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The Mage Council

**The Mage Council** the ruling government of Gardneria.

## Description

The Mage Council is made up of twelve Mages and the High Mage. It is very difficult to become part of the Council. It's usually made up of powerful priests or Guild leaders. Only a male can become High Mage. Vyvian Damon is the only woman to ever sit on the Mage Council. They meet at the Mage Council Hall in Valgard.

## Known Mage Council Members

*In order hierarchy within the council:*

* Marcus Vogel: current High Mage
* Warren Gaffney: Council member
* Vyvian Damon: Council member
* Mage Greer: Council member and ambassador to the Lupines
* Mage Flood: Council member
* Mage Snowden: Council member, records events of Council meetings
* Mage Croft: Council member, a skilled wandmaker for the military, and in charge of the largest armory in Gardneria.
* Aldus Worthin: former High Mage
* Phinneas Callnan: Council member and envoy to the military
* Priest Alfex: Council member
* Unknown Light Mage: The only Light Mage besides Sage Gaffney. He's very elderly.
Wandtesting

**Wandtesting** is a process where young Gardnerians are tested to see what their Mage skill level is.

## Description

When a Gardnerian child is wandtested, they hold a wand and speak a specific spell. Their Mage skill level will be revealed and is determined to be a Level 1 through Level 5, with Level 1 being the weakest and Level 5 being the strongest.

## History

Elloren is wandtested by Uncle Edwin when she was three years old. She is placed at a Level 1, meaning she has no power. Later, it is revealed that Uncle Edwin altered her results to protect her. He convinced her that the forest fire she started when conducting the test was only a dream.
Salish

**The Salish** are a race from the Salishen Isles in the Eastern Realm.

## Culture

The Salish are master weavers and embroiders. They are known for their Salishen silk. This silk is midnight black patterned with vines woven through so subtly one must look carefully to make them out. It's a type of textured silk.
Retta Gaffney

**Retta Gaffney** is the younger sister of Sage Gaffney.

## Physical Description

Like all Gardnerians, she has black hair, green eyes, and pale skin with an emerald shimmer. Her eyes are round.

## Personality

Retta is timid. She loves Sage dearly. She is gentle. At twelve she is still childish.

## Biography

### Light Mage

Retta is seven-years-old. She is distraught at the thought of Sage leaving to be fasted.

### The Iron Flower

Sage tells Elloren that Retta and Clover are with her in Cyme. Retta misses her mother. She's been taken in by the weavers who mother her. She's as happy as she can be.
Aldus Worthin

**Aldus Worthin** is the High Mage before Marcus Vogel.

## Biography

### The Black Witch

Aldus is stepping down from the office of High Mage in the spring. He is shocked and befuddled by the zealotry of Marcus Vogel and his followers. Aldus is more tolerant of other races. He supports static borders that allow non-Gardnerians to own Gardnerian land, a relaxation of the ban on intermarriage, trade with the Amaz, support of Verpax University, and the allowance of Icarals to exist.
Kelt

**Kelts** are a human race that live in the country of Keltania, located in the Western Realm.

## Physical Appearance

Kelts are varied in appearance, with a rainbow of light hair shades, eye coloring, and skin tones. Their clothing is typically brown in color and very plain, like work clothes.

## History

The Kelts arrived in the Western Realm around the year 2,000 D. They were fleeing a war, the distant Keltic lands now impossible to return to. A thick band of kracken-infested sea makes it treacherous to travel there. The Kelts came, jammed onto ships, half starved, to the Western Realm. They were immediately set upon and promptly enslaved by the Fae. When the Kelts realized that the iron they are impervious to is death to the Fae, they were able to gain the upper hand. The iron-wielding Kelts then annihilated most of the Fae and took over a large chunk of the land. The Kelts killed off the Dryad Fae.

## Culture

The Kelts were now the ruling power in the Western Realm. They were prejudiced against the Gardnerians. The Kelts treated the Gardnerians very badly, and abused them in every way. The Gardnerians were treated like slaves and sometimes killed at birth. The Kelts saw them as "half-breeds polluted by Fae blood." Kelts are more accepting of innter-species marriages, thus they have a more varied appearance than some other races.

Keltic soldiers wear russet military tunics over black pants. Ax-paladins are one of the strongest and most feared of the Keltic soldiers.

## Religion

Their holy book is *The Book of the Ancients*.

## Known Members

* Yvan Guriel
* Jules Kristian
* Sarla Kristian
* Iris Morgaine
* Clive Soren
* Mikael Nollan: a historian and author of *The Annotated History of Keltania* and *The Amazakaran Worldview*
* Mistress Darrow
* Edgard Darrow
* Brandon
* Gerrig
* Colton
* Orik
* Daisie
* Lucian Talin
* Karvar
* Mordin

## Trivia

* Kelts, like just about all races in the Western Realm, don't tolerate same-sex relationships.
* It is completely forbidden for women to nurse in public. Women must nurse privately and with the baby hidden away underneath loose tunics.
The Black Witch Chronicles

**The Black Witch Chronicles** is a young adult fantasy series written by Laurie Forest.

## Release Order

* *The Black Witch*: May 2, 2017 (full-length novel)
* *Wandfasted*: July 1, 2017 (prequel novella)
* *Light Mage*: August 1, 2018 (prequel novella)
* *The Iron Flower*: September 18, 2018 (full-length novel)
* *The Rebel Mages*: March 26, 2019 (prequel collection)
* *The Shadow Wand*: June 9, 2020 (full-length novel)
* *The Demon Tide*: September 14, 2021 (full-length novel)
* *Wandfasted* (prequel novella)
* *Light Mage* (prequel novella)
* *The Rebel Mages* (prequel collection)
* *The Black Witch* (full-length novel)
* *The Iron Flower* (full-length novel)
* *The Shadow Wand* (full-length novel)
* *The Demon Tide* (full-length novel)
* *The Dryad Storm* (full-length novel)
Emmet Gaffney

**Emmet Gaffney** is Sage Gaffney's younger brother.

## Physical Description

Emmet is six-years-old. he has black hair, forest green eyes, and faintly shimmering emerald skin.

## Biography

### The Black Witch

Emmet is playing with his twin brother Brennan outside Elloren's home. When she asks what they are doing so far from home, Emmet explains that they are hiding from their father, Warren Gaffney. Elloren understands because everyone knows Mage Gaffney beats his fastmate, Eliss Gaffney and all his children fear him.

## Powers & Abilities

Emmet is too young for his magic to have developed yet.
Fyn'ir Za'Nor

**Fyn'ir Za'Nor** is the son of Sage Gaffney and Ra'Ven Za'Nor. The Gardnerians think he is the Icaral of Prophecy.

## Physical Description

Fyn'ir has silvery green eyes with round pupils and golden fire dancing in them. His skin is like his father's in that it has interlocking hexagonal shapes. But instead of emerald, his skin is a brilliant amethyst. His hair is Gardnerian black and his ears are ever-so-slightly pointed. As an Icaral, he also has black wings.

## Biography

### Light Mage

Fyn'ir is born in the Amaz lands in a military outpost the Vu Trin maintain.

### The Black Witch

Fyn'ir is with Sage when she gives Elloren Gardner the White Wand.

### The Iron Flower

Elloren sees Fyn'ir when the Watchers lead her to Sage who is living in Cyme. He is now about six months old.

## Powers & Abilities

As an Icaral, Fyn'ir will be able to fly and will have fire magic. He is too young to know if he will have any affinity magic.

## Trivia

* Fyn'ir means "freedom" in the Smaragdalfar Elf language.
Laurie Forest

Photo from Author's website

**Laurie Forest** is the author of the The Black Witch Chronicles.

## About the Author

"Laurie Forest lives deep in the backwoods of Vermont where she sits in front of a wood stove drinking strong tea and dreaming up tales full of dryads, dragons, and wands. *The Black Witch and* *Wandfasted* are her first published novels."

## Bibliography

### The Black Witch Chronicles

* 0.5. *Wandfasted* (2017)
* 1.0. *The Black Witch* (2017)
* 1.5. *Light Mage* (2018)
* 2.0. *The Iron Flower* (2018)
* 3.0. *The Shadow Wand* (2020)
* 4.0. *The Demon Tide* (2022)
* 5.0 *The Battle for Erthia* (2022)
* 0.5, 1.5 *The Rebel Mages* (2019)

### Upcoming Books (add a source)

* *Silverling*: A high-fantasy standalone novel with adventure and romance. It's planned for publication in 2022.
* *The Crimson Tarot*: A high-fantasy novel based on the tarot. It's planned for publication in June of 2023.
* *Wyvernguard*: A fantasy novel set in the Eastern Realm's Wyvernguard military academy. It returns to the world of The Black Witch Chronicles fifteen years later. It's planned for publication in 2023.
* *Amulet*: A standalone fantasy novel about an Amulet Mage who can channel the power of crystals and stones. It's planned for publication in 2024.
* *Sky Elf*: Tells the story of Mora'lee from *The Demon Tide*. It follows her escape as a Smaragdalfar child in the Western Sublands to the East, her teen and young adult years as a runic airship pilot, and her romance with Resistance warrior Fyon Hawkkyn. Its publication date is unknown.
* *Dreamancer*: A standalone fantasy with mystery and romance. Its publication date is unknown.
* *Death Fae*: A standalone novel about the Death Fae in The Black Witch Chronicles. Its publication date is unknown.

## External Links

* Laurie Forest on Amazon
* Laurie Forest (@laurieannforest) on Instagram
* Laurie Forest on Pinterest
* Laurie Forest on Twitter

* Laurie Forest's Official Site
* Laurie Forest on Goodreads
Gareth Keeler

By @Caffeinated\_Dreams

**Gareth Keeler** is the childhood friend of Elloren Gardner and her brothers.

## Physical Description

Gareth is broad and sturdy with dark green eyes and black hair like most Gardnerians. A noticeable difference in his appearance is that his hair has a trace of silver highlights in it, an unusual trait in Gardnerians. Gareth is strong and has muscular arms from spending so much time working on ships. He is twenty. Gareth has a low, kind voice.

## Personality

Gareth stoically endured the relentless teasing about his "less-than-pure" looks throughout his childhood.

## Biography

### Early History

Gareth is the son of a ship captain named Beck Keeler. He grew up in Halfix with his father and mother. To avoid the constant bullying he faced, he would spend time on his father's ship or at Elloren's cottage. His father was the head of the Maritime Guild. He was forced to resign and go into retirement.

### The Black Witch

Gareth attends Verpax University and is a Maritime apprentice. While he is like a brother to Elloren, they agree to get wandfasted if they can't find someone that they romantically love.

### The Iron Flower

Gareth accompanies Elloren and their friends to the Amaz lands to ask their help in rescuing the enslaved Selkies. Gareth and the other boys will have to leave the girls at the border to the Amaz lands while the girls venture in alone. The boys will meet them back at the border the next day.

Gareth is also one of the men tasked with going to Selkie brothels to try find Marina's sister and let the other Selkies know that help is on the way.

## Relationships

### Marina

Marina learns that Gareth is half Selkie and they develop a relationship. They quickly fall into an intense friendship, and possibly something more. The two of them spend many nights talking late into the night in the North Tower hallway.
Keltic War

**The Keltic War** occurred before the Realm War. It was a war mainly between the Gardnerians and the Kelts.

## Description

The Keltic War began when Styvius Gardner invaded Keltania with his fellow Gardnerian Mages. His power had only continued to grow and magic was becoming stronger in more Gardnerian men due to wandfasting. Styvius took over half of the Keltish lands by ruthlessly annihilating the population. He planned to continue his conquest until the entire Western Realm was claimed for the Gardnerians.

Before he could accomplish this, Styvius was killed by a Vu Trin sorceress. After a drawn-out battle, the war ended. The Gardnerians had to cede some of the land they had annexed, and the Kelts were able to reclaim about half of what had been taken from them.
Echo Flood

**Echo Flood** is a Gardnerian and a student at Verpax University.

## Physical Description

Echo has serious, owl-like green eyes. She wears clothing in the style of the most religious Gardnerians. Her black tunic is double-layered and very high in the collar, a small Erthia sphere hangs from a silver chain around her neck, and her black hair is unadorned and parted straight as a pin. Echo also has the black curling lines of her wandfasting on her hands. Her pale skin has an emerald shimmer.

## Personality

Echo is revealed to be just a xenophobic as other Gardnerians. She was friendly to Elloren but then becomes stronger friends with Fallon Bane after she realized Elloren "was intent on being friends with a half-breed," referring to Gareth. However, she does not believe in hurting Elloren like Fallon does because Elloren is a Gardnerian. Echo is very judgmental. She is private and hard to read.

## Biography

### Early History

Echo is the daughter of a Mage Council member. Her father is a supporter of Marcus Vogel. Mage Flood used to be the Council's ambassador to the Lupines, and perpetuates lies about them to justify Gardnerian superiority. She has been fasted to Basyl Dorne for five years.

### The Black Witch

* Meets Elloren when she goes shopping with her upon Elloren's arrival in Valgard.
* Comforts Elloren after she is attacked by Icarals at the Grand Cathedral.
* Meets Elloren after he is wandtested and brings her to Orientation.
* Tries to cheer Elloren up after Elloren's horrible first day at University during the Fall Tournaments.
* Is roommates with Fallon Bane, Paige Snowden, Tierney Calix, and Diana Ulrich.
References

The Black Witch (any edition) Part 2, Chapter 5: (TBW 2:5)

The Black Witch (any edition) Part 3, Prologue: (TBW 3:P)

Also:

The Black Witch hardcover, page 45-46 and 51: (TBW hc:p45-46,51)

The Black Witch hardcover, map: (TBW hc:map)

The Black Witch paperback, page 45-46 and 51: (TBW pb:p45-46,51)

The Black Witch trade paperback, page 45-46 and 51: (TBW tpb:p45-46,51)

Wandfasted ebook, page 45-46 and 51: (WF eb:p45-46,51)
Chim Diec

**Chim Diec** is a Vu Trin sorceress and warrior.

## Physical Description

Chim Diec is "as graceful as a heron." She has deep brown skin, black eyes, and black hair. She wears the black military uniform of the Vu Trin. Her words are crisply accented.

## Biography

### The Shadow Wand

Chim Diec is with Elloren, Kam Vin, Ni Vin, Chi Nam, Hung Xho, and Quoi Zhon in the Central Agolith Desert. They are in hiding there. The Vu Trin want to wandtest Elloren again. When Elloren refuses to use the White Wand, afraid of its power, Chim Diec gives Elloren a different want made of Mountain Ash. Like the other Vu Trin, she views Elloren with deep suspicion and keeps her distance.

Chi Nam returns to Noilaan.
Gerwulf Pack

**The Gerwulf Pack** is a part of the Southern Lupine Territories wolf packs.

## Description

The wolf pack is located in the Lupine Territories and was originally led by Gunther Ulrich, father to Diana and Jarod Ulrich.

## History

### The Iron Flower

Gunther and his entire pack was murdered by Gardnerians, those dead include Gunther Ulrich, Daciana Ulrich, and Kendra Ulrich. The only surviving members are Diana and Jarod because they were at Verpax University.

### The Shadow Wand

The pack is restarted by Diana and Jarod Ulrich who join The Resistance in order to avenge their pack. Rafe Gardner becomes a Lupine and joins the pack in order to become Diana's mated partner.

## Known Members

* Gunther Ulrich
* Daciana Ulrich
* Kendra Ulrich
* Diana Ulrich
* Jarod Ulrich
Lucretia Quillen

**Lucretia Quillen** is the Vice Chancellor of Verpax University. Her brother is Fain Quillen.

## Physical Appearance

Lucretia has dark green eyes and wears gold-rimmed spectacles. Her straight, ebony hair is worn in a neat bun. She wears black, finely made clothing. Her voice is full of authority and not easily questioned. Her facial features are sharp. She is slim, with posture that is straight and proud. She greatly resembles her brother.

## Personality

Lucretia has a still and calm disposition. She is composed and not easily ruffled. She is incredibly smart.

As a teenager, she is much more serious than Fain. She has a "self-possessed air that far exceeds her young age."

## Biography

### Early History

Lucretia grew up poor in Graveshire. During the Realm War, she worked with Jules Kristian to hide two hundred and fifty-six Fae children. She adopted a Sylphan Fae girl named Zephyr. With the current climate in the Western Realm, Lucretia sent her to safety in Noi lands with her brother.

### Wandfasted

Lucretia is fourteen-years-old. She has been living her brother Fain for the last few years. Lucretia has just been admitted to Verpax University, and has been pre-apprenticed with the Historians' Guild. She attends Tessla Harrow's birthday dinner.

### The Black Witch

Lucretia and Kam Vin are watching Elloren Gardner arrive at Verpax University. While Kam Vin wants to kill Elloren immediately in case she is the next Black Witch, Lucretia wants to wait and see what choices Elloren makes, if she is indeed the next Black Witch. She wants to see if Elloren will choose the path of light or darkness before making a decision about what to do. Lucretia tells Kam that she does plan on making Elloren's life at Verpax difficult. Lucretia also tells Kam that if Elloren stops being the bearer of the White Wand, or if she makes any move to contact the Amaz, the Kinh Hoang, the lethal assassins of the Vu Trin, may kill her.

Lucretia continues to work as a leader of the Resistance with Jules. They are focused on getting refugees out of Gardneria.

## Powers & Abilities

She is a powerful Level Four Water Mage, but was never taught to use her abilities because she is a woman.

## Relationships

### Fain Quillen

After Fain made his fortune at sea, he returned to his family's home to take his three sisters, including Lucretia, away from their cruel father. Fain essentially raised his sisters. They are very close and love each other very much.
The Demon Tide

The Demon Tide cover

## External Links

 The Demon Tide on Amazon

 The Demon Tide on Goodreads

***The Demon Tide*** is the fourth novel in The Black Witch Chronicles by Laurie Forest coming March 1, 2022.

## Synopsis

**The realm war is near and the Prophecy is at hand. The Black Witch is back… and the Demon Tide is coming. Prepare to be spellbound by The Black Witch Chronicles.***Nothing can stop the demon tide…*Newly exposed as the Black Witch of Prophecy, Elloren Gardner Grey is on the run, not knowing if she’ll find friends or foes. With her fastmate, Lukas Grey, either dead or in the hands of High Mage Marcus Vogel, Elloren knows the only chance of turning the tide of the coming war is to seek allies who will listen long enough not to kill her on sight.

In the Eastern Realm, Water Fae Tierney Calix and Elloren’s brother Trystan have joined the Wyvernguard to prepare for Vogel’s attack. But Trystan is fighting on two fronts, as the most despised and least trusted member of the guard. And Tierney’s bond with Erthia’s most powerful river has exposed a danger even more terrifying than the looming war.

Powerful magic and a deadly legacy combine for the most explosive twists yet in The Black Witch Chronicles!

## Characters

* Elloren Grey
* Lukas Grey
* Yvan Guriel
* Tierney Calix
* Trystan Gardner
The Battle for Erthia

## The Dryad Storm

***The Dryad Storm***, previously called The Battle for Erthia, is the forthcoming fifth book in The Black Witch Chronicles by Laurie Forest. It's expected to be published in December 2023.

## Synopsis

*Who can survive the Shadow storm?  Black Witch of prophecy Elloren Gardner Grey has unleashed her powers and embraced her legacy as a Dryad and guardian of the Forest. But the losses—of life, of love—have been almost too great to withstand as the Shadow continues to devour the world. With only a tattered shred of hope remaining, the Bearers of the Wand of Myth must battle their way back to each other to mount a final stand.*

*But Elloren and her allies are not only facing Mage Vogel's advancing forces—the armies of the Eastern Realm will stop at nothing to see the Black Witch struck down.*

*With Elloren's bonded mate prophesied to kill her, Shadow demons rising, and the ties between allies unraveling, can this fracturing world unite to face down the coming storm?*
Sylvia Abernathy

**Sylvia Abernathy** is the Gardnerian Lodging Mistress at Verpax University.

## Physical Description

She is a pinch-faced woman with cold, calm, green eyes. She has black hair and pale skin with an emerald shimmer.

## Personality

Mage Abernathy is unkind and not sympathetic.

## Biography

### The Black Witch

Elloren Gardner seeks her out after spending a night being terrified by Ariel Haven. Mage Abernathy informs her that if she would like a different housing assignment, Vyvian Damon has informed her that Elloren must wandfast. Mage Abernathy then tells Elloren that Uncle Edwin has fallen ill with a weak heart and so he is not to be contacted about the situation.

## Powers & Abilities

As a female Gardnerian, her magic is most likely quite weak. It is unknown what her affinity is.
Noi

**The Noi** are a race of people in Erthia. They are best known for their military sorceresses, the Vu Trin.

## Physical Description

The Noi have black hair and eyes. They wear their hair tied into a tight, ropy coil. They tend to have dark brown skin. Their uniforms bear glowing blue rune-marks. The Vu Trin carry curved swords at their sides and rows of silver throwing stars strapped across their chests.

## Culture

The Noi serve as a guest military force in Verpacia. They control the western and eastern passes through the Spine. They are positioned to keep Gardnerian and Alfsigr powers confined to the Western Realm. Their presence in Verpacia is part of the treaty agreement that formally ended the Realm War.

Their assassins are called the Kin Hoang, and are their most elite soldiers. The Noi are very mysterious and secretive. Outsiders do not know much about them other than that they are powerful.

The Noi have an informal version of their first name that is longer and indicates a close friendship. For example, Kam Vin's nickname is Kamitra and Ni Vin's nickname is Nilon.

## Language

Their language is called Noi, but most refer to it as the Noi language.

### Known Words

* *Zhilin*: The White Wand
* *Toiya*: A term of endearment
* *Ahnxils*: The Watchers
* *Vhion*: The holder of the White Wand
* *Noi'khin*: Formal address
* *Khuy lon*: Thank you
* *Vuulnor*: The Black Witch
* *Wor*: The Shadow Wand
* *Nush*: no
* *Koi’ na vu’lon nishun ta’noi*: Tell me when you can understand me.
* *Ha'voor*: Storm bands created by the Zhilon'ile Wyverns after the last Realm War and are virtually impassable.
* *Lo Voi*: Powerful crones adept at both rune and portal sorcery.
* *Vonor*: A Lo Voi sanctuary that's known to no one else where a Lo Voi can practice their craft in isolation.
* *Koi'lon*: The name for the Noi translation rune stone.

## Religion

The Noi religion is centered on a white dragon goddess named Vo. Vo is a compassionate goddess.

## Powers & Abilities

The Noi are rune sorceresses. "The Noi men don't have the runic sorcery needed to amplify rune weapon power or create runes." The Noi are also leathal warriors. The Noi seers are tree leaf readers. The seers scry from Black Ginkgo leaves. Noi runes are a glowing blue in color. One of their most common runes is a Noi translation rune. It is placed behind one ear to allow for fluency in a multitde of languages. Portal magic is the purview of the Noi. They make portals using special stones.

## Known Members

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

## Trivia

* It is custom for the Noi to use a person's full name in a formal meeting.
* Unlike many other races, the Noi allows for same-sex relationships.

## References

1. ↑ *The Shadow Wand*: page 88
2. ↑ *The Shadow Wand*: page 138
Gesine Bane

**Gesine Bane** is Fallon Bane's cousin and the Lead Apprentice for Professor Eluthra Lorel.

## Physical Description

Gesine has black hair, green eyes, and pale skin that shimmers emerald. She is wealthy and wears finely embroidered silks.

## Personality

Gesine is a society girl. She is rude, cruel, and enjoys doling punishments. She is full of disdain.
Sparrow Trillium

**Sparrow Trillium** is an Urisk who works in Mage Heloise Florel's dress shop.

## Physical Appearance

Sparrow has pale lavender skin and lovely amethyst eyes. Her long violet hair is worn in a long braid. She has long ears with arching points. She wears a simple, white, linen tunic and a white underskirt. She is about seventeen years old. She is beautiful. She moves gracefully.

## Personality

Sparrow is quiet and tries to keep from being noticed when working in Mage Florel's shop. She is very protective of Effrey. Sparrow has a deep-seated rebellious streak that she hides behind her mask of servility. Sparrow's dream has always been to become a paid seamstress and have a home of her own.

## Biography

### The Black Witch

Elloren Gardner meets Sparrow when she visits Mage Florel's shop for the first time upon arriving in Valgard.

### The Shadow Wand

After Fallon Bane ruins Mage Florel and her business, the Banes purchase Sparrow and Effrey, then ship them to the labor camps on the Fae Islands. Sparrow, Effrey, and Raz'zor escape to mainland Gardneria.

Sparrow offers to organize a network of Urisk spies for Lukas Grey.

Effrey, Sparrow, Raz'zor, Aislinn Greer, and Thierren Stone escape towards the Eastern Realm.

## Powers & Abilities

As a female Urisk, Sparrow has no magic. She is a talented seamstress.

## Memorable Quotes

* "There's something fierce and unyielding beneath her guise of the subservient, compliant maid." Elloren Gardner about Sparrow.
Marina

* By @Caffeinated\_Dreams
* Selkie near the water

**Marina** is a Selkie who is rescued by Elloren and her friends.

## Physical Description

Marina is incredibly beautiful in her human form. She has long, glittering silver hair and large pale gray eyes. Her hair is soft and has a strange consistency, like warm water. Her skin is translucent and so pale it's almost blue. Her body is lithe and graceful. There are gills on both sides of her neck that look like slender rows of silver slits. When she is rescued by Elloren, her entire body is bruised and beaten. Bright red lash marks crisscross her blue-white skin. She has a flute-like voice.

## Personality

Marina is very smart. She is able to teach herself the Common Tongue and how to speak it. She is terrified of men. Marina is also loyal and brave. She is very solemn and serious.

## Biography

### The Black Witch

Elloren first sees Marina in Valgard when she arrives with Aunt Vyvian. She is horrified to see her in a cage and two boys taunting her. Elloren then sees Marina again at the University. The groundskeeper has her and is beating her. Elloren and Yvan rescue her and Elloren keeps her in the North Tower. Wynter is the one who is able to calm Marina down and sooth her by singing to her in High Elvish. Through her ability as an Empath, Wynter learns that Marina was brought to a Selkie tavern after being captured, along with others of her kind. They were undressed and shown to men. This is how the University's groundskeeper bought her. She had been living with him for about a month before Elloren rescues her. At first, Marina cannot speak. But she eventually learns she can speak by tensing her neck and pulling in her gills.

### The Iron Flower

Marina, Elloren, and Diana visit the Amaz to petition their queen for help in freeing the Selkies before the Mage Council decides to kill all of the Selkies in the Western Realm.

## Powers & Abilities

Marina is able to shapeshift between her human form and her seal form. She only has powers in her seal form.

## Relationships

### Coral

Coral and Marina are sisters. They are both captured in their human form. Marina begs Elloren and her friends to find and help rescue her sister.

### Gareth Keeler

Marina learns that Gareth is half Selkie and they develop a relationship. They quickly fall into an intense friendship, and possibly something more. The two of them spend many nights talking late into the night in the North Tower hallway.

## Trivia

* Wynter is the one who names her Marina, saying it means "ocean" and is where she wants to go.
Selkie

Selkie in skin

**Selkies** are a race of shapeshifters. They are half-human and half-seal.

## Physical Appearance

Selkies have two forms, seal and human. They change from their seal form to their human one by "shedding their skins" when they come ashore during a full moon. When they shed their skin, they also shed their power. This leaves them vulnerable to other magic and unable to protect themselves.

In their seal form, they are strong and fierce predators. When in possession of their skin, they're "stronger than the strongest Mages."

In their human form, they are incredibly beautiful. They have long, silver hair that sparkles like sun glinting off a waterfall. Their skin is translucent and so pale it's almost blue. Their bodies are lithe and graceful. There are gills on both sides their neck that look like slender rows of silver slits. Their eyes are very large and pale gray, like the sea.

## History

It's believed that long ago the Selkies were enchanted by a sea witch. Every full moon they come to shore to change from their seal form to their human form. The Gardnerians claim the Selkies attacked sailors and dismantled ships. They used this as justification for enslaving them.

Selkies are often captured by Gardnerians when they come ashore and take on their human form. The Gardnerians steal their skins and hide them, in order to keep the Selkies trapped in their powerless human form. This allows the Gardnerians to enslave the Selkies and use them as prostitutes. The Selkies are kept in locked cages or chained up. If a Selkie's skin is destroyed, they become a soulless shell, with no emotion, like the living dead.

## Language

They speak Seal, to humans it sounds like loud musical noises, shrieks, croaks, and clicks.

## Powers & Abilities

Selkies have power only in their seal form.

## Known Members

* Marina
* Gareth Keeler
* Ray
* Coral
Kam Vin

**Kam Vin** is a Noi and the Commander of the Vu Trin sorceresses.

## Physical Description

Commander Vin has coal-black eyes, her skin is a deep brown, she has sharp features, and she wears her straight black hair tied into a tight, ropy coil, as is the custom of the Vu Trin soldiers. She wears a black uniform marked with glowing blue rune-marks. She also wears a series of razor-sharp metal stars strapped diagonally across her chest and curved swords sheathed at her sides. Kam holds herself military straight. Her voice is sharp as cut glass.

## Personality

Kam is sympathetic to the plight of the refugees fleeing the Western Realm.

## Biography

### Early History

Kam's entire village was burned by Carnissa Gardner. The only surviving member of her family is her sister Ni.

### The Black Witch

Kam Vin and Lucretia Quillen are watching Elloren Gardner arrive at Verpax University. Kam is willing to do whatever is necessary to keep the next Black Witch from getting the White Wand. She believes that Elloren is the next Black Witch and thus wants to kill her immediately before she realizes her power. Lucretia forbids her from doing so, unless Elloren contacts the Amaz.

Kam sabotages Elloren's wandtesting. This means that besides Uncle Edwin, Kam is the only person who is aware of Elloren's immense power. She is quite hostile towards Elloren.

### The Shadow Wand

Kam has returned to Noilaan with her sister.

## Powers & Abilities

Kam is a powerful rune-sorceress and a fierce and skilled rune-warrior.
Papiltension

* Niveau 68 (Centre-ville de Granval), Niveau 91 (Quartier des boutiques), Niveau 125 (La Corniche), Niveau 154 (La tour Excellence), Niveau 178 (Yo-kai World)
* Niveau 214 (Ourcival), Niveau 237 (Les plaines Plinplot), Niveau 258 (Granval-sur-Mer)
* Niveau secret 5-6 (Égout E), Niveau secret 6-5 (Égout F)
* Niveau secret 7-1 (Terrasse panoramique de la tour)
* Niveau secret 12-48 (Limbes éternelles - 4e Cercle), Niveau secret 14-72 (Limbes éternelles - 6e Cercle)
* Niveau secret 17-12 (Paradis divin - RDC), Niveau secret 18-4 (Paradis divin - 1er), Niveau secret 21-34 (Paradis divin - 4e)
* Niveau d'épreuve 9, 18, 31, 42 (Epreuve d'Ogralos)
* Niveau d'épreuve 30 (Evénement des Spectres psychiques)
* Niveau d'épreuve 18 (Festa Automnal Inferno)
Noilaan

Noi Gardens

**Noilaan** is a country located in the northeastern section of the Eastern Realm of Erthia. People from this country include the Noi and the Vu Trin. Noilaan is also referred to as the Noi lands.

## History

When Gardneria instigates war against the Noi and the Vu Trin, it decimates the entire Western Vu Trin force in one day.

## Geography

The most prominent feature of the Noi lands is the Vo River. It is the largest river in all the Realms.

## Notable Locations

The Wyvernguard is Noilaan's military academy. This is where they train the Vu Trin soldiers. The Vu Trin's military base is called Oonlon. The Noi Conclave is in Voloi, which is the capital city.

## Notable Inhabitants

* Hung Xho
* Chim Diec
* Quoi Zhon
* Vang Troi
* Vothendrile Xanthile
* Ung Li
* Viger Maul
* Vesper
* Sylla Vuul
* Asra'leen Filor'ian
* Fyordin Lir
* Torryn
* Ra'in
* My'raid
* Chi Nam
* Kam Vin
* Ni Vin
* Myn
* Chy Tan
* Tu Jyn
* Kon Yi
* Quoi Zhon
* Kiya Wen
* Soyil Vho
Brennan Gaffney

**Brennan Gaffney** is Sage Gaffney's younger brother.

## Physical Description

Brennan is six-years-old. he has black hair, forest green eyes, and faintly shimmering emerald skin.

## Biography

### The Black Witch

Brennan is playing with his twin brother Emmet outside Elloren's home. When she asks what they are doing so far from home, Emmet explains that they are hiding from their father, Warren Gaffney. Elloren understands because everyone knows Mage Gaffney beats his fastmate, Eliss Gaffney and all his children fear him.

## Powers & Abilities

Brennan is too young for his magic to have developed yet.
Mage Guard

**The Mage Guard** is the name of the Gardnerian military.

## Description

The Mage Guard is incredibly powerful. It is led by the High Commander, which is currently Lachlan Grey. It is organized into Divisions. The Fifth Division is known for having the best trackers. The Fourth Division is in charge of the army's dragons. The Fourth Division's insignia is a dragon. The Third Division's insignia is the Ironflower. Fallon Bane and Lukas Grey are part of the Twelfth Division. Many apprentices are in the Second Division. Full soldiers wear black uniforms. Military apprentices wear slate gray uniforms.

There are supposed to be very strict rules regarding the conduct of the apprentices, but they are not equally enforced. Military apprentices aren't supposed to use magic unless they have permission. Doing so can be grounds for dismissal from the Mage Guard. They're also forbidden from pulling wands on each other.

## Known Members

* Lachlan Grey: High Commander
* Lukas Grey: Fourth Division Commander (formerly), Twelfth Division (formerly)
* Fallon Bane: Twelfth Division
* Sylus Bane: Commander
* Damion Bane: Fourth Division Commander (formerly)
* Malkyn Bane: Commander
* Curran Dell
* Randall Greyson: Second Division
* Shane Gaffney: Fifth Division
* Tobias Vassilis
* Mavrik Glass: Wandmaster
* Geoffrey Sykes: Third Division
* Basyl Dorne
* Leander Starke
* Myles Richard
* Nils Arden
* Priest Alfex
* Mage Aniliese: Healer
* Bron Scullor
* Branneth
* Hans
* Vale Gardner (formerly)
* Fain Quillen (formerly)
* Trystan Gardner (formerly)
* Carnissa Gardner
* Thierren Stone (formerly)
* Lieutenant Browlin
* Galen
Geoffrey Sykes

**Geoffrey Sykes** is Gwynnifer Croft's best friend and fastmate.

## Physical Description

As a young teenager, Geoffrey is skinny with ears that stick out. His whole body practically vibrates with pent-up energy. He has a wide grin. Like all Gardnerians, Geoffrey has black hair, green eyes, and pale skin that has an emerald shimmer. When he is older, Geoffrey becomes a long beanpole. He is tall and slender. His ears still stick out from his tousled black hair. He's quite attractive. He has a smile that is wide, bright, and playful. Geoffrey wears the dark gray Gardnerian military apprentice uniform. Once he becomes a full soldier, he wears a black military tunic with a white bird embroidered on the chest marking him as one of those most loyal to Marcus Vogel. His tunic's shoulders are marked with his division's Ironflower insignia.

## Personality

Geoffrey is self-assured and confident. He has an overabundance of energy. He likes to tease others good-naturedly. Geoffrey iis friendly.

## Biography

### Early History

Geoffrey lives in Valgard with his family. His father's guildmarket is next to the biggest candy store in the city, so he always brings Gwynn candy. He has a large extended family. His family is part of the Styvian sect of Gardnerians, which are the most strict adherents to the *Book of the Ancients*.

### Light Mage

Sage Gaffney meets Geoffrey when she arrives in Valgard to be wandfasted to Tobias Vassilis. Geoffrey is being fasted at the same time to Gwynnifer.

Sage spends the night of the fasting ceremony at Gwynn's house. Geoffrey stops by outside Gwynn's window by climbing a tree. They tell Sage that he and Gwynn were forced to be fasted after they were discovered by their parents at the bay one evening. They were there gathering stones to make counter-runes, but their parents thought they were kissing. Geoffrey tells Sage that when they turn eighteen, and he will become responsible for Gwynn, he will let her go where she likes because he doesn't like bossing people around.

Years later, Geoffrey attends Verpax University as an apprentice cartwright in the Mage Guard.

### The Iron Flower

Geoffrey is now part of the Mage Guard's Third Division. Geoffrey attends a service being held in Valgard Cathedral that is led by High Mage Marcus Vogel. His fastmate Gwynn is also in attendance. Unlike Gwynn, Geoffrey does not notice that Vogel has the Shadow Wand.

## Relationships

### Gwynnifer Croft

Gwynn and Geoffrey have been best friends almost their entire lives. As they get older, their friendship changes into a romantic relationship. They truly do love each other, and are well-suited to being together. Gwynn finds him to be "wonderful and handsome." Geoffrey adores Gwynn, and his eyes light up every time he sees her. Gwynn looks forward to having children with him.
Phinneas Callnan

**Phinneas Callnan** is a member of the Mage Council and runs against Marcus Vogel for High Mage.

## Physical Description

As a Gardnerian, Phinneas has black hair, green eyes, and pale skin with an emerald shimmer.

## Biography

### The Black Witch

Phinneas is the Council envoy to the military. He originally had half the Council supporting him, but he ultimately loses out to Marcus Vogel. Vyvian claims he "has no spine and has forgotten his own faith and how we were almost destroyed as a people." He is more tolerant of other races.
Vang Troi

**Vang Troi** is the High Commander of the Vu Trin. This makes her the highest-ranking military sorceress of the Noi.

## Personality

Vang Troi is brilliant and unpredictable.

## Biography

### The Shadow Wand

Vang Troi allows Trystan Gardner to attend the Wyvernguard and demands that he be given a chance to prove himself.

## Powers & Abilities

Vang Troi is one of the most powerful and talented rune-sorceresses in Erthia. She is a formidable and strong warrior.
Orin Morlyr

**Orin Morlyr** is an Elfhollen and a lieutenant in the Verpacian Guard.

## Physical Description

Orin has eyes that gleam silver. His hair and skin are silvery-gray that's only slightly darker than his eyes.

## Biography

### The Black Witch

Orin is shocked and appears frightened by the sight of Elloren Gardner when he checks Lukas Grey and Elloren through the border into Verpacia.

## Powers & Abilities

As an Elfhollen, Orin lacks magic, but is a talented archer with perfect balance and agility.
Sylmire Talonir

**Sylmire Talonir** is an Alfsigr Elf and the cousin of Rivyr'el Talonir and the daughter of nobility.

## Physical Description

Sylmire has alabaster hair that's been chopped into short spikes. She has no piercings in her pointed ears. She has intense silver eyes and white eyelashes. Her mouth is pale in color. Sylmire is twelve.

## Personality

Sylmire is incredibly brave, fierce, and defiant. She has a sardonic tone and proud stance.

## Biography

### Early History

Sylmire lives with her father, mother, and older sister. She is one of the few Alfsigr brave enough to be openly kind to Wynter Eirllyn.

### The Shadow Wand

Sylmire escapes from Alfsigr lands and seeks sanctuary and protection from the Amaz.
Iris Morgaine

By @Caffeinated\_Dreams

**Iris Morgaine** is a Kelt who works in the kitchens at Verpax University and is friends with Yvan Guriel and Bleddyn Arterra.

## Physical Description

Iris is blonde. She has lovely hazel eyes.

## Personality

She is cruel to Elloren. Iris is shallow. She doesn't believe that any Gardnerians or Alfsigr should be part of the Resistance.

## Biography

Iris grew up on her family's farm with her mother and father. They live right on the Gardnerian border, next to the Essex military encampment.

### The Black Witch

* Iris slaps Elloren and tells her that she tells anyone about how Yvan was teaching the Urisk in the kitchens, she will break her legs.
* Lukas threatens her family's farm if she continues to hurt Elloren.
Ariel Haven

By @Caffeinated\_Dreams

**Ariel Haven** is part-Gardnerian and part-Icaral. Her mother is a Gardnerian, but it is unknown what species her father is.

## Physical Appearance

Ariel has black hair that is chopped very short and stands out at odd angles in greasy-looking spikes. Her eyes are darkly rimmed with black kohl, making her pale green eyes seem almost white. Like all Icarals, she has black wings. Her wings are ragged and torn.

Ariel dresses in complete, screaming defiance of the Gardnerian dress code. Instead of a tunic, she wears a tight black top that is laced haphazardly up and down her back. The lacing makes room for her wings. She wears pants and large clunky boots.

## Personality

While coming across as wild, manic, and evil at first, Ariel is actually loving and loyal. The way she is treated by others has profoundly affected her personality. She is laughed at and ridiculed wherever she goes. People refuse to even look at her. She never hears a kind word from anyone except from Wynter and Professor Kristian.

## Biography

### Early History

Ariel had an abusive and terrible childhood. Her father left her wings intact to punish her mother for being unfaithful. She was kept in the Valgard Sanitorium from a young age. While locked up there she was put on nilantyr, a powerful sedative, when she misbehaved. This has left her addicted to the drug. The drug took away her ability to fly. It also causes a foul odor that seeps out of her skin, even if she has not taken the drug in a while.

### The Black Witch

She was almost expelled from Verpax University for setting fire to someone. If she hurts any scholar again she will be arrested, expelled from Verpacia, and sent back to the Sanitorium. They will cut off her wings and Ariel will spend the rest of her life in a cell. This is her worst fear.

* She is tan apprentice in animal husbandry.

## Powers & Abilities

* As an Icaral, Ariel can summon fire. Because of the nilantyr, she is losing her ability to summon fire.
* She can mentally communicate with other winged animals
* She is also a talented animal healer.

## Relationships

### Wynter Eirllyn

Wynter is Ariel's closest friend. Ariel views herself as Wynter's protector and doesn't want to leave her.
Halfix

**Halfix** is a remote town located in the very northeastern corner of Gardneria. It is where Elloren Gardner and her brothers lives with their uncle, Edwin Gardner.

## Description

Halfix is surrounded by mountains. While it is very isolated, it does have a small library. Elloren has read almost every book it has.

## Notable Locations

### Gardner Family Cottage

A small cottage with a set of horse stables where Elloren, Rafe, and Trystan lived with their Uncle Edwin. There's a small kitchen with a window looking out on the forest. Inside is battered wooden furniture, a cookstove, and bunches of drying herbs hanging from the ceiling. The family also keeps a few pigs.

### Gaffney Estate

A sprawling plantation that belongs to the Gaffney family. It is separated from the Gardner's cottage by a long fence and a field.

### Forest

Near Uncle Edwin's house is a forest, where he secretly wandtested Elloren when she was three. The forest path is full of pine needles, curved roots, and low-hanging branches, and ends in a clearing.

## Notable Inhabitants

* Elloren Gardner
* Edwin Gardner
* Rafe Gardner
* Trystan Gardner
* Sage Gaffney
* Warren Gaffney
* Brennan Gaffney
* Eliss Gaffney
* Emmet Gaffney
* Shane Gaffney
* Retta Gaffney
* Clover Gaffney
* Gareth Keeler
* Beck Keeler
* Margryt Keeler
Asra'leen Filor'ian

**Asra'leen Filor'ian** is an Asrai Fae apprentice at Wyvernguard.

## Physical Description

Asra'leen has dark blue skin that changes and ripples like water. Her hair is a white like foam and worn in a cloud of soft, tight curls around her head. Her body is slender. She has graceful hands. Asra'leen has large blue eyes are warm and her mouth is indigo in color. Her smile is effervescent. Her eyes flicker with rainbows. She has a melodious voice. She wears the sapphire-blue tunic marked with a white dragon that apprentices wear at the Wyvernguard.

## Personality

Asra'leen is welcoming, kind, and happy. She immediately greets Tierney as if she is a long-lost friend. She is free of guile.

## Biography

### The Shadow Wand

Tierney Calix meets Asra'leen upon arriving at the Wyvernguard. Asra'leen is Tierney's roommate in the barracks. Asra'leen immediately welcomes and befriends Tierney and shows her around.

## Powers & Abilities

As an Asrai Fae, Asra'leen is able to control water.

## Memorable Quotes

* "You're safe here. We're all safe here. And now we're armed." - Asra'leen to Tierney Calix

## Trivia

* Asra'leen is the first unglamoured Asrai Tierney has ever seen since she was glamoured at three years old.

## References

1. ↑ *The Shadow Wand*: page 138
2. ↑ *The Shadow Wand*: page 137
Wyla

**Wyla** is an Issani, which is the name for the Northern Ishkartans. She is friends with Zeymir and Za'ya.

## Physical Description

Wyla is a young woman. She has pale skin the color of sand. Her hair is a bright blond and she has blue eyes. She wears pants and boots and her top is a form-fitting, sleeveless yellow tunic that's marked witth runes that look like molten gold. She's heavily armed, with rune-blades strapped to her arms and thighs and two rune-swords crisscrossed on her back. Glowing gold runes mark the skin of her face and arms. Her aura is gold.

## Personality

Wyla is very kind and understanding, but fierce and confident.

## Biography

### Early History

When she was fourteen, Wyla was sold to a brothel. She met Zeymir and Za'ya and begged them for help. Zeymir married Wyla as a formality because it was the only way he and Za'ya could rescue her. Wyla has become like a daughter to them.

## Powers & Abilities

Wyla is a powerful rune-sorceress. She is also a skilled and lethal rune-warrior.

## Memorable Quotes

* It is a good first step when you stop crying and start planning how to implae your enemies."

## References

1. ↑ *The Rebel Mages*: page 346
2. ↑ *The Rebel Mages*: page 497