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This is a list of some of the characters that I have created to include in Yngvild & Noren.
===== Primary Characters =====
* [[:skyss:chars:yngvild]] - the (unreliable) narrator of the story
* [[:skyss:chars:noren]] - the t... ars:Arne|Arne the Slow]] - the steersman on the boat, de facto second in command to [[:skyss:chars:old
he north of the mainland of [[:skyss:places:daelriata|Dael Riata]]. It lies on a rocky outcrop on the coast where the river Ard meets the inner sea.
===... currently a widower. He was married to Ealasaid Riata, his cousin and the sister of the 19th Duke of [[:skyss:chars:daels:riata|Glasholm]], for thirty-nine years before she die
====== Grand Duchy of Dael Riata ======
Dael Riata is a poor land sandwiched between mountains to its North and East, and the Sea on the West. To the south sits the related but way more prosperous [[:skyss:places:bernici... ch is why they haven't banded together to be a greater power in the world. Many Daels leave the area a
ound ====
This is a web version of the notebook that has the background to my fantasy novel [[https://... //, which is a medium-level fantasy story with relatable female lead and a dash of romance set in a world of my own creation. It's influenced by everything I've ever read,... e like 17th/18th century. Skyss is the northern state the main characters come from, but there is a wh
}The people of Skyss worship a pantheon of gods that they know exist. Those gods at times manifest themselves and have been known to inter-breed with mort... main pantheon demonstrably exist. The Skyssian Creation Story is called [[https://www.themself.org/202... other's Dream]].
=== Known Gods ===
I've not created an entire pantheon, I've simply used a handful
===== Alasdair V, King of Dael Riata =====
{{ :skyss:chars:daels:ranald_shield_v01.png?400|}}Alasdair Ranald is the King of Dael Riata, and the fifth of that name. His mother was the only child of Alasdair IV (reigned 700-739), and his father was a [[:skyss:chars:rojden|Skyssian merchant]
e is a part government and part commercial organisation that exists to help enable Skyssians to trade successfully and profitably across the world. The [[... g in Kronstadt, and again in Knarvik, Beretha and at The Wheel.
* Function: the function is to enable trade through better flows of information, and also supporting Skyssians when they get i
===== The Nobles of Dael Riata =====
There are fourteen families that are Dukes or Earls of Dael Riata. Some of these are older than others, and you can usually tell the o... |Ranald]], Grand Dukes of Reoch & Kings of Dael Riata ^ [[:skyss:chars:daels:gilranald|Gilranald]],
arl of Norpen, and for some time regent of Dael Riata during the minority of his cousin [[:skyss:chars... cestral home is Caer Righ, a castle guarding a strategic crossing of the river Righ in the Grand Duchy of Dalreoch. However the present Earl's father was translated to the Earldom of Norpen, on the northernmost of the Easter Isles. This was an over
s the proprietor of the [[:skyss:places:dalreoch:water_gate]] in [[:skyss:places:dalreoch]]. As well as purveying fine wines, ales of the best, and delica... iew character to show some of the background of what is going on in the city around the events involvi... d man with a pale complexion, he's solid but not fat and a little taller than average. In the right cl
painted, and crossed axes in the middle with a boat prow underneath. Usually it was rendered on a blue circle with coloured paint. The boat was green and the axes red. This coin had a small... o stabilise the area and ensure good government that supported trading rather than raiding as the prim
She has long red hair, pale skin and blue eyes. That said, she is a shapeshifter and she can look like... jorn. It's a slightly curved rectangular shield that covers knees to shoulder.
==== Amulet ====
Gift... Bjorn her amulet is in the shape of a silver coin attached to a silver chain.
"It looked freshly minte... d, shinier than most silver coins I'd seen. Not that I'd seen very many. The side facing me had the st
es are usually a dark indigo colour, like the sky at midnight, or black.
===== Festivals =====
Malfi... n this period). There is a secondary festival in late summer when the darkness returns to the northern... n [[:skyss:pantheon:aeolf]] and feasting on the meat cooked on the sacred fire. Usually the feasting i
il in, I think it's best to leave some room for what I might need in future stories. That said, there are a couple of maps
{{:skyss:places:img_20161114_m... ape and then went to work on where the tectonic plates were, so that I knew where the mountains and volcanoes were. After that I added in lower hills, and
