Enchanter
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WAY OF THE HORN, The: a general term sometimes used to describe the lifestyle of the Avar people.
WAY OF THE PLOUGH, The: the religious obedience and way of life as taught by the Seneschal according to the tenets of the Book of Field and Furrow. The Way of the Plough is centred about the Plough and cultivation of the land. Its major tenets teach that as the land is cleared and ploughed in straight furrows, so the mind and the heart are similarly cleared of misbeliefs and evil thoughts and can consequently cultivate true thoughts. Natural and untamed landscape is evil; thus forests and mountains are considered evil because they represent nature out of control and they cannot be cultivated. According to the Way of the Plough, mountains and forests must either be destroyed or subdued, and if that is not possible, they must be shunned as the habitats of evil creatures. Only tamed landscape, cultivated landscape, is good, because it has been subjected to mankind. The Way of the Plough is all about order, and about earth and nature subjected to the order of mankind.
WAY OF THE WING, The: a general term sometimes used to describe the lifestyle of the Icarii.
WESTERN MOUNTAINS: the central Acharite mountain range that stretches west from the River Nordra to the Andeis Sea.
WIDEWALL BAY: a large bay that lies between Achar and Coroleas. Its calm waters provide excellent fishing.
WIDOWMAKER SEA: vast ocean to the east of Achar. From the unknown islands and lands across the Widowmaker Sea come the sea raiders who harass Coroleas and occasionally Achar.
WILDDOG PLAINS, The: plains that stretch from northern Ichtar to the River Nordra and bounded by the Fortress Ranges and the Urqhart Hills. Named after the packs of roving dogs that inhabit the area.
WING: the smallest unit in the Icarii Strike Force consisting of twelve Icarii (male and female).
WING-LEADER: the commander of an Icarii Wing.
WOLFSTAR SUNSOAR: ninth and most powerful of the Enchanter-Talons buried in the Ancient Barrows. He was assassinated early in his reign.
WOLVEN, The: a bow that once belonged to WolfStar SunSoar.
WORSHIP HALL: large hall built in each village where the villagers go each seventh day to listen to the Service of the Plough. Also used for weddings, funerals and the consecration of newborn infants to the Way of the Plough, it is usually the most well built-building in each village.
WRAITHS: see “Skraelings”.
XANON: one of the nine Icarii Star Gods, Xanon is Goddess of the Firmament and shares seniority with her husband, Adamon.
YR: one of the Sentinels.
YSBADD: capital city of Nor.
YSGRYFF: Baron: lord of Nor, and a somewhat wild and unpredictable man like all those of his province.
YULETIDE: see “Festivals”.
ZEHERAH: the fifth and lost Sentinel.
ZEST: one of the nine Icarii Star Gods, Zest is Goddess of Earth.
About the Author
Sara Douglass was born in Penola, South Australia, and moved to Adelaide when she was seven. She spent her early working life as a nurse before completing three degrees at the University of Adelaide. After receiving a PhD in early modern English history, Sara worked as a Senior Lecturer in Medieval History at La Trobe University, Bendigo. She left University to start her own business in 2000.
Sara is the author of 11 novels, three of which have won the Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Novel, most recently in 2001 for The Wounded Hawk.
Sara lives in Bendigo, Victoria.
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Books by Sara Douglass
The Axis Trilogy
Battleaxe (Book One)
Enchanter (Book Two)
Starman (Book Three)
Threshold
The Wayfarer Redemption
Sinner (Book One)
Pilgrim (Book Two)
Crusader (Book Three)
Beyond the Hanging Wall
The Crucible
The Nameless Day (Book One)
The Wounded Hawk (Book Two)
The Crippled Angel (Book Three)
The Troy Game
Hades’ Daughter (Book One)
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Table of Contents
PrologueTHE RUINS OF GORKENFORT
16A PARTING OF WAYS
Books by Sara Douglass
Cover Page
Epigraph
Maps
The Prophecy of the Destroyer
1 JERVOIS LANDING—ARRIVALS
2 TALON SPIKE
3 THE WOLVEN
4 LEARNING THE STAR DANCE
5 THE REBEL ARMY
6 NEW RESPONSIBILITIES, OLD FRIENDS
7 DARK MAN, DEAR MAN
8 THE BROTHER-LEADER PLANS
9 THE BLOOD-RED SUN
10 PROPOSITIONS AND ENDINGS
11 “ARE YOU TRUE?” ASKETH THE BRIDGE
12 “I WILL LEAD YOU BACK INTO TENCENDOR!”
13 DINNER AT THE TIRED SEAGULL
14 THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN PASSES
15 BELTIDE
16 A PARTING OF WAYS
17 THE AUDIENCE
18 THROUGH THE FORTRESS RANGES
19 THE ALAUNT
20 ARRIVAL AT SIGHOLT
21 LONG LIVE THE KING!
22 AZHURE’s DILEMMA
23 THE ENCHANTRESS’ RING
24 THE PATROL
25 STAR GATE
26 GORGRAEL MAKES A NEW FRIEND
27 THE STRIKE FORCE LANDS
28 THE GATEKEEPER
29 CAELUM
30 “LET FLY THE STANDARD!”
31 WOLFSTAR’S STORY
32 WINTER APPROACHES
33 FORGOTTEN VOWS
34 PARLEY
35 CARLON AND BEYOND
36 GUNDEALGA FORD
37 YULETIDE
38 THE NURSERY
39 SKRAELINGS AND SKRAEBOLDS
40 “WOE! WOE!”
41 EVENSONG’S MEMORY
42 IN THE BLEAK MID-WINTER…
43 THE SKRAELING NEST
44 “IT IS TIME TO REFORGE TENCENDOR”
45 BAD NEWS
46 CONTEMPLATIONS OF A RAG DOLL
47 CARLON
48 AXIS’ SALUTARY LESSON
49 BARON YSGRYFF’S SURPRISE
50 THE SILENT WOMAN DREAM
51 THEN IT IS WAR, BROTHER?
52 BATTLE EVE
53 THE BATTLE OF BEDWYR FORT
54 THE AFTERMATH
55 MORNINGSTAR
56 ONE NORS WOMAN WINS, ANOTHER LOSES
57 THE CHAMBER OF THE MOONS
58 TRANSFORMATIONS
59 SHATTERED VOWS
60 TENCENDOR ON THE SHORES OF GRAIL LAKE
61 BETRAYAL CONFRONTED
62 INTO SPIREDORE
63 FROM OUT OF THE DAWNING SUN…
64 AZHURE (1)
65 AZHURE (2)
66 ENCHANTRESS
Glossary
About the Author
Copyright
About the Publisher
1JERVOIS LANDING—ARRIVALS
2TALON SPIKE
3THE WOLVEN
4LEARNING THE STAR DANCE
5THE REBEL ARMY
6NEW RESPONSIBILITIES, OLD FRIENDS