==== Pantheon of Skyss ====
{{ :skyss:pantheon.png?400|}}The people of Skyss worship a pantheon of gods that they know exist. Those gods at times manifest themsel
===== The Alpins =====
The Alpins are Earls of Ardmor
The ancestral home is Caer Alpin which is in the north of the mainland of [[:skyss:places:daelriata|Dael
==== Characters ======
This is a list of some of the characters that I have created to include in Yngv... Characters =====
* [[:skyss:chars:yngvild]] - the (unreliable) narrator of the story
* [[:skyss:chars:noren]] - the title character
* [[:skyss:chars:old_bjorn]] - the mentor &
ael 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:bernicia|Kingdom of Berni
- Story Background ====
This is a web version of the notebook that has the background to my fantasy novel [[https://mybook.to/Fierce|Fierce]] (released 1 May 2024). You can read the first chapter on my blog //'[[https://www.themself.org/2019/12/straven-ya-fiction/|Fierce Ch.1 - Stra
s: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|Skys
anald_shield_v01.png?400|}}Bhaltair Gilranald is the Earl of Norpen, and for some time regent of Dael Riata during the minority of his cousin [[:skyss:chars:daels:alasdair_ranald]]. He is also the Marquess of Righ, and swears fealty twice to the King. Bhaltair is the second cousin of [
===== Calendar =====
The calendar is based on a 28-29 day moon cycle numbered by observation, and also using clues like the solstices and the equinoxes to divide the years into three types, Long Winters, Long Summers, and Short Years. In a 38
====== Yngvild Helgasdotir ======
Yngvild is also known as Yngvild the Fierce, and she's the title and POV character for Fierce. She was adopted into [[:skyss:chars:old_bjorn]]'s household
====== Malfin - Goddess of the Darkness ======
{{ :skyss:pantheon:rune_malfin.png?100|Malfin's rune symbol}}Malfin is known as the Goddess of the Darkness, which to the Skyssians isn't a bad thing. They live in an arctic environment
===== 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 off-shoot families by their red stripes on the
===== Board of Trade =====
The Board of Trade is a part government and part commercial organisation that exists to help enable Skyssians to trade successfully and profitably across the world. The [[BoT_members|President of the Board of Trade]] is one of the [[Electors]] of the [[king]]
===== Skyss's World =====
I've not drawn the whole world or put lots of detail in, I think it's best t... what I might need in future stories. That said, there are a couple of maps
{{:skyss:places:img_20161114_map_of_the_world.jpg?800|the original hand-drawn map of the world in which Skyss exists}}
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===== Aodh MacAodh =====
Aodh is the proprietor of the [[:skyss:places:dalreoch:water_gate]] in [[:skyss:places:dalreoch]]. As well as purveying fine wines, ales of the best, and delicacies from across the known world, he is also reputed to be a spy, assassin and smuggl
====== Kingdom of Skyss ======
the standard crest of Skyss, a circle of seven circles, gold coins when 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
