O'BYRNE Clan of Glenarden
(Colors are red, black, and silver/gray)
Aeda — Tarlach's late royal Pictish wife; mother to Ronan, Caden, and Alyn
Ailill — Bard
Alyn — Tarlach and Aeda's third son
Bron — A penniless cripple taken in by Brenna; from the Highlands with widowed mother
Caden — Tarlach and Aeda's second son
Cú — Tarlach's wolfhound
Dara — Glenarden's midwife
Egan O'Toole — Glenarden's champion
Gillis — Master of the hounds
Kella O'Toole — Egan's daughter; foster sister to Ronan, Caden, and Alyn
Rhianon — Caden's wife from Gwenydd of North Wales; daughter of Idwal and Enda
Ronan — Tarlach and Aeda's eldest son and heir
Rory — Ronan's alias
Tarlach — Clan chief/king, also known as the Glenarden; of royal Irish descent (Davidic bloodline)
Vychan — Steward
GOWRYS Clan—Subclan of O'Byrnes
(Colors are red and green)
Brenna — Daughter of Llas and Joanna; heiress to Gowrys
Daniel — Donal's son and Gowrys princeling; hostage to the O'Byrnes
Donal — Brenna's cousin and current Gowrys clan chief
Ealga — Brenna's nurse and mentor; Joanna's cousin
Faol — Brenna's silver-white wolf
Joanna — Llas's slain queen and mother of Brenna, descended from British apostolic bloodline of Arimathea
Llas — Father of Brenna; slain chieftain/king
Kingdom of GWYNEDD
(Colors are pale blue and black)
Enda — Rhianon's mother
Heming — Hunter and soldier of fortune
Idwal — Rhianon's father
Keena — Rhianon's maidservant since birth
PRIESTS
Brother Martin — The priest who tutored Brenna
Brother Michael — Young priest who accompanies his senior Brother Martin
Dupric, bishop of Llandalf — Wants to start a monastery on land where Brother Martin lives (a historical bishop who may also be Merlin Emrys)
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Healer: By, Linda Windsor
Ficción históricaA prophecy launches this family saga of strife and superstition in Arthurian Scotland and of the Healer whose love and faith are its only hope. Her mother's dying prophecy to the chieftain Tarlach O'Byrne sentenced Brenna of Gowrys to twenty years o...
