Llylquaendt straightened resolutely. "Yes, I think I must. These are my people as well, all that is left of Pyra."
The Gheddessii put on a feast and danced by firelight till the early morning.
Having slept on a pallet of soft furs with bellies full of horse stew, Mar and the rest rose before dawn, momentarily roused Llylquaendt, found slumbering in the arms of a not quite young woman, to bid him farewell, and then continued on their way.
Mar blazed through the cut at a speed of better than ten leagues an hour, so that they arrived at the cataract lake well before noon. When Number One hove into sight, even Wilhm began to show an anxious energy.
The full crew of the skyship, legionnaires and supernumeraries, boiled out to fill the deck of the skyship as the rowboats approached, and as soon as they docked alongside, a boisterous welcome erupted, with questions, hurrahs, and laughter overflowing.
There was, however, one person that Mar did not see.
"Where's Telriy?" He pressed Ulor as soon as he was aboard.
The marine looked very grave. "I don't know, my lord king,"
"What do you mean?"
"She's gone, my lord king. She disappeared from her bed eight nights ago and none have seen her since."
The Key to Magic continues in Book V: Wizard (2013)
Addendum
The Forty-Nine (give or take) Gods
Aenhishk'lhe, Stepchild of the Leafy Goddess
Awandrehachor, God of Poems and Sonnets
Alosth, Sublime Half-Quarter-Goddess of the Rapine of Civilization
Bhalrgam, Mystical Lord of the Fleet of Foot
Bhenthiabuka, God of Condiments
Bhist-gem-naet, fertility goddess
Bhurghrah, God of Waste, Sewage, and Refuse
Bhizg'g, God of the Malformed and patron of all beggars.
Borloi'gh'nyh, Archfriend of Arsonists and Clumsy Fools
Chaoel, Ascending Goddess of the Marvelous Loom
Cyhalis’ts’psqo, God of Boats, ships, rafts, and buckets of all sorts
Ephtehg’rha, Lord of Shipwrecks
Fflygao, the Under Oligarch of Foliage
Gheshuai -- Chief Suzerain of Unhappy Marriages, Cuckolds, and Oppressed Husbands
Gwolth, Invisible Ultimate Priestess of the Arcane Rites of Sand
Gz’l, God of Heretics
Knorthrha the Night God
Luftorh, God of the Oceans
Mhokh, God of Death
Mehl-shzu, God of Nautical Trades
Myrae’n the Snake Goddess
Nhal-bhy-chu, Goddess Mother of Chance Events
Nhish, Goddess of Grain
N'm, God of Seafood
Oahkthegk, God-Regent of mountains and deserts (and all ancillary terrain, inhabitants, and conditions)
Oos'ghlsiana, Mistress of Forests, Seedlings, and Shade.
Pernaphrhan, Overseer of Trickery
Plegh, The Unknowing God
Ptem-ko-ah, God of the Outerworld
Phrusht, Guardian of the Drowned
Rwalkahn, Demigod of Righteous Vengeance
Rwalkahn, in his rival persona as 32nd Avatar of Pernaphrhan
S'lskaigho, Protector of Forgotten Things
Shurzha, God of Purity
Soohlmed, God of Idiocy
Trhoozh, Master of Luck
W’aerliq, God of Forests, Meadows, and Trees in general. In some cultures, also the God of the Hunt.
z'm, Demigoddess of Jocularity
Zzgssii, the Leafy Goddess, whose various incarnations are distinguished by the placement of key leaves in her bodice
Zsnigh-mhi, Demigod of Tile roofs, Sheds, and Cisterns