====== Characters ======
This is a list of some of the characters that I have created to include in Yn... e of the people on [[:skyss:places:straven]], but some of the more notable ones are:
* [[:skyss:char... [:skyss:chars:arald]] - A mysterious man from the South that came to [[:skyss:places:straven]] to ask
based on a Norse 10th/11th century blending with some ancient Roman, although the ships are more like... ut there is a whole world and other states exist, some of which will be linked to here.
NB this site... me to be able to remind myself what I've written so that I stay consistent. Feel free to re-use the m... d one full length novel in this world, as well as some short stories. I've also outlined two further n
cause they refused to bend the knee at the winter solstice feast in Castle Suibhne 774.
Diarmid is 3... ous wife (Niamh Sioltach) died in childbirth, his son survived.
- Diarmid (11)
- Caoimhe (6 month... uir has the biggest shipyards in the Kingdom, and some of the best shipwrights in the world. They buil... these.
* [[:skyss:chars:daels:aonghus]] - your southern neighbour, you sometimes raid together away
Bhaltair Gilranald is the Earl of Norpen, and for some time regent of Dael Riata during the minority o... aels:Alasdair_Ranald]], descended from the second son of King Alasdair III.
The ancestral home is Ca... ), is second and currently betrothed to the elder son of the [[:skyss:chars:daels:ahearn|Earl of Sudda... them, and the tradition takes time to establish. Some 25 years on there are signs of it returning, bu
put lots of detail in, I think it's best to leave some room for what I might need in future stories. T... n went to work on where the tectonic plates were, so that I knew where the mountains and volcanoes wer... flowing from the high places to the sea. I placed some cities in likely places based on real human geography, and from there came some trade routes, mostly sea traffic but also some
s North and East, and the Sea on the West. To the south sits the related but way more prosperous [[:sk... f Daels onboard a Skyssian ship, or in an enclave somewhere in a civilised town in another country.
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everyone else. Hence the monniker //Old Bjorn//.
Some time in the past Bjorn Johansson was a [[:skyss:society:messenger|King's Messenger]], and then a [[:skyss:society:justice|King's Justice]]. In his sanctuary in the loft space there are some relics from that life. When the [[:skyss:ships:
s:daels:alpin:Iain735|Iain]] (39, born 735) third son, distinguished himself in battle. Currently comm... though tragedy struck within a month of his first son Uilleam being born. At the time many feared that... of nobles of Bernicia when he attempted to march south to claim that throne on the death of his broth... ther made.
Still, it would be nice if he showed some appreciation for the sacrifices that the Earl m
imply used a handful of handy gods and goddesses, so this list isn't exhaustive. There are 9 gods in t... eal. People have met them when they manifest (not so recently, they tend not to manifest except under ... Demi-gods have very long life spans, and inherit some of the powers of their divine parent. They aren... live for a very long time unless they are killed. Some have become Gods in their own right, but not of
nd of nature and often winters in a forest in the southern lands where it is warmer. When the time com... heir mother, although most will spend a decade or so exploring the world. A number of them have settle... ughter of an unknown dark-skinned sailor from the Southern Isles. A Board of Trade agent, killed in my... ] daughter of [[Abayomi]] and Funere, born in the Southern Isles but grew up in [[:skyss:places:kronst
d her find what she had hoped would be safety and solidarity from her cousin.
He continued to serve ... ested that his father’s enemies manoeuvred events so that the King would look favourably on him. Eith... slightly taller than average, but not excessively so. His skin is pale, to the point of looking anaemi
:skyss:chars:rojden|Skyssian merchant]] who spent some time in Dael Riata before escaping.
==== Titl... [[:skyss:places:dealriata|Dael Riata]] and it has some of the most fertile farmland. On top of that th... anald]] - A cadet branch and very loyal, although some have questions around how the previous Earl, Bh
decisions are made and that policy is promulgated so that it can be enacted.
* Registry. A sub-depa... es the prices and cargos and tries to spot trends so that guidance can be given on what might be profitable. Their output is sold to the Merchant Guilds, along with access to th
ty of its wines - most of which are imported from southern [[:skyss:places:cottalem]] through the univ... he Drum - notable for the frequent brawls
* The Sore Heid - frequented by the Guild of Physicians
... nge in the centre of the Merchant City, famed for some of the excessive drinking when successful deals
