s before she died when the old Queen was captured at the start of the civil war (in 754). He has four ... vourite candidate for the Chair to be established at the university if the Estates approve the Charter.
Sean Alpin became the Earl at the age of 2, and was raised in Dalcot and then D... thin a month of his first son Uilleam being born. At the time many feared that the Alpin's were cursed
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This is a list of some of the characters that I have created to include in Yngvild & Noren.
===... ars:Arne|Arne the Slow]] - the steersman on the boat, de facto second in command to [[:skyss:chars:old... partner
* [[:skyss:chars:olaf]] - one of the boat crew
* [[:skyss:chars:helga-red|Helga the Red]]... * [[:skyss:chars:Leif]] - another member of the boat crew
* [[:skyss:chars:Birgitta]] - member of th
ald is the King of Dael Riata, and the fifth of that name. His mother was the only child of Alasdair I... are expected to swear loyalty to him. He is a great grandson of King Harold VII of Bernicia (reigned ... as some of the most fertile farmland. On top of that there are royal duties paid on trade that passes through the main ports. The capital is [[:skyss:plac
art government and part commercial organisation that exists to help enable Skyssians to trade successf... g in Kronstadt, and again in Knarvik, Beretha and at The Wheel.
* Function: the function is to enab... ering information there is also [[resolutions]] that deal with unusual or sensitive situations.
* P... des negotiators for treaties.
* Board Secretariat. This department supports the members of the Boar
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... d, shinier than most silver coins I'd seen. Not that I'd seen very many. The side facing me had the st... painted, and crossed axes in the middle with a boat prow underneath. Usually a blue circle with colou
es are usually a dark indigo colour, like the sky at midnight, or black.
===== Festivals =====
Malfi... n [[:skyss:pantheon:aeolf]] and feasting on the meat cooked on the sacred fire. Usually the feasting i
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... er on questionably viable land to a major power that maintains peace over a large area.
As well as t
}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... e to call on the powers of the Gods & Goddesses that they are descended from. It is not the number of connections that count, but rather the strength of the connections
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This is a web version of the notebook that has the background to my fantasy novel [[https://... d is a means for me to be able to remind myself what I've written so that I stay consistent. Feel free to re-use the material in your own stories (with at... blog https://www.themself.org/ or email james @ that domain.
=== Skyss World-Building Notes ===
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family]] for almost three hundred years, before that there was a two decade inter-regnum filled by a v... ata]], Earls of Dalcot, a cadet branch of Riata that now surpasses them.
* The [[:skyss:chars:daels:... in|Alpins]], Earls of Ardmor. Guardians of the great forest in the North.
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had been causing trouble for generations.
The seat of the Earl is the walled city of Norpen, a very ... ilt haven from the Northern seas and the storms that rip across the open ocean to the North and West o... w generations.
There's an active stone quarry that exports local stone for building. There are also ... s chosen for his close relation to the King and that the Earls of [[:skyss:chars:daels:sioltach|Duffjo
