A Feather on the Breath of Ellulianaen
Robert Denethon
Copyright 2011 Robert Denethon
ISBN 9781310217210
Table of Contents
Cover
Copyright
Table of Contents
Dedication
Beginning
Pronunciation of Names in Normal English Transliteration
Maps
Chapter One The Taverner
Chapter Two The Midnight Sun
Chapter Three Kereth Chufire the Partisan
Chapter Four The Gryphon of Light
Chapter Five Riding the Wings of the Wind
Chapter Six Hwedolyn’s Quest for Vengeance
Chapter Seven Duke Maddon Udvéwynn
Chapter Eight The Other Gryphon
Chapter Nine Chalyom the Gryphon
Chapter Ten Halomlyn’s Dilemma
Chapter Eleven Halomlyn’s Army
Chapter Twelve Vision Of Another Realm
Chapter Thirteen The Nomoi Squad
Chapter Fourteen Gwendolyn’s Family
Chapter Fifteen Rain & Thunder
Chapter Sixteen The Stone Bridge
Chapter Seventeen The Eagle’s Eyrie
Chapter Eighteen The Dragon
Chapter Nineteen Dragon Moon
Epilogus The Succession
Appendix 1 Facts & Pictures Relating to the Archaeologickal Discoverie
Appendix 2 Dates & Times of the Main Events
Appendix 3 Gryphon Language
Appendix 4 Context of the Manuscript Fragments
Appendix 5 Pronunciation of Character Names in International Phonetic Alphabet
Appendix 6 On the Udvélogickal & Eschatologickal in the Hhwedolyn
Bibliography
Other books by Robert Denethon
What is a gryphon?
Dedication
Reckoning what I owe thee
oh those who have helped th’ making...
(About four thousand years of sheer brilliance,
the written word of many ages?
Knowledgeable, these ancestors -
but an iota, my debt to rimers past,
a’laid on the ledger,
if I compare all that I now owe to ‘ner’ angels.)
Undertaken with no reward,
what they all toiled at:
to ‘mold’ one real sapphire,
out of the book:
the crowtrodden, useless, Draft One;
reading, then suggesting th’ abridged versions,
a-tapestried out of older ones.
Jan’s edits, Nobert, Denis, Cliff,
PSK, John B, and my Dad’s,
Adrienne’s, Rachel, Elyse’s,
& Jan Barker,
everyone at St Bart’s,
others & unmentioned & forgotten
but definitely (and also Alex, ay) not unappreciated.
& Thanks, I know, is not enough to repay debts aye - so great -
but I -
I have not got more than that to give to you.
RD
Dedication to the Second Edition
Lo, these words owe ever to thee,
friends, as your help there guided me.
So to all these will this tome bee
writ: E.R., D.K., C.H., et al.
Beginning
Aiyh yn hychyyr
Pronunciation of Names in English Transliteration
Gryphons
Hwedolyn
Hweh-doll-in - A male gryphon
Halomlyn
Hay-lom-lin - Hwedolyn’s father
Tiawéflyn
Tee-ah-waif-lin - Hwedolyn’s mother
Atdaholyn
Ate-dah-holl-in - Hwedolyn’s cousin
Milélyn
Me-lay-lin - Hwedolyn’s uncle, Atdaholyn’s father, Halomlyn’s brother in law.
Thwyrlyn
Th-weir-lin - Hwedolyn’s aunt, Atdaholyn’s mother, Halomlyn’s sister
Gwendolyn
Gwen-doll-in - A female gryphon
F’dwyr’llyn
Fid-weir-lin - Gwendolyn’s Mother
Gothlirlyn
Goth-leer-lin - Gwendolyn’s Father
Chalyomlyn
Chah-lom-lin - A wise female gryphon, of great age, a friend to Gwendolyn.
Also called The Oracle of Hwendoryllyan.
Moçallyn
Moss-ail-in - Milélyn’s mother
Camgwynt
Cam-gwint - Milélyn’s father
Lhydlaedlyn (deceased)
Lid-laid-lin - Hwedolyn’s grandfather. Known as ‘the Gryphon Who Lied.’
Humans
Hinfane
Hin-fane - The tavern-keeper in the town of Hathion Kathuiolké, a woman.
Gothur
Goth-er - Hinfane’s husband, originally the Tavern keeper until he took ill.
Kereth Chufire
Ke-reth Chew-fire - A partisan, part of the rebellion against the Nomoi Empire.
Camhar
Cam-hah - A tall red-headed miner with fair skin
Vivish
V-eye-vish - A dark-skinned miner from the south
Gwalt
G-walt - A tall bearded miner
Tesed
Tess-ed - A merchant
Zhallad
Zh = s as in Asia - Zhall-ad - A merchant, brother of Maddon Udvéwynn
Duke Maddon Udvéwynn
Madden Ood-vey-win - Duke of kingdom of Hashae Chillaella, Zhallad’s brother, Hval’s father.
Hval Thaddon Udvéwynn
H-Vahl Thaddon Ood-vey-win - Son of the Duke of Hashae Chillaella, and successor of the title.
Uchwotfyrd whose nickname is Huch
Ooch-what-feared - Husband of Ondfuth
Ondfuth
Ond-footh - Wife of Huch
Nomoi Elves
Huhufwuerifwuerionaena-iashelosha-kashohosha-rithydénaen-thoihathyloi (true name – not used in daily life)
‘who-who-fway-ri-an-ay-na-i-ay-see-la-sah ka’sɒ-sa ri-di’ay-day-ee-nain doy’ha-di-loy In the story, he is called elf-mage or elf Nomoi elf, A Chancellor – the highest ranking military wizard, who reports directly to the Emperor.
Emperor Lhaghr’n’fumu
La-gra-nee-foo-moo - The Nomoi Emperor.
Prince Rhaglan
Rag-lan - Son of the Nomoi Emperor, and successor to the throne.
Dwarves
Haldar son of Manthur
Hal-dar, Man-thur - King of the Underground Realm of UnderNurther.
Klaer son of Aelig
Clair, Ay-lig - King of the Underground Realm of Minthenmor.
Hrammir son of Liothan
H-rammer, Lee-oh-than - King of the Underground Realm of Vatrarfahond.
Fota son of Hrindaz
Foh-ta H-rin-daz - King of the Underground Realm of Finthanzud.
Wyverns
The First Wyvern
Thah Ferst Why-vern
The Second Wyvern
Thah Sek-und Why-vern - Both wyverns, dragons with two legs and two wings, able to read minds.
Dragons
Dragon
Drah-gen
A rather unintelligent dragon.
Snowdragon
Snow-drah-gen
A fire-and-ice breathing dragon of the far north.
Theologickal
Ellulianaen or Udvé
E’lu-li- ay-nenn, Ood-vay - The God of humans, dwarves, gryphons, and the “Other Elves.”
Afazel
A-fay-zel - The evil bat-winged god of the Nomoi elves.
Maps
Map of the Kno
wn World