shbilliding: a riotous assembly of devotees of liquid refreshment.
She of the Mellifluous Breath: a river separating Bormark and Malpettar; also known as He of the Bright Face.
“Shush-chiff of Pavishkeemi the Beloved, The”: a song of Pandahem.
The Silver Lotus: an inn in Rashumsmot. SOV
Sisters of Renunciation: a fictitious sorority often used by Sisters of the Rose as a cover-name.
Sisters of Voxyra: a sorority of Vallia; a splinter group from the Sisters of the Sword. OOK
Snagglejaws: a zorca of misleading appearance ridden by Prescot in Falkerdrin. WOK
Snarkter: a town in Vennar.
Snarly Hills: hills in South Pandahem among which the Coup Blag is located.
Snowy Mountains: a name for the mountains in extreme northern Vallia.
Solars Gratitude, Chamber of: apartments on the south side of the palace of Tali’s Crown.
Spurs of Lasal the Vakka, by: a light cavalryman’s oath.
Starhammer, Leone: the Chuktar of Queen Lushfymi’s regiment of Jikai Vuvushis. SOV
Storm Rising: a voller in the fleet meeting the invasion of the King of North Vallia. OOK
Strandar, Naghan: chief Pallan and a senator in the Presidio of Vallia.
Strelviz Lancer: a voller in the fleet meeting the invasion of the King of North Vallia. OOK
Strugmin’s Rot: a disease afflicting fluttrells; among the symptoms is a yellowish cast to the feathers.
Sultant, Fanti: the daughter of Ornol Sultant. WOK
Sultant, Ornol: the son of Nalgre Sultant, Vad of Kavinstok. WOK
T
Tali: a city at the northern border of the province of Falkerdrin.
Thandon, Enar: a Chuktar in the Vallian Freedom Army; a Strom; one of the judges at the trial of Nath Javed. OOK
Thangkar, Rodo: a legendary werewolf of Therminsax. WWK
Thantar: a harpist blinded as a result of an accident in childhood. WWK
Thaumaturges of Thagramond: a small and widely-spread cult of wizards.
Thelda the Voluptuous: a mistress of Vodun Alloran. SOV
Thingol, Ortyg: a cadet aboard Heart of Imrien. Waited outside the Coup Blag while Prescot, Seg Segutorio, and Nath Javed ventured within. OOK
Thostan, Noni: the Hikdar of Marion Frastel’s Jikai Vuvushis. WWK
Thothveheim: a vadvarate province on a peninsula in the west of North Vallia.
The Thread of Life: a play written by Belzur the Aphorist.
The Throstle and Swill: a tavern in Mompass. WOA
Tom the Toes: a churgur in the Vallian Freedom Army. WWK
Tremi: a vadvarate province east of Durheim in North Vallia.
U
Unstabi: a Chuktar of Undurkor Archers, who joined the traitor Vodun Alloran. SOV
Upvil: the landlord of The Leather Bottle in Rashumsmot. SOV
Urban the Unguent: a veterinarian of Snarkter, who treated Prescot’s fluttrell Salvation. WOK
Urfenger, San: a magician attending Kov Loriman the Hunter at the Eye of Imladiel. WOA
Urnhart Boulevard: a street in Rashumsmot. SOV
V
Vannerlan, Ortyg: a Vallian Jiktar, killed in battle.
Vannerlan, Sushi: the widow of Ortyg Vannerlan. WWK
Veltan, Thandor ti Therfuing: known as Thandor the Rock; commander of Prince Drak’s phalangite force in southwest Vallia. SOV
Venarden, Fruli: a Sister of the Rose who was used by Csitra in an assassination attempt against Delia; killed at the Battle of Bengarl’s Blight. OOK
Venavito: an imperial province in southwest Vallia.
Vendalume: a city in Vennar.
Venga: a vadvarate province northwest of Erstveheim.
vimshu: a kind of small tiara.
Vimura, Phanton: a Deldar commanding the fighting top of Heart of Imrien. OOK
Voernswert, Nalgre ti Zanchenden: the Jiktar in command of Zamra Venturer. WOA
Volanch, Emder: a Chuktar in the Vallian Freedom Army. WOK
Volanta, Mandi: a Sister of the Rose who joined the forces of Vodun Alloran. SOV
Volgo: a strom in the service of Natyzha Famphreon. WWK
Voman, Ortyg: a Hikdar in the Fifteenth Lancers of the Vallian Freedom Army. WWK
Voromin, Lorgad: the captain of Heart of Imrien. OOK
W
Wenerl the Lightfoot: a kampeon of 1ESW; one of the werewolves’ victims. WWK
Weymlo, Dolan: a merchant of Menaham. WOA
Weymlo, Yamsin: the daughter of Dolan Weymlo, rescued from kidnappers in Menaham by Prescot and his friends. WOA
Whonban: a mysterious place in Loh.
Wooldark Mitraeus, by the: a Rumay oath.
Y
Yolanda the Gregarian: one of a band of ruffians who helped rescue Prince Drak from Vodun Alloran. SOV
Yomin the Clis: a drill-master for lads in the Vallian army from Drak’s City. WOA
Yuhkvor: an island off the northwest coast of Vallia.
yukpam: a receptacle for containing muck.
Yumakrell: the capital city of the Empire of Yumapan.
Z
Zamra Venturer: a Vallian airboat sent as reinforcement to the armada against Csitra. WOA
Zandi: a Sister of the Rose and a member of Delia’s personal bodyguard. OOK
Zaphoret: a province at the eastern end of the Mountains of the North in Vallia.
zazzer: a type of warrior of the Eye of the World who drinks until reaching a fighting frenzy before battle. WWK
Notes
[1] dernun?: Savvy, understood, capiche? Not very polite. A.B.A.
[2] diashum: magnificent. A.B.A.
[3] yukpam: A receptacle for containing muck. The nearest terrestrial equivalent would be scumbag; but that expression was not used at the time. A.B.A.
[4] brytevax: Short form of Brumbytevax, Commander of a Phalanx. From brumbyte, pikeman. A.B.A.
[5] Queyd-arn-tung: No more need be said. A.B.A.
About the author
Alan Burt Akers was a pen name of the prolific British author Kenneth Bulmer, who died in December 2005 aged eighty-four.
Bulmer wrote over 160 novels and countless short stories, predominantly science fiction, both under his real name and numerous pseudonyms, including Alan Burt Akers, Frank Brandon, Rupert Clinton, Ernest Corley, Peter Green, Adam Hardy, Philip Kent, Bruno Krauss, Karl Maras, Manning Norvil, Chesman Scot, Nelson Sherwood, Richard Silver, H. Philip Stratford, and Tully Zetford. Kenneth Johns was a collective pseudonym used for a collaboration with author John Newman. Some of Bulmer’s works were published along with the works of other authors under "house names" (collective pseudonyms) such as Ken Blake (for a series of tie-ins with the 1970s television programme The Professionals), Arthur Frazier, Neil Langholm, Charles R. Pike, and Andrew Quiller.
Bulmer was also active in science fiction fandom, and in the 1970s he edited nine issues of the New Writings in Science Fiction anthology series in succession to John Carnell, who originated the series.
More details about the author, and current links to other sources of information, can be found at
www.mushroom-ebooks.com, and at wikipedia.org.
The Dray Prescot Series
The Delian Cycle:
1. Transit to Scorpio
2. The Suns of Scorpio
3. Warrior of Scorpio
4. Swordships of Scorpio
5. Prince of Scorpio
Havilfar Cycle:
6. Manhounds of Antares
7. Arena of Antares
8. Fliers of Antares
9. Bladesman of Antares
10. Avenger of Antares
11. Armada of Antares
The Krozair Cycle:
12. The Tides of Kregen
13. Renegade of Kregen
14. Krozair of Kregen
Vallian cycle:
15. Secret Scorpio
16. Savage Scorpio
17. Captive Scorpio
18. Golden Scorpio
; Jikaida cycle:
19. A Life for Kregen
20. A Sword for Kregen
21. A Fortune for Kregen
22. A Victory for Kregen
Spikatur cycle:
23. Beasts of Antares
24. Rebel of Antares
25. Legions of Antares
26. Allies of Antares
Pandahem cycle:
27. Mazes of Scorpio
28. Delia of Vallia
29. Fires of Scorpio
30. Talons of Scorpio
31. Masks of Scorpio
32. Seg the Bowman
Witch War cycle:
33. Werewolves of Kregen
34. Witches of Kregen
35. Storm over Vallia
36. Omens of Kregen
37. Warlord of Antares
Lohvian cycle:
38. Scorpio Reborn
39. Scorpio Assassin
40. Scorpio Invasion
41. Scorpio Ablaze
42. Scorpio Drums
43. Scorpio Triumph
Balintol cycle:
44. Intrigue of Antares
45. Gangs of Antares
46. Demons of Antares
48. Challenge of Antares
49. Wrath of Antares
50. Shadows over Kregen
Phantom cycle:
51. Murder on Kregen
52. Turmoil on Kregen
Copyright © 1988, Kenneth Bulmer
Alan Burt Akers has asserted his right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, to be identified as the Author of this work.
First published by Daw Books, Inc. in 1988.
This Edition published in 2008 by Mushroom eBooks, an imprint of Mushroom Publishing, Bath, BA1 4EB, United Kingdom
www.mushroom-ebooks.com
Originally published as "by Dray Prescot, as told to Alan Burt Akers".
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of the publisher.
ISBN 1843196875
Contents
Warlord of Antares
1 – Metal
2 – Of Emperors in a Thieves Tavern
3 – I treat with the Star Lords
4 – Horrors in the Coup Blag
5 – How Loriman the Hunter returned to life
6 – Concerns a Star of Death
7 – In the cavern of beauty
8 – “Save your breath for breathing!”
9 – Of bushes, beliefs and airboats
10 – Wounds
11 – How old Hack ’n’ Slay stood up
12 – Of the Mystique of Paz
13 – Of mud, blood and a zorca horn
14 – I take up a collection
15 – Murlock the Spry
16 – Concerns a meal by the king’s camp
17 – Al-Ar-Mergondon
18 – I pay for our foe’s supplies
19 – At the Eye of Imladiel
20 – Csitra
Epilogue
A Glossary to the Witch War Cycle
Notes
About the author
The Dray Prescot Series