Camber of Culdi by Katherine Kurtz
FULK—soldier under command of Coel Howell; followed Rhys to the royal archives.
GABRILITES—priests of the Order of Saint Gabriel, an all-Deryni esoteric order based at Saint Neot’s, in the south Lendour Mountains.
GIFFORD—manservant to Rhys.
GREGORY of Arden, Father—Abbot of Saint Jarlath’s Monastery.
GUAIRE of Arliss, Lord—young officer at Imre’s court; friend of Cathan; attached to Earl Maldred’s command.
HALDANE—surname of the ancient royal family of Gwynedd.
HOWELL—see Coel.
HOWICCAN, Pargan—classic Deryni lyric poet.
HUMPHREY of Gallareaux, Father—Michaeline priest captured by Imre’s men and interrogated; later, attached to Archbishop Anscom’s staff; responsible for the death of the infant Prince Aidan.
IFOR, King—last pre-Interregnum king of Gwynedd, reigned 794–822; father of Prince Aidan (Daniel Draper).
IMRE, King—fifth Festillic king of Gwynedd, reigned 900–904.
JAMES Drummond, Lord—grand-nephew of Camber.
JARLATH, Saint—sixth-century Bishop of Meara and abbot; founder of the Ordo Verbi Dei.
JASON Brown—apprentice to Daniel Draper; inherited business.
JASPER Miller, Father—noncombatant Michaeline priest.
JEBEDIAH of Alcara, Lord—Michaeline knight; Grand Master of military arm of Order of Saint Michael, after the Vicar General.
JOHN, son of Daniel—the first “Benedict”; at Saint Piran’s Priory.
JONAS, Father—old parish priest at Caerrorie.
JORAM MacRorie, Lord—younger son of Camber; priest of the Order of Saint Michael.
JOSEPH—one of Maldred’s men.
JUBAL, Brother—monk at Saint Foillan’s Abbey.
LEVITICUS, Brother—vestiarian at Saint Foillan’s Abbey.
MACRORIE—surname of Camber’s family.
MALDRED, Earl—one of Imre’s warlords; assassinated by Coel Howell’s hireling.
MARIS—maidservant to Princess Ariella.
MEGAN de Cameron, Lady—Camber’s ward; later, wife to Cinhil and Queen of Gwynedd.
MELISSA Howell, Lady—sister of Coel Howell; brought to Court to tempt Imre.
MICHAELINES—priests and knights of the Order of Saint Michael, a militant teaching and fighting order, predominantly Deryni, headquartered at the Commanderie in Cheltham, in the central Lendour highlands.
NATHAN, Father—Michaeline priest; provisioner for the exiles in the haven.
NICHOLAS Gabriel Draper—the third “Benedict”; grandson of Daniel; see Cinhil.
PATRICK, Brother—Prior of Saint Foillan’s Abbey; subordinate to Abbot Zephram of Lorda.
PAUL, Brother—monk at Saint Foillan’s Abbey.
PHINEAS, Brother—gate warder at Saint Foillan’s Abbey.
RANNULF, Lord—Deryni lord drawn and quartered by Willimite terrorists.
REVAN—carpenter’s apprentice saved by Cathan.
REYNALD, Brother—infirmarian at Saint Foillan’s Abbey.
RHYS Thuryn, Lord—Deryni physician and Healer; discoverer of the Thuryn technique of concentration; later, son-in-law to Camber, by marriage to his daughter, Evaine.
ROBERT Oriss, Father—Vicar General of the Order of Saint Jarlath, Ordo Verbi Dei.
ROLAND, Bishop—auxiliary Bishop of Valoret, and Anscom’s subordinate.
ROYSTON John Draper—see Alroy.
SAM’L—loyal retainer of Camber at Caerrorie.
SANTARE, Earl of Grand-Tellie—one of Imre’s warlords.
SELKIRK, Master—arms master to Imre.
SELLAR, Wat and Tim—among the fifty peasants executed at Imre’s command for the murder of Lord Rannulf.
STEPHEN, Father—Prior of Saint Piran’s Priory.
TERMOD of Rhorau, Lord—Deryni princeling, cousin of Imre; executed by Willimite terrorists.
THURYN—surname of Rhys.
UMPHRED—bailiff to Camber at Caerrorie.
WAT—servant to Rhys.
WEAVER, Mary, and brother Will, and cousin Tom—among the fifty peasants executed at Imre’s command for the murder of Lord Rannulf.
WILLIM, Saint—child martyr to Deryni ill-use; patron saint of the Willimite movement.
WILLIMITES—terrorist group sworn to punish Deryni who escape justice through normal channels.
WULPHER, Master—Cathan’s steward at Tal Traeth; doubled for Joram under a shape-changing spell.
ZEPHRAM of Lorda, Father—Abbot of Saint Foillan’s Abbey.
APPENDIX II
INDEX TO PLACE NAMES
ALL SAINTS’ CATHEDRAL—Valoret’s cathedral; seat of the Primate of Gwynedd.
BARWICKE—site of Saint Jarlath’s Monastery, a few hours’ ride north of Saint Liam’s Abbey.
CAERRORIE, Tor—Camber’s principal residence, a few hours’ ride east of Valoret.
CARBURY—coastal town north of Valoret, where Elinor MacRorie’s parents live.
CHELTHAM—site of the Michaeline Commanderie (military headquarters).
COR CULDI—hereditary ancestral seat and fortress of the Culdi earls, near the city of Culdi, on the Gwynedd-Meara border.
CULDI—central city of the Honor of Culdi, on the Gwynedd-Meara border.
DHASSA—free holy city in the Lendour Mountains; seat of the Bishop of Dhassa.
FARNHAM—Honor of the family of Megan de Cameron; a Crown holding after the accession of King Cinhil.
FIANNA—area across the Southern Sea, famous for its wines.
GRECOTHA—university city on the north Gwynedd border, where Camber and Archbishop Anscom attended school.
GWYNEDD—central of the Eleven Kingdoms; seat of the Festillic Dynasty since 822.
KHELDOUR—small kingdom north of Gwynedd, famous for textiles and carpets; under human rule.
MARLEY—Crown earldom in northern Eastmarch.
MARYWELL—town in northern Gwynedd where a Festillic garrison ran amok.
MEARA—kingdom to the west of Gwynedd; under human rule.
MOORYN—kingdom to the southeast of Gwynedd.
NYFORD—site of the new capital being built by Imre, formerly nought but a sleepy river town; in central Gwynedd, near Saint Illtyd’s Monastery.
RENGARTH—town in southern Eastmarch.
RHEMUTH—ancient capital of Gwynedd under the Haldanes.
RHORAU—seat of Lord Termod, cousin of King Imre.
SAINT FOILLAN’S ABBEY—establishment of the Ordo Verbi Dei, about three days’ ride southeast of Valoret, in the mountains, where Camber and Rhys found Prince Cinhil Haldane.
SAINT ILLTYD’S MONASTERY—establishment of the Ordo Verbi Dei, on the river near Nyford.
SAINT JARLATH’S MONASTERY—mother house of the Ordo Verbi Dei, two hours’ ride north of Saint Liam’s Abbey.
SAINT JOHN’S CHURCH—parish church near Fullers’ Alley in Valoret, where the Draper family records were kept.
SAINT LIAM’S ABBEY—Michaeline-staffed abbey school, four hours’ ride northeast of Valoret.
SAINT NEOT’S MONASTERY—stronghold of the Order of Saint Gabriel, an esoteric, primarily Deryni religious order; in the Lendour highlands.
SAINT PIRAN’S PRIORY—establishment of the Ordo Verbi Dei, a day’s ride north of Saint Jarlath’s; Joram and Rhys interviewed the first two “Benedicts” there.
SAINT ULTAN’S PRIORY—establishment of the Ordo Verbi Dei, on the southwestern coast of Mooryn.
TAL TRAETH—Cathan MacRorie’s manor house in Valoret.
TORENTH—kingdom to the east of Gwynedd, ruled by Deryni.
VALORET—Festillic capital of Gwynedd, 822–905.
About the Author
Katherine Kurtz was born in Coral Gables, Florida, during a hurricane. She received a four-year science scholarship to the University of Miami and graduated with a bachelor of science degree in chemistry. Medical school followed, but after a year she decided she would rather write about medicine than practice it. A vivid dream inspired
While working on the Deryni series, Kurtz further utilized her historical training to develop another sub-genre she calls “crypto-history,” in which the “history behind the history” intertwines with the “official” histories of such diverse periods as the Battle of Britain (Lammas Night), the American War for Independence (Two Crowns for America), contemporary Scotland (The Adept Series, with coauthor Deborah Turner Harris), and the Knights Templar (also with Harris).
In 1983, Kurtz married the dashing Scott MacMillan; they have a son, Cameron. Until 2007, they made their home in Ireland, in Holybrooke Hall, a mildly haunted gothic revival house, They have recently returned to the United States and taken up residence in a historic house in Virginia, with their five Irish cats and one silly dog. (The ghosts of Holybrooke appear to have remained behind.)
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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, events, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, businesses, companies, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
Copyright © 1976 by Katherine Kurtz
“Bethane” copyright © 1982 by Katherine Kurtz. First published in Hecate’s Cauldron (DAW Books, 1982).
Map by Shelley Shapiro
Cover design by Michel Vrana
ISBN: 978-1-5040-3117-2
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