march/marchess
 castillar/castillara
 ser/sera

**Prince** was used for rulers and high nobles of other lands, as in the Roknari Prince Sordso (*Paladin of Souls*) and Prince Jokol Skullsplitter of the southern islands (*The Hallowed Hunt*).

## The Weald

The ruler of the Weald at the time of *The Hallowed Hunt* was referred to as the **hallow king**. His children used the title **prince** or **princess**. Other titles include **earl**, used for the head of each kin-group and perhaps others. In the Weald of *The Hallowed Hunt*, **earl-ordainers** were the heads of eight great kin houses who elected the hallow king on the death of the old king; the equivalent in the religious hierarchy were the five **archdivine-ordainers**. The **sealmaster** had charge of the hallow king's seal, kept in an oak box, and was responsible for breaking the seal with a silver hammer on the death of the hallow king.
Golden General

The **Golden General** was a Roknari ruler who united all five Roknari princedoms then prepared to march south on Chalion, Ibra, and Brajar against the “Quintarian heretics”. Roya Fonsa dy Chalion was granted death magic on him, but his unfulfilled destiny then cursed Chalion, specifically Fonsa’s heirs.
He was also known as the Lion of Roknar. His youngest daughter was Joen.

The Golden General was beloved by the Father of Winter who gave him the gift of second sight, among other god-gifts.

## Appearances

* *The Curse of Chalion*

* *Paladin of Souls*
Ser dy Sanda

**Ser dy Sanda** was secretary-tutor to Royse Teidez, including instructing him in swordsmanship. He had ridden as a lay dedicat of the Son's Order in his youth. Dy Sanda was murdered after Teidez and Iselle arrive in Cardegoss, probably in a move instigated by Dondo dy Jironal to gain more influence over Teidez. His soul was taken up by the Son of Autumn. He was survived by an older brother.

Ser dy Sanda was stern and conscientious, but seemed defensive about Cazaril's title of castillar, insisting on his precedence at all opportunities.

 Appearances

* *The Curse of Chalion*
Adria

**Adria** was a country on the northern coast of the known continent of the Five Gods World. Neighbors included Trigonie, Carpagamo, Westria, and the Cantons.

Its capital was Lodi, and it had a near-constant war going with its neighbor Carpagamo.

### People from Adria

* Mira of Lodi
* Penric kin Jurald lived there for a short time.
* Blessed Chio
* Iserne and her son Ree

## Behind the scenes

Adria is located roughly where the eastern half of northern Italy is, and its capital city of Lodi roughly corresponds to Venice.

## Mentions

* Penric's Demon
* Penric's Mission
* Mira's Last Dance
* Masquerade in Lodi
Rolsch kin Jurald

"*Penric's eldest brother Lord Rolsch had seemed a soberer hand on the helm, if only he hadn't been such a gull for every pious beggar ... to come down the pike.*"
―Rolsch's leadership[src]**Rolsch kin Jurald** was the lord of a rural territory in the Cantons that includes Greenwell town. He inherited the position upon the death of his father, and initially made family poorer instead of wealthier. As a result, he spent some effort trying to find a money-making use for his youngest brother Penric.

When Drovo, another younger brother, died soon after joining a mercenary company, Rolsch stopped trying to encourage that job for Penric. His next plan, to marry Penric to a wealthy merchant's daughter, went badly as well.
Trigonie

**Trigonie** was a duchy between the nations of Orbas and Adria.

## Facts about Trigonie

* Penric kin Jurald traveled to Trigonie as part of a research project, then was delayed by the archdivine long enough that he was compelled to take ship to return to Orbas.

* Ikos Rodoa built a bridge in Trigonie and had friends he trusted there.

## Behind the scenes

Trigonie roughly corresponds in location to Slovenia and the city of Trieste in real life geography.

## Mentions

* Penric's Mission
* Mira's Last Dance
* The Prisoner of Limnos
* The Orphans of Raspay
Skirose

**Skirose** was a town in Cedonia, 198 miles south of Doara.

A military road went east to the sea and west over Cedonian mountains to Thasalon's network of roads, while another went north to Patos. The path south towards Orbas degenerated quickly into little-used tracks.

## Facts about Skirose

* The island of Corfara was near the place where the road to the sea ended.
* The local inn was grubby and small; the beds had bugs.
* There was a local temple.
Patos

"*Spread across the wide amphitheater of the gulf’s head, Patos seemed built of the bones of this land: stone houses with red tile roofs, stone streets, arched and colonnaded; the familiar five-fold shape, high on one hill, of a stone temple.*"
―Penric first sees Patos[src]**Patos** was a town in Cedonia located at the end of the Gulf of Patos.

Its marketplace was near the harbor, filled with booths and awnings and selling fish, ropes, tar, spices, clothing, tinwork, ceramics, and exotic foods.

It was a three day sail from Lodi to Patos.

## People from Patos

* General Adelis Arisaydia
* Nikys Khatai
* Velka / Tepelen
Goram dy Hixar

**Goram** was a groom at Porifors who cared for Lord Illvin while he was disabled from supplying Arhys with soul-stuff. He appeared to be somewhat lack-witted. Goram served Illvin in several roles as needed ever since Illvin ransomed him from the Roknari in Jokona some three years before the opening of *Paladin of Souls*. He had little memory of his time before Illvin found him, though he remembered it as painful. He was grateful and loyal to Illvin.

Goram was a short, bow-legged man with a grizzled beard. He had gray eyes.

Goram conceived the idea that Ista's kiss might re-awaken Illvin from his sleep, as a she was a royina and a princess (Umerue) had caused his state.

Before his capture by the Roknari, Goram was know as **Goram dy Hixar.** dy Hixar was a captain of horse in the service of Dondo dy Jironal in Orico's army during a battle against the prince of Borasnen around Gotorget. While a prisoner, dy Hixar was used by Joen to house a demon intended to be placed in Sordso, to gain his skills in swordsmanship and horsemanship. Goram survived Joen's extraction of the demon, but his soul-stuff was left tattered and he was left with little memory of his previous life.

When Ista removed the demon from Sordso, she identified part of the memories as Goram's. She was able to hold those until she returned them to Goram the following day. This restored Goram's full wits, including the memories of his actions as a bravo and murderer for Dondo. He regretted that behavior, and Ista asked him to be her master of horse in her travels for the Bastard.
Ferda dy Gura

**Ferda dy Gura** was a cousin of the March dy Palliar and older brother to Foix. He was lieutenant to Palliar's master of horse at the time of *The Curse of Chalion*, and was a lay dedicat of the Daughter’s Order. In the events of *Paladin of Souls*, he was an officer-dedicat of the Daughter's Order, and he and his troop were sent to serve as Royina Ista's escort on her pilgrimage.

Ferda was of middle height, wiry, and an obvious rider as his legs were slightly bowed.

## Appearances

* *The Curse of Chalion*

* *Paladin of Souls*
Badgerbridge

**Badgerbridge** was a mining town in kin Badgerbank country in the Weald.

## Facts about Badgerbridge

* It was two hard days ride north of Easthome, just south of either the Stork River or a major tributary of the Stork.
* There were smelters farther up the valley from the town.
* Their temple was a large five-sided timber building.
* Ijada dy Castos's stepparents lived in the town; she and Ingrey kin Wolfcliff had their second marriage in their home.
* It was the nearest largish town to the Bloodfield center of the Old Weald.

## References

* *The Hallowed Hunt*, chapters 2, 22, 24, and the epilogue
Guarida

**Guarida** was a province of Chalion which bordered on the Roknari princedom once ruled by Olus. Because of its border status, Guarida was heavily garrisoned.

Cazaril rode courier for the provincar of Guarida, and was in his train during a border war with Prince Olus. During this time he also was detailed to teach court Roknari to two of dy Guarida's pages.

 References

* *The Curse of Chalion*
Lewko

**Learned Lewko** was a divine, petty saint, and former sorcerer of the Bastard’s Order in Easthome, in the Weald. Hallana referred to him as the “master of my order in Easthome”, although he was not one of the high Temple divines that Ingrey had encountered in his four years in Easthome. Hetwar, however, was familiar with him. Ingrey speculated that Lewko may oversee all the sorcerers in the Weald. Lewko did not wear any markings of his rank.

Lewko was middle-aged with short sandy-gray hair, a little taller than Ingrey, and thin.

During the uncanny night in the Wounded Woods where Ingrey released the souls of those who died at Bloodfield, Lewko was the gate of the Bastard.

 Appearances

* *The Hallowed Hunt*
Ordol

**Ordol** was a theologian of some time prior to the period of *The Curse of Chalion*. He was the author of *The Fivefold Pathway of the Soul: On the True Methods of Quintarian Theology*, and *Letters to the Young Royse dy Brajar*.

Cazaril borrowed *The Fivefold Pathway* from the castle's small library in Valenda to conceal his naps with apparent scholarliness; later Betriz found two identical copies of it in Cardegoss to use for a book cipher.

## Teachings

Umegat used Ordol's Sermon of the Cups to explain sainthood to Cazaril, demonstrating that a soul must be open to the gods for the gods to use them as a tool in the world of matter.

Ordol held that the world of the gods and the world of matter are a shadow's thickness apart.

The creation story of the five gods that Learned dy Cabon relates is Ordol's version from *Letters to the Young Royse dy Brajar*.

## References

* *The Curse of Chalion*
* *Paladin of Souls*
Marda

"*There's a better last sight than scowling Marda.*"
―Ruchia's impression of Marda[src]**Marda** was a woman-servant who accompanied Divine Ruchia in the Cantons on her journey from Liest heading to Martensbridge. When Ruchia fell ill near Greenwell Town, Marda kept some distance from her so as not to contract her demon.

Upon Ruchia's death, Marda was not required to accompany the group to Martensbridge; instead, she gave a deposition and returned to Liest.
Joen

"*What Joen did to her enemies might be called war; what she did to her own people was sacrilege.*"
―Joen used her family in schemes[src]
**Princess Joen** was the Regent Dowager of Jokona, the youngest daughter of the Golden General. She was the mother of Prince Sordso, the ruler of Jokona. She had many children, though also with many miscarriages and stillbirths. Seven daughters survived to marry, but of three sons only Sordo lived to maturity.

When Joen was three, an ancient demon jumped to her when its sorcerer host was discovered by the Golden General and burned. In response, the Father gave the General a gift to allow him to encapsulate the demon so it could not control his daughter, but the General died before he could find a saint of the Bastard who could excise the demon without harming Joen. On the breaking of the curse of Chalion three years prior to *Paladin of Souls*, the encapsulation failed and the demon was released, but Joen managed to gain control and used her sorcerer's powers to gain power in Jokona by placing demons in key people and binding those demons to her.

Joen was short, had dull gray-brown curling hair, a lined, sallow face, and pale blue eyes. She was perhaps 50 or 55 years old at the time of Paladin of Souls

 Appearances

* *Paladin of Souls*
Arvol dy Lutez

"*Arvol dy Lutez was good at all things to which he turned his hand. Sword, horse, music, verse, war, government . . . If his brilliance had any flaw, it was in his very versatility, which stole away the sustained effort ... He was the delight of every eye that fell upon him.*"
―Ista's thoughts on Arvol[src]**Lord Arvol dy Lutez** was the boyhood friend, closest advisor for 30 years, brother in arms, and lover to Roya Ias; dy Lutez arranged Ias’s second marriage to Ista. He was falsely rumored to be Ista's lover. Dy Lutez was chancellor of Chalion, provincar of two districts, marshal of Ias’s household troops, and master of the Order of the Son. He was accused of treason and widely believed to have died under torture, but actually died by drowning in a failed attempt to break the curse of Chalion.

Dy Lutez married twice. He had two principal heirs, sons of his first marriage, and at least one more legitimate son, Arhys dy Lutez, March of Porifors, with his second wife, a northern heiress. He had three acknowleged bastards, all daughters.

## Appearances

* *The Curse of Chalion*
* *Paladin of Souls*
Penric Timeline

An approximate listing of events around the time of Penric, based on his age in years at the times of the events described.

## Age - The Events

* -31 - Llewyn kin Stagthorne born
* -10 - Surakos Bosha born
* ~ -5 - Ikos Rodoa born
	+ Unclear on time relative to Nikys & Adelis birth: their mother had time to wean Ikos, then spent time with his family as servant, then time till Nikys is born adds up to at least 3 year and probably more.
* 0 - Penric born, he was 7th child to kin Jurald family
	+ Nikys Khatai and Adelis Arisaydia born about this time
* 8 - Surakos Bosha began working in Cedonian Imperial Bureaucracy, was castrated at this time (his age 18)
* 10 - Tanar Xarre born
* 16 - Bloody power transition in Cedonia brought a new emperor
	+ Bosha fled with severe injuries, was taken up by Tanar Xarre, then age 6. His age was 26.
* 19 - Penric acquired Desdemona (Penric's Demon)
	+ At ~200 years old, she was not old enough to remember days of great Cedonian empire or Great Audar in Darthaca.
	+ She predated the events of The Hallowed Hunt, but came into existence some time after the time the Weald was retaken from the Darthacans.
* 20-22 - Penric attended Rosehall Seminary (After Penric's Demon and before Penric and the Shaman)
* 23 - Penric spent a year in Weald learning Shamanism (after Penric's Fox)
* 24-28 - Penric learned and did medicine.
	+ Llewyn kin Stagthorne died near the end of this time, as did Penric's mother. (age 27, according to The Prisoner of Limnos, chapter XI)
	+ 25 - Prince Mikal, the only son of Cedonia's emperor, born.
* 29 - Penric moved to Adria (before Penric's Mission)
* 30 - Penric moved to Orbas (Penric's Mission, Mira's Last Dance, The Prisoner of Limnos)
* 30 or 31 - Penric married Nikys Khatai
* 32 - Penric captured by pirates (The Orphans of Raspay)
* 33 - Penric's and Nikys' daughter Florina was born. Penric dealt with the bruising sickness (The Physicians of Vilnoc)
* 34 - Cedonia's emperor died after ruling for 17 years. Prince Mikal, age 9, declared emperor.
* 35 - Penric travelled to Thasalon at the request of the Bastard. Adelis and Tanar married. (*The Assassins of Thasalon*)

## Large-scale timeline for future article work

Times again are relative to Penric

* ??? - Father, Mother, Daughter, Son came into existence

* ??? - Uncontrolled demons rampaged. Age of Great Sorcerers. Bastard came into existence.

* ~1000 - 700 yrs ago - Cedonian Empire heydey

* ~550 yrs ago -  Great Audar of Darthaca

* ~400 yrs ago - Weald retaken. A new spring on island of Limnos appeared, almost 1000 feet above sea level, making it habitable. A retreat of the Daughter's Order was built around the spring.

* ~200 yrs ago - Desdemona came into existence. Around this time, invaders in Cedonia briefly took over the island of Limnos.

* ~150 yrs ago - Events of *The Hallowed Hunt*. Shamanism resumed

* 0 - Birth of Penric kin Jurald

* ~50 yrs in future: Golden General united Roknari princedoms, almost took over Ibran Peninsula

* 100 yrs in future - Events of *Curse of Chalion* and *Paladin of Souls*
Teidez dy Chalion

Royse **Teidez dy Chalion** was the son of Ias dy Chalion and Ista dy Baocia, Ias's second wife. He was half-brother and heir apparent to Orico, Ias's oldest child, and had an older sister Iselle. When Iselle and Teidez were brought to court during the actions in *The Curse of Chalion*, Teidez was courted by Dondo dy Jironal and incited by him into slaughtering the animals in Orico's menagerie, which were sustaining Orico's health in a miracle of the Bastard. During that attack, Teidez was scratched by a leopard, contracted blood poisoning, and died of it.

Teidez was fourteen years old at the opening of *The Curse of Chalion*. He had curly hair a shade redder than Iselle’s, and a wide mouth.

 Appearances

* *The Curse of Chalion*

* *Paladin of Souls*
Tollin kin Boarford

**Tollin kin Boarford** was a member of the kin Boarford family who was a friend of the young shaman Inglis kin Wolfcliff. When he got the idea that he could become a spirit warrior by taking the soul of a boar, he persuaded Inglis to help him out. Unfortunately, just as the young shaman was succeeding in doing so, the boar gored Tollin, killing him. Inglis attached his friend's soul to the ritual knife and fled in search of a not-nearby shaman to cleanse him.

His sister Tolla was not as taken with Inglis as he was with her.
Mother of Summer

"*Then the Mother of Summer came to me... She stood as close to me as you are now, and I fell to my knees. I could have touched her robe, if I'd dared. Her breath was a perfume, like wildflowers in the summer grasses. Her face was too beautiful for my eyes to comprehend, it was like staring into the sun. Her voice was music.*"
―Ista recounts a visitation by the Mother of Summer[src]**The Mother of Summer** was one of the five gods of the Chalion world.

Her particular domain was healing; people who trained in medicine generally were devotees of the Mother.

Her primary colors were green and yellow.

At death, unless there was a stronger association with a different god, women who'd borne children generally were taken up by the Mother.

Mother's Day was celebrated on the Summer Solstice.

## Phrases associated with the Mother

* Mother's blood (Mira's Last Dance)
* Mother's tears (The Prisoner of Limnos)
* Mother's tits (The Orphans of Raspay)
Provincara dy Baocia

> "*My dear Provincar is dead these ten years, but I'll see the Bastard's demons eat the first man who dares to call me anything less than Provincara. We have what we can hold, dear boy, and never let them see you flinch or falter.*" - the dowager Provincara dy Baocia, The *Curse of Chalion*
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The dowager **Provincara dy Baocia** was the mother of the current Provincar dy Baocia and Ista dy Chalion. It was said that her husband, the previous Provincar, ruled all of Baocia except his own castle in Valenda. Upon inheriting the title, her son chose to relocate the provincial capital to Taryoon to escape her overpowering influence.

The dowager Provincara ran her household with a keen eye and a firm hand. She was known for her propriety and sense of justice. Due to Ista's 'madness', she was heavily involved in raising Teidez and Iselle. She hired Cazaril to be Iselle's secretary-tutor.

The dowager Provincara was elderly, with graying hair elaborately styled.

## Appearances

* *The Curse of Chalion*

* Note: *Paladin of Souls* begins with her funeral
Kin Wolfcliff

The **kin Wolfcliff** family was a group of Wealdean aristocrats closely related to the kin Horseriver family.

Their lands were west of the Lure, with the family castle, Birchgrove, at the confluence between the Lure and the Birchbeck.

The flag was a black wolf's head upon a red background.

## Members of kin Wolfcliff

* Islin
* Kasgut - the older Earl
* Ingalef
* Ingrey
* Inglis

## References

* *The Hallowed Hunt*
* Penric and the Shaman