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Cardegoss

**Cardegoss** was the capital of Chalion. It was located roughly in the centre of the Ibran Peninsula, at the junction of two rivers. It was built atop cliff walls of more than 300 feet.

The city was dominated by the **Zangre**, a great natural fortress, separated from the rest of the city by a natural cleft in the plateau 'more daunting than any moat'. Huge boulders, expertly fitted together, form the lower course of the castle walls, while fine Roknari decorative work is found in the middle. Above all lies  'yet more crisp-cut stone, towering higher and higher as if men competed with the gods who had thrown up the great rock the whole edifice stood upon.' The Zangre had never fallen in battle.

The buildings within the Zangre were made of ochre colored stone, with slate roofs. Buildings included:

* the main block, where Iselle, Teidez and their entourages were lodged. Also contained the throne room, banquet hall and ballroom.
* Ias's Tower - a huge rectangular tower, built in the reign of Roya Ias. Orico resided here when the court was resident in the Zangre. Also housed the Chancellery on the second floor.
* the Tower of Roya Fonsa the (Fairly) Wise. Fell into ruin when used by Fonsa in a death magic ritual to kill the Golden General.
* outside the walls, a garden and stable area. Orico's **menagerie** was found here.

Other features of Cardegoss included:

* City walls that resembled the outline of a ship, with the Zangre at the prow.
* Seven gates
* Temple Square (misnamed, as it had five sides, one for each mother-house of the gods' holy orders).
* Temple of the Holy Family, located in the middle of Temple Square
Kin Badgerbank

The **kin Badgerbank** family was a group of Wealdean aristocrats.

Their lands were in central-northern Weald and included the mining town of Badgerbridge and the former Holytree (later named Bloodfield).

## Members of kin Badgerbank

* The earl-ordainer, unnamed, who was considered stingy.
* The mother of Ijada dy Castos and her relatives.
Inglis kin Wolfcliff

**Inglis kin Wolfcliff** was a shaman of the Weald with a Great Wolf spirit. He was probably a direct
descendant of Ingrey kin Wolfcliff, the re-founder of shamanism within the Weald.

As a young shaman he agreed to assist a friend, Tollin kin Boarford, in performing the forbidden
act of becoming a spirit warrior by giving him a boar's spirit. The transfer succeeded, but the boar also succeeded in goring
Tollin, resulting in his death.

Inglis gathered up Tollin's ghost and bound it to his knife, then ran off. He lost his ability
to go into a shamanic trance and thus was unable to release Tollin to the gods and was afraid to
return to the other shamans because he'd gotten his friend killed doing a forbidden act.

He fled to the Cantons in search of a suitable hedge shaman who might be able to help him and
ended up being assisted by Penric kin Jurald, a local sorcerer. He was returned to the Weald by
Senior Locator Oswyl and was placed on probation by the shamanate for his act.

Later, when Penric paid a visit to Easthome in the Weald, he and Penric assisted Oswyl in the
solving of a local murder.

## References

* Penric and the Shaman
* Penric's Fox
Castle Martenden

"*It perched on an islet only a dozen paces out from shore, its walls seeming to grow out of the rock that was its foundation. High and solid and forbidding, they followed the contours of the islet's bounds. This had resulted in something other than foursquare, though four round towers with conical slate caps jutted up at its corners, with a fifth for luck over the drawbridge.*"
―Penric's first sight of Castle Martenden[src]
**Castle Martenden** was the seat of Lord Rusillin kin Martenden, and was located 10 miles from the town of Martensbridge on an islet very close to the shore of the lake. The castle had four round towers at its corners and a fifth located over the drawbridge.

The walkway along the outer wall provided an excellent view of the lake, allowing the castle to block or seize traffic during its periodic disputes with Martensbridge.

## Behind the Scenes

Chillon Castle, located on Lake Geneva, provided inspiration for Castle Martenden.

1. ↑ Lois McMaster Bujold on the Miles to Go forum of Baen's Bar, 21 July 2015.
Quintarian

The **Quintarian faith** worshiped the Five Gods, contrasting with the Quadrene faith that considered the Bastard to be a demon. With the exception of the Roknari people, it was the pervasive faith in the known world at the time of *The Curse of Chalion*. It is not known when worship of the Bastard began, but the Quintarian faith was already the established religion of Darthaca four centuries before the events of *the Hallowed Hunt* in the war against the Weald. The Old Wealdings also worshiped the Five Gods, but used spirit animals as intermediaries and practiced human sacrifice. The Rusylli likewise worshiped the Five Gods but were not members of the Quintarian faith.

## The Tale of the Five Gods

In *Paladin of Souls*, Learned dy Cabon gave a lengthy sermon on the origin of the Five Gods, citing the eminent theologian Ordol as his source. Summarizing:

* 'The world was first' - in the World of Five Gods, matter created the gods, not vice versa
* Matter formed into a great ball with fire at its heart, from which grew the World-Soul
* The World-Soul split in two, creating the Father and the Mother
* In their first love for each other, they bore the Daughter and the Son
* The four gods divided the seasons among them, creating harmony and security
* Plants and animals and men arose
* From the chaos in the fire at the heart of the world, demons invaded the world, bringing about the era of the Great Sorcerers
* One of the demon lords attempted to possess a hermit, but the hermit freely offered him his soul, and gradually taught him the beauties of virtue
* The great-souled demon became a champion of the Mother, and fought to rid the world of demons, only to die on the final battleground
* 'And so was born the last god, the Bastard, love child of the goddess and the great-souled demon'
Father's Order

"*A typical devotee of the Father's Order ... with a rod up his fundament and an obsession with his own rightness.*"
―Desdemona's opinion of members of the Father's Order[src]The **Father's Order** (or Order of the Father) provided justices of the law.

In Chalion, divines of the Father wore gray robes with carmine shoulder braid. In the Weald, divines of the Father wore gray-and-black robes with red shoulder braids; Oswin wore a red shoulder braid with a gold cord running through it to indicate his status as a senior scholar of jurisprudence.

## Known members of the Father's Order

* the senior divine who takes news of Iselle and Bergon's marriage to Orico
* Honorable Paginine, officer of the Taryoon Municipal Court
* Learned Bonneret, divine
* Learned Oswin, divine, a senior scholar of jurisprudence
* Arpan, acolyte-groom in Easthome
* Senior Locator Oswyl
* Learned Iserne, a lawyer in Lodi.

## Ranks within the Order

Wealdean "police" ranks, in increasing level:

* Locator
* Senior Locator
* Inquirer
* Senior Inquirer
Vilnoc

"*Vilnoc sat athwart the constantly silting mouth of the Oare river, navigable to larger boats for only a few miles inland before rising turbulently into this hillier country. The town had tracked the river downstream over the centuries, stretching itself to the present waterfront with its fortifications, one of Orbas’s few good harbors along this difficult coastline.*"
―The capital of Orbas[src]
**Vilnoc** was the summer capital of Orbas, near the coast and not very far from the border with Cedonia.

The country's leader, Duke Jurgo, spent quite some time on building renovations in the city, particularly his mansion.

## People of Vilnoc

* Duke Jurgo
* Captain Oxato
* Penric kin Jurald
* Nikys Arisaydia kin Jurald
* Idrene Gardiki
* Lin
* Rina, Llewyn
* Adelis Arisaydia
* Learned Sioann
* Dedicat Seuka
* Dedicat Lencia
* Alixtra
* Kittio
* Master Tolga
* Phylos
* Learned Retaka
* Master Therneas
* Ziah
* Lekousa
* Kyem Soudei
* Otzos Soudei
* Vissa Soudei

## Places in Vilnoc

* Main Temple and subsidiary ones scattered in town.
	+ Cedonian style architecture: six-sided domed sanctuary, with a fire plinth in center and oculus to let smoke out. One face was entryway, others one for each god. Double wooden doors for entryway. Frescoes on walls.
* Bastard's Order chapterhouse. A main house bequeathed by rich patron together with outlying buildings.
* Mother's Order chapterhouse and hospice, had been merchant's mansion
* military base just outside Vilnoc, upstream of the Oare river
* Olive Street in poorer areas has a local temple. Southwest side of town, near old walls
* Harbor, with Customs building

## References

* Mira's Last Dance
* The Prisoner of Limnos
* *The Assassins of Thasalon*
Nikys Khatai

**Nikys Arisaydia kin Jurald** (previously Nikys Khatai, previously Nikys Arisaydia, pronounced NICK-ease) was a woman of Cedonia. She was the love interest and later wife of Penric kin Jurald.

## Background

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

She also had an older half-brother, Ikos, the offspring of her mother's premartial bedding of her then-fiancé. Nikys only got to know him when Ikos was an adult; after Ikos's father was killed, Ikos's paternal grandmother took in Ikos and cut off contact with Idrene.

Around 20, she married Kymis Khatai, one of Adelis's military comrades. They did not have any children, despite trying; Nikys was later afraid she was barren. Kymis later died of wounds sustained during a military campaign, leaving her an early widow. Adelis, trying to set her up with other military officers, invited her to stay with him; fortunate, since she was around to help Adelis when he was accused of treason and blinded.

She was the same age as Penric; they were both 30 during the events of Penric's Mission.

## Personality and traits

She was fiercely loyal to Adelis; even when he was accused of treason and everyone else abandoned him, she stayed with him and tried to care for him.

## Appearance

"'*I went as an owl. A much rounder bird.' She waved a hand down her body, which was indeed more owl- than swan-shaped. Pen thought she looked wonderfully soft, but he didn’t suppose he dared say so.*"
―Nikys, regarding a masquerade[src]
Like many natives of Cedonia, she had black hair and brown eyes, with light-copper skin. She tended towards plump, with a large behind.

Penric considered her quite beautiful; being accused several times by Desdemona of not taking his eyes off her behind.

## Relations

* Wife of Penric
* Widow of Kymis Khatai
* Half-sister (on their father's side) of her "twin brother" Adelis Arisaydia
* Half-sister (on their mother's side) of Ikos
* Daughter of Idrene Gardiki and the Old General Arisaydia
* Mother of Florina and Wyn
Floyd Lawton

**Floyd Lawton** é um assassino de aluguel com o cod-nome de **Pistoleiro**. Ele é um membro do Esquadrão Suicida.

## Biografia

*Será adicionada ao artigo após o personagem fazer sua estreia no cinema.*
## Aparência

Sem seu capacete, podemos ver que seu rosto negro e severo mantêm um notável cabelo facial. Em outras palavras, uma barba. Em contraste, Pistoleiro possuem uma ausência de um couco cabeludo, sendo facilmente dito como um careca.

Em suas funções de Assassino de Aluguel, o personagem utiliza um traje vermelho com coletes e partes escuras. Sua mascara completamente branca, apenas deixa um de seus olhos escuros á vista, enquanto o outro, parcialmente, é escondido através de uma mira vermelha.
Carpagamo

**Carpagamo** was a country in the World of Five Gods adjacent to Adria, Saone, and the Cantons.

## Facts about Carpagamo

* Its island chain, the Carpagamon Islands, had perpetual problems with pirates, and competition from the Roknari people for ownership of them.

* It maintained a perennial state of war with Adria, its neighbor to the west.

* Agenno was a major port city in the country.

* Islands in the chain included Lantihera, Astwyk, and Rathnatta.

## Behind the scenes

Carpagamo roughly matches northwestern Italy, with Agenno approximating Genoa.
South Ibra

**South Ibra** was a southern province of Ibra that the Heir of Ibra occupied when in rebellion against his father, the Fox of Ibra. When the Heir died of coughing fever, the on-again-off-again war between the two portions of Ibra ended. South Ibra lay between Ibra and Darthaca.

South Ibrans spoke Ibran with a decidedly melodic intonation; a governess of Iselle dy Chalion who was from there taught her to speak Darthacan with a strong accent. Cazaril had some work to do teaching Iselle how to speak correctly.
Hallana

"*That demure smile masks a holy recklessness. And ruthlessness.* "
―Lewko describes Hallana[src]**Learned Hallana** was a physician-divine of the Mother's Order and a sorceress-divine of the Bastard's Order who taught at the seminary in Suttleaf, in the Weald. Her mother and grandmother were also physicians. She was married to Learned Oswin; they had two children at the opening of *The Hallowed Hunt* and she gave birth to a daughter shortly afterwards.

Near the end of Hallana's apprenticeship as a physician she was called to attend on a dying sorcerer. When the sorcerer died, his demon jumped over the young divine who was the intended recipient and into Hallana. A number of attempts to rid herself of the demon failed and she started a second apprenticeship to the Bastard to learn to control it.

When Ijada was a 10-year-old child, Hallana served as a medical missioner at Ijada's father’s fort on the west marches. She would treating the fen folk's illnesses to draw them to the fort and to Quintarian teachings. At the same time for the Bastard’s Order, she was learning the fen folk wisdom songs.

## Personality and Traits

"*A female sorcerer must be extraordinary clever, attentive and experienced to sucessfully manage a demon and a pregnancy both at once.*"
―A description of Hallana[src]Hallana was matronly, short and plump, and had curling sand-colored hair.

Early in the events of *The Hallowed Hunt*, prompted by dreams from the gods, Hallana, very pregnant, traveled to meet Ijada at Red Dike. Hallana then broke the geas on Ingrey by using her demon to increase the disorder in him.

During the uncanny night in the Wounded Woods when Ingrey released the souls of those who died at Bloodfield, Hallana served as the gate of the Mother.

## Behind the scenes

Hallana used "dratsab" (Bastard spelled backwards) as a curse, borrowed from usage on the Lois McMaster Bujold mailing list.
Chalion Wiki

## Welcome to the Five Gods Wiki

**Chalion Wiki** (aka **Five Gods Wiki**) is a collaborative website to explore the universe of the Five Gods, as revealed by author Lois McMaster Bujold.

We explore the World of the Five Gods (also called the Chalionverse, and the Five Gods Universe (5GU)), as revealed by Lois McMaster Bujold.

## News

* Demon Daughter, the newest Penric tale is out as of January 8, 2024
* For a discussion of The Curse of Chalion by 4th Street Fantasy, June 20, 2021: see here.

## Random Quote

"*Don’t promote your troubles beyond your rank.*"
―Adelis Arisaydia - Penric's Mission
See also Quotables

## Places

* Adria
* Arfrastpekka
* Brajar
* Cantons
* Carpagamo
* Cedonia
* Chalion
* Darthaca
* Grabyat
* Ibra
* Jokona
* Orbas
* Rathnatta
* Roknar
* Saone
* Trigonie
* Weald
* Westria
* Yiss

For a slightly different map, see this blog entry. Thoughts?

## Editing Notes

* To see a collection of "wanted" pages, try Wantedpages.
* To learn how to edit a wiki, see this Wiki tutorial
* See General Discussion Board for current topics of discussion

## Latest Activity

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## The Tales

* *The Curse of Chalion*
* *Paladin of Souls*
* *The Hallowed Hunt*
* *Penric's Progress*
	+ Penric's Demon
	+ Penric and the Shaman
	+ Penric's Fox
* *Penric's Travels*
	+ Penric's Mission
	+ Mira's Last Dance
	+ The Prisoner of Limnos
* *Penric's Labors*
	+ Masquerade in Lodi
	+ The Orphans of Raspay
	+ The Physicians of Vilnoc
* Penric's Intrigues
	+ *The Assassins of Thasalon*
	+ Knot of Shadows
	+ Demon Daughter

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Rick Flag

**Rick Flag** é o líder do Esquadrão Suicida. Antes de ser contratado por Amanda Waller para liderar essa equipe, Flag era um Capitão nas Forças Armadas dos Estados Unidos.

## Curiosidades

* Flag seria interpretado por Tom Hardy, o ator que interpretou Bane em *Batman: O Cavaleiro das Trevas Ressurge*, mas ele deixou o papel por causa de conflito de agenda.
Tolla kin Boarford

**Tolla kin Boarford** was the sister of Tollin kin Boarford in the kin Boarford clan.

Inglis kin Wolfcliff had been trying to court her, leading to him agreeing to give an animal spirit to her brother Tollin. The effort went badly, though Tolla was impresed by Inglis's actions to rescue her brother's soul. She ended up becoming betrothed to a different man.

## References

* Penric and the Shaman
* Penric's Fox
Stork River

The **Stork River** ran north-south through the Weald, originating from springs at the base of the Raven Range, and draining into the sea. About 80 miles up from its mouth was the Weald's capital city of Easthome.

A river road ran along it all the way from Easthome to Badgerbridge.

## Behind the scenes

In location, the Stork River roughly corresponds to the Elbe River in Germany.

## References

* *The Hallowed Hunt*, particularly chapter 10
Alixtra

**Alixtra** was a sorceress and assassin, one of the titular *Assassins of Thasalon*. She was the mother of Kittio and the rider of demon Arra.

## Backstory

Alixtra was born in a small village of Cedonia. She married Kavi, a young man of the same village, and born their only son, Kittio, Shortly afterwards, Kavi and the ship he was on were lost. Without his support, she fell into poverty.

To make ends meet, she took a job as a maid at Minister Methani's mansion in Thalason. There, Methani and Learned Tronio noticed her, and realized that she would make the perfect pawn for their magical assassination scheme: she was strong-willed enough to control a demon, but her love of Kittio gave them an easy way of controlling her; she was ignorant of demons and wouldn't understand how much power she could wield; plus, she was new to the city and had no one she could turn to for help.

Using a combination of bribes and threats, they convinced her to perform three demonic killings:

* First, Minister Hethel, a prisoner imprisoned on false charges, the night before his release;
* Second, Minister Fasso, Prefect of Imperial Shipbuilding;
* Last, Prince Ragar, Methani's co-regent.

Each time, she was given a new demon and then forced to use it to kill one of their enemies in a way that was undetectable by the non-Sighted. Each time, the gods reached through the portal created by the death and stripped her of her demon, but Tronio simply gave her a new one for the next time.

For her fourth killing, she was given a demon from a weasel and told to travel to Vilnoc to kill Adelis Arisaydia, on pain of Kittio being mutilated and sold as a slave. Fortunately, Penric was nearby when she tried to kill Adelis, and was able to block her attempt.

## Appearance

Alixtra's appearance was normal for her birthplace of Cedonia: dark hair and eyes and light bronze skin.
Taryoon

**Taryoon** was the current capital of the Chalionese province of Baocia. It was the home of the Provincar dy Baocia, who left his mother, the dowager Provincara dy Baocia, to preside over the previous capital at Valenda. The Provincar then built a new palace to replace a 'cramped and lowering' fortress as the seat of government.

During *The Curse of Chalion*, Iselle escaped from Valenda and rode cross-country to Taryoon, a sixty mile journey. Her wedding with Royse Bergon was held in Taryoon, attended by over a thousand people of rank. Subsequently, her supporters were attacked at Taryoon's Temple by Martou dy Jironal's forces.
Orico dy Chalion

> *And yet, whatever Orico had been, he had held on long enough for the next generation to gain its chance. Like some doomed little hero holding back a dike of woe, and drowning while the others escaped the tide*. - Cazaril, musing on Orico's fate, *Curse of Chalion*
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**Orico dy Chalion** was roya of Chalion at the opening of *The Curse of Chalion*; he was the son of Ias and his Brajaran first wife. His wife was Royina Sara; they had no children. An indecisive and ineffective ruler, he was known as Orico the Impotent. Due to his knowledge of the curse that lays upon Chalion, he attempted to rule through his chancellor, Martou dy Jironal.

Orico was little below average height. His nose was broken in an accident and looked like a squashed mushroom, his curly hair was auburn, later graying to roan, his face was pale and puffy and his body grossly broadened.

## Behind the scenes

His ongoing illness as seen in the tale is intentionally similar to Diabetes II.

## Appearances

* *The Curse of Chalion*

* *Paladin of Souls*
Preita

**Preita** was a pretty, round young woman whose cheese-merchanting family had originally hoped to have marry into a title in return for giving money to the kin Juralds. The plans collapsed when Penric kin Jurald, her intended husband, contracted a demon on the way to their wedding. She had a brother and sister.
Chalion

**Chalion** was one of the royacies on the Ibran Peninsula, and the location of the main events of both *The Curse of Chalion* and *Paladin of Souls*.

## Facts about Chalion

* Chalion was land-locked with mountain ranges to the north, south, and west.

* The symbol of Chalion was a royal leopard rampant upon a stylized castle.

* The language of Chalion was Ibran.
* People from Chalion were referred to as Chalionese.

## Provinces in Chalion

Chalion had sixteen provinces. The following names are known:

* Guarida - bordered on the Roknari princedom once ruled by Olus
* Thistan - east of Baocia. Martou dy Jironal’s funeral was conducted there
* Ildar - provincarship was given to Martou dy Jironal, passing from the Ildar family
* Labran
* Baocia
	+ Valenda and Taryoon were in Baocia.
	+ The capital city of all of Chalion, Cardegoss, was in Baocia.
* Yarrin
* Caribastos - borders Tolnoxo and the Roknari princedom of Jokona.
	+ Oby and Porifors are in Caribastos.
* Tolnoxo - northwest of Baocia, borders Caribastos.
	+ The provincial capital was Maradi.
	+ The town of Vinyasca was located in Tolnoxo.

## Behind the scenes

In terrain, Chalion is intentionally similar to Spain (particularly the Castilian regions); it is mountainous, generally rugged, and somewhat arid.

## References

* *The Curse of Chalion*
* *Paladin of Souls*
* *The Hallowed Hunt*
Daughter's Order

The **Order of the Daughter** was an organization dedicated to the Daughter of Spring.
Its mission included teaching of children; it also maintained a military order which concerned itself with domestic matters such as guarding temples, controlling banditry on the roads, and ensuring safe conveyance of pilgrims. It was far smaller than the Son's Order. The Order maintained hostels, chapter houses, and other facilities throughout Chalion. There were sister chapters of the Daughter's Order in the Roknari princedoms.

In Chalion, the Daughter's Order was headed by a Holy General who was appointed by the roya, a lucrative and powerful position. Members of the troops were referred to as soldier-brothers, and wore blue tunic with white vest cloaks and gray hooded cloaks. Formal garb was blue trousers and tunic and a white tabard. Members of the Daughter's Order saluted by touching the forehead.

## Known members of the Daughter's Order

* Dondo dy Jironal, appointed Holy General by Roya Orico
* Provincar dy Yarrin, appointed Holy General by Royina Iselle
* March dy Palliar, lord dedicat at Palliar
* Ferda dy Gura, officer-dedicat
* Foix dy Gura, officer-dedicat
* Pejar, sergeant-dedicat, member of Ferda dy Gura's troop
* Laonin, lay dedicat, soldier-brother of Ferda dy Gura's troop
Limnos

**Limnos** was a five-mile-long island off the coast of Cedonia opposite the village of Guza.

## Facts about Limnos

* It was mountainous, with its highest point at its west end, approximately 1000 feet above the water.
* A retreat of the Daughter with a sacred well was maintained there. The spring feeding the well appeared approximately 200 years before the time of Penric kin Jurald and its origin was believed to be a Miracle of the Daughter.
* No men were allowed within the confines.
* The retreat had a drawbridge which is raised at nightfall.
* Buildings within the walls ran up to 8 floors high.
* The main building that housed the spring had levels with rooms dug down into the rock (but still hundreds of feet above the water level).
* There is a stairway of over 2000 steps (narrow, with no railings) to the top of the rock than penitents sometimes traverse on hands and knees.
* The costs of maintaining the retreat were at least partly covered by the imperium of Thasalon; in return the government was allowed to put woman prisoners within.
* They kept a visitors book of people going in and out.
* There was a fishing village and a hamlet just outside the retreat but within its outer walls.

## Residents of Limnos

* Hekat Bosha
* Madame Idrene Gardiki spent three weeks as a prisoner there
Iroki

"*Sometimes, to save interruption, I wouldn't bait the hook. When fish took it anyways, I tried weighting my line with a pebble. When they started swallowing it down pebble, line, and all, I tried no line.*"
―Iroki, describing his favorite method of pole fishing[src]
**Blessed Iroki** was a saint of the Bastard in Orbas.

Iroki was a genial man, sometimes said to be the laziest man in his home village of Pef. He was nominally a fisherman, but would sometimes not even bait his hooks in order to avoid the work of catching the fish. Despite his easy-going demeanor, or perhaps because of it, the Bastard seemed to be able to reach through Iroki even more powerfully and clearly than His other saints.

He was slightly younger than Penric, being "around 30" when they first met during *The Assassins of Thasalon*. He had been a saint of the Bastard for 3 or 4 years at that point.

## Appearance

Iroki was skinny and clean-shaven, with light bronze skin and dark hair. To human eyes, his most striking feature were his green-hazel eyes.
Kin Boarford

The **kin Boarford** family was a group of Wealdean aristocrats.

The location of their lands is not known, but they had an estate about ten miles outside of Easthome.

## Members of kin Boarford

* unnamed twin brother Earls at time of *The Hallowed Hunt*
* Archdivine Fritine
* Tollin
* Tolla

## References

* *The Hallowed Hunt*
* Penric and the Shaman
Betriz dy Ferrej

**Betriz dy Ferrej** was the daughter of Ser dy Ferrej, and was companion to Royesse, later Royina Iselle. She was nineteen years old at the start of *The Curse of Chalion*. At the tale's conclusion, Betriz requested the boon of Cazaril's hand in marriage from Royina Iselle and was granted it.

Betriz was brunette with brown eyes and had an "elusive" dimple.

## Appearances

* *The Curse of Chalion*

* *Paladin of Souls*
Sundered soul

A **sundered soul** was one which was not taken up by any of the gods. This could happen because:

* The individual rejected the gods and chose to be sundered.
* Some barrier prevented the soul from being taken up. In particular, spirit warriors and shamans with spirit animals could not go their god until a shaman removed the animal from their soul after death.
* The person had committed such sacrilege that no god, not even the Bastard, was willing to take them.

These souls remained in the world of matter as **ghosts**. Invisible to most people, to those with second sight (saints and sorcerers) a ghost initially resembled their living form but gradually lost both form and self-awareness before fading away. Even to those with second sight, ghosts were silent, even when they appeared to scream or speak.

Ghosts were powerless to act on the living, but could seize the body of a victim of death magic (which was theologically 'empty') and reanimate it if the body was not burned before nightfall. To remove the ghost the body must be burned and will scream with the voice of the death magic victim, distressing the mourners.

## References

* *The Curse of Chalion*
* *The Hallowed Hunt*
* *The Assassins of Thessalon*
Ista dy Chalion

> "*Instructing you, sweet Ista, would be like teaching a falcon to walk up to its prey. It might with great effort be done, but one would end up with a very footsore and cranky bird, and a tedious wait for dinner. With a wingspan like yours, its ever so much easier just to shake you from my wrist and let you fly.*" - the Bastard of the unseason, *Paladin of Souls*
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**Ista dy Chalion** was the dowager royina of Chalion. She was the youngest daughter of the previous Provincar and the dowager Provincara dy Baocia. She wedded Roya Ias in his second, her first marriage when she was about 18 and he was in his fifties. Ias and Ista had two children, Teidez and Iselle. Ista was widowed young, and at the opening of *The Curse of Chalion*, had been living with her mother for six years.

Ista was widely considered to be mad and was carefully watched by her mother's ladies. The truth was more complex. Ista became a saint of the Mother of Summer during her pregnancies; she, Ias, and Lord Arvol dy Lutez attempted to lift the curse of Chalion by drowning and reviving dy Lutez after the Mother of Summer told Ista that "the gods might draw the curse back to them only through the will of a man who would lay down his life three times for the House of Chalion”. This attempt failed with the death of dy Lutez during the second drowning, and the Mother withdrew from Ista.

For two decades afterward, Ista could not forgive herself for the failure, and lived in fear that the curse would strike next at her children. Upon learning of the death of Teidez, she was almost relieved. Even when Cazaril finally succeeded in breaking the curse, she still suffered, and said "that a smudged oblivion seems a very heaven". Cazaril assured her:

> "*When the souls rise up in glory, yours shall not be shunned nor sundered, but shall be the prize of the gods' gardens. Even your darkness shall be treasured then, and all your pain made holy*."
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At the beginning of *Paladin of Souls*, Ista had just attended her mother's funeral and was feeling restless. As an excuse to travel, she arranged to go on a pilgrimage led by Learned dy Cabon, with only Liss as an attendant and a small guard led by Foix and Ferda dy Gura for protection. Her adventures took her to Porifors, where she helped repel a Joknari invasion led by Princess Joen. By helping Arhys dy Lutez, she gained some closure for her role in the death of his father. She also met Illvin dy Arbanos, a man who can make her laugh.

> "*When you meet the man who can make you laugh, solemn Ista, angry Ista, iron Ista, your heart will be healed. You have not prayed for this; it's a guerdon even the gods cannot give to you. We are limited to such simples as redemption for your sins*." - the Bastard of the unseason
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Ista became a saint of the Bastard during the events of *Paladin of Souls*, with the special charge of returning demons from the world of matter to the hands of the Bastard.

Ista had masses of crinkly hair, once gold, but darkened to dull dun by the time of *Paladin of Souls*, and gray eyes.

## Appearances

* *The Curse of Chalion*

* *Paladin of Souls*
Fritine kin Boarford

"*A long and typical career of a noble Temple-man lay behind him, by no means unhonorable; if he favored his kin, he equally ensured that they disgorged a steady return of favors to the Temple.*"
―Ingrey considers Archdivine Fritine[src]**Archdivine Fritine kin Boarford** was the archdivine of Easthome at the time of *The Hallowed Hunt*, a position he had held for seven years. In that position he served as an archdivine-ordainer to elect the next hallow king. Fritine was an uncle of the present twin earls Boarford, and had connections to kin Hawkmoor and kin Foxbriar on his mother's side. He was dedicated to Temple service as his many older brothers made made a high place in his kin lands unlikely.

Fritine had a distaste for the uncanny, such as Ingrey kin Wolfcliff's spirit animal, and claims of direct interactions with the gods. He was a strong political figure in the Temple and in the high court, and had a reasonable working relationship with sealmaster Hetwar.

 Appearances

* *The Hallowed Hunt*
Helmharbor

**Helmharbor** was a town in theWeald.

## Facts about Helmharbor

* The Bastard's Order had a chapter in Helmharbor that trained sorcerers.
* A naval camp was nearby; Prince Byza kin Stagthorne contracted lockjaw and died of it, leading to a troubled succession eventually won by Biast kin Stagthorne.

## People from Helmharbor

* Hallana practiced medicine there for a time, and contracted her demon there.

* Byza kin Stagthorne spent time there

* Biast kin Stagthorne spent time there
Demon Daughter

**Demon Daughter**, written by Lois McMaster Bujold and self-published on January 8, 2024 as an e-book is a novella in the World of Five Gods set a few years after Knot of Shadows.

## Publisher's Summary

A six-year-old shiplost girl draws the kin Jurald family of Vilnoc into complex dilemmas, and sorcerer Learned Penric and his Temple demon Desdemona into conflict—with each other. It will take all of Penric’s wits, his wife Nikys’s wisdom, and the hand of the fifth god’s strangest saint to untangle the threads of their future.

## Major Characters

* Penric kin Jurald
* Nikys kin Jurald
* others

## Supporting Characters

* Saint Iroki
* others
Bastard's Day

**Bastard's Day** was an intercalary holiday that was inserted every two years after Mother's Midsummer to prevent the calendar precessing alignment with the seasons. Celebration customs are unknown, but festive garments include white clothing with embroidered rats and crows, symbols of the Bastard.

## Real world parallels

It is similar to February 29th on leap years in the Gregorian calendar.

## References

* *The Curse of Chalion*
* *Paladin of Souls*
Visping

**Visping** was the capital city of Borasnen, one of the five Roknari princedoms. It had an excellent port and was thus a coveted target for land-locked Chalion in their wars with the Roknari.

Prior to the events of *Curse of Chalion*, Cazaril was serving as castle warder at Gotorget, a key border fortress to the south of Visping. When the March dy Jironal surrendered the castle to the Roknari, he also dealt a crucial blow to Chalion's expansion plans, since the fortress would now help the enemy. Cazaril was subsequently marched to Visping where he was sold as a galley slave.

In *Paladin of Souls*, Iselle and Bergon were planning an autumn campaign against the Roknari with Visping as the ultimate goal.

## References

* *The Curse of Chalion*
* *Paladin of Souls*
Birchgrove Castle

**Castle Birchgrove** was in the northern Weald, at the confluence of the Birchbeck and Lure rivers.

The castlewarder at the time of *The Hallowed Hunt* was Islin kin Wolfcliff, who received the job from his father, who got it after his brother died and his nephew Ingrey received his wolf spirit, crippling him for several years.
Mira

**Mira** was Desdemona's fifth human rider.

She was a famous high-end courtesan of Lodi; as she grew older, she got more customers rather than fewer because of a reputation as the "Resurrection Woman".

She had some reputation as a poetess, and never married. Without Temple guidance, she didn't realize how to safely divest Desdemona's chaos, and died of a tumor around forty.

## Mentions

* Penric's Demon
* Penric's Mission
* Mira's Last Dance
Ibran Peninsula

The **Ibran Peninsula** was a region in the World of the Five Gods containing the following nations:

* Chalion
* Ibra (and South Ibra, depending)
* Chalion-Ibra
* Yiss
* Brajar
* The five Roknari Princedoms (Jokona, Borasnen, Vardo, Tavaki, Jarn)

To the north was the Roknar Archipelago, and to the immediate south was the nation of Darthaca.

## Behind the scenes

The Ibran peninsula is roughly based on the Iberian Peninsula inverted and moved to the southern hemisphere, making the southern region the colder climate with warmer areas to the north.

## References

* *The Curse of Chalion*
* *Paladin of Souls*
Martou dy Jironal

**Martou dy Jironal** was the ruler of the march of Jironal, Chancellor of Chalion, Holy General of the Son’s Order, and, during events of *The Curse of Chalion,* was named Provincar dy Ildar on the death of dy Ildar; at this time, the title of March dy Jironal passed to Martou's younger brother Dondo. Martou dy Jironal led Roya Orico’s forces to the north coast for a winter campaign three years before *The Curse of Chalion* began, during which he made Cazaril castle warder of Gotorget.

Martou dy Jironal was spare, graying, often unsmiling, cool of eye, and tense with energy. Cazaril considered him extremely competent.

## Appearances

* *The Curse of Chalion*

* *Paladin of Souls*
Ree Richelon

Ree Richelon was a young man living in Lodi. He was the son of Learned Iserne and her husband Ripol Richelon, a merchant.

While apprenticed in his father's company, he took a trip on a merchant convey. During that time, he discovered that Aulie Merin, an acquaintance from Lodi, had been embezzling from the merchant who employed him. When Ree confronted Aulie, the latter pushed him off the ship and left him to drown. Fortunately, Ree was found by a demon-infested dolphin who kept him alive long enough to be rescued. Unfortunately, just before he was rescued, the dolphin died and the demon jumped to Ree. The demon, having being previously imprinted by a murderer and then crippled by being forced into a dolphin, was completely mad, but in his weakened state, Ree was unable to keep it from ascending.

Once back on shore, the ascended demon fled when Desdemona came near. Eventually, Blessed Chio was able to remove the demon and Ree returned to sanity. At the end of *Masquerade in Lodi*, it was suggested that Ree was interested in courting Chio.
Bernan

**Bernan** was manservant to Learned Hallana, and apparently something of a jack of all trades including a smith. He was a wiry, middle-aged man, married to Hergi, also a servant to Hallana.

Bernan was an early success for Hallana in using sorcerous healing, curing him of kidney stones by exploding the stones within his body using the power of her demon of disorder.

Bernan traveled with Hallana, repairing the cart and other items that broke under the effects of Hallana's demon.
Lencia Corva

**Lencia** was the older sister of Seuka Corva. She was born in Raspay, a small town in Jokona, to Jedula Corva, a prostitute, and Master Ubi Getaf, a traveling merchant and long-time client. Half-orphaned by the death of her mother at the age of 10, she and her sister were sent off to try and find their father at whatever port he was in, but instead they were captured by pirates who intended to sell them as slaves. Through the hand of the Bastard, however, Penric fell in with them and rescued them. As their father was unable to take them in (already having a wife who would not have approved), Lencia and Seuka were made dedicats to the Bastard's Order in Vilnoc and moved to the chapterhouse of the Order there.

Being the older of the two, Lencia tended to be a bit more cautious than her younger sister, and tried to be the grown-up when they were separated from their mother. She could read and write.

## Mentions

* The Orphans of Raspay
* The Assassins of Thasalon
Kin Foxbriar

The **kin Foxbriar** family was a group of Wealdean aristocrats.

Their lands may have been in the eastern Weald (the guess is based solely on two details: The Hawkmoors were definitely from the eastern Weald, and Archdivine Fritine kin Boarford was related on his mother's side to both Hawkmoors and Foxbriars).

## People from kin Foxbriar

* An unnamed candidate for the Hallowed Kingship in the time of *The Hallowed Hunt*
* Unnamed maternal relatives of Archdivine Fritine kin Boarford
Drovo kin Jurald

"*At least his fate had cured the clan of urging Penric to do the same...*"
―Mercenary life is not appealing[src]**Drovo kin Jurald** was one of Penric kin Jurald's older brothers. He was a rowdy bruiser whose torments made Penric's childhood a misery; on the other hand, the skill Penric gained in climbing to escape him proved useful on more than one occasion later in life.

He was a devotee of the Son and decided to make a life mercenarying. Instead he died of a camp illness before his first battle.

## Mentions

* Penric's Demon
* Penric's Fox
* The Prisoner of Limnos
Fen Country

**Fen Country** was an informal name for a region to the west of the Weald where Quintarian missionary work was done.

The folk there sacrificed animals and painted themselves with the blood (in more of a partying manner than deeply ritualistic) and sang wisdom songs. They claimed that long ago, the wisdom songs were magical.

In the past, they were generally rivals to the old Wealdings.

## Behind the scenes

Fen Country roughly corresponds to Poland in real-life geography.
Hetwar

"*"It is Sealmaster Hetwar’s steadfast purpose to serve the closest needs of the Weald and its royal house.”*"
―Ingrey kin Wolfcliff describes his patron[src]**Sealmaster Lord Hetwar** was a political power in the Weald, working on behalf of the hallow king and kin Stagthorne. He conducted diplomatic missions both personally and through his men, and influenced the internal politics of the Weald as well. At the time of *The Hallowed Hunt*, he was working to secure votes from the earl-ordainers and archdivine-ordainers through both persuasion and payments. Hetwar employed Ingrey kin Wolfcliff as a courier, spy, swordsman, and generally as an intimidating force as needed. Gesca was a lieutenant in Hetwar's household troop.

Hetwar was middle-aged, of middle height and build. He was personally austere and had a mild manner that concealed his abilities to control men and events around him. His wife, Lady Hetwar, acted to ensure the behavior and dress of Lord Hetwar's retainers was proper for the household. They had at least three sons.

 Appearances

* *The Hallowed Hunt*
Audar

**Audar the Grea**t ruled Darthaca four centuries before the events of *the Hallowed Hunt*. He led the war between the Darthacan Quintarians and the Old Wealdings, culminating in the massacre of four thousand prisoners of war at the battle of Bloodfield. Audar eliminated many traditions of the Weald, and made the use of spirit animals subject to death by burning.

Audar's empire gradually broke apart in the hands of his descendants.

## Behind the scenes

* There are similarites with Charlemagne and the massacre of Verden
Universo Cinematográfico DC

O **Universo Cinematográfico DC** (no original, **DC Cinematic Universe**) é um universo compartilhado criado pela DC Entertainment. A partir de 2013, todos os filmes em *live-action* feitos pela DC Comics foram classificados como parte do universo coeso.

O universo compartilhado dos filmes, muito parecido com o Universo DC nos quadrinhos, foi criado para cruzar elementos do enredo comuns, configurações, elenco e personagens.

Até o momento, apenas um filme tem sido destaque no universo, *O Homem de Aço*, com vários outros filmes em desenvolvimento.

## Filmes

* *O Homem de Aço* (2013)
* *Batman Vs Superman: A Origem da Justiça* (2016)
* *Esquadrão Suicida* (2016)
* Mulher Maravilha (2017)
* Liga da Justiça Parte Um (2017)
* Flash (2018)
* Aquaman (2018)
* Shazam (2019)
* Liga da Justiça Parte Dois (2019)
* Ciborgue (2020)
* Lanterna Verde (2020)
* Liga da Justiça Sombria (Sem Data de Estreia)
Death Demon

In so-called death magic, the Bastard sent a **death demon** to collect two souls: normally those of the asker and the target. However, in the case of Cazaril and Dondo dy Jironal, the Lady of Spring intervened. The demon and Dondo's soul were encapsulated within Cazaril's abdomen until he was later stabbed by Martou dy Jironal. The demon then escaped with Dondo and Martou's souls.

Umegat pondered to Cazaril on the question of whether the Bastard had many death demons or only one for all death magic used in the world.

It was not clear if the death demon and chaos demons were related beyond the name.

## References

* *The Curse of Chalion*
* see also Knot of Shadows for more on death magic in general.
Sosie

"*Sosie guarded the dwindling head of navigation for the stream, the craft that could reach it more skiffs than barges.*"
―Sosie seen from a distance[src]**Sosie** was a walled town over a river in Cedonia, more than 3/4 of the way from Patos to Orbas.

## Facts about Sosie

* It had a large temple made of stone.
* The 14th infantry regiment was garrisoned there.
* Its streets were narrow.
* It had a large brothel somewhat inclined to experience crab lice infestations.
* Cape Crow was the nearest point on the coast to Sosie.
* A feuding pair of families were commanded to spend the night in the temple to resolve their differences after a double suicide by young lovers, one from each family.
* Houses in Sosie were constructed in the Cedonian style: high blank walls around inner courtyards, any street-facing windows or balconies on upper stories only.

## People from Sosie

* General Egan Chadro
* Madame Zihre
Demon (horse)

"*She approached the possessed horse, who lowered its head again and laid its face flat to her bloodied bodice in what might be submission, love or dementia.*"
―Demon behaves for Ista[src]
**Demon** was an ugly chestnut stallion with a fearsome temperament. He was Illvin's warhorse, despite Illvin's own evaluation that 'he was never any sane person's mount.' Illvin's name for the horse was too crude to share with Ista. It generally took three grooms, a blindfold, a curb bit and a twitch to control him, at least until Ista ordered him to behave.

It turned out that the horse was in-fact possessed by an elemental. Arhys rode him in his battle with the Jokonan sorcerers, and the horse survived because of demon-enhanced healing powers. He subsequently bonded with Ista, who accepted him as her new mount and gave him his final name.
Be-not

"*This is not the quiet damnation of sundering... Neither is this heaven's healing.
No,* said the Voice regretfully. *This is will-not. So it shall pass with its demon to the place of be-not.*"
―Joen's soul is sent to be-not[src]
**Be-not**, also known as the Bastard's Hell, was a place that contained the souls of those who refuse the healing of the gods (will-not). Ista, under the influence of the Bastard, saw it as a strange, dimensionless void, a pool of demon energy. It served as a reservoir of pure destruction, containing no mind or will or song or memory or any gift of higher order. It helped balance the world between the heat of chaos and the chill death of stasis.

## Behind the scenes

The author has described the Bastard's Hell as "a place of pure chaos, instant dissolution."

## References

1. ↑ Lois McMaster Bujold, post to the Bujold mailing list, 11 May 2015, http://lists.herald.co.uk/pipermail/lois-bujold/2015-May/170335.html
Oswyl

"*Above middle height, broad-shouldered, fit; perhaps thirty years of age? Brown hair, gray eyes.... Pen might have taken him for some urgent courier, but for the distinctive gray doublet with the brass buttons peeking out from beneath his thrown-back black cloak.*"
―Penric sees a Wealdean Grayjay[src]**Senior Locator Oswyl** was a middle-rank Temple Inquirer from the Father's Order in Easthome, of the Weald. His determination to find the truth in his investigations resulted in him arriving alone in Martensbridge in pursuit of a believed-dangerously-rogue shaman. He got help in his search from Penric kin Jurald.

They became friends, and so Oswyl brought him onto another case while Penric was visiting the Weald.

## References

* Penric and the Shaman
* Penric's Fox