Key Terms and Persons of Interest
Alasdair: King of the Fae; powerful, cold, and unyielding; will do anything for the safety of his people, including making a pact with Grayson
Cáel van Court: Revenant; cousin, best friend, and right hand of Grayson van Court
Cassandra van Court: Close friend and spy for Grayson; few know who and what she is; she keeps close tabs on Rosaline
Damien Beck: Revenant; close friend of Grayson’s; scholar and military strategist
Elves: A species of magical beings closely connected with the element of fire
Fae: A species of magical beings closely connected to the body and life itself; oftentimes are healers
Fearghas: King of the Witches; creator of the revenants; malevolent and mad; deceased
Goblins: A species of magical beings closely connected with the earth; crafty; hoard knowledge; often short and unattractive
Grayson van Court (née Fionnlagh): Crown Prince of the Revenants; powerful witch; son of Fearghas and Isadora; for centuries has bargained and fought for the revenants’ right to survive; the leader of one faction of revenants, but must face off against his mother before he can become king; hampered by madness
Isadora Conti (née Lucia): Queen of the Revenants; widow of Fearghas, the witch king; mother of Grayson; bloodthirsty, power hungry, and insane
Magics: Nickname for magical beings
Merrows: A species of magical beings closely connected with the element of water
Otherworld: A world for Magics on the other side of the veil; rumored to be the gateway to even more worlds; once a Magic passes through the veil to the Otherworld, they cannot return to the Realm of Nine; revenants are banned from going through the veil
Realm of Nine: Our world; nine species keep the world’s balance intact: humans, revenants, elves, fae, goblins, merrows, the shadowkin, shifters, and sylphs
Revenants: Humans returned from the dead; need life to stay alive; created by Fearghas out of power harvested from the deaths of powerful magical beings; possess attributes of each species
Rosaline Carrison: Human; for centuries, her family has guarded a box that contains the essence of the revenants’ power; the last of her line
Rosaline’s Bodyguards of Note: Rhiannon (fae princess, cousin to Alasdair); Alec (wolf-shifter); Olivia (elf/panther-shifter hybrid)
Ruling Council: Comprised of the blood-born rulers of each magical species (revenants excluded); current members of the Ruling Council are: Alasdair (fae), Aodh (elf), Carrig (goblin), Cearúil (dragon-shifter), Niamh (merrow), and Sophia (sylph)
Shadowkin: The living past, created out of the thoughts and emotions of all who lived; advisors of the Ruling Council
Shifters: A species of magical beings closely connected with the animal kingdom; their name derives from their ability to shift into a particular animal form
Sylphs: A species of magical beings closely connected with the element of air
Triad of Magic: Phrase used to describe the connection of magic to a magical being; the three parts of the triad are soul, blood, and heart; magic is in the essence of a soul, runs through the blood, and centers in the heart
Witches: A species of magical beings closely connected to the mind and to death; have the unique ability to tell exactly what kind of magical being a Magic is; are now almost extinct in the Realm of Nine
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Riley Shane, Author. Loose Id, Publisher.