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More Books by Andy Peloquin
Queen of Thieves
Book 1: Child of the Night Guild
Book 2: Thief of the Night Guild
Book 3: Queen of the Night Guild
Traitors’ Fate (Queen of Thieves/Hero of Darkness Crossover)
Hero of Darkness
Book 1: Darkblade Assassin (May 29th)
Book 2: Darkblade Outcast (June 5th)
Book 3: Darkblade Protector (June 19th)
Book 4: Darkblade Seeker (July 10th)
Book 5: Darkblade Slayer (August 7th)
Book 6: Darkblade Savior (September 4th)
Different, Not Damaged: A Short Story Collection
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About the Author
I am, first and foremost, a storyteller and an artist--words are my palette. Fantasy is my genre of choice, and I love to explore the darker side of human nature through the filter of fantasy heroes, villains, and everything in between. I'm also a freelance writer, a book lover, and a guy who just loves to meet new people and spend hours talking about my fascination for the worlds I encounter in the pages of fantasy novels.
Fantasy provides us with an escape, a way to forget about our mundane problems and step into worlds where anything is possible. It transcends age, gender, religion, race, or lifestyle--it is our way of believing what cannot be, delving into the unknowable, and discovering hidden truths about ourselves and our world in a brand new way. Fiction at its very best!
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Glossary
The City of Voramis
Gods of Voramis
Kiro, the Master: God of virtue and nobility
Deralana, Lady of Vengeance: Goddess of warriors and vengeance
Garridos, the Apprentice: God of ventures and enterprise
The Maiden: Goddess of purity, devotion, and festivities
The Illusionist: God of coin, success, and madness
The Bright Lady: Goddess of healing
The Swordsman: God of war, heroism, and metal-smithing
The Mistress: Goddess of trysts, secrets, and whispered truths
The Bloody Minstrel: God of sickness, plague, and horrible music
The Watcher: God of the night, god of justice and vengeance. Thieves and criminals know him as “the Watcher in the Dark”.
The Lonely Goddess: Goddess of orphans and broken hearts
The Beggar God: God of outcasts, the destitute, and the needy
The Long Keeper: God of death.
Darkblade Assassin Characters
(in order of appearance)
Primary Characters:
The Hunter of Voramis: legendary assassin, half-demon, wielder of Soulhunger (Chapter 1)
Danther: tailor of Voramis, one of the Hunter’s disguises (Chapter 13)
Farida: Child saved by the Hunter (in Life for a Life), lives in the House of Need with the Beggar Priests, sells flowers from a wooden cart (Chapter 5)
Lord Dannaros: Nobleman of Voramis, the Hunter’s target (Chapter 4)
Lady Dannaros: Wife to Lord Dannaros, daughter of a Voramian Duke (Chapter 6)
Lord Damuria: Nobleman of Voramis (Chapter 1)
Lady Damuria: Wife to Lord Damuria, the Hunter’s lover (always when he is in the disguise of Lord Anglion) (Chapter 6)
Brother Securus: Beggar Priest, Cambionari, victim (Chapter 14)
Father Reverentus: Beggar Priest, Cambionari, convinces the Hunter to eliminate the demons (Chapter 22)
Graeme: Alchemist, member of the Hidden Circle, valuable source of information, one of the Hunter’s few friends (Chapter 27)
Enemies of the Hunter:
The First/Lord Jahel: Leader of the Bloody Hand and Commander of the Dark Heresy, demon in disguise
Lord Cyrannius: reclusive nobleman who contracts the Hunter to kill Brother Securus, First/Lord Jahel in disguise (Chapter 11)
The Second: Lieutenant of the Bloody Hand, sadist and torturer (Chapter 15)
The Third/Tane: Third of the Bloody Hand, demon in disguise (Chapter 11)
Celicia: (true name: Kiara) Fourth of the Bloody Hand (Chapter 3)
The Fifth: Last Bloody Hand leader, former thief, messenger for the First (Chapter 6)
Secondary/Tertiary Characters:
Emon, Eld, and Rifter: Three drunks that stumble across the Hunter in disguise (Chapter 1)
Old Nan, Jak the Thumb, Twelve-Fingers Karrl: beggars that share the Hunter’s home (Chapter 2)
Ellinor and Arrlo: teenaged mother and infant son that share the Hunter’s home (Chapter 2)
Garlin: drunk at The Iron Arms (Chapter 3)
Sor and Yim: Bloody Hand thugs guarding the port (Chapter 4)
Master Aramon: Owner of The Golden Sunrise, the premium inn and tavern in Upper Voramis (Chapter 5)
Count Eilenn: Go-between for Lord Jahel to hire the Hunter in secret (Chapter 9)
Brutus: Thug serving the Bloody Hand (Chapter 15)
Captain Erellos: Heresiarch captain, arrests the Hunter (Chapter 17)
Barchai: Servant to Lady Damuria (Chapter 21)
Brother Contritus and Brother Mendicatus: Beggar Priests (Chapter 24/25)
Fillip, Reder, Binnty and Plarno: Thugs in service to the Bloody Hand (Chapter 29)
Sergeant Alum: Heresiarch captain on the take with the Bloody Hand (Chapter 29)
Dariel: Pimp in service to the Bloody Hand (Chapter 29)
Pristo, Lord Manchego, Arkadis: Nobles of Voramis gambling in The Arms of Heaven (Chapter 30)
Mistress Croquembouche: Madame at The Arms of Heaven (Chapter 30)
Carac, Galette, and Mille-Feuille: Courtesans at The Arms of Heaven (Chapter 30)
Corporal Anders, Frollin, Paytr, and Derrin: Heresiarchs in service to Lord Jahel and the Dark Heresy (Chapter 30)
Grom and Alden: Bloody Hand strong-arms (Chapter 31)
Handel, Kelnon, Arris, Prios, Balddin: the highest-ranked members of the Bloody Hand outside of the Five Fingers (Chapter 31)
Kad: Bouncer, giant (Chapter 31)
Fraid, Oden: Thugs guarding the Second of the Bloody Hand (Chapter 32)
McCreedy: Pickpocket who leads the Hunter through the tunnels beneath Voramis to the First and the Third (Chapter 33)
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[1] See Life for a Life
[2] See Traitors’ Fate for more