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Appendices

 

These appendices are not comprehensive, and only collect information that is available in the book, for easy reference.

Recurring Characters in order of appearance:

(Ages, appearances, and titles are given as they were the time of each character’s first appearance.)

Yazadril, Prince of The High People

Description: male Mountain Elf, 140 cm tall, average build, initially long white hair and beard, by chapter 4 dark steely gray hair and clean-shaven, 8476 years old.

Introduced: At the beginning of Blessings Of A Curse

 

Mark Longstrider

Description: male Human, 251 cm tall, moderately muscular, black hair, blue eyes, 17 years old.

Introduced: Chapter 1 of Blessings Of A Curse

 

Dilimon, Sentry of The High People

Description: male Mountain Elf, 140 cm tall, sandy brown hair, brown eyes, 293 years old.

Introduced: Chapter 1 of Blessings Of A Curse

 

Yalla, Sentry Wizard of The High People, fiance of Dilimon

Description: female Mountain Elf, 135 cm tall, brown hair, green eyes, 405 years old.

Introduced: Chapter 1 of Blessings Of A Curse

 

Mark’s deceased family and neighbors from Shinosa Valley; his little sister Shelvy, his younger brother Steb, father Markhan, his mother Helem, his girlfriend Marja Dobbim, Dob Jorman the miller, Dob’s son Verk.

 

Alilia, Princess of the People of Life

Description: female Forrest Elf, 137 cm tall, slim, white hair, brown eyes, 4856 years old.

Introduced: Chapter 1 of Blessings Of A Curse

 

Theramin, Senior Wizard of The High People

Description: male Mountain Elf, 132 cm tall, stout, grey hair and beard, green eyes.

Introduced: Chapter 2 of Blessings Of A Curse

 

Nemia, Senior Wizard of The High People, wife of Yazadril

Description: female Mountain Elf , 133 cm tall, slim, curly blond hair, light blue eyes. 258 years old.

Introduced: Chapter 2 of Blessings Of A Curse

 

Talia, Daughter of Yazadril and Nemia

Description: female Mountain Elf , 134 cm tall, slim, wavy blond hair, blue eyes, 29 years old.

Introduced: Chapter 2 of Blessings Of A Curse

 

Dalia, Daughter of Yazadril and Nemia

Description: female Mountain Elf , 134 cm tall, slim, wavy blond hair, blue eyes, 29 years old.

Introduced: Chapter 2 of Blessings Of A Curse

 

Bezedil, Son of Alilia and Gorsh

Description: male Forrest Elf, 139 cm tall, dark brown hair, brown eyes, 38 years old

Introduced: Chapter 2 of Blessings Of A Curse

 

Hilsith, Senior Healer of The Warm People

Description: female Polar Elf, 133 cm tall, bluish white hair and skin, very light gray eyes, 716 years old.

Introduced: Chapter 2 of Blessings Of A Curse

 

Jaromir, Prince of The Elves of Thon

Description: male Plains Elf, 167 cm tall, dark brown hair and eyes

Introduced: Chapter 5 of Blessings Of A Curse; Mark and Talia’s wedding

 

Yzell, Midwife of The High People, wife of Theramin

Description: female Mountain Elf, 134 cm tall, auburn hair, green eyes

Introduced: Chapter 5 of Blessings Of A Curse; Mark and Talia’s wedding

 

Balen, Wizard in training of The High People, The Volunteers

Description: female Mountain Elf, 120 cm tall, bright red hair, green eyes, 19 years old

Introduced: Chapter 5 of Blessings Of A Curse; Mark and Talia’s wedding

 

Gorsh, Wizard of The People Of Life, husband of Alilia.

Description: male Forrest Elf, 171 cm tall, blond hair, blue eyes, 4856 years old.

Introduced: Chapter 5 of Blessings Of A Curse; Mark and Talia’s wedding

 

Silaran, Warrior of The People of Morning

Description: male Unicorn, 287 cm high at the shoulder, 353 cm tall in relaxed stance, the heavy build of a war-horse, brilliant white with pink hooves, mane, and tail, a dark pink spiraled horn, and light pink eyes.

Introduced: Chapter 5 of Blessings Of A Curse; Mark and Talia’s wedding

 

Kragorram, Warrior of Xervian Draconia.

Description: male Dragon, 62.2 meters long, muscular, crimson red, 0.7 cm average scale diameter, gold eyes, rearward-pointing horns over his eyes 215 cm long, a 150cm beard.

Introduced: Chapter 5 of Blessings Of A Curse; Mark and Talia’s wedding

 

Povon, Sorcerer-Magician of Xervian Draconia, mated to Kragorram.

Description: female Dragon, 35.4 meters long, slim, silver, 5 cm average scale diameter, blue eyes, blue claws

Introduced: Chapter 5 of Blessings Of A Curse; Mark and Talia’s wedding

 

Sheramiv, Financial Privy Secretary of the Civic Authority of Bojoston, Thon, The Atoning.

Description: female Plains elf, 138 cm tall, dark brown hair, dark eyes.

Introduced: Chapter 6 of Blessings Of A Curse, at the building of The Living Palace

 

Zayobod, junior Wizard of The High People, The Volunteers

Description: male Mountain Elf, 141 cm tall, blond hair, blue eyes, 24 years old

Introduced: Chapter 6 of Blessings Of A Curse, at the building of The Living Palace

 

Holanam, junior Wizard of The High People, The Volunteers

Description: male Mountain Elf, 136 cm tall, black hair, brown eyes, 22 years old

Introduced: Chapter 6 of Blessings Of A Curse, at the building of The Living Palace

 

Equemev, Fifteenth Ranked Sorcerer of The People of Morning

Description: female Unicorn, Thoroughbred build, 183 cm high at the shoulder, 230 cm tall in relaxed stance, black with silver horn, eyes, eyelashes, hooves, mane and tail

Introduced: Chapter 6 of Blessings Of A Curse, at The Living Palace

 

Tithian, First Sorcerer and First Magician of The People of Morning, Seer and Oracle, Chief Justicer of The Grand Council of Xervia.

Description: female Unicorn, Thoroughbred build, 183 cm high at the shoulder, 230 cm tall in relaxed stance, black with silver horn, eyes, eyelashes, hooves, mane and tail, graying muzzle

Introduced: Chapter 6 of Blessings Of A Curse, at The Living Palace

 

Somonik, Speaker for The Circle of Ninety-Nine; ruling council of the dragons of Xervia, First Speaker of The Grand Council of Xervia

Description: male Dragon, 19.5 meters long, white, purple eyes, burned on right side wing, arm, face, and chest, 63,456,251 years old

Introduced: Chapter 8 of Blessings Of a Curse; first meeting of The Just Alliance.

 

Grakonexikaldoron, Chronicler for The Circle of Ninety-Nine, prominent astronomer of Xervia

Description: female Dragon,  58.8 meterslong, all gold, 

Introduced: Chapter 8 of Blessings Of a Curse; first meeting of The Just Alliance.

 

Osbald the Eighth, Emperor of the Humans of Thon

Description: male Human, 188 cm tall, slim, square shouldered, steel gray eyes and hair, 487 years old

Introduced: Chapter 8 of Blessings Of a Curse; first meeting of The Just Alliance.

 

Senchak, Lord of Overclan Beijur

Description: male Dwarf, 155 cm tall, 142 kg, long black hair and beard

Introduced: Chapter 8 of Blessings Of a Curse; first meeting of The Just Alliance.

 

The Lady Emeroth, Empress of Verzaclon

Description: female Giant, 4.25 meters tall, olive skin, black hair, 41 years old

Introduced: Chapter 8 of Blessings Of a Curse; first meeting of The Just Alliance.

 

Quewanak, Eldest of All.

Description: male dragon, 9.15 meters long (missing 275 cm of tail) green, about 122 million years old.

Introduced: Chapter 8 of Blessings Of a Curse; first meeting of The Just Alliance.

 

King Dren of Finitra

Description: male Human, 194 cm tall, slim, gray hair, brown eyes, 32 years old.

Introduced: Chapter 8 of Blessings Of a Curse; first meeting of The Just Alliance.

 

Kevim, Emperor of Sming

Description: male human, 166 cm tall, slim, short white hair and beard, 129 years old.

Introduced: Chapter 8 of Blessings Of a Curse; first meeting of The Just Alliance.

 

Ria, The Spirit of The First Sword of Visinniria

Description: rigid female plains elf, 148 cm tall, curly red hair, pale blue eyes – elvish rapier, plain silver furniture, forged steel blade

Introduced: Chapter 9 of Blessings Of A Curse; magic lessons at The Living Palace

 

Kalem, junior Wizard of The High People, The Volunteers

Description: female Mountain Elf, 127 cmtall, brown hair, brown eyes, 21 years old

Introduced: Chapter 10 of Blessings Of A Curse; the tour of the properties

 

Relgemit, General of the Imperial Armies of Kuth, The Atoning

Description: male Plains Elf, 149 cm inches tall, graying dark brown hair, hazel eyes

Introduced: Chapter 10 of Blessings Of A Curse; the tour of the properties

 

Joseth Narr, Foreman of Winghoof Estates, Colonel of The Imperial Cavalry of Sming (Retired)

Description: male human, 186 cm tall, dark brown hair and eyes, missing part of pinky finger.

Introduced: Chapter 10 of Blessings Of A Curse; the tour of the properties

 

Neela, First Goddess of Humans

Description: female human, 166 cm tall, straight black hair, black skin, and black eyes.  She appeared to be about thirty-five years old.

Introduced: Chapter 12 of Blessings Of A Curse; the first Manifestation at Royal Beach, Hilia

 

Visinniria, Elven Goddess of War

Description: female plains elf, 148 cm inches tall, curly red hair, pale blue eyes

Introduced: Chapter 12 of Blessings Of A Curse; the first Manifestation at Royal Beach, Hilia

 

Heklivmalgiso, First God Of Elves

Description: early elf, 146 cm tall, very long white hair and beard, blue eyes

Introduced: Chapter 12 of Blessings Of A Curse; the first Manifestation at Royal Beach, Hilia

 

Falgaroth, Eighth God of The People Of Morning

Description: male Unicorn, 367 cm high at the shoulder, 475 cm tall in relaxed stance, all blue, heavy build of a Clydesdale war-horse

Introduced: Chapter 12 of Blessings Of A Curse; the first Manifestation at Royal Beach, Hilia

 

Amirgath, First God Of Dragons

Description: male dragon, 127.25 meters long, appears composed of quicksilver

Introduced: Chapter 12 of Blessings Of A Curse; the first Manifestation at Royal Beach, Hilia

 

Glup, God of The Zurb, first god on Kellaran

Description: somewhat like a glossy black lobster over 3.7 meters in length, three pairs of symmetrical claws, six pairs of legs, twelve pairs of antennas were arranged in two rows down the back of his head and thorax.

Introduced:; the first Manifestation at Royal Beach, Hilia

 

Prince Reen, Squire and covert agent of Sming

Description: male human, 171 cm tall, slim, dark brown hair and eyes, 16 years old

Introduced: Chapter 13 of Blessings Of A Curse, at The Emperor’s Palace in Latrel, Sming

 

Junior Liutenant Nek Sibook, of Sming

Description: female human, 169 cm tall, black eyes, black skin and short black hair

Introduced: Chapter 13 of Blessings Of A Curse, at Norka’s Palace of Refreshments in Latrel, Sming

 

Zone Inspector Rayn, of Finitra, J.A. Anti-Conspiracy Brigade

Description: male human, 175 cm tall, light reddish-blond hair, blue eyes, ruddy skin, late twenties or early thirties

Introduced: Chapter 13 of Blessings Of A Curse, at Norka’s Palace of Refreshments in Latrel, Sming

 

Mark’s  Belinhome Finitran family: his mom’s sister aunt Tilfi, her husband Birg, Paternal Granpa Mark, Granma Sana, Uncle Wittan 40, wife Karna, son Dren 22, new wife Mandri 21, daughter Petha 19, Aunt Sannen 32, husband Dalev, daughter Migby 12, son Jind 9, Uncle Petro 31, wife Nilla, daughter Vimma 6, son Bano 4

Description:  every Longstrider male is very similar, with brown hair, the same muscular build, and the adults among them are uniformly within 2 cm of 2.3 meters tall

Introduced: Chapter 14 of Blessings Of A Curse, at Mark’s grandfather’s estate in Belinhome Finitra, Mark’s 17th birthday

 

Mandri, Battle Wizard of Finitra, girlfriend of Dren Longstrider

Description: female human, 151 cm tall, slim, blond hair, hazel eyes, 21 years old

Introduced: Chapter 14 of Blessings Of A Curse, at the couples’ tournament at Hilia for Mark’s 17th birthday

 

Dulyamil, business person from Kuth

Description: plains elf, 167 cm tall, 80 kg, very muscular,

Introduced: Chapter 14 of Blessings Of A Curse, at the couples’ tournament at Hilia for Mark’s 17th birthday

 

Meri, Countess of Bingok, Kuth

Description:  female human, 195 cm tall, very fit, long light-red hair,

Introduced: Chapter 14 of Blessings Of A Curse, at the couples’ tournament at Hilia for Mark’s 17th birthday

 

Zarkog, Dragon Lord of Serminak

Description: male dragon, 188.7 meters in length, black, silver on the edges of his scales and the tips of his horns and dorsal spines, with gold eyes, claws, eyebrow ridges, teeth, and the scales over his wing-bones.

Introduced: Chapter 15 of Blessings Of A Curse, the Meeting of the Alliance for diplomacy with Serminak

 

First Burgundy, Triax God of Hiding

Description: male Triax; “It was roughly a triangle with curved edges.   Its form was forty-five centimeters long and twenty-five wide, with a surface like burgundy velvet on its top side, white velvet on the bottom.  It was generally flat, being about an three centimeters thick in the center, and paper thin at the edges.  The closest of the three sides was shorter than the other two, and just above the middle of that edge were three small round eyes, each a different color, themselves arranged in a triangle and spaced two centimeters apart.  The foremost eye was blue, the right-rear one green, and the left-rear one red.  They blinked often and with independent timing in a disconcerting manner.  The skin around them formed circular eyelids and the opening between them remained circular as they irised open and closed.  Just below the front edge of the creature under the eyes was a five centimeter wide horizontal slit that might have been a mouth.  The creature’s edges rippled gently as it regarded them.”

Introduced: Chapter 16 of Blessings Of A Curse, the great chase

 

Empress Honey, ruler of The Swarm

Description: female insectoid, 182 cm high with legs fully extended, 274 cmlong, 366 cm wingspan, coppery body like a wasp, transparent wings of a dragonfly, vertically-moving bottom jaw

Introduced: Chapter 18 of Blessings Of A Curse, at the Swarm preserve, Xervia

 

Zwak Deathbringer, General of Seminak

Description: male Sylvan, 222 cm tall, long black hair, yellow slitted eyes

Introduced: Chapter 20 of Blessings Of A Curse, the victory celebration

 

First Mauve, Triax God of Intelligence

Description: female Triax, 8.5 meters long, mauve top, white bottom, scarred by demon-fire, forward eye replaced by a diamond sphere

Introduced: Chapter 20 of Blessings Of A Curse, the victory celebration

 

First Aquamarine, Triax God of Power

Description: male Triax, 195 meters long, aquamarine top, white bottom, scarred by demon-fire, missing a 6 meter wide notch from his trailing edge

Introduced: Chapter 20 of Blessings Of A Curse, the victory celebration

 

Historical events:

7 billion years ago; the formation of Kellaran.

6 billion years ago; the first single-celled life appears on Kellaran.

4 billion years ago; the first complex life appears on Kellaran.

400 million years ago; the emergence of the Zurb, aquatics, the first intelligent social life on Kellaran.

250 million years ago; the emergence of the dragons.

45 million years ago; the emergence of the Unicorns.

40 million years ago; the signing of the Pact of Kraka.

10 million years ago; the emergence of the humans.

7.465 million years ago; the first demon war.

511 thousand years ago; The Conquests of Verzaclon.

237 thousand years ago; the emergence of the elves.

47 thousand years ago; The War of the Segregation.

30 thousand years ago; The Withdrawal of the Old Gods.

5 thousand years ago; the last Sylvan war.

 

Geography

Kellaran is over twenty-eight thousand leagues in circumference, that’s one hundred and thirty-five thousand kilometers. 

 

Continents:

Debivin, continent of Humans

Kletiuk, continent of Dwarves

Serminak, continent of the Sylvan and Dark Dragons

Felion, continent of Giants and Gnomes

Xervia, continent of Unicorns, Just Dragons, Gargoyles, Selkies, and The Hidden Nation

 

Nations of the elves and their rulers:

 

Mountain elves:

The High People (Debivin): Prince Yazadril.

The People of Clouds (Debivin): Prince Semenir.

The Thundering Escarpment (Kletiuk): Princess Wakeen.

The Lava Shapers (Xervia): Princess Jmia.

 

Forrest elves:

The People of Life (Debivin): Princess Alilia.  Heartwood

 

Polar elves:

The Warm People (Debivin): Princess Pimall

 

Plains elves:

Thon (Debivin, Bojoston) Prince Jaromir

Kuth (Debivin) Prince Fayam

Sming (Debivin, Latrel) Prince Gotimin

 

Tropical elves:

The Stone Islands: Princess Binyacim

The Fisher Folk (Debivin) Princess Wemetik

The Dakrin Cliffs (Kletiuk) Prince Himo

The People of Rain (Felion,) Prince Dizil. 

 

The Sea People, elves:

Of Debivin Prince Fdek

Of Kletiuk Princess Bluvi

Of Felion Princess Sfosil

Of Xervia Prince Wraftin

 

Nations of humans:

Thon: Emperor Osbald IIX.

Kuth

Sming: Emperor Kevim.

Finitra:  King Wittan, Dren.

Membitra:  King Raznoran

Iktra

Bhia: King Karbof

Taldria

Luffan

Venak: King Sorrin, Kenem

Yazzak: King Tethenir

Nipukbu: Chieftain Pumbowmbo

Simifilibufitu: Chieftess Tocobimina

 

Nation of Dwarves:

Overclan Bejiur: OverLord Senchak.

 

Nations of Gnomes:

Enj: King Wosea

 

Nations of Giants:

Verzaclon: Empress Emeroth

 

Populations as they were known at the beginning of Book 1:

exactly nine million, nine hundred and ninety-nine thousand, nine hundred and ninety-nine dragons, a bit more than half on Serminak, the rest in Xervia

three and a half million elves

one hundred and fifty million giants

two hundred million unicorns

three hundred and fifty million gargoyles

five hundred million Selkies

six hundred million Sylvan

one billion, two hundred million dwarves

two billion gnomes

four billion two hundred and fifty million humans

four hundred million of hidden races gnome to unicorn size

two billion of the hidden races who are smaller than a gnome.

Total about eleven billion.

 

In their own languages;

Giants refer to their own race as the Shiganzhu

Gnomes refer to their own race as the Bojudai

Dwarves refer to their own race as the Kleti

Gargoyles refer to their own race as the Kwetkerthok

 

The Old Gods:

“Two of the gods were born as elves, a male (Heklivmalgiso) and a female (Visinniria),  Five were giants, seven were gnomes, nine were Sylvan, twelve were dwarves, fifteen were humans (Neela), twenty one were unicorns (Falgaroth), and one hundred sixty-three were dragons (Amirgath)  As well, one was of a race from the bottom of the sea with a look somewhat like a lobster, the sole remainder of a people that hasn’t existed on this world for four hundred million years (Glup of the Zurb).  Those we know of with certainty, but others we know little of.  And there were some that we know nothing about, except that some of those were of the hidden races of Xervia.”

 

The Prerquisites for Divinity;

Instantaneous Interplanetary Telepathy, Instantaneous Interplanetary Teleportation, World Encompassing Awareness and Mental Capacity, True Imortality, Restore the Dead, World Threatening Power, Multiple Simultaneous Manifestations, Freedom From Physical Manifestation.

 

Credits and Acknowledgements

Cover design by Norman Imbong & Wayne Edward Clarke

Original cover artwork by Bob Orsillo/Shutterstock.com

Maps by Wayne Edward Clarke & Dana Robinson

Wayne Edward Clarke Publishing is;

Wayne Edward Clarke, Publisher, Editor, Author, Cover Designer

Our thanks to our Editors and Proof-Readers:

Bob Ross, Don Judis, Mike Giroux, Traci Lee,

And especially Soronel Haetir.