Ship without sails, p.1
Ship Without Sails, page 1
part #1 of The Norsunder War Series
SHIP WITHOUT SAILS
The Norsunder War, Book I
Sherwood Smith
Book View Café
ISBN: 978-1-63632-075-5
Copyright © 2022 Sherwood Smith
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Table of Contents
Books in the Sartorias-Deles Timeline
MAPS
DRAMATIS PERSONAE
Part One
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2
3 EIDERVAEN, CAPITAL OF SARTOR
4 SHIOVHAN, CAPITAL OF ENAERAN
5 TLANTH, IN REMALNA
6 EIDERVAEN - SARTOR
7 SARTORAN SEA TO SARTOR’S BORDER
8 ZRANF - HALARIALGRE
LISDAN - MELIRE
ZRANF - HALARIALGRE
9 LATHANDRA – RALANOR VELETH
10 MEARSIES HEILI
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12 ROYA CASTLE AT CHOREID DHELEREI, CAPITAL OF MARLOVEN HESS
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19 VALLEY OF DELFINA - SARENDAN
20 MOUNTAINS ON SARTOR-SARENDAN BORDER TO MARLOVEN HESS
Part Two
1 TLANTH - REMALNA
2 LISDAN - MELIRE
3 ARTHATOWN - BERMUND
4 ARTHLATOWN TO LOCAN JORA
5 LLYENTHUR’S HQ - LARKADHE
6 LISDAN – MELIRE TO CHWAHIR BORDER
7 EIDERVAEN - SARTOR
8 LISDAN - MELIRE
9 LISDAN TO CHWAHIR BORDER
10 FORTRESS IN ERDRAEL DANARA
11 OF RALANOR VELETH
MOUNTAINS ABOVE FERELADRIA ON DRAEL CONTINENT
12 SOUTHERN BORDER OF RALANOR VELETH
13 LISDAN - MELIRE
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16 LISDAN TO AN ISLAND ON THE WORLD GETH-DELES
17 LISDAN TO COLENDI BORDER
18 LISDAN - MELIRE
Part Three
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2 BORDER ERDRAEL DANARA AND CHWAHIRSLAND
3 ZRANF - HALARIALGRE
4 ERDRAEL DANARA TO CHWAHIRSLAND
5 ZRANF - HALARIALGRE
6 ELA HARBOR – SARTORAN SEA
7 BORDER OF HALARIAGRE AND SLES ADRAN
8 EASTERN END OF THE SARTORAN SEA
9 SLES ADRAN
10 SARTORAN SEA
11 NENTE - SLES ADRAN
12 IMRY LLYENTHUR’S HQ - LARKADHE
13 SARTORAN SEA
14 SLES ADRAN TO ENAERAN
LLYENTHUR’S HQ TO SHIOVHAN, CAPITAL OF ENAERAN
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16 SLES ADRAN’S MIDLANDS
17 SARTORAN SEA TO REMALNA
18 SARTORAN SEA
19 ALONG THE RIVER IN SLES ADRAN
20 VALIAN PENINSULA
About the Author
Copyrights & Credits
About Book View Café
Books in the Sartorias-Deles Timeline
HISTORICAL ARC
“Lily and Crown”
Inda
The Fox
King’s Shield
Treason’s Shore
Time of Daughters (two volumes)
Banner of the Damned
MODERN ARC
The Young Allies as Kids Series:
The CJ Notebooks
Senrid
Spy Princess
Sartor
Fleeing Peace
A Stranger to Command
Crown Duel
The Trouble with Kings
The Rise of the Alliance Series
A Sword Named Truth
The Blood Mage Texts
The Hunters and the Hunted
Nightside of the Sun
Sasharia En Garde
The Wicked Skill
Ship Without Sails
Marend of Marloven Hess (coming in October 2022)
MAPS
DRAMATIS PERSONAE
NOTE: This list is building off the Rise of the Alliance List. Norsundrians, Ex-Norsundrians, and Detlev’s boys at the end.
Name most frequently used comes first, so sometimes first name, sometimes last, sometimes nickname.
LIGHT MAGIC MAGES AIDING THE ALLIANCE
Erai-Yanya Vithyavadnais: One of a long line of mages dwelling in the ruined city of Roth Drael. Trained partly by the northern Mage School at Bereth Ferian, and partly by Tsauderei, she works independently, her specialty magical wards. She has one son, ARTHUR (see BERETH FERIAN). Erai-Yanya’s student mage is the Marloven exile Hibern Askan.
Evend: One-time colleague of Tsauderei, King of Bereth Ferian (a courtesy title only) and head of the mage school there, he surrendered his life to bind rift magic from being used in Sartorias-deles by Norsunder. His place as titular king was taken by ARTHUR.
Igkai: Hermit mage living on the peninsula on the Sartoran Sea. An oddball all his life, he is a friend to birds and animals—and tolerates humans who do well by animals.
Lilith the Guardian: She was a lower ranking mage and what might be called an officer of rites and rituals in Ancient Sartor, which was as close to a government as they got. She had one daughter, Erdrael, who was killed along with most of the rest of the population when Norsunder tried to wrest control of the world, for reasons explored in a volume to come. Her name is a modern adaptation, and she found herself trying to combat Norsunder on this and other worlds around the sun Erhal; she comes out of hiding beyond time whenever she finds evidence that Detlev has been in the world, acting for Norsunder’s Host of Lords.
Mondros “Rosey”: Big, bluff, and bearded, he began life as an exiled son of the disgraced Glenereth family, warlords of Ralanor Veleth. He studied magic, aided by Gwasan Sonscarna, Princess of the Chwahir, whom he married and had a son, REL (see SARTOR). When Mondros made it his life’s goal to defeat Wan-Edhe of Chwahirsland, he stashed Rel with a trusted friend, where Rel grew up a part of the family, until the urge to travel caused him to take to the road. Father and son found one another relatively recently.
Murial of Mearsies Heili: Recluse mage, living hidden in the western wilds of Mearsies Heili. Born a princess, she supported the transfer of the throne to her niece CLAIR (see MEARSIES HEILI) on the death of her sister. Protecting the kingdom from a distance, she has seen to it that Clair got magical training.
Oalthoreh: Head of the northern mage school in Bereth Ferian
Tsauderei: Oldest of the senior mages, independent of the two leading mage schools, living in a historic mage retreat located in the mountains bordering Sarendan and Sartor in the Valley of Delfina.
THE YOUNG ALLIES and OTHERS, Listed by Kingdom
BERETH FERIAN
Arthur (Yrtur) Vithyavadnais: He adopted the nickname Arthur after his rescue by young world-gate crossing friends. Son of mage Erai-Yanya, he early showed great ability in learning and magic, but he was unhappy living in isolation. He was adopted as heir by Evend, the former head mage of the Bereth Ferian Mage School, and presiding King of the loose federation headquartered at Bereth Ferian. After Evend’s death, Arthur shared this courtesy title with Liere Fer Eider in her persona as Sartora, the Girl Who Saved the World.
Evend: (see Light Mages)
Liere Fer Eider: Also known as the Girl Who Saved the World, she was the first of her generation to be born with Dena Yeresbeth. At ten years old she left her small town to escape being captured by Siamis, who had extended an enchantment over the world, which Liere later broke. The enchantment is generally known as The Lost Year, as most lived in a dream world while it lasted. She was lauded by all, and given the courtesy title of Queen in Bereth Ferian, a title with no powers or responsibilities whatsoever—but which still chafed her unbearably. Liere was the poster child for Imposter Syndrome until she went to Geth-deles for five years to study magic, and returned recently.
CHWAHIRSLAND (AKA LAND OF THE CHWAHIR)
Jilo: Son of a lowly sergeant, heir to elderly Prince Kwenz Sonscarna, he finds himself acting king of Chwahirsland, after Norsunder’s removal of the previous king, who had ruled for more than a century. What that means is, he is slowly poisoning himself in trying to remove the toxic accretion of dark magic enchantments over Chwahirsland, and especially its capital.
Prince Kessler Sonscarna: (SEE also Ex-Norsundrians) The single living descendant of the ruling Sonscarnas, who were systematically killed off by Wan-Edhe, blood relations notwithstanding. Prince Kessler escaped at a young age, made his way to a martial arts group where he mastered military arts. He allied with a Norsundrian mage, Dejain, and began to assemble followers for his plan to remove all the hereditary rulers of the world, and replace them with his followers, chosen solely on merit. When defeated, he was forced into Norsunder by Dejain, who betrayed him.
Wan-Edhe (born Shnit Sonscarna), King of the Chwahir: Descendant of the ruling Sonscarna family, has ruled for close to a century. A powerful dark magic mage, he has managed to create a powerful citadel in the heart of his kingdom, where time itself is distorted in his effort to ensure that he will live, and rule, forever. He killed off his family and descendants, including his brilliant heir, Princess Gwasan; only his grandson Kessler escaped, but years of abuse told on Kessler’s emotional landscape.
COLEND
“Bee” (Aural) Keperi: Chief scribe to Shontande Lirendi. Being blind, he does all his work by memorization.
King Carlael Lirendi: Regarded generally as Mad King Carlael before he was assassinated by Efael of Norsunder. He was as beautiful as he was strange. He mostly existed in a world of dreams imposed by magic, from which
Prince Shontande Lirendi: Son of Carlael, King of Colend, and new king.
Karhin Keperi: She was a teenage scribe student in a small town in the west of Colend, who volunteered to function as the center of the young allies’ communication network. An indefatigable letter writer, she first met Puddlenose of the Mearsieans, and gradually got drawn into the Alliance; she was murdered by one of Detlev’s boys, and she is still missed.
Lisbet Keperi: Younger sister of Thad and Karhin.
Thad Keperi: Red-haired brother of Karhin, also a scribe student, but much less passionate about the scribe life. Very social, and friend to all the Alliance; he and his brother Bee are very close to Shontande Lirendi.
ENAERAN
Adon Marsael: Distantly related to the royal Elsarion family, tried to take throne. Allied with Norsunder in order to keep the throne.
Andri Elsarion: Inherited his throne very recently, after years of civil war.
Gared Inmael: Close friend and adoptive brother of Andri Elsarion: it was Gared’s father, the Elsarion Master of Horse, who took in Andri when he was disinherited. The boys grew up together.
Marten (Martande) Eldias: Lifelong friend to Andri Elsarion.
Baras Parael Otobris: the new king’s Commander of the King’s Guard.
Thadara Otobris, Duchas of Merith: The new king’s Chief Minister and treasurer, who has her eye on marrying Andri and sharing his throne.
EVERON
King Berthold and Queen Mersedes Carinna Delieth: Former king and queen, survivors of rough earlier years. Mersedes, daughter of a con man, became one of the Knights of Dei, dedicated to protecting the kingdom. They were both killed (at different times) by Henerek of Norsunder, who had come from Everon, and had been booted out of the elite Knights of Dei for countless crimes.
Prince Glenn Delieth: Heir to the throne of Everon, and convinced that a strong army solves all questions, especially the threat of Norsunder attacking; he died in a duel with David, one of Detlev’s boys, after forcing the fight on him.
Hatahra Delieth (Tahra), Queen of Everon: Younger sister of Glenn, passionate about numbers, and in her unrelenting hatred of Detlev and his boys. When the war begins, has two children, Jessan and “Carl”, and two infants.
Roderic Dei: Commander of the Knights of Dei, once defenders and protectors of the realm. The Knights were decimated in the war Henerek brought, and Kessler Sonscarna finished. Roderic Dei survived to serve as regent for Tahra Delieth until she reached the age of majority.
MARLOVEN HESS
Crystal Ingrid Montredaun-An: Daughter and heir to Senrid, the king. Five years old. Her chief passion is dogs.
Forthan, Retren: A young man from a farm background, Forthan is the best of the leaders to come out of the military academy. He became Harskiald, a resurrected title that means trusted commander in chief of Marloven Hess’s standing army; before then, commanders in chief were appointed per mission.
Hibern Askan: Light magic student, tutored by Erai-Yanya of Roth Drael, who learned in the northern mage school. Hibern was disinherited by her family.
Keriam, Janec: Career military man, Commander of the Marloven military academy, also titular head of the Palace Guard. Acted as guardian and foster-father to Senrid, protecting him from the regent as much as possible.
Senelac, Fenis: Wife to Retren Forthan, and head of horse training for the military academy, equal rank to the Master of Horse in the city guard.
Senrid Montredaun-An: Young king of Marloven Hess, a mage studying both dark and light magic. First friend to Liere Fer Eider, and second to make his unity in Dena Yeresbeth. The Marloven army is one of the most formidable in the world.
Stad, Indevan (Van): Second in command, Marloven army
MEARSIES HEILI
Clair of Mearsies Heili: Young queen of Mearsies Heili, a small agrarian polity on the northeast corner of the continent Toar. Niece of the hermit-mage Murial, and cousin to the wandering boy known only as Puddlenose, she has adopted a group of girls, most of them runaways. Her right-hand and designated ‘heir’ is C.J.
C.J. (Cherenneh Jenet): Found by Clair, who traveled through the World-gate, C.J. is from Earth, adopted into Clair’s gang of runaways and rejects. She learns magic fitfully, and is generally regarded as the leader of Clair’s gang of girls.
CJ’s Gang of Girls: Falinneh and Dhana currently wear human form but are not actually human; Seshe has a mysterious past, suspected of being a runaway princess (which is actually correct); Irenne thought the world was a stage and she was the heroine of the play, which got her killed by accident by one of Detlev’s boys, but she is still very much a presence among the girls; Diana is a martial artist and forester; Sherry and Gwen are followers. They are a very tight found family.
Mearsieanne: Once Queen of Mearsies Heili after she walked in and took an empty throne and renamed herself. She was taken by Norsunder, and existed beyond time for nearly a century, while her son, then her granddaughter, ruled. On her return to the present time, she stepped in and in the nicest way possible, shouldered aside Clair, her great-granddaughter and the girl queen, in order to show her how ruling ought to be done.
Murial: (see Light Mages)
Puddlenose of Mearsies Heili: Bereft of family at a very young age, thus no one knows what his actual name was. He was abducted and used by The King of the Chwahir in his complicated plots, he was rescued several times by Rosey (Mondros, see LIGHT MAGES). He wanders the world, determined to have fun. His chief companion is a world-gate wanderer from Earth named Christoph, but sometimes he’s joined by Rel (see SARTOR). Gradually he traveled on land less and on the sea more, until he was made second in command by Captain Heraford of the Tzasilia, former privateer.
REMALNA
Bran (Branaric) Astiar, Count of Tlanth: brother to Meliara, wife NEE
Meliara Astiar, Queen of Remalna: children Alaraec and Elestra
Nadav Savona: Vidanric’s oldest friend and chief aid, son Nadav
Vidanric Renselaeus, King of Remalna: children Alaraec and Elestra
RALANOR VELETH
Flian Elandersi, Queen of Ralanor Veleth: was a princess from Lygiera, distant cousin to Garian Herlester of Drath.
Jaim Szinzar: Brother to the king, and nominal leader of the army, though Jason commands in action.
Jaimas Szinzar: Younger child of king and queen
Jason Szinzar, King of Ralanor Veleth: military background, inherited the throne, and the care of his siblings, at a young age. His chief rival is PRINCE GARIAN HERLESTER OF DRATH
Jewel Szinzar: married to the King of Lygiera, MAXL ELANDERSI, has several children
Liara Viana Szinzar: Eldest child of king and queen
Markham Glenereth: disinherited, technically denied the Glenereth name, though the king intended that to be temporary. Liege to the king, a martial artist of superlative skill.
Lexan Glenereth: son of Markham Glenereth
SARENDAN
Darian Irad: After his defeat in a vicious civil war, Darian Irad stepped down from the throne and ended up as a military consultant on the sister-world Geth-deles. On his nephew Peitar’s assassination, Darian Irad insisted that he was a regent for Peitar’s son Darian, and not a king: he had gone to Geth, where he married and had a family.
Darian Selenna: son of Peitar Selenna, and heir to the throne. Has Dena Yeresbeth.
Derek Diamagan: Charismatic leader of the revolution, a commoner who wished to overthrow all the nobles, and institute common rule. He was a far better speech maker than he was an organizer; his revolution was a disaster. Close friend of Peitar Selenna until his assassination by Siamis, at that time nominally of Norsunder.
