Sepulchrave II
Legend
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GLOSSARY
Aki of Dorestad: Frisian mercenary of Varangian descent. In the personal warband of Ivar the Boneless; later settled near Lincoln.
Alfred: (849-899) "The Great." King of Wessex from 871-899. Responsible for consolidating English power, as well as innovations in education, maritime defense and urban planning.
Arden: The great forest of the English Midlands.
Arnve: Sinir's first wife and mother of Lek. Arnve was skilled in seithr, which she learned from the skald Varr.
Asgrim: An influential freeholder of the upper Dean. Loyal to Ornolf.
Ashdown, Battle of: A major clash between the forces of Prince (later King) Alfred and the Danes, which took place in January 871. Alfred triumphed nominally, but the battle was inconclusive and destabilizing.
Athelhelm: (860-897) Atheling. Brother of Ethelwald. Ealdorman of Wiltshire.
Atheling: A prince of royal blood; a possible pretender to the throne.
Athelnoth: Chief retainer and sometime lover of Luta. From Athelney in Wessex.
Badothin: A mercenary from Kent in Luta's retinue.
Beorhtric: A freeholder in the western Peaks, who hosted Lek, Luta and Oter.
Black Mountain: A hill on the Welsh border.
Braith: A Welsh witch, and mother of Oter. Blinded and exiled by Sinir for treachery.
Bravellir: A semi-mythical battle in Sweden which occurred c. 770. In its wake, Sigurd Ring became king of Sweden and Denmark.
Bredon Hill: A lone hill near Evesham, and a site of ancient power. Luta experienced a vision there.
Brittany: Celtic Kingdom in northwest France, subject to many viking raids.
Brochwel: King of Gwent, a Welsh kingdom.
Burhed: One of Beorhtric's sons.
Churnet: A stream which marks the eastern border of Lek's holdings at Harhall.
Dean: A stream flowing West from the Peaks; its valley is the site of Ornolf's estates.
Dove(brook): A fast stream which flows east from the Peaks, close to Harhall.
Dunn: Thane of Bretforton, husband of Luta.
Ealdred: (d. 790) Last king of the Hwicce. Twelfth in the list of Luta's forebears.
Eanberht: (d. c. 760) Hwiccan king. Tenth in the list of Luta's forebears.
Eanfrith: (d. 674) Hwiccan king. The first of twelve cited as one of Luta's forebears.
Eanhere: (d. 675) Hwiccan king. Second in the list of Luta's forebears.
Ecgfrith: A scout from Evesham in Luta's retinue.
Edward: (c.875-) Atheling. King of Wessex from 900 onwards. Son of Alfred.
Eric: (king 890-) King of East Anglia, son of Guthrum.
Ethandun, Battle of: The decisive victory of King Alfred over the Danes under Guthrum in May 878. Many Vikings were baptized in its wake.
Ethelfled: (c. 872-) The Lady of Mercia, wife of Ethelred and daughter of King Alfred.
Ethelheard: (fl. 700) Hwiccan king. Sixth in the list of Luta's forebears.
Ethelred (1): (c. 860-) Ealdorman of (English) Mercia and Luta's liege. Husband of Ethelfled.
Ethelred (2): (d. 883) Luta's maternal uncle. The last Earl of the Hwicce.
Ethelred (3): (837-871) King of Wessex. The elder brother of Alfred, and father of Ethelwald.
Ethelric: (fl. 720) Hwiccan king. Eighth in the list of Luta's forebears.
Ethelwald: (c. 855-) Atheling, and pretender to the throne of Wessex. Cousin of Edward.
Ethelward: (fl. 710) Hwiccan king. Seventh in the list of Luta's forebears.
Evesham: A large village north of Luta's estates at Honeybourne. The site of an influential abbey.
Five Burghs: Name given to the powerful semi-independent towns of the Danelaw: Derby, Lincoln, Stamford, Nottingham and Leicester.
Garulf: A brigand sworn to Lek's service; previously a priest.
Great Heathen Army: The horde of Vikings who descended upon England in 865, led by Ivar the Boneless and his brothers.
Guthrum: (d. 890) Danish king of East Anglia. One of the leaders of the Great Heathen Army.
Gwent: Welsh kingdom, west of Mercia.
Hakon: First Earl of Lade, Sinir's cousin and his overlord in Norway.
Hafrsfjord: A six-mile fjord in Rogaland in Southern Norway, home to Sinir's kinsmen.
Harald Fairhair: (850-) First King of Norway by conquest from 872. A great hero of the age.
Harhall: Sinir's seat, northwest of Repton in Danish Mercia. Originally comprising more than a hundred hides, the estate was later split between his sons, Lek and Oter.
Hereford: A town in the west of Mercia, near the Welsh border.
Honeybourne: Seleth's (later Luta's) seat in the Severn valley, south of Evesham, comprising fifty hides of good land.
Hwicce: An old tribal kingdom of the English, centered on Gloucester and Worcester. Absorbed by Mercia by the end of the 8th century.
Ivar the Boneless: (d.872) One of the leaders of the Great Heathen Army. Conquered East Anglia, York and Dublin.
Kol: A young viking warrior slain by Aki of Dorestad in a dispute over plundered church goods.
Lade: A town in Trondelag in Norway, the seat of a dynasty of powerful Earls.
Laski: Oter's horse, a skewbald colt.
Lek: Son of Sinir and Arnve, and master of Harhall after his father's death. Lek is skilled in seithr.
Lichfield: A large village in the English midlands, once the seat of an Archbishopric.
Lincoln: Danish town in the Midlands. One of the Five Burghs.
Luta: Mistress of Honeybourne. Daughter of Sinir and Sefleth, and half-sister of Oter and Lek. Renowned for her skill in battle.
Man: Island and sometime kingdom in the Irish Sea. Settled by Norsemen, and ruled from Orkney.
Mercia: Kingdom of the English Midlands. Its rulers had once exercised wide powers, but by the time of the campaign, Mercia is partitioned into English and Danish areas.
Meurig: A Welsh mercenary retained by Oter.
Orkney: Islands north of mainland Scotland, the seat of powerful Viking Earls.
Ornolf: A Norseman who settled near Thelwall c. 880. The target of a blood-feud with Lek.
Oshere: (d. 704) Hwiccan king. Fourth in the list of Luta's forebears.
Osred: (fl. 730s) Hwiccan king. Ninth in the list of Luta's forebears.
Osric: (d. 679) Hwiccan king. Third in the list of Luta's forebears.
Oswald: (d. 690) Hwiccan king. Fifth in the list of Luta's forebears.
Oter: Son of Sinir and the witch Braith. Practiced with Welsh magic.
Peaks, The: The Peak District of north-central England, northwest of Harhall. Characterized by rounded hills, upland moors and sharp escarpments. The Peaks are sparsely populated.
Radwine: A veteran in Lek's retinue; brother of Radwulf.
Radwulf: A veteran in Lek's retinue; brother of Radwine.
Ragnald: A seasoned viking; Lek's chief retainer.
Repton: A village in the Midlands near Harhall.
Rogaland: An area of southern Norway, once a petty kingdom
Sefleth: Mother of Luta. A Hwiccan noblewoman of high pedigree, married to Sinir.
Seithr: Magic, sorcery.
Sinir: A Norseman from Lade, who founded Harhall. Father of Lek, Oter and Luta.
Stamford: Danish town in the Midlands. One of the Five Burghs.
Thelwall: A Norse settlement south of the Mersey, three days northeast of Harhall.
Thuringia: A southern German kingdom.
Torf-Einar: (c. 850-) The powerful Earl of Orkney. Reluctant vassal of Norway.
Torksey: A large Danish settlement near Lincoln.
Uhtred: (d. c. 780)
Varr: A skald from Halogaland who practiced seithr.
Visna (1): The name adopted by Luta after her vision on Bredon Hill.
Visna (2): A shieldmaiden who fought at Bravellir. The banner-bearer of the Danish troops.
Winchcombe: A village south of Sefleth's ancestral estates, the site of an Abbey.
Wilareus: A petty bandit and robber from Thuringia, in Lek's retinue. Employed as a scout.
Wirral: Peninsula in Northwest England, between the estuaries of the rivers Dee and Mersey. Heavily settled by Norsemen.
Witan: The council of elders and magnates which approves the accession of a new king.
York: Powerful viking city and kingdom in the North.
GLOSSARY
Aki of Dorestad: Frisian mercenary of Varangian descent. In the personal warband of Ivar the Boneless; later settled near Lincoln.
Alfred: (849-899) "The Great." King of Wessex from 871-899. Responsible for consolidating English power, as well as innovations in education, maritime defense and urban planning.
Arden: The great forest of the English Midlands.
Arnve: Sinir's first wife and mother of Lek. Arnve was skilled in seithr, which she learned from the skald Varr.
Asgrim: An influential freeholder of the upper Dean. Loyal to Ornolf.
Ashdown, Battle of: A major clash between the forces of Prince (later King) Alfred and the Danes, which took place in January 871. Alfred triumphed nominally, but the battle was inconclusive and destabilizing.
Athelhelm: (860-897) Atheling. Brother of Ethelwald. Ealdorman of Wiltshire.
Atheling: A prince of royal blood; a possible pretender to the throne.
Athelnoth: Chief retainer and sometime lover of Luta. From Athelney in Wessex.
Badothin: A mercenary from Kent in Luta's retinue.
Beorhtric: A freeholder in the western Peaks, who hosted Lek, Luta and Oter.
Black Mountain: A hill on the Welsh border.
Braith: A Welsh witch, and mother of Oter. Blinded and exiled by Sinir for treachery.
Bravellir: A semi-mythical battle in Sweden which occurred c. 770. In its wake, Sigurd Ring became king of Sweden and Denmark.
Bredon Hill: A lone hill near Evesham, and a site of ancient power. Luta experienced a vision there.
Brittany: Celtic Kingdom in northwest France, subject to many viking raids.
Brochwel: King of Gwent, a Welsh kingdom.
Burhed: One of Beorhtric's sons.
Churnet: A stream which marks the eastern border of Lek's holdings at Harhall.
Dean: A stream flowing West from the Peaks; its valley is the site of Ornolf's estates.
Dove(brook): A fast stream which flows east from the Peaks, close to Harhall.
Dunn: Thane of Bretforton, husband of Luta.
Ealdred: (d. 790) Last king of the Hwicce. Twelfth in the list of Luta's forebears.
Eanberht: (d. c. 760) Hwiccan king. Tenth in the list of Luta's forebears.
Eanfrith: (d. 674) Hwiccan king. The first of twelve cited as one of Luta's forebears.
Eanhere: (d. 675) Hwiccan king. Second in the list of Luta's forebears.
Ecgfrith: A scout from Evesham in Luta's retinue.
Edward: (c.875-) Atheling. King of Wessex from 900 onwards. Son of Alfred.
Eric: (king 890-) King of East Anglia, son of Guthrum.
Ethandun, Battle of: The decisive victory of King Alfred over the Danes under Guthrum in May 878. Many Vikings were baptized in its wake.
Ethelfled: (c. 872-) The Lady of Mercia, wife of Ethelred and daughter of King Alfred.
Ethelheard: (fl. 700) Hwiccan king. Sixth in the list of Luta's forebears.
Ethelred (1): (c. 860-) Ealdorman of (English) Mercia and Luta's liege. Husband of Ethelfled.
Ethelred (2): (d. 883) Luta's maternal uncle. The last Earl of the Hwicce.
Ethelred (3): (837-871) King of Wessex. The elder brother of Alfred, and father of Ethelwald.
Ethelric: (fl. 720) Hwiccan king. Eighth in the list of Luta's forebears.
Ethelwald: (c. 855-) Atheling, and pretender to the throne of Wessex. Cousin of Edward.
Ethelward: (fl. 710) Hwiccan king. Seventh in the list of Luta's forebears.
Evesham: A large village north of Luta's estates at Honeybourne. The site of an influential abbey.
Five Burghs: Name given to the powerful semi-independent towns of the Danelaw: Derby, Lincoln, Stamford, Nottingham and Leicester.
Garulf: A brigand sworn to Lek's service; previously a priest.
Great Heathen Army: The horde of Vikings who descended upon England in 865, led by Ivar the Boneless and his brothers.
Guthrum: (d. 890) Danish king of East Anglia. One of the leaders of the Great Heathen Army.
Gwent: Welsh kingdom, west of Mercia.
Hakon: First Earl of Lade, Sinir's cousin and his overlord in Norway.
Hafrsfjord: A six-mile fjord in Rogaland in Southern Norway, home to Sinir's kinsmen.
Harald Fairhair: (850-) First King of Norway by conquest from 872. A great hero of the age.
Harhall: Sinir's seat, northwest of Repton in Danish Mercia. Originally comprising more than a hundred hides, the estate was later split between his sons, Lek and Oter.
Hereford: A town in the west of Mercia, near the Welsh border.
Honeybourne: Seleth's (later Luta's) seat in the Severn valley, south of Evesham, comprising fifty hides of good land.
Hwicce: An old tribal kingdom of the English, centered on Gloucester and Worcester. Absorbed by Mercia by the end of the 8th century.
Ivar the Boneless: (d.872) One of the leaders of the Great Heathen Army. Conquered East Anglia, York and Dublin.
Kol: A young viking warrior slain by Aki of Dorestad in a dispute over plundered church goods.
Lade: A town in Trondelag in Norway, the seat of a dynasty of powerful Earls.
Laski: Oter's horse, a skewbald colt.
Lek: Son of Sinir and Arnve, and master of Harhall after his father's death. Lek is skilled in seithr.
Lichfield: A large village in the English midlands, once the seat of an Archbishopric.
Lincoln: Danish town in the Midlands. One of the Five Burghs.
Luta: Mistress of Honeybourne. Daughter of Sinir and Sefleth, and half-sister of Oter and Lek. Renowned for her skill in battle.
Man: Island and sometime kingdom in the Irish Sea. Settled by Norsemen, and ruled from Orkney.
Mercia: Kingdom of the English Midlands. Its rulers had once exercised wide powers, but by the time of the campaign, Mercia is partitioned into English and Danish areas.
Meurig: A Welsh mercenary retained by Oter.
Orkney: Islands north of mainland Scotland, the seat of powerful Viking Earls.
Ornolf: A Norseman who settled near Thelwall c. 880. The target of a blood-feud with Lek.
Oshere: (d. 704) Hwiccan king. Fourth in the list of Luta's forebears.
Osred: (fl. 730s) Hwiccan king. Ninth in the list of Luta's forebears.
Osric: (d. 679) Hwiccan king. Third in the list of Luta's forebears.
Oswald: (d. 690) Hwiccan king. Fifth in the list of Luta's forebears.
Oter: Son of Sinir and the witch Braith. Practiced with Welsh magic.
Peaks, The: The Peak District of north-central England, northwest of Harhall. Characterized by rounded hills, upland moors and sharp escarpments. The Peaks are sparsely populated.
Radwine: A veteran in Lek's retinue; brother of Radwulf.
Radwulf: A veteran in Lek's retinue; brother of Radwine.
Ragnald: A seasoned viking; Lek's chief retainer.
Repton: A village in the Midlands near Harhall.
Rogaland: An area of southern Norway, once a petty kingdom
Sefleth: Mother of Luta. A Hwiccan noblewoman of high pedigree, married to Sinir.
Seithr: Magic, sorcery.
Sinir: A Norseman from Lade, who founded Harhall. Father of Lek, Oter and Luta.
Stamford: Danish town in the Midlands. One of the Five Burghs.
Thelwall: A Norse settlement south of the Mersey, three days northeast of Harhall.
Thuringia: A southern German kingdom.
Torf-Einar: (c. 850-) The powerful Earl of Orkney. Reluctant vassal of Norway.
Torksey: A large Danish settlement near Lincoln.
Uhtred: (d. c. 780)
Varr: A skald from Halogaland who practiced seithr.
Visna (1): The name adopted by Luta after her vision on Bredon Hill.
Visna (2): A shieldmaiden who fought at Bravellir. The banner-bearer of the Danish troops.
Winchcombe: A village south of Sefleth's ancestral estates, the site of an Abbey.
Wilareus: A petty bandit and robber from Thuringia, in Lek's retinue. Employed as a scout.
Wirral: Peninsula in Northwest England, between the estuaries of the rivers Dee and Mersey. Heavily settled by Norsemen.
Witan: The council of elders and magnates which approves the accession of a new king.
York: Powerful viking city and kingdom in the North.
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