The Legends of Camber of Culdi Trilogy

by Katherine Kurtz

  ARCHER of Arrand, Bishop—Ordo Verbi Dei theologian and preacher; later, Bishop of Dhassa [CH].

  ARIELLA of Festil, Princess—elder sister of the former King Imre and mother of his son, Mark [CC, SC, (CH)].

  ARIK—a guard of Rhys’s and Evaine’s household [CH].

  ARMAGH, Master—an arms master to King Imre [CC].

  AUGARIN, King—first Haldane King of Gwynedd; reigned 645–673 (CH).

  BARTHOLOMEW—a guard of Rhys’s and Evaine’s household [CH].

  BAYVEL de Cameron, Lord—uncle to Queen Megan [SC].

  BEARAND, King and Saint—Haldane King of Gwynedd reigning 736–794; great-great-grandfather of King Cinhil (CC, SC, CH).

  BENEDICT—King Cinhil’s name in religion [CC].

  BEREN, Sir—a Michaeline knight (SC).

  BERTRAND—squire to Prince Javan [CH].

  BLAINE, King—fourth Festillic King of Gwynedd, reigned 885–900; father of Imre (CC).

  BORS—soldier under command of Coel Howell [CC].

  BOTOLPH—horse-keeper at Valoret [CH].

  CALEB—a guard of Bishop Cullen’s household [CH].

  CAMBER Allin MacLean—called Camlin, age 11; son of Adrian MacLean and foster-brother to Aidan Thuryn [CH].

  CAMBER Kyriell MacRorie, Lord—Earl of Culdi; Chancellor under King Blaine; canonized as Saint Camber in 906; Defensor Hominum and patron of Deryni magic; sainthood rescinded by Council of Ramos in 917 [CC, SC, CH].

  CAMERON—family name of Queen Megan [CC].

  CARLE—one of Earl Maldred’s men [CC].

  CATHAN MacRorie, Lord—Camber’s eldest son and heir; member of Imre’s council; murdered by Imre in 903 for suspected treason [CC, (SC, CH)].

  CHARLES, Brother—a Servant of Saint Camber at Dolban; formerly a baker in village at Caerrorie [SC].

  CIERAN, Brother—lay brother at Saint Piran’s Priory [CC].

  CINHIL, Donal Ifor Haldane, King—restored King of Gwynedd, reigning 904–917; formerly a priest of the Ordo Verbi Dei under the name of Benedict; kidnapped from his monastery by Joram and Rhys [CC, SC, CH].

  COEL Howell, Lord—brother of Elinor, Cathan’s wife; member of Imre’s council; executed by King Cinhil in 905 [CC, (SC)].

  CORUND—guard assigned to the service of Princes Javan and Rhys Michael; killed in hunting ambush [CH].

  CREVAN Allyn—see Allyn, Crevan.

  CRINAN—Cathan’s squire; doubled for Rhys under a shape-changing spell [CC, (SC, CH)].

  CULLEN, Bishop Alister—see Alister Cullen.

  DAFYDD Leslie, Lord—nephew of Lord Jowerth Leslie; died during interrogation by Tavis O’Neill [CH].

  DAMON—a guard of Rhys’s and Evaine’s household [CH].

  DANIEL Draper—as Prince Aidan Haldane, only surviving son of King Ifor; grandfather of Cinhil [CC, (CH)].

  DAVET Nevan, Bishop—one of Gwynedd’s six itinerant bishops before the Council of Ramos [SC, CH].

  DAVIN Elathan MacRorie, Lord—elder son of Cathan, age 19; Earl of Culdi [CC, SC, CH].

  DENZIL Carmichael, Lord—Deryni bowman involved in assassination attempt on Princes Javan and Rhys Michael; died during interrogation [CH].

  DERYNI (Der-ín-ee)—racial group gifted with paranormal/supernatural powers and abilities.

  DERMOT O’Beirne, Bishop—human Bishop of Cashien [SC, CH].

  DESCANTOR, Bishop Kai—see Kai Descantor, Bishop.

  DOMINIC, Brother—infirmarian at Saint Mary’s in the Hills, Kierney [CH].

  DOMINIC, Father—priest at Saint Liam’s Abbey; former teacher of Joram and Rhys [CC].

  DORN—squire to Prince Javan; killed in hunting ambush [CH].

  DOTHAN of Erne, Lord—former Festillic minister imprisoned for trial by Cinhil; son and daughter killed in assassination attempt on Cinhil (SC).

  DOV, Lord—Healer slain at Saint Neot’s (CH).

  DRAPER—surname used by the Haldanes during the Interregnum: see Daniel, Nicholas, and Royston Draper.

  DRUMMOND, James—see James Drummond.

  DUALTA Jarriot, Lord—a Michaeline knight [SC].

  DURIN, Master—a Healer at Iomaire [SC].

  DYLAN ap Thomas, Lord—Deryni assassin killed in ambush of Princes Javan and Rhys Michael [CH].

  EDMOND—a former Archbishop of Valoret (CH).

  EDULF—ostler to Camber at Caerrorie; one of fifty peasants executed at Imre’s command in retribution for death of Lord Rannulf [CC].

  EDWARD, Father—priest who baptized Nicholas Draper (CC).

  EDWARD MacInnis of Arnham, Bishop—twenty-year-old son of Earl Manfred, who is brother to Bishop Hubert; itinerant bishop and later Bishop of Grecotha [CH].

  EGBERT, Brother—monk at Saint Jarlath’s Monastery [CC].

  EIDIARD of Clure—soldier replaced by Davin MacRorie; assigned to guard Princes Javan and Rhys Michael [CH].

  ELINOR MacRorie, Lady—widow of Cathan; mother of Davin and Ansel; wife to James Drummond [CC, SC, (CH)].

  EMRYS, Dom—Deryni adept and Healer; Abbot of the Order of Saint Gabriel [SC, CH].

  ERCON, Saint—scholar and historian flourishing shortly after Saint Bearand Haldane; brother of Saint Willim (CH).

  EUSTACE of Fairleigh, Bishop—one of Gwynedd’s six itinerant bishops before the Council of Ramos [SC, CH].

  EVAINE MacRorie Thuryn, Lady—daughter of Camber and wife to Rhys; an original member of the Camberian Council [CC, SC, CH].

  EWAN of Rhendall, Lord—Earl of Rhendall and eldest son of Duke Sighere; a regent of Gwynedd; later, Duke of Claibourne and Earl Marshal of Gwynedd [SC, CH].

  FARNHAM, Lord and Lady—parents of Megan de Cameron (CC).

  FESTIL I, King—Deryni noble who engineered the Festillic Coup of 822 and founded the Festillic dynasty; reigned 822–839.

  FESTIL II, King—second Festillic king; reigned 839–851.

  FESTIL III, King—third Festillic king; grandfather of Imre; reigned 851–885.

  FINELLA—Revan’s “love” (CH).

  FINTAN, Lord—human earl on Cinhil’s council [SC].

  FIONA MacLean, Lady—sister of Adrian and granddaughter of Camber’s sister Aislinn [CH].

  FULBERT de Morrisey, Lord—Deryni assassin involved in ambush of Princes Javan and Rhys Michael; later executed by regents [CH].

  FULK—soldier under command of Coel Howell [CC].

  GABRILITES—priests and Healers of the Order of Saint Gabriel, an all-Deryni esoteric brotherhood founded in 745 and based at Saint Neot’s Abbey in the south Lendour mountains; especially noted for training Healers [CC, SC, CH].

  GAVIN—Prince Alroy’s squire [CH].

  GELLIS de Cleary, Father—acting Percentor of the Michaelines [SC].

  GIFFORD—manservant to Rhys [CC].

  GILBERT, Master—a silversmith [CH].

  GILLIS, Brother—Gabrilite brother slain at Saint Neot’s [CH].

  GREGORY of Arden, Father—Abbot of Saint Jarlath’s Abbey [CC].

  GREGORY of Ebor, Lord—Earl of Ebor and an original member of the Camberian Council [CH].

  GUAIRE of Arliss, Lord—friend of Cathan; former aide to Alister Cullen; finally, a founding Servant of Saint Camber [SC].

  GUTHRIE—sergeant of Bishop Cullen’s household guard [CH].

  HALDANE—surname of the royal House of Gwynedd.

  HILDRED, Lord—human baron on Cinhil’s council; expert on horses [SC, (CH)].

  HOWELL, Coel—see Coel Howell.

  HOWICCAN, Pargan—classic Deryni lyric poet (CC, SC, CH).

  HRORIK of Eastmarch, Lord—middle son of Duke Sighere; Earl of Eastmarch [SC, CH].

  HUBERT MacInnis, Bishop—a regent of Gwynedd and Auxiliary Bishop of Rhemuth; later, Archbishop of Valoret and Primate of All Gwynedd [CH].

  HUMPHREY of Gallareaux, Father—Michaeline priest responsible for the death of Cinhil’s firstborn son, Prince Aidan [CC].

  IFOR, King—last pre-Interregnum King of Gwynedd; reigned 794–822; father of Prince Aidan (Daniel Draper) (CC).

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p; ILLAN, Lord—a Michaeline knight [SC].

  IMRE, King—fifth and last Festillic King of Gwynedd; reigned 900–904; died after defeat by Cinhil Haldane; father of Mark of Festil, by his sister Ariella [CC, (SC, CH)].

  IVO Lovat, Lord—Deryni executed by regents following assassination attempt on Princes Javan and Rhys Michael; youngest son of Baron Frizell [CH].

  JAFFRAY of Carbury, Archbishop—Deryni and former Gabrilite; successor to Anscom of Trevas as Archbishop of Valoret and Primate of All Gwynedd; an original member of the Camberian Council [SC, CH].

  JAMES Drummond, Lord—grand-nephew of Camber and husband to the widowed Elinor [CC, SC, CH].

  JARLATH, Saint—sixth century Bishop of Meara and abbot; founder of the Ordo Verbi Dei (CC, SC, CH).

  JASON, Sir—knight assigned to guard the Princes Javan and Rhys Michael [CH].

  JASON Brown—apprentice to Daniel Draper; inherited the business (CC).

  JASPER Miller, Father—non-combatant Michaeline priest [CC, SC].

  JAVAN Jashan Urien Haldane, Prince—twin brother of King Alroy; born with club foot [SC, CH].

  JEBEDIAH of Alcara, Lord—Deryni Grand Master of the Order of Saint Michael, knight, and Earl Marshal of Gwynedd under Cinhil; an original member of the Camberian Council [CC, SC, CH].

  JERUSHA Evaine Thuryn—infant daughter of Rhys and Evaine; a future Healer [CH].

  JESSE, Lord—Master of Ebor; eldest son and heir of Earl Gregory [CH].

  JOHANNES, Brother—lay Michaeline monk, servant of Alister Cullen [SC].

  JOHN—factor who bought Dolban for the Servants of Saint Camber (SC).

  JOHN, Brother—an alias of Evaine [SC].

  JOHN, son of Daniel—the first “Benedict” at Saint Piran’s Priory [CC].

  JONAS, Father—old parish priest at Caerrorie (CC).

  JORAM MacRorie, Father—youngest son of Camber; priest and knight of the Order of Saint Michael; confidential secretary to Bishop Alister Cullen; an original member of the Camberian Council [CC, SC, CH].

  JOSEPH—one of Earl Maldred’s men (CC).

  JOWERTH Leslie, Lord—Deryni uncle of Dafydd Leslie; on Cinhil’s staff until his death in 915 [SC, (CH)].

  JUBAL, Brother—monk at Saint Foillan’s Abbey [CC].

  JURIS, Dom—Gabrilite priest [CH].

  KAI Descantor, Bishop—Deryni itinerant bishop [SC, CH].

  KENRIC, Dom—Healer at Saint Neot’s [CH].

  KINEVAN, Dom Queron—see Queron Kinevan, Dom.

  KYRIELL—Camber’s name in religion [SC].

  LAUREN, Sir—a Michaeline knight [SC].

  LESLIE, Dafydd and Jowerth—see Dafydd Leslie and Jowerth Leslie.

  LIREL, Dame—former nurse to the princes (CH).

  LLEW—a guard of Bishop Cullen’s household [CH].

  LORCAN, Brother—Ansel MacRorie’s alias as a Michaeline lay brother [CH].

  MACGREGOR, Bishop Ailin—see Ailin MacGregor, Bishop.

  MACINNIS—see Hubert Edward, and Manfred MacInnis.

  MACRORIE—surname of Camber’s family; see Ansel, Camber, Cathan, Davin, Evaine, Joram.

  MAHAEL—ancient Deryni historian, author of History of Kheldour (CH).

  MAIRI MacLean, Lady—wife to Adrian MacLean and mother of Camber Allin MacLean [CH].

  MALDRED, Earl—one of Imre’s warlords; assassinated by Coel Howell’s hireling [CC].

  MANFRED MacInnis, Lord—Baron of Marlor, and Earl of Culdi after Davin’s attainder; brother of Bishop Hubert and father of Bishop Edward MacInnis of Arnham [CH].

  MARIS—maidservant to Princess Ariella [CC].

  MARK of Festil, Prince—son of Ariella and Imre and carrier of the Festillic line after his parents’ death [SC].

  MEGAN de Cameron, Queen—wife and queen to Cinhil; mother of Alroy, Javan, and Rhys Michael; formerly Camber’s ward; lived 888–907 [CC, SC, (CH)].

  MELISSA Howell, Lady—sister of Coel Howell; brought to court to tempt Imre (CC).

  MICAH, Brother—a Servant of Saint Camber [CH].

  MICHAELINES—priests, knights, and lay brothers of the Order of Saint Michael, a militant fighting and teaching Order, predominantly Deryni, formed during the reign of King Bearand Haldane to hold the Anvil of the Lord against Moorish incursions and defend the sea-lanes [CC, SC, CH].

  MURDOCH of Carthane, Lord—human Earl of Carthane; one of King Alroy’s regents [SC, CH].

  NATHAN, Father—a Michaeline priest [CC, SC].

  NESTA—Deryni seeress who foretold the doom of Caeriesse (CH).

  NEVAN, Bishop Davet—see Davet Nevan, Bishop.

  NIALLAN Trey, Bishop—Deryni Bishop of Dhassa [SC, CH].

  NICHOLAS Draper—the third “Benedict”; grandson of Daniel; see Cinhil.

  NIMUR, King—Deryni King of Torenth; connected to the Festils of Gwynedd through the female line (SC).

  O’BEIRNE, Bishop Dermot—see Dermot O’Beirne, Bishop.

  O’NEILL, Lord Tavis—see Tavis O’Neill, Lord.

  ORIEL, Lord—a young Healer [CH].

  ORIN—Deryni mystic and magician; author of the Protocols of Orin, a collection of scrolls containing extremely potent spells of Deryni magic (SC, CH).

  ORISS, Archbishop Robert—Archbishop of Rhemuth; formerly Vicar General of the Ordo Verbi Dei [CC, SC, CH].

  PARGAN Howiccan—see Howiccan, Pargan.

  PATRICK, Brother—Prior of Saint Foillan’s Abbey; later, Abbot [CC].

  PAUL, Brother—monk at Saint Foillan’s Abbey [CC].

  PAULIN of Ramos, Bishop—stepson of Earl Tammaron; founder of the Little Brothers of Saint Ercon (912), a teaching order; itinerant bishop and later first bishop of new See of Stavenham [CH].

  PHINEAS, Brother—gate-warder at Saint Foillan’s Abbey [CC].

  PIEDUR, Sir—knight assigned to guard the Princes Javan and Rhys Michael [CH].

  PORRIC Lunal, Father—priest of the Order of Saint Michael and a candidate to succeed Alister Cullen as Vicar General (SC).

  QUERON Kinevan, Dom—Deryni Healer-priest, formerly of Order of Saint Gabriel; a founder of the Servants of Saint Camber; later, a member of the Camberian Council replacing Jaffray [SC, CH].

  RANALD Gilstrachan, Lord—Deryni assassin executed by the regents [CH].

  RANNULF, Lord—Deryni noble drawn and quartered by Willimite terrorists in 903 (CC, CH).

  RAYMOND, Bishop—former Prince-Bishop of Dhassa and maternal uncle of Alister Cullen, whom he ordained to the priesthood (SC).

  REVAN—lame former carpenter’s apprentice saved by Cathan; clark and tutor to Rhys’s and Evaine’s children [CC, SC, CH].

  REYNARD, Brother—infirmarian at Saint Foillan’s Abbey [CC].

  RHUN of Horthness, Baron—called The Ruthless, age 32; one of King Alroy’s regents; later, Earl of Sheele [CH].

  RHYS MICHAEL Alister Haldane, Prince—youngest surviving son of Cinhil, age 10 [CH].

  RHYS Thuryn, Lord—Deryni physician and Healer; husband of Evaine and son-in-law to Camber; developer of the Thuryn technique of concentration; an original member of the Camberian Council [CC, SC, CH].

  RHYSEL Jocelyn Thuryn—daughter of Rhys and Evaine, age 7 [CH].

  ROBEAR, Sir—knight assigned to guard the Princes Javan and Rhys Michael [CH].

  ROBERT Oriss, Archbishop—see Oriss, Archbishop Robert.

  ROLAND, Bishop—Auxiliary Bishop of Valoret under Anscom; died 916 (CC).

  RONDEL—knight in the service of Manfred, Earl of Culdi [CH].

  ROYSTON John Draper—alias of Prince Alroy, who was father to Cinhil (CC, CH).

  SAM’L—loyal retainer of Camber at Caerrorie [CC].

  SANTARE, Lord—Earl of Grand-Tellie; one of Imre’s warlords [CC].

  SELKIRK, Master—an arms master to Imre [CC].

  SELLAR, Wat and Tim—among the fifty peasants executed at Imre’s command for the murder of Lord Rannulf [CC].

  SHAW Farquharson, Lord—Deryni assassin killed in ambush on princes [CH].

  SHOLTO MacDhugal, Lord—Deryn
i bowman who escaped from ambush/assassination attempt on Princes Javan and Rhys Michael [CH].

  SIGHERE, Duke—former independent Earl of Eastmarch; first Duke of Claibourne; technically a regent of King Alroy, but failing health never permitted him to assume his duties [SC, (CH)].

  SIGHERE of Marley, Lord—youngest son of Duke Sighere and later Earl of Marley [SC, CH].

  SIMONN—Healer student at Saint Neot’s [CH].

  SORLE—Cinhil’s squire; knighted by Cinhil at Twelfth Night, 917 [SC, CH].

  STEPHEN—student at Saint Neot’s [CH].

  SULIEN of R’Kassi—ancient Deryni adept, author of Annals (CH).

  TAMMARON Fitz-Arthur, Earl—one of King Alroy’s regents; Chancellor of Gwynedd after Alister Cullen [SC, CH].

  TAVIS O’Neill, Lord—Healer to Prince Javan [CH].

  TERMOD of Rhorau, Lord—Deryni princeling, cousin of Imre, executed by Willimite terrorists in 903 (CC, SC).

  THOMAS—a guard of Rhys’s and Evaine’s household [CH].

  THOMAS—bailiff at Dolban, for the Servants of Saint Camber (SC).

  THOMAS—a former Archbishop of Valoret (CH).

  THOMPSON, Dickon—a baker [CH].

  THURYN—surname of Rhys.

  TIEG Joram Thuryn—younger son of Rhys and Evaine; a future Healer, age 3 [CH].

  TIVAR, Dom—Gabrilite priest and weapons master at Saint Neot’s [CH].

  TOBAN—a hospice page [SC].

  TOMAIS—squire to Prince Rhys Michael [CH].

  TORCUILL de la Marche, Lord—Deryni baron; formerly a Festillic minister, now on Cinhil’s staff; dismissed by the regents [SC, CH].

  TORIN—a guard of Bishop Cullen’s household [CH].

  TREFOR of Morland, Lord—Deryni assassin killed in ambush on princes [CH].

  TREY, Bishop Niallan—see Niallan Trey, Bishop.

  TURLOUGH, Bishop—one of Gwynedd’s itinerant bishops; later, first Bishop of Marbury [SC, CH].

  TURSTANE, Dom—Gabrilite Healer; a stonecutter’s apprentice before his Healer’s training; an original member of the Camberian Council (CH).

  UDAUT, Earl—Constable of Gwynedd [SC, CH].

  ULLIAM ap Lugh, Bishop—Bishop of Nyford [SC, CH].

  ULRIC—novice Healer at Saint Neot’s who went berserk while Queron still taught there; killed by Dom Emrys (CH).

  UMPHRED—Camber’s bailiff at Caerrorie [CC, SC].

  VALERIAN, Brother—Latin master to the princes [CH].

  VARNARITES—Deryni adepts and scholars who founded a proto-university at Grecotha, late 7th–early 8th century; the Gabrilite Order broke off pre-745.