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Seven o’clock on a Monday morning, five hundred years after the end of the world, and goblins had been at the cellar again. . . . Not that anyone would admit it was goblins. In Maddy Smith’s world, order rules. Chaos, old gods, fairies, goblins, magic, glamours–all of these were supposedly... read more
Cast of Characters/Important People
- : Villagers- Maddy Smith, a village witch, Jed Smith, a smith, Mae Smith, a brainless beauty, Adam Scattergood, a bully, Mrs Scattergood, an innkeeper, Dorian Scattergood, the black sheep of the family, Nat Parson, a parson, Ethelberta Parson, his wife, Matt Law, a lawman, Daniel Hetherset, a parson’s prentice, Audun Briggs, a roofer, Devotees of the order- Examiner Number 4421974, Examiner of the Order (Elias Rede), Magister Number 73838, Magister of the Order, Magister Number 369, Magister Emeritus of the Order, Magister Number 262, Magister of the Order (Fortune Goodchild), Magister Number 23, Magister of the Order, Gods (VANIR)- Skadi, of the Ice People, the Huntress, goddess of destruction,i Bragi, god of poetry and song, Idun, his wife, goddess of youth and plenty, Freyja, goddess of desire, Frey, the Reaper, her brother,i Heimdall, sentinel of the gods, Njörd, sea god, Gods (ÆSIR – SEER-FOLK)- Odin, chief of the Æsir, Frigg, his wife, Thor, the Thunderer, son of Odin, Sif, his wife, Týr, god of war, Balder, son of Frigg, Loki Others- Sugar-and-Sack, a goblin, Hel, Mistress of the Underworld, Lord Surt, Ruler of World Beyond, Guardian of the Black Fortress, Ellie, also known as Old Age, Jormungand, the World Serpent, Fat Lizzy, a pot-bellied sow, The Nameless,
First Sentence
Seven o’clock on a Monday morning, five hundred years after the End of the World, and goblins had been at the cellar again.
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- Fé: wealth, cattle, property, success
- Úr: strength, the mighty Ox
- Thuris: Thor's rune, the Thorny One
- Ós: the Seer-folk, the Æsir
- Raedo: the Journeyman, the Outlands
- Kaen: Wildlife, Chaos
- Hagall: Hail, the Destroyer, Netherworld
- Naudr: the Binder, distress, need, death
- Isa: Ice
- Ár: plenty, fruitfulness
- Yr: the Protector, the Fundament
- Sól: summer, the sun
- Tyr: the Warrior
- Bjarkán:: vision, revelation, dream
- Madr: mankind, the Folk
- Logr: water, the One Sea, the Middle World
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