The words of Duradim

Book 1An appointment bound up with the succession. No Accolade to the Queen has been appointed in 'nearly a thousand years'. B1 ch1, ch18

A people whose long-kept secrets To'Ara and Athandra seek at Samunis. Book 2 back cover

Book 1Alandar, shown at the games by Narvosh and Bertrand, is an Al'Kari fighter from High Lady Iscaar's birthing and training house in Scaroth. B1 ch26-28

Book 1Binding water 'comes by the hands of the Bachari, taken from the earth'. B1 ch25

Book 1A secret To'Ara uncovers after finding her mother's journal; later she witnesses a binding and is seized. B1 ch25, ch29

Book 1'The water comes by the hands of the Bachari, taken from the earth.' B1 ch25

Book 1Ballor is a Bruhndian assassin disguised as a Treken; Elman is a Bruhndian caravan master of the Martov Clan; Jefram is half Peromese, half Bruhndian. B1 ch2, ch5, ch32

Book 1An ancient upheaval. Something in Book 1 is 'nearly twelve-thousand years old, from before the cataclysm'. B1 ch29

Book 1Dates are given by cycle and year: the Prologue of Book 1 falls in the Cycle of Ryo, 12072, and chapter 1 in the Cycle of Aerolyth, 12182. Book 1 also names Petnala, Aeolyth and Aeson. B1 Prologue, ch1, ch13, ch16

Book 1The great cities of Perome. Glenn Heights is 'the largest of the eight great cities of Perome'; Scaroth is the capital. B1 ch21, ch23, ch26

Book 1Narvosh and Bertrand exhibit the Al'Kari fighter Alandar at the gladiator games. B1 ch26-27

To'Ara is a high elf princess of Kuvia's courts. Book 1 back cover

Book 1To'Ara's house, at Tredok. Baron Arnam Umari leads it and Romuel Corvin is its premier. B1 ch10-11, ch17

Book 1Its official sigil is a black dragon with its wings spread. B1 ch10

Book 1Since Corvin became premier, the dragon worn by those close to him, such as his lieutenant Brenard, has been changed to 'a sinuous serpent without wings'. B1 ch10

Book 1The people of Perome. Teth is a Peromese sadist; Narvosh and Bertrand are Peromese trade-guild men. B1 ch2, ch26-27

Book 1Romuel Corvin's title: Premier of House Umari. B1 ch11

Book 1To'Ara is a princess elect. Another, Lady Ferendain, is killed by assassins. B1 ch10

Book 1Their religion has stood for 'the last two and a half thousand years'. Separan journals are dated by their own reckoning ('The second thousand years'). B1 ch27, ch29

Book 1To'Ara's friends from the Treken market and Shelea's camp: Jefram, Tralen, Fram and Megrath. Corvin has the youths burned. B1 ch1-15

Book 1Athandra is a wood elf. B1 ch14

Book 1Another name for a Wood elf. Wood Elves prefer to be called Wooders; it is 'only among High Elves' that the term is considered derogatory. To'Ara calls Athandra 'A Wooder' when they meet. B1 ch14