A Time of Exile - Katharine Kerr [193]
And far away to the north, on a rocky ledge high up a mountain that no human eyes had ever seen, a sleeping dragon stirred and whimpered in a sudden nightmare.
Appendices
INCARNATIONS OF THE VARIOUS
CHARACTERS THROUGHOUT THE
DEVERRY SERIES
(Each column is one soul; each line, one story.)
POLITICAL CHRONOLOGY
OF THE KINGDOMS OF DEVERRY AND
ELDIDD
-8. The People of Bel flee Northern Gaul by magical means after Vindex’s failed rebellion against the Emperor Nero and arrive in their new world.
-5. The destruction of the Seven Cities of the western elves by the people known as the Gel da’Thae, the Horse Kin.
Year 1. Founding of the Holy City of Dun Deverry after King Bran sees the omen of the White Sow.
2-254. Dynasty of the White Mare. Direct rule of King Bran’s descendants as the small colonies around Dun Deverry spread and expand up and down the Belaver. Cerrmor founded in 25, Lughcarn in 106.
54-297. First Interregnum. Death of Bran’s last lineal descendant touches off the fighting, which eventually the Striking Wyvern clan wins. In disgust, the Hippogriff clan, accompanied by the men of the Dragon, leaves to found its own kingdom in Eldidd.
98-402. Dynasty of the Striking Wyvern. Expansion continues rapidly. Colonies in Cantrae and Gwaentaer as well as the founding of many cities and towns in Deverry proper. By the 380s the population spread reaches the Eldidd border. Bitter fighting over the defining of that border brings down Wyvern rule.
301. After much searching for omens, Cynaeval of the Hippogriff clan founds a royal city in Abernaudd.
302. Cadvaenan of the Dragon founds Aberwyn. Since he is Cynaeval’s foster brother and much the younger to boot, he cedes the kingship to the Hippogriff. This arrangement lasts until Cadvaenan’s death in suspicious circumstances some fifteen years later.
317-322. Civil war in Eldidd. At the end, the Hippogriff clan is the sole royal clan in Eldidd, but the name of the Dragon is allowed to live on for sentimental reasons.
403-600. Age of the Warring Clans. To some scholars, the Second Interregnum, it is not so much a true civil war, as there is always a titular king in Dun Deverry, as a time when the Great Clans do pretty much as they please. There is enough empty land available to make the constant fighting possible without tearing the society apart, as those who prefer peace simply move away from disputed territory. In this period Gwaentaer is heavily colonized; the population builds along the iron routes down from Cerrgonney; there is even limited settlement in the Auddglyn.
Early 400s. In Eldidd, settlers to the north and the far west make the first contact with the elves, who withdraw to the west rather than fight over territory that they’ve barely settled.
558. First contact with Bardek, when a group of Deverry merchants, bound for Eldidd, are blown off course and carried to the far islands.
602. After many years of fighting, Adoryc I founds the dynasty of the Blue Wyvern, the first effectual dynasty in some two hundred years. His power is based on a coalition of the rising new merchant class, the priests of Bel and Wmm, and the lesser clans. Concessions to his allies include royal support of the new Bardek trade and a royal ban against head-hunting. He also divides the estates of some the conquered Great Clans to reward the lesser, among them the Falcons, Boars, and Wolves.
621. Adoryc II, Galrion’s father, ascends the throne.
655. Last time a warrior is ritually beheaded for taking an enemy head.
610-664. In general, this is a time of prosperity, relative peace, and growing trade with Bardek. The kingdom of Eldidd, however, begins to spread east rather than north, and border clashes are common along the Girysbel range.
665-676. First Eldidd War. The boundary is eventually settled as running down the middle of