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 2The Separans have bred and bound Al'Kari for 'nearly three thousand years', using blood and the water from Bachari. B2 ch6, ch31

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

Book 2Alandar speaks of 'the island of the little Bachari creatures'. B2 ch63

Book 2Through the blood binding, To'Ara becomes Alandar's Bashkira. B2 ch49-50

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 2The Separans 'use blood and the water from Bachari'. To'Ara binds Alandar. B2 ch31, ch49-50

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 2'The face of every land, from the Es'Cotty ocean to the Voranth Sea, was changed in a mighty upheaval, and all the powers and magics that existed were lost.' The World Chronology counts years from it (Year 0 AC). B2 ch20, ch31

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 2Book 2 adds Galdrethael, Norna, Darvanch, Volmar, Velmar and Farenar. The World Chronology numbers the cycles Galdrethael (1), Aeson (3), Norna (5), Darvanch (6), Aerolyth (7), Petnala (8), Aeolyth (9), Ryo (10), Volmar (11), Velmar (12), Farenar (13). B2; World Chronology

Book 2Three queens came from Aramere 'over two thousand years ago'. House Duvrain of Aramere is the 'Daughter of Flowers' house. Ethran and Ardin infer that Duvrain has been behind the deaths of eastern princesses ever since. B2 ch7, ch32, ch36

Book 2The Den of Foxes rangers, led by Brodin. B2 ch11

Book 2Jackaroth is the Drow realm. Edith, an old drow assassin living at Samunis, comes from its northern reaches. B2 ch2, ch5, ch51

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 2Scaroth is 'the most magnificent'; Shenza is 'the furthest of the eight great cities from the Isle of Bachari'. B2 ch28, ch64

Book 2A small leather-winged creature. Fargyles 'live in the high caves in Jackaroth, mostly along the northern coast'. Edith's pet Pim is one. B2 ch2, ch62

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

Book 2To'Ara is 'remanded to the custody of the High Council of Perome for incarceration and exiled until her coronation'. B2 ch58

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

Book 2The High Elves defeated the Wood Elves in an elven war; the Samunis stronghold fell 'some two thousand years prior'. B2 ch20

Book 2Baron Garold Duvrain's house of Aramere, with his nephew Mangus, secretary Teriam, commander Captain Elishand and high lieutenant Varashta. Its sigil is a white lily. B2 ch32-33, ch36

Book 2Grethan's house: a minor house of Indamear, in eastern Kuvia. Letters travel under the Sabat seal. B1 ch23; B2 Prologue, ch62

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 2After the baron's death Corvin governs as interim baron. B2 Prologue

Book 2A vine made 'against High Elf invasion'. The last Inari vine offers Athandra its seeds ('these are all that are left'), and she packs the pod at the bottom of her bag. B2 ch38, ch41

Book 2The elders of Samunis, among them Shilran, Master Tomar the historian, Master Golt the song master, Master Eleria, Mibra (botany), Celinda and Tiller. B2 ch1-2, ch20-25, ch38, ch48

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

Book 2They arrived 'several thousand years after the cataclysm', then called the Persanch. B2 ch43

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

Book 2After Baron Arnam's death Corvin becomes interim baron. B2 Prologue

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

Book 2The gift from her mother that To'Ara has worn since Book 1. Sha'Ara brought young To'Ara to Edith for it; it 'will mask the tune' of a power that first showed itself in her childhood. B1 ch12; B2 ch31

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 2Separans such as Shai, Aiden and Meserith handle Alandar. They have bred and bound Al'Kari for 'nearly three thousand years' and 'refuse to speak of' the binding. B2 ch6, ch9, ch58

Book 2After the trial High Lady Iscaar holds seven bone-white daggers and Darnab Idaria's collection. B2 ch42, ch61

Book 2Edith binds To'Ara and Athandra as sisters, with the old one Shilran present. The bond leaves marks: a rose that fades with distance, and a star on the face. B2 ch47-48

Book 2A kinship at Samunis with its own priests and chroniclers; High Priestess Shaliza is their tome keeper. They seal their library: 'All entrances will remain sealed for one hundred years.' B2 ch14-15, ch34

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 2Book 2 marks the Treken Wintering season in the cycle of Farenar. B2 ch11

Book 2They stole knowledge from the Tar'Hasin 'over three thousand years' before Book 2. B2 ch31

Book 1Athandra is a wood elf. B1 ch14

Book 2Samunis was once a Wood-Elf stronghold, lost to the High Elves in an elven war. A remnant of one song remains among them. B2 ch20-21

Book 2'A remnant of one song appears to have remained among the Wood Elves. That remnant is scant, and few ever discover it.' Athandra has it; Master Golt and Master Eleria test her. B2 ch21-22, ch25

Book 2All the Elven races may once have been able to sing like Athandra, 'sometime in the distant past'. B2 ch24

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