King Javan’s Year

by Katherine Kurtz

  Buy The Bastard Prince Now!

  APPENDIX I

  INDEX OF CHARACTERS*

  AARON, Brother—Queron’s alias among the Willimites.

  ADELICIA of Horthness—age 8; daughter of Rhun.

  AGNES Murdoch, Lady—age 21; wife of Rhun of Horthness, Earl of Sheele, and daughter of Murdoch of Carthane.

  AIDAN Alroy Camber Haldane, Prince—deceased infant son of King Cinhil*

  AILIN MacGregor, Bishop—Hubert’s Auxiliary Bishop at Valoret.

  AINSLIE, Lord—a royal commissioner.

  ALANA d’Oriel—Deryni wife of the hostage Healer Oriel.

  ALBERTUS, Lord—Grand Master of the Equites Custodem Fidei; formerly Peter Sinclair, Earl of Tarleton; brother of Paulin of Ramos and father of Bonner Sinclair, the present earl.

  ALFRED of Woodbourne, Bishop—Auxiliary Bishop of Rhemuth; formerly confessor to King Cinhil.

  ALISTER Cullen, Bishop—Deryni former Vicar General of the Order of Saint Michael; Bishop of Grecotha and Chancellor of Gwynedd under King Cinhil; briefly, Archbishop of Valoret and Primate of All Gwynedd; alternate identity of Camber MacRorie.*

  ALROY Bearand Brion Haldane, King—age 16; dying King of Gwynedd; elder twin of Javan.

  AMBERT Quinnell of Cassan, Prince—client prince of Cassan, northwest of Gwynedd; father of Princess Anne, who married Fane Fitz-Arthur; grandfather of Tambert.*

  ANNE Quinnell, Princess—daughter of Prince Ambert Quinnell of Cassan and wife of Fane Fitz-Arthur; mother of Tambert, first Duke of Cassan.

  ANSEL Irial MacRorie, Lord—age 22; grandson of Camber and a prime mover in the resistance against the former regents.

  ARIELLA of Festil, Princess—slain elder sister of the late King Imre and mother of his son, Mark.*

  ARION of Torenth, King—age 22; Deryni King of Torenth and elder brother of Prince Miklos.*

  ASCELIN, Father—Custodes priest at Saint Hilary’s Basilica in Rhemuth, replacing Father Boniface.

  BALDWIN—soldier of the Rhemuth garrison who “attacks” Oriel.

  BERTRAND de Ville, Sir—age 20; squire to Prince Javan before Charlan.

  BIRGIT O’Carroll—Ursin’s human wife and mother of his son Carrollan.

  BONIFACE, Father—deceased former priest and sometime confessor of Prince Javan at Saint Hilary’s Basilica in Rhemuth.*

  BONNER Sinclair, Lord—age 23; Earl of Tarleton; son of Lord Albertus and nephew of the Abbot-Bishop Paulin.

  CAMBER Kyriell MacRorie, Saint—Deryni former Earl of Culdi; father of Joram and Evaine; canonized as Saint Camber in 906; sainthood rescinded by Council of Ramos in 917.

  CARMODY, Declan—see Declan Carmody.

  CARROLLAN O’Carroll—age 4; Deryni son of Ursin O’Carroll.

  CASHEL Murdoch—age 17; younger son of Murdoch of Carthane.

  CATHAN Drummond—age 12; brother of Michaela and son of Elinor and James Drummond.

  CATHAN MacRorie—slain elder son of Camber, father of Ansel and the deceased Davin.*

  CHARLAN Kai Morgan, Sir—age 19; formerly squire to Prince Javan and now his aide.

  CINHIL Donal Ifor Haldane, King—late King of Gwynedd (reigned 904–917); father of Alroy, Javan, and Rhys Michael.*

  COLLOS—alleged brother of Dimitri, Deryni.*

  CONCANNON, Father Marcus—see Marcus Concannon, Father.

  CORUND, Sir—a knight formerly in the service of the royal household, now deceased.*

  CULLEN, Bishop Alister—see Alister Cullen.

  CUSTODES FIDEI—Ordo Custodum Fidei, the Guardians of the Faith; religious Order founded by Paulin of Ramos to replace the Michaelines and reform ecclesiastical education in Gwynedd for the exclusion of Deryni. Mandate later extended to ferret out and eliminate Deryni by whatever means.

  DAÍTHI, Father—a Custodes priest at Rhemuth; official King’s Chaplain after Father Faelan.

  DAVIN MacRorie, Lord—slain older brother of Ansel.*

  DECLAN Carmody—Deryni in service of the regents; he and his wife and two sons slain at regents’ orders after he refused to misuse his powers.*

  DE COURCY—see Etienne and Guiscard de Courcy.

  DERYNI (Der-in-ee)—Racial group gifted with paranormal/supernatural powers and abilities feared by many humans.

  DIMITRI, Master—Paulin’s new Deryni.

  DRUMMOND—see Cathan, Elinor, James, and Michaela Drummond.

  DUVESSA (Sinclair), Princess—dowager Princess of Cassan and mother of Anne Quinnell.

  EDWARD MacInnis, Bishop—age 24; Bishop of Grecotha; son of Earl Manfred and nephew to Archbishop Hubert.

  ELAINE de Fintan, Lady—Murdoch’s wife, and Countess of Carthane.

  ELINOR MacRorie Drummond—widow of Cathan MacRorie and mother of Ansel and Davin by him; wife of James Drummond, by whom she bore Michaela and Cathan.*

  EQUITES CUSTODUM FIDEI—Knights of the Guardians of the Faith; military arm of the Custodes Fidei; intended to replace the Michaelines.

  ESTELLAN MacInnis, Lady—as Manfred’s wife, Countess of Culdi.

  ETIENNE de Courcy, Baron—a southern lord, secretly Deryni, sent by Joram to infiltrate the Haldane Court in preparation for Javan’s accession; a law lord.

  EVAINE MacRorie Thuryn, Lady—Deryni adept daughter of Camber, sister of Joram; widow of the Healer Rhys Thuryn; died 918 attempting to restore her father from a suspension spell.*

  EWAN, Duke—Second Duke of Claibourne, treacherously deposed from power as one of original five regents of young King Alroy and slain; brother of Sighere and Hrorik, father of Graham.*

  FAELAN, Father—young Custodes priest from Arx Fidei who becomes Javan’s confessor.

  FANE Fitz-Arthur, Lord—eldest son of Earl Tammaron, and husband of Princess Anne Quinnell.

  FITZ-ARTHUR—see Fane, Fulk, Nieve, Quiric, and Tammaron.

  FULK Fitz-Arthur—age 13; son of Tammaron, and a junior squire at Court.

  FURSTAN—dynastic name of the ruling House of Torenth.

  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 until 917, when the Order was suppressed and many of its brethren slain; especially noted for the training of Healers.*

  GAVIN, Sir—age 19; formerly squire to Alroy.

  GEORGIUS, Brother—a dying monk at Arx Fidei.*

  GIDEON, Sir—Richard Murdoch’s castellan at Nyford.

  GIESELE MacLean, Lady—Co-Heiress of Kierney; sister of Richeldis; smothered to death at age 12, at orders of regents.*

  GRAHAM MacEwan, Duke—age 14; Third Duke of Claibourne; son of Ewan and nephew of Earls Hrorik and Sighere.

  GREGORY of Ebor, Lord—Deryni former Earl of Ebor (title now attainted and in abeyance); father of Jesse.*

  GUISCARD de Courcy, Sir—age 29; son of Baron Etienne, secretly Deryni; sent by Joram to infiltrate the Haldane Court in preparation for accession of Javan; aide to Javan.

  HALDANE—surname of the royal House of Gwynedd.

  HALEX, Father—Custodes Abbot of Arx Fidei Abbey.

  HILDRED, Baron—Master of Horse, loyal to Javan.

  HONORIA Carmody—wife of the Deryni Declan Carmody; slain with her young sons at orders of the regents.*

  HRORIK of Eastmarch, Lord—Earl of Eastmarch; younger brother of Ewan, elder of Sighere; uncle of Duke Graham.

  HUBERT MacInnis, Archbishop—Primate of Gwynedd, Archbishop of Valoret, one of Alroy’s former regents; younger brother of Earl Manfred and uncle of Bishop Edward.

  HUMPHREY of Gallareaux, Father—Deryni Michaeline priest killed by Cinhil after poisoning Cinhil’s firstborn son.*

  IMRE, King—fifth and last Festillic King of Gwynedd (reigned 900–904); father of Mark of Festil by his sister Ariella.*

  IVER MacInnis—age 25; son of Manfred; Earl of Kierney by right of his wife, Lady Richeldis MacLean.

  JAMES, Master—a court physician.

  JAMES Drummond, Lord—deceased father of Michaela and Cathan Drummond.*
<
br />   JASON, Sir—a senior knight loyal to Javan.

  JAVAN Jashan Urien Haldane, King—age 16; clubfooted younger twin of King Alroy, whom he succeeded; reigned 921–922; succeeded by his younger brother, Prince Rhys Michael.

  JEBEDIAH of Alcara, Lord—slain Deryni Grand Master of the Order of Saint Michael.*

  JEROWEN Reynolds, Lord—a law lord and member of Javan’s council.

  JESSE MacGregor, Sir—age 20; a Deryni adept, eldest son and heir of Gregory of Ebor, though the Ebor title is now attainted.

  JORAM MacRorie, Father—Deryni adept and youngest son of Camber; brother of Evaine; priest and Knight of the Order of Saint Michael; now coordinating resistance to the former regents and assisting Prince Javan to realize his full powers and keep his throne.

  JOSHUA, Lord—a Custodes captain at Arx Fidei Abbey.

  JULIANA of Horthness, Lady—age 17; elder daughter of Rhun; formerly being groomed for marriage to Alroy, now slated for Javan.

  KARIS d’Oriel—age 4; Deryni daughter of Oriel.

  KENNET of Rhorau, Sir—nephew of Termod of Rhorau and brother of Sudrey; killed with Duke Ewan’s party in 918.*

  KINEVAN, Dom Queron—see Queron Kinevan, Dom.

  LIOR, Father—a senior priest of the Custodes Fidei; assistant to the Inquisitor General.

  LIRIN Udaut, Lady—age 16; daughter of Constable Udaut; wife of Richard Murdoch and Countess of Carthane.

  MACGREGOR—surname adopted by Jesse, son of Gregory of Ebor.

  MACGREGOR, Bishop Ailin—see Ailin MacGregor.

  MACINNIS—see Edward, Hubert, Iver, and Manfred.

  MACLEAN—see Giesele and Richeldis.

  MACRORIE—surname of Camber’s family. See Ansel, Camber, Cathan, Davin, Evaine, and Joram.

  MANFRED Macinnis, Lord—Earl of Culdi of second creation; a former regent; elder brother of Archbishop Hubert and father of Iver and Bishop Edward.

  MARCUS Concannon, Father—Chancellor General of the Ordo Custodem Fidei, in charge of all seminaries and other institutions of education in Gwynedd.

  MARK of Festil, Prince—age 16; Deryni posthumous son of Imre and his sister Ariella, and carrier of the Festillic line after his parents’ deaths; also known as Prince Marek, the Torenthi form of his name.

  MICHAELA Drummond—age 15; daughter of Elinor and James, sister of Cathan; eventually, wife of Prince Rhys Michael Haldane.

  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; suppressed under the Regency of King Alroy and outlawed thereafter.

  MIKLOS von Furstan, Prince—age 17; Deryni younger brother of King Arion of Torenth.

  MURDOCH of Carthane, Lord—Earl of Carthane and a former regent of King Alroy; father of Agnes, Cashel, and Richard; responsible for deaths of Duke Ewan of Claibourne and Declan Carmody.

  NED—a farrier at the Michaeline sanctuary.

  NEVELL—soldier of Rhemuth garrison who “attacks” Oriel.

  NIALLAN Trey, Bishop—outlawed Deryni Bishop of Dhassa; a confidant of Father Joram MacRorie.

  NIEVE Fitz-Arthur, Lady—Tammaron’s countess and mother of four sons by him; widow of the late Earl of Tarleton, by whom she bore Peter (later known as Lord Albertus) and Paulin (of Ramos).

  O’CARROLL, Ursin—see Ursin O’Carroll; also Birgit and Carrollan O’Carroll.

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

  O’SULLIVAN, Sylvan—see Sylvan O’Sullivan.

  ORDO CUSTODUM FIDEI—see Custodes Fidei.

  ORDO VERBI DEI—Order of the Word of God.

  ORIEL, Master—a Healer in the forced service of the great lords, particularly Hubert and Tammaron; his wife and infant daughter held hostage for his good behavior.

  ORISS, Archbishop Robert—Archbishop of Rhemuth; former Vicar General of the Ordo Verbi Dei.

  PAULIN (Sinclair) of Ramos—younger son of the Earl of Tarleton and stepson of Earl Tammaron; briefly Bishop of Stavenham before his resignation to head the Ordo Custodem Fidei; brother of Albertus (Peter Sinclair), the Order’s first Grand Master.

  PIEDUR, Sir—a knight formerly in the service of the royal household, now deceased.*

  QUERON Kinevan, Dom—former Gabrilite Healer-priest and founder of the Servants of Saint Camber; now working with the Master Revan as a “Baptizer.”

  QUIRIC Fitz-Arthur—age 11; son of Tammaron and a junior squire at court.

  RADAN, Sir—a weapons master at Rhemuth Castle.

  REVAN, Master—human charismatic preacher working with a Deryni faction to save Deryni by blocking their powers via a kind of “baptism.”

  RHUN of Horthness, Lord—called The Ruthless; Earl of Sheele of second creation and a former regent for King Alroy; husband of Agnes Murdoch.

  RHYS MICHAEL Alister Haldane, Prince—youngest brother of King Alroy, age 15; succeeded his brother Javan as King Rhys (reigned 922–928); husband of Michaela Drummond.

  RICHARD Murdoch—age 19; son of Murdoch; later, Earl of Carthane.

  RICHELDIS MacLean, Lady—age 17; Countess of Kierney in her own right; married to Iver MacInnis.

  RICKART, Dom—Healer to Bishop Niallan and part of Joram’s staff.*

  ROBEAR, Sir—a senior knight loyal to Javan.

  ROBERT Oriss, Archbishop—see Oriss, Archbishop Robert.

  SEANNA—younger sister of Jesse.

  SERAFIN, Brother—Inquisitor General of the Custodes Fidei.

  SIGHERE, Lord—Earl of Marley; brother of Hrorik and uncle of Duke Graham.

  SINCLAIR—surname of the Earls of Tarleton.

  SITRIC—Rhun’s pet Deryni.

  SIXTUS, Father—elderly priest in Hubert’s service.

  SORLE Dalriada, Sir—age 25; formerly squire to King Cinhil.

  STACIA, Lady—age 12; daughter of Hrorik and Sudrey; Heiress of Eastmarch.*

  STEVANUS, Master—Custodes battle surgeon at Culdi.

  SUDREY of Rhorau, Lady—niece of Termod of Rhorau and therefore a distant cousin of Mark of Festil; as wife of Hrorik, Countess of Eastmarch.*

  SYLVAN O’Sullivan—former battle-surgeon/Healer in Gregory’s household; now part of Revan’s baptizer team; one of three known Deryni with ability to block Deryni powers.

  TAMBERT Fitz-Arthur-Quinnell, Duke—age 3; First Duke of Cassan; son of Princess Anne and Fane Fitz-Arthur.

  TAMMARON Fitz-Arthur, Earl—Chancellor of Gwynedd and a former regent of King Alroy; father of Fane and grandfather of Duke Tambert.

  TAVIS O’Neill—former Healer to Prince Javan; now a part of Revan’s baptizer team; one of three known Deryni with ability to block Deryni powers.

  THURYN—surname of Rhys; see Evaine and Rhys.

  TOMAIS d’Edergoll, Sir—age 20; formerly squire to Prince Rhys Michael.

  TREY, Bishop Niallan—see Niallan Trey, Bishop.

  UDAUT, Lord—Constable of Gwynedd; father of Lirin.

  URSIN O’Carroll—formerly Manfred’s pet Deryni; stripped of his powers by Revan; a failed Healer.

  WILLIAM of Desse—Master of the Works, Rhemuth.

  * An asterisk indicates a character mentioned only in passing, possibly deceased.

  APPENDIX II

  INDEX OF PLACES

  ALL SAINTS’ CATHEDRAL—seat of the Archbishop of Valoret, Primate of All Gwynedd.

  BELDOUR—capital of Torenth.

  CAERRORIE—Camber’s principal residence as Earl of Culdi, a few hours’ ride northeast of Valoret; now the seat of Manfred MacInnis, Earl of Culdi of the second creation.

  CARTHANE—Murdoch’s earldom, south of Rhemuth, whose capital is Nyford.

  CASHIEN—episcopal see to the west of Rhemuth.

  CASSAN—former petty princedom ruled by Prince Ambert Quinnell; now a duchy of Gwynedd under its first duke, Tambert Fitz-Arthur-Quinnell.

  CLAIBOURNE—principal city of Old K
heldour and first duchy of Gwynedd; seat of Graham, Third Duke of Claibourne.

  CONNAIT, The—barbarian kingdom to the west, famous for its mercenaries.

  COR CULDI—hereditary ancestral seat of the Earls of Culdi, near the city of Culdi, on the Gwynedd-Meara border.

  DESSE—port town south of Rhemuth.

  DHASSA—traditionally neutral episcopal see east of Rhemuth, in the Lendour Mountains.

  EASTMARCH—earldom held by Hrorik, middle son of Duke Sighere of Kheldour.

  EBOR—earldom north of Valoret, formerly held by Gregory, now in abeyance.

  GRECOTHA—university city, former site of the Varnarite School; seat of the Bishop of Grecotha.

  GWYNEDD—central of the Eleven Kingdoms and hub of Haldane power since 645, when the first Haldane High King began to unify the area; seat of the Festillic Dynasty, 822–904; restored to the Haldane line in 904 with the accession of Cinhil Haldane.

  HORTHNESS—Barony of Rhun the Ruthless.

  HOWICCE—kingdom to the southwest of Gwynedd; loosely allied with Llannedd.

  KHELDISH RIDING—viceregality broken off Kheldour after its annexation by Duke Sighere and King Cinhil in 906.

  KHELDOUR—small kingdom north of Gwynedd, now comprising the Duchy of Claibourne and the Earldoms of Marley and Eastmarch.

  KIERNEY—earldom north of Culdi.

  LLANNEDD—kingdom southwest of Gwynedd; loosely allied with Howicce.

  MARBURY—episcopal see in the earldom of Marley.

  MARLEY—small earldom carved out of Eastmarch for Sighere, youngest son of Duke Sighere.

  MARLOR—barony of Manfred MacInnis.

  MEARA—kingdom/princedom northwest of Gwynedd; nominally a vassal state of Gwynedd.

  MOORYN—province at the far south of Gwynedd, including Carthmoor and Corwyn.

  NYFORD—port city south of Rhemuth, seat of the Earls of Carthane; episcopal see for Carthane.

  RAMOS—abbey town southwest of Valoret; birthplace of Paulin Sinclair; convening place of the Council of Ramos, winter of 917–918.

  RHEMUTH—ancient capital of Gwynedd under the Haldanes; abandoned during the Festillic Interregnum; restored under Cinhil and Alroy; secondary archbishopric for Gwynedd, junior to Valoret.