People and Places
ACOR OF HEL third king of Hel
ALOIL a Lungold wizard
AN Kingdom incorporating Three Portions (An, Aum, Hel); ruled by Mathom
ANUIN seaport in An; home of the Kings of An
ASTRIN Ymris land-heir; brother of Heureu
AUM ancient kingdom conquered by An; under Mathom’s rule
BERE Danan Isig’s grandson
BLACKDAWN, HALLARD a lord of An, with lands in east Hel
CAERWEDDIN city in Ymria, home of the Kings of Ymris, on the mouth of the Thul River
CAITHNARD seaport and traders’ city; site of the College of Riddle-Masters
CORBETT, BRI ship-master of Mathom of An
CORRIG a shape-changer; Ylon’s father
CROEG, CYN the Lord of Aum, with lands in east Aum; a descendant of the Kings of Aum
CROEG, MARA Cyn Croeg’s wife; The Flower of An
CYONE Mathom’s wife; mother of Duac, Rood, and Raederle
DANAN ISIG land-ruler, King of Isig
DETH a harpist
DUAC Mathom’s son; land-heir of An
EARTH-MASTERS ancient, mysterious inhabitants of the High One’s realm
EL Elriarhodan, the land-ruler of Herun
ELIARD the Prince of Hed; Morgon’s younger brother
ELIEU OF HEL the younger brother of Raith, Lord of Hel
ERIEL a shape-changer; a kinswoman of Corrig and Raederle
ERLENSTAR MOUNTAIN ancient home of the High One
EVERN “The Falconer“; a dead king of Hel
FARR the last of the kings of Hel
GHISTESLWCHLOHM Founder of the School of Wizards at Lungold
HAR the Wolf-King; land-ruler of Osterland
HARTE mountain home of Danan Isig
HED tiny island ruled by the Prince of Hed
HEL one of the Three Portions of An, conquered bythe Kings of An
HERUN a small kingdom ruled by the Morgols of Herun
HEUREU the King of Ymris
HIGH ONE an Earth-Master; sustainer of the land-law of his realm
HLURLE a small trade-port near Herun
HWILLION, MAP a young lord with lands in south Aum
IFF a Lungold wizard
IMER a guard in the Morgol’s service
ISIG a mountain kingdom, ruled by Danan Isig
ISIG PASS a mountain pass between Isig and Erlenstar Mountain
KIA a guard in the Morgol’s service
KING’S MOUTH PLAIN site of one of the Earth-Master’s ruined cities, north of Caerweddin
KRAAL port-city at the mouth of the Winter River, in Osterland
KYRTH trade-city in Isig, on the Ose River
LUNGOLD city founded by Ghisteslwchlohm; home of the School of Wizards
LYRA the land-heir of Herun; El’s daughter
MADIR ancient witch of An
MASTER, CANNON a farmer of Hed
MATHOM King of An
MORGON the Star-Bearer
NEMIR Nemir of the Pigs; a dead King of Hel
NUN a Lungold wizard
OEN OF AN King of An, father of Ylon
OHROE OF HEL a dead King of Hel; called “The Cursed“
OSTERLAND northern Kingdom, ruled by Har
RAEDERLE daughter of Cyone and Mathom of An
RAITH the Lord of Hel, descendant of the ancient Kings of Hel
ROOD Mathom’s younger son
TEL a Master at the College at Caithnard
TRIKA a guard in the Morgol’s service
TRISTAN Morgon’s sister
YLON an ancient King of An; son of Oen of An and the shape-changer Corrig
YMRIS a Kingdom, ruled by Heureu Ymris
PATRICIA A. MCKILLIP discovered the joys of writing when she was fourteen, endured her teenage years in the secret life of her stories, plays and novels, and has been writing ever since—except for a brief detour when she thought she would be a concert pianist.
She was born in Salem, Oregon and has lived in Arizona, California and the England that is the setting for The House on Parchment Street. After a number of years in San Jose, where she received an MA in English from San Jose State University, she moved to San Francisco, where she now lives.
Miss McKillip has also written The Throme of the Erril of Sherill, The Forgotten Beasts of Eld, The Night Gift, and The Riddle-Master of Hed