The Crown of Dalemark (The Dalemark Quartet 4)

“Both hands cut off…” refers to the law of primitive Haligland, whereby any member of the High Lord’s (King’s) family who was suspected of treason could be legally deprived of both hands, not as a punishment but as a precaution against a threat to the throne.

Bradbrook, a lordship on the coast of Waywold in South Dalemark.

Brid, daughter of Clennen the Singer and sister of Moril and Dagner, who fled North with Moril. Soon after her arrival Brid went to Gardale and trained as a law-woman, and thence to a professional appointment in Loviath. After the Great Uprising she became Countess of Hannart and eventually the first head of the Royal Dalemark Academy of Music, which she helped her brother Moril to found.

Bull, the most usual form in which the Earth Shaker appears. For this reason bulls’ heads are carried in the Holand Sea Festival. It is said that the Bull is most frequently seen in the Holy Islands.

Canden, the younger of two brothers from Waywold in South Dalemark, devoted to freedom fighting. He moved from Waywold to Holand, where conditions were much worse, deliberately to foment rebellion. In Holand he joined the secret society of the Free Holanders and shortly proposed the firing of one of the Earl’s warehouses. The older Free Holanders refused and stayed at home, while Canden led the younger ones to the warehouse. There he found that they had been betrayed and that soldiers were waiting for them.

Canderack, the earldom on the west coast of South Dalemark, where the best wine was grown. Until the reign of Amil the Great, Canderack owned a fleet that rivaled Holand’s.

Canderack Head, south of Canderack Bay, an important landmark for shipping on the South Dalemark coast.

Carne Bank, a mudbank at the far east of the prehistoric Rivermouth, notorious for quicksands and shallows.

Cenblith, a queen of prehistoric Dalemark who first took the One for her lover and then bound him to the will of mortals, apparently either by forcing him to make the great River or by carving an image of him.

Cennoreth, one of the Undying, known in legends as a witch and often called the Weaver. It was said that whatever she wove became truth. She was sister to the legendary King Hern and mother of Manaliabrid, wife of th

e Adon.

Chindersay, one of the outer ring of the Holy Islands, notable for the dark color of its rocks.

Cindow, a village northeast of Markind in South Dalemark.

City of Gold, King Hern’s lost city of Kernsburgh, which gave rise to the saying “The City of Gold is always on the most distant hill,” meaning that your ideal is never here, under your hands, but always out over there.

Clans, the tribe families of the Heathens of Haligland. The clans are very large and contain all classes, from aristocrat to lowborn. For instance, Kars Adon and Ked both belonged to Clan Rath, but Kars Adon was King while Ked was lowborn and had no real relation to the royal family.

Clennen Mendakersson, one of the most famous and characterful of the old-style Singers, a musician, composer, and teller of tales. He married Lenina, niece of the Earl of the South Dales, and was the father of Dagner, Brid, and Moril. He was murdered near Markind in South Dalemark on suspicion of being a spy, and bequeathed to Moril a cwidder with strange powers, which he claimed had been handed down to him from their ancestor Osfameron.

Climbers, Lawschool slang name for the cloistered court with steps.

Closti the Clam, father of Tanaqui the weaver and a native of Shelling in the prehistoric Riverlands kingdom of Dalemark. He was called the Clam for his extreme uncommunicativeness, which may have been caused by the early death of his wife, Anoreth, or perhaps by the command of the One. He was killed in the invasion of the Heathen Haliglanders before he could tell his children many very important facts.

Collen, one of the two Southern forms of the name Kialan; a name fairly common in Markind.

Collet, the steward of the King of the Riverlands, whose duty was to memorize the King’s debts for lodging and provision.

“The Color Song,” composed and sung by Dagner Clennensson.

“Come Up the Dale with Me,” an apparently innocent love song from South Dalemark which was actually urging rebellion. It was banned.

“Come with Me,” a song being composed by Dagner Clennenson, which Clennen objected to on the ground that it could be seen by spies as urging rebellion.

Coran, a townsman of Derent in Waywold in South Dalemark, later well known as a freedom fighter.

Countess

1. A female who is earl in her own right, like the Countess of Aberath.

2. The wife of an earl.

3. Mitt’s name for his bad-tempered horse, which was not even female.

“Cow-calling,” a traditional patter song to a lively tune. Each verse is two lines longer than the last, until the singer is addressing the whole herd of cows.

Crady, a large town in the south of Andmark in South Dalemark.