Some names and miscellanea to help with pronunciation and to further understanding and enjoyment.

The 13 Elven Last-Born (Blue Leafs)

Billy Tipton (BILL-ee TIP-tun) – Elven name: Eruraine Qannoubine (air-ew-RAY-nee kahn-NOO-bi-nee); last-born of Cenedril; 2-teared mage; born 1 BB.

Cainna Bowfist (KAY-een-nah) – last-born of Qannoc; born 9 BB.

Dexter Rockshard (DECKS-tur ROK-shahrd) (often called ‘Dex’ or ‘Mighty Dex’) – last-born of Goneska; born 10 BB.

Ellessar Auvreatear (EL-lay-shar ouv-REE-ah-TEE-arr) – last-born royal of the Elven Forest; crown prince; husband of Sabrine Nani; leader of the Blue Leafs; born 12 BB.

Elmasri Redoak (elm-AZ-ree red-oke) – last born of Anfauglir; Monck Blue Bolt; thief-catcher; born 6 BB.

Elvenhawk Bourkan (BOOR-kan) – last-born of Nermi; first last-born to befriend Chork; born 1 BB.

Ian Thalor (EE-ahn TAWL’-or) – last-born of Lond’enThann: born 13 BB.

Jesy Thistlebloom – last-born of Helegorod; born 10 BB.

Lindalas Windburner – last-born of Tolen’Sul, born 9 BB.

Lye Tella’estela Hummien’dulin (lie TAY-luh ess-STELL-yuh hoom-me-en-DOOL-een) – loosely translated as ‘Our Last Hope Hummingbird’; the very last elf born on Brehm in Emig; also known as ‘Chork’ and ‘The Last Born’; born Midsummer’s Day, ‘Day of the Blight’.

Peent Owl Xique (PEENT owl ZHI’-quay) (often called ‘Pox’) – last-born of AnnuiTyll; Tower Trained Master Archer; born 9 BB.

Sabrine ni’Nani Auvreatear (sah-BREEN nee-NAH-nee ouv-REE-ah-TEE-arr) – last-born royal of Ailinmar; princess; wife to Ellessar Auvreatear: born 9 BB.

Xon Mho (KSAHN MOUGH) – last-born of Bria; often greeted with the sound a cow makes; family brews Bog’s Beer; born 2 BB.

 

The 13 Elven Enclaves

Ailinmar (EH-lin-mahr) – Elven Enclave located in the Lake of Mirrors; site of Spellsinger; pop. ~30,000; est. 1850 BB.

Anfauglir (ahn-FOG-leer) – Elven Enclave located on the Sun’s Anvil; destroyed during the Lizardmen Wars in the 5th YOM; est. 987 BB.

AnnuiTyll (AHN-newie-til) – Elven Enclave located in the Sea of Storms west of the Tower of Learning; destroyed by storms in 1BB, est,584 BB.

Bria (BREE-uh) – Elven Enclave located at the Mud River mouth (‘The Bog’); pop. ~15,000; est. 662 BB.

Cenedril (SEN-uh-dril) – Elven Enclave located in the Forest of Dawn; pop. ~4,000; est. 995 BB.

Goneska (goh-NESS-kha) – Elven Enclave located west of the Elven Forest on coast of the Peaceful Sea; abandoned in 9 BB; est. 1628 BB.

Elven Forest – Elven Enclave located west of the Monck River; largest and first Enclave; pop. ~100,000+, est. ‘Day of Birth’.

Emig (EM-mick) – Elven Enclave located roughly in the center of Brehm; pop. ~800.; est. 152 BB.

Helegorod (HELLA-goh’-rohd) – Elven Enclave located in the Ice Mountains; abandoned in the 2nd YOM; est. 380 BB,

Lond’enThann (LAHNED-en-thahn) – Elven Enclave located on Forgotten Island; destroyed by minotaurs and basilisks in 7 BB; est. 306 BB.

Nermi (Nair-me) – Elven Enclave north of the Lake of Mirrors; abandoned in the 12th YOM; est. 503 BB.

Qannoc (KAN-nek) – Elven Enclave located on the southern tip of the Sun’s Anvil; destroyed by earthquake, the 3rd YOM; est. 1143 BB.

Tolen’Sul (TOE-lehn-shool) – Elven Enclave located off the south tip of Brehm in the Sea of Troubles; destroyed by tsunami in the 2nd YOM; est. 850 BB.

 

The Hummingbird Wizards

Gildona Lingan (Gill-DOE-nuh LEEN-gain) – Hummingbird Wizard and tobacco farmer; lives near Gruene’s Crossovers; possess an untold number of magical abilities; race – unknown; age – unknown.

Jarel Marix (Jay-RELL May-RICKS) – Hummingbird Wizard and inventor of cigars; possess an untold number of magical abilities; race – unknown; age – unknown.

Mathieu Wye (MATT-you WHY) – Hummingbird Wizard and musician; missing an arm and a leg; lives in Three Points, Giran; possess an untold number of magical abilities; race – unknown; age – unknown.

Paul Keyes (PAY-ool KAY-ess) – Hummingbird Wizard and woodworker; lives at the Starling’s Song Inn in Giran; possess an untold number of magical abilities; race – unknown; age – unknown.

Timo Koira (TEE-moh KOI-ruh) – Hummingbird Wizard and breeder of dogs, wolves, and dire wolves; lives in the foothills of the southern Aril Mountains; possess an untold number of magical abilities; race – unknown; age – unknown.

 

Villains

Argonill N’Vaa (ARE-gone-ill NUH-vaw) – Scosani sorcerer responsible only to Emperor Jolph Rhince; also know as the Yellow Prophet; trained in the Tower of Sorcery; full magical abilities unknown; birth date unknown.

Blithe Donty (BLEITH DAWN-tee) – Scosani sorceress responsible only to Emperor Jolph Rhince; keen knowledge of herbs and alchemy; full magical abilities unknown; birth date unknown.

Cuadrilla Ode N’Jaa (KWAH-drill-yah ODE Nuh’JAW) – Scosani arch-sorceress responsible only to Emperor Jolph Rhince; trained in the Tower of Sorcery; full magical abilities unknown; birth date unknown.

Gary Bell – former Monck Blue Bolt; murderer of Edmod; traitor of Kent; executed by The Last Born.

‘ib Arari (IB-uh-RARE-ree) Siblings – Clianore (CLEE-uh-nor), Lesar (LESS-er), and Nav; servants to N’Jaa; possess minor magical abilities; birth dates unknown.

Jolph Rhince (JOULLF RINSE) – Celebrated Emperor of the Boundless Scosa Empire; Generous and Magnanimous Father to the Scosani Peoples; Eminent Sorcerer Deluxe; Exalted and Fearless Slayer of Pyrfurion; Remarkable Wielder of Hope Ender the Blade of Doom and Death; Patron and Shepherd of the Illustrious Tower of Infamy, and so on, ad nauseum. What more do you need to know?

Podes Buder (POH-dus BOO-der) – captain of the Gundo Ciora, a Scosani warship; husband to Sorceress Jana Serradool.

Ruby ‘t Marchet (RUE-bee tuh-MAR-shet) – assassin trained at the Onesill Medraza in Qannoc; mercenary hired by Jolph Rhince.

Seris N’Daa (SERE-iss NUH-daw) – Scosani arch-sorceress responsible only and cousin to Emperor Jolph Rhince; infiltrated the Tower of Learning by masquerading as Lugene Galvan; full magical abilities unknown; birth date unknown.

Timothy Barclay – former Monck Blue Bolt; traitor of Kent; presumed dead by The Last Born; bound by oath to N’Jaa.

Udo (YOU-doh) – Lord of Shadows; Lich responsible only to Emperor Jolph Rhince; overlord of the Tower of Sorcery; full magical abilities unknown; birth date unknown.

 

Supporting Characters

Animal

Baeid Mutasabiq (bah-EED MOO-tah-sah-BICK) – horse given by Mahdi ‘al Jusur to The Last Born; a dark brown horse with a white and brown spotted rump. “With an easy gait, a calm temperament even in battle, and a stamina unmatched by any stable in Donham … Far-rider in the Common Tongue. His ancestry has deep roots in the Moon’s Quench, where he and his kind are much-valued.”

Dirk – smallish dire wolf bred by Timo Koira; bonded and friend to the Last Born; “… fur so light gray it appears silver, Half the size of Maul, he stood nearly as tall, his slim body obviously built for speed. His eyes were a bright amber. Long white socks matched the tip of hit tail and the twitching tips of his ears.”

Gimlet – wolf-dog bred by Timo Koira; bonded and friend to The Last Born; “Gimlet was the taller by a knuckle and the wider by a hand. He was dark grey with a white fore chest and white socks. The tips of his ears and tail were black as night.”; killed at Little Creek in the 15th YOM.

Maul – massive dire wolf bred by Timo Koira; bonded and friend to the Last Born; “Massive, a dark grey male with a head the size of two hand spans. A dark brown stripe ran from his nose, between his bright green eyes, up over his head, along his spine to the tip of his tail. He had short socks the same color, which also tipped his ears. His pink tongue was as wide as Chork’s hand, and almost as thick.”

Slick – wolf-dog bred by Timo Koira; bonded and friend to the Last Born; “Slick had amber eyes and tan fur with cream undertones beneath. The tip of his tail was a dark brown, matching the tips of his ears.”; killed at Little Creek in the 15th YOM.

Dwarf

‘bran Mennun (BRAN MEN-nun) Twins – Citra (SIT-truh) and Sitca (SIT-cuh); owners of the Thirty Grouse Inn in Northbridge; friends to Billy Tipton and Peent Owl Xique.

Grimhide (GRIM-hide) Siblings – Nirgok (NUR-gock) and Thirgok (THUR-gock) – owners of the Freezing Finch Inn.

Threfrac Minemantle (threh-FAK MINE-man-tul) – merchant and caravan leader.

Vom Brickborn (FOM BRICK-born) – Guardian of the Holdfast, Mighty Orc-Slayer, King of Arilgirn.

Elf

Aolis ni’Adnada Bourkan (AY-oul-less nee AD-nah-da BOOR-kan) – a Nermi Elf; mother to Elvenhawk Bourkan; known for her bakery.

Bomelith Brethilthand (BOH-meh-LITH BREATH-al-HAND) – Prince of Cenedril and Guardian of the Forest of Dawn; one of only two elves to date knighted by the Order of the Knights of the Lily; hummingbird tattooed.

Connak Kinleth (KAHN-ack KIN-leth) – hostler and kennel ower; former friend to Elvenhawk Bourkan.

Ilthuryn Nani (ILL-thur-RINE NAH-nee) – Lord Steward (Nilaa) of Ailinmar; nephew of Taleisin Nani.

Marina Qannoubine (Muh-REEN-nuh kahn-NOO-bi-nee) – a powerful, 7-teared, elf mage from Cenedril; cousin to Prince Bomelith; aunt to Billy Tipton; birthdate unknown.

Saprine ni’Torwynn Nani (SAW-preen nee TOUR-win NAH-nee) – Holder of Hope, Princess of Ailinmar; wife to Taleisin Nani; mother to Sabrine ni’Nani Auvreatear.

Taleisin Nani (TAY-leh-ICE-sin NAH-nee) – Caretaker of Istalindir, Prince of Ailinmar; husband to Saprine ni’Torwynn; father to Sabrine ni’Nani Auvreatear.

Human

Aelmar Wuerst (AEEL-mahr VURST) – Kent Blue Bolt: excellent cook; master archer; friend and tutor to the Last Born.

Daniel Hooks – nicknamed ‘Hammers’ after singly slaying a brace of white tigers with two war hammers at age 10; portage captain along the Ice River; birthdate unknown.

Edmod Pelk (Ed-MODE PELK) – Kent Blue Bolt; second to Dame Pogi; friend and tutor of the Last Born; murdered by ‘Scary’ Gary Bell at Kent in the 15th YOM.

Gunter Taafe (GHUN-ter TAFF-ee) – Knight Commander of the Order of the Knights of the Lily; famous for his school for would-be knights on Gunter’s Island, located in the Sea of Troubles (only the ship’s crew is privy to the island’s location); four times a year on the ‘Tweener Days’ (days that fall between the Last True Day of one season and the First True Day of the next season – Ryluth 7, Kurgal 23, Balahziel 4, Arginoth 10) a ship appears on the ‘Pages’ Dock’ in Gooleport, Goole, to transport those chosen for training by Sir Gunter and his fellow ‘Knights Deluxe’; since the school has existed for hundreds of years, rumors say that the original Gunter is long dead and constant replacements assumes the role and name.

Harley’s Peaches – “a fierce band of mercenaries. The Peaches traced their beginning to the Goole Orchard Wars (~200 BB), a series of savage and costly battles among fruit orchard owners. To protect his peach trees and distilleries, Greyson Harley reinforced his pickers with a generous complement of sell-swords. This merciless group of thugs slashed and burned their way into Goole history and would have won Harley sole proprietorship of the realm’s fruit trade if not for a mule. The beast accidently kicked the drunken Harley to death.”

Mahdi ‘al Jusur – Fili owner of multiple inns and taverns in Donham, including the Canary’s Saucer; brother of Sa’Mael ‘al Jusur; benefactor and friend to The Last Born.

Osila Byd (OH-seal-lah BID) – owner of the Starling’s Song Inn in Giran; mother to Saylaso; friend to Paul Keyes and the Last Born.

Pogi Becker (POE-jee) – Dame by Order of the Knights of the Lily; appointed Defender and Protector of Kent by Lord Gidric Monck; daughter of Sir Pieter Becker; hummingbird tattooed; birth date unknown; died at Kent in the 15th YOM.

Sa’Mael ‘al Jusur (SAH-my-ell ahl ZHU-sewer) – Fili merchant who lives in Boerne.

Saylaso Byd (SAY-lasso BID) – artist and daughter to Osila; friend to Maul and Dirk; friend to Paul Keyes and the Last Born.

Shatayir Kitab – a cook employed at the Canary’s Saucer in Donham; purported to have invented the sandwich; friend of The Last Born and Elvenhawk.

Terilyn Rose (TERRA-lin ROHZE) – Her Majesty, Eldest Female of the House of Rose, Holder of the Alliance, Defender of the Pass, Queen of Giran; direct matrilineal descendant of Dorothea Rose; assumed the throne at age 6 upon the death of her mother, Iris; born 2 BB.

Places

Arilgirn (AHR-il-girn) – sole remaining dwarf holdfast on Brehm; located in the Aril (AHR-il) Mountains; current ruler – Vom Brickborn; known for quality of weapons, armor, gems, ores; “The dwarves hold their privacy tighter than their purses, and they clutch their purses tighter than a dead man.”; pop. Unknown; est. prior to 1900 BB.

Boerne (BERN-ee) – Wurmi town; located on the northeastern border of the Sun’s Anvil; adobe buildings; home to Sa’Mael ‘al Jusur, generally acknowledged prefect and renowned Fili trader; pop. ~5,000; est. unknown.

Donham (DOAN-hum) – a free city located at the confluence of the Ice, Whispering, and Monck Rivers; also called ‘The City of Bridges’ or ‘The Toll City’; pop. ~1 million; est. 1313 BB.

Giran (jih-RAN) – realm and capital city; Giran City located at the confluence of the Mud and Rose Rivers; matrilineal after the Rose Uprising in 459 BB; by royal decree, all positions of authority held by a woman; former capital city – Lavan; currently ruled by Terilyn Rose of House Rose of the Alliance; pop. ~4 million; est. 459 BB.

Goole (JOOL) – realm located on the southern coast of Brehm near the Monck River mouth on the Sea of Troubles; inhabitants call themselves ‘The Chosen’; outlanders or the ‘Unchosen’ call them ‘Goolies’ (JOOL-eez) or the disparaging ‘Ghoulies’; theocracy – The God of Salvation (named “The One”) from founder Albert Goole’s Book of Promise, which stipulates the basic laws of and civil contract with The One (commonly called ‘The Path’); current ruler – Lamen Goole, Vicar, Keeper of the Book of Promise, elected by the ‘Six’ (clerics who are elected by 72 Elders equally representing the six Cantons (parishes). The Vicar selects Elders based on their knowledge of the Book of Promise and their exemplary life style (referred to as their ‘Direction’); pop. ~2 million; est. 1750 BB.

Grimstown – a large Moncki town located halfway between Monck and Donham on the Monck River; known for its lingering putrid stench of dray animal dung; pop. ~1,000; est. 1211 BB.

Karfu (KAR-foo) – also written and spoken as Kurfu (CUR-foo) – an area of coastal mountains in West Brehm; home to the four major Orc Tribes: Uba, Mikmal, Duma, and Flug; also rumored to house a lesser tribe of half-breeds (orcs and men) called the ‘Rire Varmints’.

Kent – a Moncki tow station and town along the Gold River hallway between Monck and Gruene’s Crossovers; protected by Dame Pogi Becker and a half squad of Blue Bolts; home to the Smiling Ox Inn; destroyed by Harley’s Peaches in the 15th YOM; pop. ~400; est. 1122 BB.

Lavan – Girani city located to the extreme north of Giran along the Thumb River against the Aril Mountains; original capital city of Giran; almost entirely constructed and carved from black granite, hence its nickname ‘The Black City’; its area of influence extends down the southern bank of the Thumb River and an un-defined, un-bordered southern expanse encompassing numerous small towns, hamlets, and villages; current ruler – Richard Lavan, self-titled Steward and Usurped King, though his wife, Bethany, is the figurehead due to a royal decree by the Rose Crown (Martha, Richard’s mother, was the figurehead until her death in the 15th YOM.); capital of the True King Coalition, which opposes House Rose’s claim to the throne; home to the Sisters’ Sanctuary; pop. ~1 million; est. ~450 BB

Lavanham – a small fiefdom of Lavan which sits at the Mud’s Palm; founded by Roger Lavan, Richard’s brother; pop. ~100; est. the 15th YOM.

Little Creek – a small Girani sheep town located on the Little Creek River in the far west of Giran under the foothills of the Aril Mountains.

Monck (munk) – realm and capital city; Monck City located at the confluence of the Monck and Gold Rivers; monarchy though ruler is always named Lord or Lady Monck, not king or queen; current ruler – Gidric Monck; major houses include Monck, Gerger, Richter, Fandl, Pandl, Fuchs, and Nadel; pop. ~6 million; est. ~1800 BB.

Onesill Medraza – an assassins’ school in Qannoc; to survive the training is the only way to complete the training.

Qannoc (KAN-nek) – the human city located near the Elven Enclave of the same name, founded at a large oasis as a way station when crossing the lower expanse of the Sun’s Anvil; noted for its variety and quality of weapons rivaling dwarf-made; home to the Onesill Medraza; pop. ~200,000; est. 1049 BB.

Scosa (SKOH-suh) – realm and capital city above the Fire Mountains; ruled by Emperor Jolph Rhince; pop unknown; est. unknown.

Seppa – realm and capital city located eastern Brehm on the Twilight Bay; bordered by the Fire Mountains (north), Sea of Tears (east), Thumb River and Forest of Dawn (south), the Wasteland (west); capital city is planned, as it sits within the remains of an inactive volcano; divine monarchy (always male, who owns everything); current ruler – Jeden Gehis (zhe-DEN gay-HEES); pop. ~8 million; est. ~1600 BB.

Tower of Learning – mages’ school located in Northbridge.

Tower of Sorcery – sorcerers’ school located in Scosa.

Wurm (WERM) – realm and capital city; populated by two distinct ethnicities – nomadic Himari (HEE-mah-ree) and agricultural Fili (FEE-lee); straddles the border of the Sun’s Anvil and Moon’s Quench; The Rais (rah-ISS) is the ruler for a five-year term. The Qaadim (kah-Deem) assists the Rais and will be the next Rais. Alternates between the two groups; current Rais – Malun Ne’Sat (mahl-OON neh-SAHT); current Qaadim – Harel Graff (HAIR-el GRAF); home to ‘Wurm Warm Red’, considered the finest wine on Brehm; pop. ~1.2 million; est. unknown.

Miscellanea

BB (Before the Blight) – Originally, the years were counted from the time of the first creation of elves, the first race, as ‘Since Birth’ (SB 1 to SB 1951). After the death of the Mother Trees, those years were renamed ‘Before the Blight’ and counted in reverse (SB 1951 becoming BB 1, SB 1 becoming BB 1951). Since the Elvish calendar was the first on Brehm and totally accurate relative to days and nights of the year, it is used throughout Brehm.  See ‘YOM’.

Bog’s Beer – considered the best beer on Brehm; brewed in Bria by the Mho family for generations.

Chork – a Scosani dining implement combining the sleek lines of a chopstick with the facility of a fork.

Dragons – Currently, there are no known dragons alive on Brehm. The last, Pyrfurion, was slain by Jolph Rhince on Midsummer’s Day, the first day of the ensuing Years of Misery (YOM).

N’ – honorific attached to an individual’s last name after surviving the training at the Tower of Sorcery; survivors are awarded a magical, red teardrop-shaped tattoo extending from the right corner of the mouth onto the chin; observers relate that the blood drop only appears when the individual dies.

 ‘t – an honorific attached to an individual’s last name, who survives training at the Onesill Medraza in Qannoc.

Teared or Teardropped – refers to the colored teardrop tattoos on a mage’s cheek from the Tower of Learning to signify mastery of a specific skill or discipline; often coupled with the number of tattoos (i.e. 1-teared, 7-teared); left cheek tattoos denote elemental magic while right cheek tattoos indicate discipliine; magic (skill): red – fire, blue – water, white – wind, green – earth; science (discipline): red – warfare, blue – medicine, white – governance, green – nature.

Wurm Warm Red – a blend, considered the finest wine on Brehm; grapes grown on the Moon’s Quench by a consortium of four families.

YOM (Year of Misery) – number of days, weeks, months, years after the death of the Mother Trees; always expressed in its ordinal form – 1st, 2nd, and so on. E.g.: Chork’s first day of his 14th year is the day after his 13th birthday, Midsummer’s Day, in the 14th YOM.