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This is a list of some of the characters that I have created to include in Yngvild & Noren.
===== Primary Characters =====
* [[:skyss:chars:yngvild]] - the (unreliable) narrator of the story
* [[:skyss:chars:noren]] - the t... ars:Arne|Arne the Slow]] - the steersman on the boat, de facto second in command to [[:skyss:chars:old
he north of the mainland of [[:skyss:places:daelriata|Dael Riata]]. It lies on a rocky outcrop on the coast where the river Ard meets the inner sea.
===... currently a widower. He was married to Ealasaid Riata, his cousin and the sister of the 19th Duke of [[:skyss:chars:daels:riata|Glasholm]], for thirty-nine years before she die
====== Grand Duchy of Dael 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:bernici... ch is why they haven't banded together to be a greater power in the world. Many Daels leave the area a
ound ====
This is a web version of the notebook that has the background to my fantasy novel [[https://... //, which is a medium-level fantasy story with relatable female lead and a dash of romance set in a world of my own creation. It's influenced by everything I've ever read,... e like 17th/18th century. Skyss is the northern state the main characters come from, but there is a wh
}The people of Skyss worship a pantheon of gods that they know exist. Those gods at times manifest themselves and have been known to inter-breed with mort... main pantheon demonstrably exist. The Skyssian Creation Story is called [[https://www.themself.org/202... other's Dream]].
=== Known Gods ===
I've not created an entire pantheon, I've simply used a handful
===== Alasdair V, King of Dael Riata =====
{{ :skyss:chars:daels: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|Skyssian merchant]
e is a part government and part commercial organisation that exists to help enable Skyssians to trade successfully and profitably across the world. The [[... g in Kronstadt, and again in Knarvik, Beretha and at The Wheel.
* Function: the function is to enable trade through better flows of information, and also supporting Skyssians when they get i
een Caoimhe. Originally appointed because of his father’s connections he took the oath of service seriously and has refused to be swayed by political considerations. When his father deposed the Queen he took up arms against him. There were several battles in the
g abroad they are usually fishing in the inshore waters between the Easter Isles and the mainland of [[:skyss:places:daelriata|Dael Riata]].
==== Titles ====
The current (7th) Earl is Diarmid Murchadh. He's a cousin of the 5t... by the King because they refused to bend the knee at the winter solstice feast in Castle Suibhne 774.
Dalreoch is the capital of [[:skyss:places:daelriata|Dael Riata]].
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=== Stories ===
They are in the ... a rocky outcrop in the delta. Given the violent nature of Daelian history Dalreoch has multiple curta... nd the Main Channel. Many of the nobles of Dael Riata have been educated there, and the 'Library Annex
quare miles. Only a little of the island is cultivated, most of it is woodland or rough grazing for the sheep that the community keeps for their wool and milk.
{{... rne]] as the second. They have a single fishing boat with almost enough people to crew a second. Most ... he fishing communities of the islands. As their boat captain [[:skyss:chars:old_bjorn]] is one of the
e's reputed to also be descended from the elves that frequented the forests of [[:skyss:places:grunwal... y children, but famously only of daughters. She's at least 500 years old, but very strongly of divine blood, such that her apparent age is in her mid-thirties. She is u... rarely settling anywhere for long. She's fond of nature and often winters in a forest in the southern
===== 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 o... |Ranald]], Grand Dukes of Reoch & Kings of Dael Riata ^ [[:skyss:chars:daels:gilranald|Gilranald]],
arl of Norpen, and for some time regent of Dael Riata during the minority of his cousin [[:skyss:chars... cestral home is Caer Righ, a castle guarding a strategic crossing of the river Righ in the Grand Duchy of Dalreoch. However the present Earl's father was translated to the Earldom of Norpen, on the northernmost of the Easter Isles. This was an over
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This is a web version of the notebook that has the background to my NaNoWriMo 2016 entry //'[[https://www.wattpad.com/story/88886601-yngvild-and-noren-nanowrim... m-level fantasy story set in a world of my own creation. These are some of the places that feature in the story.
* [[:skyss:places:world]]
=== Skyss
