IRON RIVER, THE - The river that ran through the old Tervingi homeland, east of the Great Mountains.
HEART OF THE SPIDER, THE - The ruined temple on Mount Armyar where the Old Demon defeated Marazadra.
HIGH PLAIN – A broad plain northwest of the Grim Marches and northeast of Greycoast. Known for peaceful stability.
KNIGHTS’ BAY – A bay of the western sea bordering on Knightreach. Knightport and Tumblestone are the chief ports on the bay.
KNIGHTCASTLE – Seat and stronghold of Malden Roland, famed for its long and illustrious history. Located far to the west of the Grim Marches, and south of Barellion and Greycoast.
KNIGHTPORT - A port town west of Knightcastle, located at the mouth of the Riversteel. Held by Lord Nicholas Randerly.
KNIGHTREACH - A hilly peninsula west of the Grim Marches and south of Greycoast. Also the term for the lands sworn to the service of Knightcastle and Lord Malden Roland.
KYNOTH – A small village in Greycoast, a few miles north of Castle Stormsea.
LORD'S STUMP - A village in the Grim Marches, east of the Northwater.
MASTARIA – The hilly country south of Knightreach. Once the domain of the Dominiar Knights, and now controlled by Lord Malden Roland of Knightcastle.
MISTWATER - A small river in southern Greycoast.
MONK'S REST - A small village in northeastern Greycoast.
MOUNT ARMYAR - A mountain in central Skuldar, the location of the Heart of the Spider.
MOUNT TYNAGIS – A mountain in the heart of the Great Southern Forest. A ruined High Elderborn temple sits atop its peak.
MORSEN VILLAGE – Village in the hill country west of Castle Cravenlock. Once the fief of Sir Gaith Kalborn, San-keth proselyte. Destroyed by Malrags during Corvad’s search for the Glamdaigyr. A San-keth temple lies hidden beneath the village.
MORVYRKRAD - The crypt of the high lords of Dracaryl, located deep in the caverns below the Great Mountains. Once the resting place of the Wraithaldr.
NORTHWATER - A river several days' ride west of Castle Cravenlock, flowing north into the Lake of Swords.
PRINCE’S REST – A village in northern Greycoast. Famed for its inn, where one of the Princes of Barellion once spent the night.
RIVERSTEEL - A river flowing west past Knightcastle.
RIVER ABELINUS - The river marking the traditional border between Mastaria and Knightreach. Fordable in only a few locations.
RIVER OF LORDS, THE – The river flowing through Greycoast, terminating in the harbor of the city of Barellion.
SKULDAR - A mountainous region west of the Grim Marches, home to a secretive people who kill any intruders.
STILLWATER - A castle in the hills east of Knightcastle, held by Lord Tancred Stillwater.
STONE TOWER - A village northeast of Castle Cravenlock. The site of Lord Richard Mandragon's defeat of the Tervingi host, and where Ragnachar betrayed and murdered Athanaric and Aegidia.
STORMVALES – The land northwest of the Grim Marches. Known for its hilly terrain, deep rivers, and frequent banditry.
SWORDGRIM – Once the castle of Lord Richard and the ancestral seat of the House of Mandragon. Destroyed during the aftermath of the Great Rising.
SWORDOR - The stronghold of the Justiciar Knights. Located north of Knightcastle and south of Barellion.
SWORD TOWN – The largest town in the Grim Marches, rivaled only by Cravenlock Town. Directly south of the ruins of Swordgrim.
TCHROTH - The chief city of the valgasts, located beneath Mount Armyar.
TRAVIA – A princedom north of the Grim Marches, Knightcastle, and Barellion. Currently in the midst of a civil war after its ruling Prince was killed during the Great Rising.
TRYSTING WAYS, THE - A maze of secret passages and hidden galleries threading through Knightcastle, built gradually over the centuries by generations of Roland kings and lords.
VEILED MOUNTAIN, THE - The resting place of the Mask of Marazadra and the lair of the dragon Azurvaltoria.
VOLMAYA - A village in eastern Skuldar.
URDBAEN TOR - A ruin of the Dark Elderborn in eastern Greycoast, near Castle Rutagne.
Table of Contents
Description
Author's Note
Chapter 1: Needle Teeth
Chapter 2: The Prisoner
Chapter 3: Firestorm
Chapter 4: Something Went Wrong
Chapter 5: Child of the Old Demon
Chapter 6: The Rusted Knight
Chapter 7: Underworld
Chapter 8: Let The Buyer Beware
Chapter 9: City of the Spiders
Chapter 10: Prophecy
Chapter 11: Hasty Departures
Chapter 12: Spider Guard
Chapter 13: Barbarian Nations
Chapter 14: Battles
Chapter 15: The Heart of the Goddess
Chapter 16: A Goddess Reborn
Chapter 17: Blood and Shadows
Chapter 18: The Champion of the Goddess
Chapter 19: Competing Destinies
Chapter 20: The Last of the Jutai
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