The Sable Moon
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EMRIST: a Tokarian magician.
FRECA: the name Trevyn was given in Tokar, elfin for “Brave One.”
GWERN: alder-son and son of earth; Trevyn’s wyrd.
HAL: Sunset King, Very King, healer, bard and seer, Alan’s brother and fellow ruler at Laueroc.
HAU FERDDAS: elfin for Mighty Protector, Peace-Friend. The magical sword of Lyrdion, dangerous in its own right and darkened through the ages by the deeds of the men who used it.
HERNE: first of the Eastern Kings; invader of Isle.
ISCOVAR: Hal’s purported father, the last of the hated Eastern kings who ruled at Nemeton.
ISLE: a water-ringed land that stands as a rampart between Elwestrand and the shadowed east.
KET THE RED: onetime outlaw, later seneschal of Laueroc.
LAUEROC: originally, Laveroc—that is to say, City of Meadowlarks. Founded by Cuin; longtime home of the High Kings. Later, court city of the Sun Kings.
LEUIN: seventh lord of Laueroc under the Eastern kings. Alan’s father; Hal’s actual father.
LYRDION: an isolated ruin along the northwest coast of Isle, once home of a dragon-king and his dragon-lords.
LYSSE: Alan’s wife, Trevyn’s mother. An elf and a seeress.
MAEVE: Emrist’s sister; also an aspect of the goddess.
MARROK: Herne’s sorcerer.
MEGAN: Trevyn’s beloved; also, the maidenly aspect of the goddess.
MELIDWEN: a name for the Goddess of Many Names, applied to her aspect as maiden and crescent moon.
MENWY: Goddess of the Sable Moon, better known as the Black Virgin of the Gypsies.
MIRELDEYN: Hal’s elfin name, meaning “Elf-Man, Elf-Master.”
NEMETON: a city near the mouth of the Black River where the Eastern Kings, the invaders, ruled.
PEL BLAGDEN: the Mantled God, Lord of the Dead, whom Bevan vanquished.
RAFE: Hal’s friend and captain, later lord of Lee.
RHEGED: king of Tokar.
ROBIN: Hal’s companion and Corin’s foster brother, later lord of Firth.
ROSEMARY: Hal’s wife, the Lady of Celydon.
TOKAR: a country to the eastward of Isle, separated from it by the southern sea.
TREVYN: Alan’s son, Prince of Isle and Welas, heir of the Sun Kings.
VERAN: a scion of Bevan, called back to Isle from Elwestrand; the first of the Blessed Kings of Welas.
VERAN’S MOUNTAIN: the tallest mountain in Welas, on top of which nestles the Eagle Valley, where the elves lived.
WAEL: a sorcerer, high priest of the Wolf cult, enemy of Isle. Formerly Waverly.
WAVERLY: Iscovar’s sorcerer and chamberlain.
WELAS: the western portion of Isle, beyond the Gleaming River, where a different language is spoken.
WELDEN: the Elde Castle, founded by Veran upon the Gleaming River; court city of the Blessed Kings.
WYNNDA: the immortal white winged horse that served Adaoun.
YUM: an immortal weaving seeress.
Glossary of Terms
Amaranth: a reddish-purple flower that never dies.
Asphodel: a white, lilylike flower that grows only in magical climes.
Athane: the black-handled sword used by sorcerers for sacrifice and for tracing the mystic circle.
Elf-ship: a graceful, gray, sailless boat made of living wood, moving swiftly and of its own volition, homing to Elwestrand. Attributed to elves, but actually first created and ridden by Bevan.
Elwedeyn: an adjective describing something of the old order—loosely, elfin.
Hollow hills: the raths where the gods lived after they gave up the sunlit lands to the Mothers of men and before they followed Bevan to the Blessed Bay, where they became shades.
Laifrita thae: elfin for “sweet peace to thee”; a greeting.
Mandorla: the mystic almond, the shape where two circles overlap. An emblem of the union of opposites.
Mothers: the mortal women who succeeded the Mother Goddess Duv and her children, the gods.
Plinset: a Welandais stringed musical instrument.
Sister-son: in the old style of reckoning descent through the woman, a man’s heir.
Star-son: a wanderer from Otherness; a stranger in the midst of men who later leaves them.
Veran’s crown: a healing flower, very rare after the Eastern invasion. Also called Elfin Gold, Veran’s Balm.
Wyrd: the fate within, the dark twin, the rival.
About the Author
Nancy Springer is the award-winning author of more than fifty books, including the Enola Holmes and Rowan Hood series and a plethora of novels for all ages, spanning fantasy, mystery, magic realism, and more. She received the James Tiptree, Jr. Award for Larque on the Wing and the Edgar Award for her juvenile mysteries Toughing It and Looking for Jamie Bridger, and she has been nominated for numerous other honors. Springer currently lives in the Florida Panhandle, where she rescues feral cats and enjoys the vibrant wildlife of the wetlands.
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