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## **Spoilers**

* The events of a book.
* The existence of characters who belong to categories whose existence hasn't been covered.
* Characters not born by the time of an earlier book.
* Characters who are running around behind the scenes engaged in important activities, but who aren't mentioned until later. For instance, characters involved in freeing Korbal shouldn't be mentioned until Korbal's freedom isn't a spoiler.

## **Not spoilers**

* Characters alive before their first mention, who haven't impacted the story until then. For instance, *Bryte* is introduced in *Thaumaturge**,* but a page listing him, mentioning that he's a Lawbrother of Luin, his physical description, and noting that he first appears in Thaumaturge, isn't spoiling anything. (Even in the first books I wouldn't consider it much of a surprise that humans and Lawbrothers still exist 10 books later.)
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Minalan/Relationships

Even though Minalan doesn't visit with his father as much as he would like, he holds him in great respect. Their years together in Sevendor and the road trip Vander only brings them closer as adults.
Alya
When Minalan meets Alya for the first time their attraction is intense, their lust filled union at the siege of Boval Castle leads to the conception of Minalyan and subsequently Minalan asking Alya to be his wife. During Warmage Min sends Alya and Tyndal to his family in Talry-on-Burine to be safe and to prepare for their wedding. In *Spellmonger's Wedding,* Min, Penny, Alya, Tyndal, and the rest of his family contend with unexpected guests, welcome and unwelcome.
Alya becomes pregnant again during *High Mage* and she gives birth without complications to a healthy daughter, Min and Alya named her Almina.
Alya was pregnant with a third child but unfortunately she lost the baby at the Greenflower Mage War, the first mage war since the fall of the Magocracy.
#### Children

Minalyan
by Alya and the heir to the Barony of Sevendor.
Almina
by Alya
Ismina
by Isily born a few months after Minalyan, his relationship with her is just beginning as he starts to delight in all of the children's play while at Spellgarden
Istman
by Isily, heir to the Barony of Greenflower. He is still a baby/toddler but is a happy child that everyone takes to, even Alya.

### Apprentices

Despite how busy Minalan is he does amazingly well in training apprentices that go on to have major impacts. Except for his first one, Tyndal, the rest have more or less been accidents. Young people's path that have intersected with his and who needed training.

Tyndal
He discovered Tyndal working in a stable and took him on as his first apprentice
Rondal
Rondal was left abandoned by his former master, Garkesku after the siege of Boval Castle, so Minalan brought him along as a new apprentice.
Dara
A native of Sevendor, Dara was effected by the creation of Snowstone. When she won the first Spellmonger's trial, one of her rewards was to become Minalan's apprentice.
Ruderal
Ruderal was found by Tyndal and Rondal while they were journeymen, so they brought him back to Sevendor for Minalan to evaluate.
### The Magi

Lady Pentandra Anna Bennurvial
Minalan's first relationship was with Pentandra, all though they decided they were not compatible, through out the series their friendship grows and develops with world changing consequences.
Lady Isily Of Branwen
Ismina is the result of a dalliance in *Warmage*, prior to Minalan and Alya's wedding. She was born a few months after Minalyan. Isily was ordered by the Queen to conceive Minalan's child.
As events unfold in *Enchanter,* Istman's conception was the result of Isily attack and rape of Minalan in the Snowflake Chamber. She desired to manipulate Minalan's future with her actions, even though she was already married to Dunselen and retired as one of the Queen's daughters.
## References

1. ↑ Mancour, Terry. Spellmonger: Book One Of The Spellmonger Series.
Knights Magi

## Origins

When Dukes Rard and Lenguin knighted Minalan after The Battle at Timberwatch they created the first Knight Magi.

Minalan wanted to use that to invoke chivalry within the ranks of Magi.

The original Knights Magi that were created immediately after Timberwatch are:

* Minalan the Spellmonger
* Pentandra,
* Tyndal,
* Rondal
* Terleman
* Landrik,
* Taren
* Lanse of Bune,
* Curmor,
* Azar
* Carmella
* Wenek
* Astyral
* Mavone
* Forondal of Scaford,
* Rustallo the Brash,
* Reylan the Wenshari
* Sarakeem of Merwyn,
* Cormoran the Swordwright,
Michael Anthony Palgrave

Perhaps 14 to 16 centuries before Spellmonger, Michael Palgrave is an Englishman in the early 1930's, a scholar of esoteric science who clairvoyantly explored Earth's magical past.

## Personality and Characteristics

Palgrave was sickly with systemic pain that disqualified him to join the British Army.  He was thin with sharp features and no facial hair, meticulously groomed with a fine, if worn, wardrobe.  He tried to maintain an aristocratic image (which he despised) but his trust fund was nearly depleted.  He was forced to leave college in his senior year, perhaps because of his illness. Unable to follow conventional expectations of an English gentleman of the time, he devoted himself to mystical studies.

## Relationships

Anton Folkstone was one of the few fellow students that had maintained a friendship with him.  Anton's sister Cecily, now married, was a woman to whom Michael had once proposed marriage.

Minalan encountered the life experience and memories of Michael Palgrave during his interrogation by Szal the Yith. As such, Palgrave is now one of nine personalities incorporated into Minalan's psyche. Minalan's other hosts include Tuaa Folauga, Saram, Lieutenant Colonel Martin Fitzgerald Andrews, Mel Thenreyal, Prince Maralathus, Raer Rinthon, Umank, and Aza'methet.

## Summary

### Footwizard

Michael met with Anton Folkstone, who visited because of a letter that his sister, Cecilia, had received from Michael discussing ideas about humans originally coming to Earth from Mars. Anton was skeptical as Michael told of the migration from Mars over 100,000 years ago landing in Antarctica before Atlantis sunk beneath the waves. Further, Michael read that the universe was once much more malleable to thought. He was, in fact, a member of a secret group that studied the "waxing and waning of orgonic forces in the world. The true mystical forces …" Michael argued that

> "… for one brief hour a day, the powers of the mind can penetrate beyond this mere shell and probe the past, the future, distant worlds, other dimensions" . . . “When the mass of the Earth is between you and the center of the galaxy,” Michael insisted, “it blocks the interfering rays from there, and allows a greater access to the higher powers our minds our naturally heir to."
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Of course, Anton would not believe a word of it and stormed out of Michael's apartment.

> "He had seen the Shining Ones descend from the heavens, the dark beasts who hid within the Earth, the glory of Atlantis and Lemuria at their heights."
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References

1. ↑ Mancour, Terry. Footwizard: Book 13 Of The Spellmonger Series. Ch. 40. Kindle Edition.
2. ↑ Mancour, Terry. Footwizard: Book 13 of The Spellmonger Series. Ch. 40. Kindle Edition.
3. ↑ Mancour, Terry. Footwizard: Book 13 Of The Spellmonger Series. Ch. 40. Kindle Edition.
Horka

## Personality and Characteristics

Inarguably one of the fiercest warmagi, but to often indulged in displays of temper. He always carried a quaver full of war wands and usually used a longer mageblade then was normal.

## Summary

### Spellmonger

Horka was one of the original Magi to come to Minalan's aid at The Siege of Boval Vale and was given a piece of irionite.

### Warmage

Horka was a fierce warmage that fought in the original penumbra campaign that culminated in *The Battle at Timberwatch*, he was killed attempting to slay the dragon Sulkhuan. He used an unknown spell of incredible destructive power, he actually succeeded in blinding the dragon and driving him away before the dragon killed him.

### Magelord

*The Arcane Order of Horka:* A year later, the combat oriented Order of Horka was named in his honor during the *Robinwing Conclave*.

### Shadwomage

Much later, during the dragon attack on Vorone, Taren mentioned that he had used *Bluestone* from Castle Salasius to speak with the dead. He mentioned that he had spoken with Horka's shade on the subject of the unknown spell he used at Timberwatch.
Order of Mandros

## **Overview**

Focuses on magic relating to Medical matters particularly healing. Important support during warfare.

Master *Icorod* was named the head of the *Medical Magi (AKA Red Magic)* in the Kingdom.

## Medical Baculus

### **Enchanter**

saw the re-creation of the Medical Baculus, nothing of its like had been seen since the Magocracy. Master *Ulin* was tasked with providing Master Icorod the best possible enchanted baculus the *Bouleuterion* in Sevendor were capable of; he being the head of the Order.

### **Necromancer**

Count Moran was compelled to grant an estate for the maintenance and support of this order to enlist Minalan's help in provisioning Prince Tavard's forces in Maidenspool, Alshar.

Thaumaturge

Lady Maithieran of Benfrandine is a medical Mage and a member of the order.
Guri

## Personality and Characteristics

Guri is Karshak Alon (aka dwarves) and is well respected in his community. A Master Stonesinger, he is the leader of his own lodge of Karshak builders.

Guri has expressed his main desire is just to build. He is conscientious and very practical in his approach to building Sevendor’s new fortifications. Guri proved his trustworthiness when he first brought the valuable apophylyte crystals to Minalan to explain their value. This was a demonstration of his desire to honor his contract to his client.

## Family and Relationships

Master Guri Vok’s grandfather is Master Azhguri

## Summary

### Magelord

Guri was brought to Sevendor during *Magelord,* when the three emissaries from the Alka Alon recruited him to build their tower, Lesgaethael.

## References

1. ↑ Mancour, Terry. Magelord, Book Three of the Spellmonger Series.
Ferum

## Overview

Ferum was mentioned in Thaumaturge...

> *Briga’s temple was among the first to take me up on my offer, establishing an abbey on an abandoned estate near Yellin, with Ishi’s and Ifnia’s clergy quickly following in other domains.  I made a special point to recruit the Ferumites, scions of the old Imperial blacksmith god.  Briga might not have liked the competition, but we needed the skilled labor, and there was a site near Traveler’s Tower that was close enough to Vanador for the burly monks’ abbey to take advantage of Master Suhi’s proximity.  With as much steel and iron as Yltedene was producing, it was a rare opportunity for Ferum’s spiritual sons to work with an abundance.*
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See ***Gods of Callidore*** for pantheons.

## References

1. ↑ Mancour, Terry. Thaumaturge: The Spellmonger Series Book 11.
Омерзительный зверь

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**Омерзительный зверь** - босс первого уровня игры **Splatterhouse 3.**

## Описание

Большой человекообразный монстр. Располагается в комнате с заколоченными окнами, заваленной трупами. В момент встречи с Риком жрёт мясо.

Атакует лапами. После потери половины здоровья верхняя часть черепа зверя отваливается, оставляя нижнюю челюсть с болтающимся языком. В этом случае на ближнем расстоянии атакует гигантской рукой, которая появляется из глотки вместо языка.

Будучи поверженным, зверь падает на спину и с рёвом начинает сучить лапами, пока не лопается.

1. перенаправление Шаблон:Splatterhouse (Games and All)
Paraclete

Ancient sea creature imbues staff

#### A magical interface between the user and the enchantment

During *Enchanter,* Minalan and a few other High Magi did a lot of experiments using the Grain of Pors to retrieve enneagrams, install them into baculi (plural of baculus), staffs, or mageblades and empower them with energy (usually with irionite) to create paracletes. Later implementations installed paracletes in magical constructs. The best paracletes were enneagrams of creatures with proclivities that closely resembled the purpose for which an enchanted item was intended. For example, a sea creature that was protective of its brood served well for a defensive construct, while a creature that was naturally inquisitive provided an excellent enneagram to form the paraclete of a research baculus.

> *A magical intercessor that could assist the user by doing the hard work of spellcasting. It was akin to conjuring a simple elemental, or installing an enneagram in a magical construct; but the complexity of the enneagram allowed a far, far more sophisticated effect, almost a personality within the baculus.*
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## Reference List

1. ↑ Mancour, Terry. Enchanter: Book Seven Of The Spellmonger Series . Kindle Edition. Appendix A,
2. ↑ Mancour, Terry. Enchanter: Book Seven Of The Spellmonger Series . Unknown. Kindle Edition. Loc 1776
Hesia's Seven

Seven of the 21 Alka Alon stones gifted at King Rard I coronation. These seven were given to the Order of Hesia often referred to as "Hesian Order".

* Carmella
* Master Cormoran (Not sure, he traveled by waypoint to Spellmonger's Hall in Vorone during Court Wizard, but could have arrived with someone else.)

## References

1. ↑ Mancour, Terry. Enchanter: Book Seven Of The Spellmonger Series (ch. 34). Kindle Edition.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Mancour, Terry. Enchanter: Book Seven Of The Spellmonger Series (ch. 35). Kindle Edition.
Ocajon

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Originally an Alka Alan, his shade fled his body in a bid for immortality and was imprisoned along with Kobol by the Alka Alan centuries before Humani came to Calidore. Ocajon is the first Nemovorti that was introduced to the series.

## Summary

### Shadowmage

Ocajon observed Rondal and Tyndal spring their trap to capture high level leaders of the Brotherhood of the Rat. He announced himself:

> "I am Ocajon, Herald of Korbal,” he revealed, a sneer in his voice.  “More than a thousand years ago I walked this vale before it was blemished with the vermin of your race.  I look forward to the day where it is again unsullied."
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He spoke disdainfully about the humani scourge and its impending doom at the command of Korbal. Then, Ocajon escaped via the Alkan Ways.

### Court Wizard

The Herald of Korbal – Pentandra and Arborn fought him in the Crypt of Murvos in Vorone during Ishi's plague of passions.

## References

1. ↑ Mancour, Terry. Shadowmage: Book Nine Of The Spellmonger Series (p. 479). Kindle Edition.
Luin

Luin the Law Giver. Narasi God of Law. The way to preserve law and order, members of his order are referred to as Lawbrothers.

## **Overview**

There are 3 levels of Luin's Monks.

**Lawbrothers** and **Lawsisters** - most common. Their responsibility is to know and argue the law on behalf of their clients.

**Lawfathers** - sit in judgment on those arguments.

> *The law we know and argue is established, by divine write, executive edict, precedent, or custom.*
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**Lawgiver** - Someone that formulates new laws. Very rare and only happens in major and rare times, the last lawgiver was after the Narasi conquest ...

> "...*But it hasn’t happened, really, since the Conquest, when the King’s priest of Luin, the Venerable Darklaven, codified the King’s Law that ruled over the conquered.”*
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## See Also

See ***Gods of Callidore*** for pantheons.

## References

1. ↑ Mancour, Terry. Thaumaturge: Book Eleven of the Spellmonger Series. Chapter 21. Kindle Edition.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Mancour, Terry. The Road To Vanador: A Travelogue . Kindle Edition.
Gimbal

## Affiliations

### Occupation

Lord of West Fleria (during Warmage,) and Tenant Lord of Oirghort (during Shadowmage.)

## Family Members

### Children

Sir Ganulan, as well as several unnamed bastard children (per the end of Warmage.)

## Personality and Characteristics

A pompous, blowhard little man. Greedy, conceited and jealous.

## Early years

Is the younger son of the Baron of Flera, when his farther died he inherited a few domains on the western edge of the Barony that his brother inherited. As soon as he took procession of his inheritance, he started conquering his neighbors and then taxing them until they could barely hang on. He also put his like minded cronies in charge of some of them.

## Family and Relationships

His brother is the Baron of Fleria, usually known as East Fleria and they hate each other. Gimbal demands to be treated as a Baron of West Fleria even though his brother is actually his liege lord.

He has several mistresses and illegitimated children living in an old Castle in his main domain.

## Summary

A few years prior to the events in Magelord, Gimbal had invaded Sevendor and conquered Bristal Vale, but never filed his parchment with the Duchy's land and estates office. Since Sevendor was owned by the Duke at the time the conquest was illegal.

### Magelord

When Minalan arrived at his new Domain and discovered that a third of it had been conquered by another domain he was put out as this was suppose to be his "happily ever after". So Minalan, Captain Forondo and Sir Cei came up with a simple plan where they by using subterfuge they in turn conquered Brestal Vale back.

And before anyone in West Fleria realized it, Minalan narrowed the pass into the Valley down from about 300 yards to about 50 ft and build up a ditch and dike system on either side of the road connecting to the ridges.

Gimble spent a lot of time and effort blustering, threatening and conspiring against Minalan until finally when Minalan was away, he attacked Sevendor with the intention of conquering the entire valley and empty West Fleria of all able body men to do it. But Cei and Minalan had been working on the defenses and Forondo had been training the peasants so Gimble's men never got past the Dike Tower.

Through betrayal they did get a bit past Carolyn's Pass but not much further before being driven back.
When Minalan discovered that Sevendor was under Seige, with advice from Pentandra and some warmagi, he swept through West Fleria conquering it in return. Baron Arathanial and Sire Sigalan assisting so in return they were able to reclaim their domains.
Magelord (book)

* ebook
* Print
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## POV Information

**Gender**
**Char Name**

Male
Minalan

## Backcover summary

MINALAN GETS MEDIEVAL!

When you defeat the invading goblin army, get knighted on the field of battle, gifted with lands and gold, usually your happily-ever-after is... happy. But now that *Minalan the Spellmonger* has been ennobled and enfiefed, Sire Minalan has a task cut out for him that makes defeating goblins seem like child’s play: moving his very pregnant bride and a few thousand refugees from *Boval Vale* into the remote, sparsely-peopled Domain of *Sevendor*. But when he arrives, he finds the land withered from neglect, filled with superstition and suspicion, a third of his domain has been conquered before he got there, and the castle he now owns hasn’t been maintained in decades. As Minalan manages the challenges of being a noble, being a mage knight, being the lord of the manor, being a landlord, and fending off a belligerent (and well-armed) neighbor, he also has to learn how to be a husband, father, and a leader of a people.

Then the fateful night his son is finally born, Minalan learns the nature of fear, as he, his family, and his very realm are forever changed when the spell he casts to save their lives transforms the land. Minalan, his apprentices Sir *Tyndal* and Sir *Rondal* , his dour but efficacious castellan Sir *Cei* , and his moody wife struggle through the winter and defend their domain in his attempt to prove what a *Magelord* can do for his people when he puts magic in their service.

But in the distance, the threat of a renewed war with the goblins looms as they approach the *Riverlands*, the *Gilmoran* baronies that are the heart of the *Duchies*. The contentious High Magi convene to constitute the new *Arcane Orders* , while the fanatical *Royal Censorate of Magic* plots defeat them and the thousands of *hedgemagi*, witches and *footwizards* they terrorized now see Minalan as a hero. The sinister Family schemes to promote *Duke Rard* to become King Rard I of the newly-united *Kingdom of Castalshar* – over a pile of bodies, if necessary. And suddenly, out of the sky fall *dragons* in the service of the *Dead God* to strike at the strength of the nascent Kingdom.

How can Sire Minalan fight goblins, plots, poverty and politics, all from his remote and rustic vale while keeping the peasants in line and the Warbird of West Fleria at bay? With wit, courage, determination, and a healthy dose of magic. And when the new King tasks him to find a way to slay a dragon, an ordinary knight might shy away from the quest. For Sire Minalan, it’s just another day on the job as a MAGELORD!

### **Dramatis Personae**

* Minalan the Spellmonger, Magelord of Sevendor, Marshal of Castal and Alshar, Head of the Arcane Orders
Molopar

## Magic

Described by wizards of the *Imperial Magocracy* as an "arcane spatial insecurity".

## Overview

Minalan's description of a molopar after discovering one in *Boval Vale* beneath Boval Castle...

> *A molopar isn’t really a thing, an event, or even a place, but it can be all of them.  There are even regularly occurring, fairly stable molopars which seem to move with the regularity of the planets and tides. It is a condition of reality, and the truth is we really don’t know shit about them, save how to occasionally identify them. Here it was, a molopar, just like the two called the Twins near a waterfall in Sabra, where strange bolts of fire sometimes shoot out into the river for no good reason, or the thing out over the ocean known as the Stormbringer because it was supposed to (surprise!) affect the weather.  There have been others recorded, but most were unstable, fleeting affairs that could rain fish on a town or create enigmatic patterns in wheat fields over night.*
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> *A molopar was a weak spot that could, theoretically, be connected to any conceivable point, points, place, places, time or times in the universe.  Magic worked easier around the vicinity of most molopars, it had been suggested, due to the more plastic nature of reality.  They were extremely rare and difficult to detect, and their very existence had sparked centuries-old controversies in erudite circles about the very nature of the universe.  A stable molopar, and its immovable, anti-magical opposite, the jevolar, was a natural curiosity.  This one had been discovered by the gurvani and improved.  If a “regular” molopar was a thin spot, then this thin spot had been reinforced.  Consider it a grommet in the fabric of space-time.  In effect, a portal to . . . where? Or when? Or . . . what?*
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## References

1. ↑ Mancour, Terry. Spellmonger: Book One Of The Spellmonger Series . Kindle Edition.
**Glossary**
Lesgaethael

## Overview

A 9 story tower build at the top of Mattens Helm by the Alka Alon and made entirely out of snowstone to be used as an embassy and a hostel.

## Summary

### High Mage

The Alka Alon send three emissaries to Sevendor to study snowstone. They use snowstone to build their embassy tower called *Lesgaethael*.

> *The spire complex was on the higher side of the truncated hill, to the northeast. There was a nine-story tower of slender Alka Alon design, made entirely of snowstone quarried from my mountain and transported here by Guri’s masons, at Alka Alon request. The graceful spire towered over the small complex below, which acted as a kind of hostelry and meeting place between our two races. Lesgaethael was functionally the Alka Alon embassy, and while I had witnessed its speedy, magically-aided construction by the Karshak Alon, I was still amazed every time I saw it up close.*
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## References

1. ↑ Mancour, Terry. High Mage: Book Five Of The Spellmonger Series . Kindle Edition.
Condición de Desmoralizado

Condición : Desmoralizado

Cuando gastas un Punto de Fuerza de Voluntad sólo ganas un +1, recibes un penalizador de -2 a Aplomo y Compostura cuando los usas como defensa, así como tu defensa mágica; adicionalmente tienes un -4 a iniciativa.

Resolución: Que pase una semana u obtener un éxito excepcional en combate o sobrevivir a uno sin heridas.
Livaktus

Mentioned in the "Maids of Guzkia" Prophecy

## Overview

Duke Andrastal of Merywin gives Grandmaster Aleem of the Arcane Knights of Nablus, a fanciful ornate dagger to be used as a symbol of his new office.

The Grandmaster recognizes the dagger from old illuminations, ancient tapestries and paintings that he had seen.

It was reputed to have arcane power, but Duke Andrastal considered it nothing more than spoils of his ancestors’ conquest, held in his treasury gathering dust.

## History

The dagger had belonged to the second archmage of the Restoration Period of the Middle Magocracy.  It is more than eighteen inches long, two inches wide at the guard, leaf-shaped with an asymmetrical curled guard.

*"It had been forged by the Alon, and was known as Livaktus. “Bodyguard”, in some obscure dialect of Perwynese."*

"*Livaktus*" is an ornamental dagger richly gilded and encrusted with jewels.

## Summary

Aleem is dismayed when he received the dagger, not because it is an ancient artifact, but because it is mentioned in the prophecy made by the "The Maids of Guzkia".

*Further information: Prophecy/ Fall of the Censorate and Arcane Knights of Nablus*
## References

1. ↑ Mancour, Terry. A Checkered Past: Enchanter: Book Seven Of The Spellmonger Series. Kindle Edition.

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Gydion

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## Family and Relationships

The illegitimate son of Duke Lenguin and Amandice, later becomes Ishi's avatar and also known as Lady Pleasure.

## Summary

### Court Wizard

Sir Gydion of Astafon is introduced at the end of *Court Wizard*. He was a professional jouster until Penny brought him to Vorone to meet his half brother Anguin and his mother Baroness Amandice.
The two young men are elated to have found each other, Gydion goes on to become Anguin's personal body guard and sword trainer.
Murvos

## **Overview**

Murvos – Keeper of the Dead. Brother to Orvatas

He has 6 Silent Daughters

> *“… There were few actual temples of Murvos, as few wanted to devote themselves to the god of the dead, but his grand crypts were in every major city. The shrines of his daughter, Brona, the Lady of Sorrows, were traditionally charged with preparation of the dead in most urban centers; Brona was the mythological guide of the recently-deceased to the afterlife, and she was frequently celebrated in song as a sympathetic figure. But even the shrines of the compassionate psychopomp were scarce in rustic regions. …”*
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The Silentbrothers and Silentsisters are his priests and nuns, they prepare the dead and move them around the duchies when there is need.

See ***Gods of Callidore*** for pantheons.

### References

1. ↑ Mancour, Terry. Court Wizard: Book Eight Of The Spellmonger Series . 67%. Kindle Edition.
Gobarba

## Overview

Old Imperial god of war, lesser than Duin. God of the monk cult known as Gobarbans who were outlawed by the Magocracy before the Invasion.

As warfare was considered a distasteful pursuit by the Magocracy, the Archmagi purposefully did not institute a strong war god in their pantheon, lest the more erudite cults of science and commerce be displaced. As a result, Gobarba was dedicated to the science of warfare, not its more ferocious aspect.

His cult was dominated by the Narasi when they invaded, though not destroyed, and Gobarba and his order became syncretized by the Narasi into the much more robust Duin the Destroyer. If there is one distinction between the two, Gobarba is a god of infantry, while Duin favors cavalry.

*Further information: Gods of Callidore and Order of Gobarba*
Karshak Alon

## Karshak

* Karshak 1
* Karshak 2

## Overview

#### Also known as the 'Stone Folk' or 'Stonesingers', they specifically work stone in building.

They are distantly related to the Alka Alon, and were seen in import just behind the Tree Folk. They are shorter than humans, the tallest a mere five feet. They usually have a long shaggy mane of hair, red, light brown to dark brown or a mix of colors; it encircles their heads and covers their faces, unlike the Alka Alon, who grow no thick facial hair.

> *They are reputed to be very strong, able to endure great hardship, and are legendary for great feats of endurance.  Though they are fierce and doughty warriors, according to legend, they were not themselves warlike, and usually only fought in defense of their mines and grottoes.*
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They are closely related to the Alon Dradrien, the two species were often indistinguishable to humans unless they could recognise subtle differences, one of which is their hair coloring. Historically, the Alon Dradrien often ruled colonies of the more-numerous Alon Karshak, acting almost as a ruling class. And while the two races could and did sometimes breed, the crossbreeds were almost always sterile mules.

They are formed into Clans or lodges that are transportable from job site to job site.

There also over see two more dwarven clans including the **Wood Dwarves** – A clan that focus on wood. Wood carving, wood cutting, shaping wood in all sorts of interesting ways, they look the similar except a bit shorter. Often hired as part of a jobsite to build scaffolding and to do all of the wood trim.

## Development

* One of the reasons Minalan takes the Sevendor domain is the rumored existence of Askeorast, these rumors are confirmed by Guri at their first meeting in *Magelord.*
* There is a short story dedicated to the initial contract signing between Guri a headman of a Karshak lodge and Minalan the Spellmonger. We see some of the cultural varieties and similarities as an ancient head man challenges Guri's resolve: ***Stonesinger***
* In High Mage a Stonesinger ceremonial uniform was described as a flamboyant costume consisting of an ornate apron and a high-crowned hat

## Notable Characters

* *Master Guri the Stonesinger*
* *Master Stonesinger Azhguri*

## References

1. ↑ Mancour, Terry. Magelord (The Spellmonger Series Book 3) . Unknown. Kindle Edition. Loc. 3827
Mel Thenreyal

Perhaps 70 centuries before Spellmonger, Mel Thenreyal, a Spiritsinger on Alonaral, is cajoled into facilitating the escape of select kindred and Alon from Alonaral to Callidore.

## Personality and Characteristics

Thenreyal was an Alkan Spiritsinger.  As such, she holds an encompassing view of the Alkan responsibility to the other Alon.  She becomes distraught when other Alkans abuse the servator races.  It was contrary to the spiritsong which she served. With the coming of the Dreadstar and its inevitable collapse, Thenreyal is also deeply distressed by the looming destruction of Alonaral.

> "As her songspell enriched the soil and plants of the orchards with the raja energy they needed to prosper, she felt a twinge of despair. […] Soon the Dreadstar would vanish … and with it the ability to conduct the rites.  […] Only the Alka could raise the power, she knew, and they were entrusted with the care of the other Alon.  Or they were supposed to be."
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## Relationships

Thenreyal's younger sister, Merethel, had been involved with one of the radical elements at the great city of Lonair, then fell under the influence of the Draolani.

Minalan encountered the life experience and memories of Thenreyal during his interrogation by Szal the Yith.   As such, she is now one of nine such personalities incorporated into Minalan's psyche. Minalan's other hosts include Tuaa Folauga, Saram, Michael Anthony Palgrave, Lieutenant Colonel Martin Fitzgerald Andrews, Prince Maralathus, Raer Rinthon, Umank, and Aza'methet.

## Summary

### Footwizard

Only Spiritsingers can operate the tipirilon to control the Avalani Molopor, a portal that can be used to escape their doomed planet. Thenreyal's sister, Merethel, conveyed a Draolani proposal that she, Thenreyal, open the portal to safety. The Draolani, however, are bitter from their treatment by many of the existing council, so will harshly limit who can escape the Dreadstar by using the portal.  Thenreyal knows that either she accedes to the Draolani terms, or nobody will be saved.

> "Thenreyal hung her head, shame and confusion overcoming her. She thought about the thousands of servants her House was responsible for and wondered which among them the Draolani would permit to pass.  She thought of the hundreds of thousands of Alkans who would be stranded here [Alonaral], if the Draolani's plan came to fruition.
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## References

1. ↑ Mancour, Terry. Footwizard: Book 13 Of The Spellmonger Series. Ch 41.
2. ↑ Mancour, Terry. Footwizard: Book 13 Of The Spellmonger Series. Ch 41.
Gaja Katar

Originally an Alka Alan, his shade fled his body in a bid for immortality and was imprisoned along with Korbal by the Alka Alon centuries before Humani came to Calidore.

## Biographical

### Personality and Characteristics

Like many Nemovorti, Gaja Katar is overly confident— additionally, he believes himself to be some kind of military genius. Despite his high opinion of himself, he has no eye for tactics or strategy, preferring instead to operate with sheer numerical advantage. He primarily relies on infantry, and what little magic is wielded, is done so sloppily and with no finesse to speak of.

Gaja Katar has a casual disregard for casualties and deaths among his troops— and is observed executing his staff and commanders multiple times throughout his campaign. Though he can replace his dead Gurvani forces easily enough, his revolving door of command staff lends a certain amount of discord and disorganization to the entire endeavor.

His motivations in conquering Vanador are self-serving, as he desires accolades from Korbal and to rise higher than his peers— yet, his many shortcomings prove why he was held in such low regard among the Nemovorti.

## Summary

### Thaumaturge

He leads an army against the Magelaw, but through subterfuge, ultimately many of his Gurvani troops deserted him and he was defeated in the War of Winter and was slayed at at Asgot Ford.

This incarnation of him was slayed by Ruderal using a dagger made by the Dradrien out of an alloy of *ainakurkas* and steel which should have permentatly destroyed his enneagram.
Mavone

## Personality and Characteristics

Mavone is a Gilmoran aristocrat with a sardonic disposition. He excels at the more subtitle arts of warmagic, including scrying and intelligence gathering.

*He was a Narasi warmage, down to the blondish beard and trousers and mageblade on his back.*

Mavone is fairly soft spoken and quite subtle.

## Early years

He grew up as a Gilmoran lord and fully expected to be trained as a knight until he developed raiira, which resulted in his disinheritance and ostracization from society.

Mavone was in Farise at the same time as Minalan and they had worked some together.

## Family and Relationships

In Hawklady, while in Barrowbell, Dara attends a function at House Vaver and meets Mavone's Uncle, Baron Maydine.

Mavone is cousins with Astyral

## Summary

### Spellmonger

Was one of the original Magi to help relieve the The Siege of Boval Vale and to be given a witchstone.

## References

1. ↑ Mancour, Terry. Magelord: Book Three Of The Spellmonger Series (p. 614). Kindle Edition.
Met Sakinsa

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Also known as the *Moon Riders,* due to their history of arriving at Callidore riding on their moon; known as the Green Moon, it is the smaller of Callidore's two moons.

## Overview

A war had raged on *Callidore* for many years, between the ancestors of the *Sea Folk* and the invading race called the Formless, after many battles the *Celestial Mothers* of Callidore took desperate measures,

## The Leshi

A population of Met Sakinsa located in Anghysbel, north of Nothern Alshar. The area they are planted is well known for the Jevolar effect, a region on Callidore almost entirely devoid of magic. The Leshi have met and interacted with the original humani settlers in the region, the ancestors of Minalan and friends on Calldiore. They learned many things, including the ability to create several intereesting beverages and an appreciation for the humani scandalous parties often held around camp fires.

*Further information: The Spellmonger's Yule*

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Mancour, Terry. The Spellmonger's Yule: A Spellmonger Series Short Story . Kindle Edition.
Finty Williams

> Tara Cressida Frances "Finty" Williams is an English actress and narrator.
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## Biography

Finty was born in London, the only child of Judi Dench and Michael Williams. Finty trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London, graduating in 1994.

## Filmography

### Film

* *The Mystery of Edwin Drood* (1993)
* *The Secret Rapture* (1993)
* *Mrs. Brown* (1997)
* *Gosford Park* (2001)
* *The Importance of Being Earnest* (2002)
* *Ladies in Lavender* (2004)
* *Even Girls Cry Sometimes* (2009)
* *Delicious* (2013)
* *Macbeth* (2014)
* *We Can Be Heroes* (2017)

### Television

* *The Torch* (1992)
* *Tales from the Crypt* (1996)
* *Wives and Daughters* (1999)
* *Angelina Ballerina* (2001) – Angelina Mouseling and Mrs. Hodgepodge
* *Courage the Cowardly Dog* (2002) – Tulip (uncredited)
* *Born and Bred*
* *Cranford* (2007)
* *The Vote* (2015)
* *Doc Martin (Series 7 Episode 5)* (2015)
* *Ricky Zoom* (2019) – Scootio
* *The A List* (2021)
* Comic Relief - The Repair Shop sketch (2022)

### Radio

* *Doctor Who: Demon Quest - The Demon Of Paris - La Charlotte*

### Audiobooks

* *Hawkmaiden Spellmonger Cadet Series Book One* (2019)
* *Hawklady Spellmonger Cadet Series Book Two* (2019)
* *Skyrider Spellmonger Cadet Series Book Three* (2019)
* *Chain of Gold: The Last Hours Book One* (2020)
* *Evelina: Or, The History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World* (2016)
* *The Girl with All the Gifts* (2014)
* *I've Got Your Number* (2012)
* Lord of Stariel *(2018)*
* *Three Sisters* (2021)

## Biography continued

Finty Williams was born on September 24, 1972 in England. She is an actress, known for Gosford Park (2001), The Importance of Being Earnest (2002) and Macbeth (2014). Gave birth to her only child at age 24, a son Sam Michael Williams, on June 6, 1997. Child's father is unknown to the public. Her picture appears in the opening credits of the acclaimed TV series As Time Goes By (1992-2002). Finty is also the goddaughter of Barbara Leigh-Hunt.

## References

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finty\_Williams
2. ↑ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0930582/bio?ref\_=nm\_ov\_bio\_sm
Garkesku

Garkesku, self-styled "Master Garkesku the Great", is an Imperially apprenticed mage, having trained under a former Ducal court wizard. He first appeared in *Spellmonger**.* He is often, unfavourably, referred to as 'Garky' he goes on to work for the *Dead God.*

## Overview

Garkesku is the spellmonger of the town of Hymas, the largest town in *Boval Vale**.* He had been practicing the trade of a *spellmonger* in Boval for about ten years when *Minalan* moved into the valley. He had developed a prosperous urban practice, and at that time had three apprentices: Fenar, *Rondal* and Urik.

Garkesku had a poor relationship with Minalan, as he saw him as a professional threat. He did however take the news of the impending Gurvani invasion seriously when Minalan informed him, and moved himself and is apprentices to *Boval Castle* in order to assist with siege preparations, a task he successfully completed.

Once the siege proper had begun Minalan, Garkesku and the four apprentices were able to work together to carry out a major magical attack, later referred to as the 'Battle of the Thousand Lights'. As a result of this attack and the subsequent physical assault by the non-magical warriors, seven Witchstones (pieces of Irionite) were collected. At a war council meeting after the battle Garkesku pushed the gathering to ensure the irionite was distributed among all those in the castle with magical talent. Minalan agreed, and assisted the other five magicians to become attuned to the power available from the irionite.

Garky completed his humiliation after the events of *Urik's Rebellion**,* in which Minalan ends up stripping Garkesku of his Witchstone. When the Bovali escape as refugees through the *Molopor**,* Garky is no where to be seen, presumably hiding away in shame.

### Terrihall'

During *Warmage**,* Minalan and some of the other *High Magi* tour the Penumbra lands observing the effects of Shereul's power on the land and it's people. They go onto discover that Garky's allegiance has not only switched to the that of the Gurvani, he actually became lord of the domain known as Terrihall, we discover his human subjects are branded with the Dead God's mark and are collectively known as the Soulless.

The *Soulless* are a sinister group of humans that only get to take the Dead God's mark once they have murdered five other people (normally their closest kin) in cold blood, for the entertainment of their Gurvani captors.

### High Mage

A report is made that Garkesku is still in Terrihall, that he has recovered other local manors, and is awarding them in fief to others. Because of this he now refers to himself as "Magelord Garkesku".
Magocracy

## See Also Lists

* Perwyn
* Imperials
* Order of the Secret Tower
* The Inundation
* Five Duchies

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When Humanity came to Callidore they were not a magical species and knew nothing about magic.

But after several generations were born and died on Callidore, children started to show signs of developing Raijiar. As humani learned to weld their magic, those with it started to grasp for power and to rule over the non-magical humani. Eventually this led to the political structure changing into a Magorcracy.

## Early Magocracy

Existed for approximately four hundred years.

With the sinking of Perwyn in The Inundation the Early Magocracy comes to an end.

### Archmages

* Kephan the Damned, the thirty-second Archmage of Perwyn and last in the Early Magocracy

## Middle Magocracy

The Middle Magocracy is also known as the Second Magocracy.

After the inundation, humanity regrouped on the mainland, the new government established itself from the Palace of the Archmagi built in Reymes using irionite.

This period led to the rise in power of the Magelords and then the terrible Magewars which ravaged the Empire for more than 200 years.

## Late Magocracy

The later era of the Second Magocracy became known as the Late Magocracy.

The transition between Middle and Late is belived to have happened after Archmage Sinfineer made all irionite property of the Imperial House. This meant friend and foe alike were required to return their irionite to the Arcmage. This single act led to near 400 years of peace across the Empire, but also the decline in power of the Magelords.

## Fall of Magocracy

The barbarians swarmed down from the steppes and overcame the magi that had been crippled by the late Magorcracy. The Magocracy fell and the Five Duchies were born.
Marshal Arcane (book)

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## Marshal Arcane(Spellmonger Series #15)

### Language

English

* ebook
* Print
* Audio

## POV Information

**Gender**
**Char Name**

Male
Minalan

Multiple
Featuring 17 POVs

## Backcover summary

**The Witch Queen strikes!**

Minalan the Spellmonger has a problem: Mycin Amana, the undead consort of Korbal the Necromancer, is not only occupying one of the largest castles in the kingdom; she’s also occupying the recently-dead body of his former lover, rapist, and mother of his children, Isily of Greenflower.

As the crises in the heart of the kingdom grows, Minalan is tasked to force the so-called Witch Queen of Darkfaller from her new stronghold using any means necessary. Unfortunately, the castle belongs to his rival in the royal court and future monarch Prince Tavard, whose ideas about how to do this are archaic and doomed to failure.

Mycin Amana is a master sorceress who is more than 4,000 years old; Prince Tavard is an entirely mundane and completely self-absorbed knight in his 20s. If Darkfaller is to be retaken, Minalan knows he will have to use the cacophony of ancient memories inside his head to do it.

Alas, those memories are driving him mad as they daily impede his progress as much as they advance it. His bouts of depression, obsession, anxiety, and rage are only getting worse as he plans a daring raid to rescue the hundreds of magi that Mycin Amana plans to turn into an army of undead Nemovorti.

Even as he is producing incredible wonders from his workshop at breakneck speed, whispers flow across the kingdom about his sanity to the point where Minalan is now referred to as the Mad Mage of Sevendor. His best friends begin to conspire to murder him. His allies question his judgement. And his foes close in as they sense his weakness.

But Minalan’s challenge is clear: become the greatest wizard in history, or not only see his war against Darkfaller fail, but leave his entire world to certain doom. Threading the needle between catastrophe and salvation has never been more difficult or cost so much.

Yet as King Rard promotes him to Marshal Arcane—the official responsible for facing the magical threats to the kingdom—Minalan is forced to balance his temporal powers with his thaumaturgical ones and navigate the violent shoals of insanity.

But can he do that without losing the confidence of his friends and the trust of his allies? The hope of his people? The goodwill of the enormously powerful Sea Folk? A new title and position is helpful, but it will take courage and daring to see Minalan the Spellmonger become the Marshal Arcane!