Paladin of Souls - Lois McMaster Bujold [0]
of
Souls
Lois McMaster Bujold
Dedication
For Sylvia Kelso,
syntax wrangler and
Ista partisan first class
Contents
Dedication
HarperCollins E-book Extras
The Keys to Chalion:
A Dictionary of People, Places, and Things
Chalion Miscellany
Chapter One
Ista leaned forward between the crenellations atop. . .
Chapter Two
Ista sat in her mother’s rose arbor, twisting a fine. . .
Chapter Three
Ista spent the early morning sorting through. . .
Chapter Four
The next day’s riding began early and ran long. . .
Chapter Five
They lingered two more days in Casilchas, waiting. . .
Chapter Six
Liss was the first to get control of her mount and . . .
Chapter Seven
Ista stood in her stirrups, wrapped her dry tongue. . .
Chapter Eight
In the face of this thundering conviction. . .
Chapter Nine
Ista clung to ferda’s elbow as he escorted her across. . .
Chapter Ten
Flanked by two smiling ladies-in-waiting, the young. . .
Chapter Eleven
Cattilara’s ladies wrapped ista in a graceful, gauzy. . .
Chapter Twelve
The room was lighter than she’d seen it in her vision. . .
Chapter Thirteen
The sun was barely over the horizon when lady. . .
Chapter Fourteen
Arhys’s smile grew fixed and wary. he regarded. . .
Chapter Fifteen
A pall was cast over porifors that evening. the castle’s. . .
Chapter Sixteen
Ista hurried under the archway into the entry court. . .
Chapter Seventeen
Foix, disquiet in his eyes, leaned his elbows on the. . .
Chapter Eighteen
Liss was brushing out Ista’s hair before bed, a task. . .
Chapter Nineteen
In the forecourt, ista was startled by the horse liss. . .
Chapter Twenty
A low moan broke from goram’s lips as he crouched. . .
Chapter Twenty-one
Cattilara’s chamber had much the same air. . .
Chapter Twenty-two
They crossed the court of the flowers and climbed. . .
Chapter Twenty-three
It was close to midnight before lord arhys went to. . .
Chapter Twenty-four
Ista’s aching legs pushed her up the narrow. . .
Chapter Twenty-five
Ista had just finished washing, or at least, cleaning. . .
Chapter Twenty-six
A wave of light passed along the deep violet cord be. . .
Chapter Twenty-seven
Lord dy baocia and ser dy ferrej led the rush to ista’s. . .
Chapter Twenty-eight
Arhys’s funeral took place the next morning. . .
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The Keys to Chalion:
A Dictionary of People, Places, and Things
Note: the descriptions in this document contain spoilers for various plot points in The Curse of Chalion and Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold. If you have not read the entirety of both books and do not wish to see such spoilers, you should stop reading now.
PRONUNCIATION KEY
ch = ch as in church
g = g as in girl
zh = s as in pleasure
oh = o as in go
aa = a as in as, or cat
ah = a as in father
are = air
ar = are
au = ou as in out
DEFINITIONS
Acolyte: An intermediate rank of members of a holy order, above a dedicat and below a divine.
Ajelo dy: (ah-ZHEH-lo, dee) Family of minor relatives of the provincars of Baocia.
Annaliss of Labran: (AH-nah-liss) Courier for the Chancellery of Chalion. Black hair, of medium height, 18 years old. Daughter of the holder of a small estate near Teneret.
Arbanos, Illvin dy: (ar-BAHN-ohs, ILL-vin dee) Master of horse for and half brother of Arhys dy Lutez. High forehead, frosted dark long hair worn in the Roknari style, dark eyes. Speaks Roknari fluently. About 39 years old.
Arbanos, Ser dy: (ar-BAHN-ohs, dee) The late castle warder of Porifors for Arvol dy Lutez. His mother was Roknari.
Archdivine: The person with highest and central administrative responsibility for a region of the Temple, including all the orders operating therein; in Chalion, there is one for each province, and their seat is normally in the provincial capital. Compare to divine.
Archipelago: See Roknar Archipelago.
Baocia: (bay-OH-see-ah) Centralmost province of Chalion. Cities: Valenda, Taryoon. The Baocian guard wears green and black.
Baocia, Provincar