Appendix

Chapter 3

People

Persons

• Bastion - Prins (Prince) of Fael, married to Kathe.
• Burkhaerd - Braet (Lord) of Balrode.
• Kalmere - Prins (Prince) of Neeklow
• Kathe - Princis (Princess) of Fael, married to Bastion.
• Lilaena - Duxes (Queen) of Fael.
• Lothar - Stigvird (Steward) to the Dux.
• Naeldric - Dux (King) of Fael.
• Otmar - Braet (Lord) of Nurvhusen.
• Raban - Held (Hero) of Fael, Bastion's Nulmeisteur (tutor).

Historical Figures

• Larynisis - fabled ruler of eastern kingdoms an age ago.

Peoples

• The Sterish - a people from the western lands found between the Endle Mountains and the Boe Sea. Known most for their farmlands and dairy.
• Aeneeans - one of the three major welkling ethnicities in Endleland.

Titles and Honoraries

• Braet - Lord.
• Dux - King.
• Duxes - Queen.
• Erl - Governors.
• Held - Hero.
• Nulmeisteur - Tutor.
• Stigvird - Steward, the right hand to a Dux.

Creatures

• Fay - one of the native peoples of Endleland displaced during The Coming. Fay have high cheekbones, a skin tone that is much like the color of a dried bone, and tend to have long white hair. Their eyes are all blue, and give off a light that can be seen in the dark. Most Fay are a slightly shorter than the average welkling.
• Giants - humanoid creatures of great size, some standing as tall as a tree. Giants come in various types such as Fire Giants, Stone Giants, Hill Giants and more.
• Welklings - what humans are called by the other creatures of Endleland and the name they adopted for themselves.

Historical Events

• The Coming - The arrival of welklings to the continent of Endleland. This occurred approximately in the year QY -1,335.
• The Rushing Calm - The period of rule by Larynisis from his palace in The Lakelands. This covers roughly the years between QY -850 to -845. While short, his rule and this time left an indelible mark on the western realms of Endleland.

Places

Cities and Realms

• Balrode - woodland village north or Fael best known for its timber.
• Fael - coastal city in the lands of the Sterish, its sigil is the head of the ferocious cassowary.
• Larynn - the great mountain top city and seat of power for Makodon Poli.
• Leyden - a coastal city in the realm Ulyst, famed for its wines.
• Makodon Poli - the Myrmidon League, a confederation of regions, called Kometi (counties), located in the far south of Endleland.
• Ulyst - a realm north of Sterich most known for its wines and fierce sense of independence.
• Wogen - a hill city in the northeastern stretch of Sterich famed for its mines.

Locations

• Aechtung - River Keep, the great keep in Fael.
• Fues tor - River Doors, the southerly gates from the Waes Langhaus.
• Waes Langhaus - Great White Hall, the great hall within the keep Aechtung.

Regions

• Endleland - the northern continent.
• Inderalath - the great forest of Endleland, home to a reclusive population of fay.
• Uest Veld - The Lost Wood, a great, dark forest along the western slopes of the Endle Mountains. A single road slips north and south through the wood.

Items

• Taphos tuc Larynisis - The Tomb of Larynisis, an ancient tome.

Customs

Festivals

• Noel - the festival at the winter solstice. The Stersh celebrate this as a five day festival, the most common way to celebrate Noel throughout Endleland.
• Weide - The Hunt, a 30-day period after Noel celebrated in Sterich where no wars are to be fought and the Braets

Calendars

The Unified Calendar of Quaaninmore

The common calendar shared by most of the realms in the Upper of Endleland and the far west. It was established to make the writing of treaties and trade agreements easier to enforce. Often just called the Quaanish Calendar. Abbreviated QY, for Quaanish Year.

Weeks are 12-days long. The days are named for various welkling peoples and traditions.

The Heavens

The Moons

• Thenal - the Gods’s Eye, the largest and brightest moon, when in full moon it is said the gods are watchful.
• Sanavaal - the Needle, the most regular of the moons, it is said it changes phase as the Weaver weaves her fates.
• Tuelal - the Dark One, when in new moon shadows creep and dangers loom.

The Gods

• Isla - goddess of the vast skies, one of the old gods called the Others.
• Mrith - the chief god of the aeneeans.