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13 entries from the Winterborne wiki.
House Iceheart
Iceheart Family
Also known as Icehearts, Iceheart family, the Strangers, the Crown
- Bk 1The Icehearts sit the Throne of Bones in Centurion.
- Bk 1Sigil: the winged W, its outer strokes ending in two dragon heads facing each other.
- Bk 1Motto, carved beneath the royal statues: Faith. Prosperity. Tenacity. Victoriam Draconius Servantus.
- Bk 1Landed about 300 years ago under King Coronan and Queen Malva; the elves called them the Strangers.
- Bk 1Keep a Massachusetts house off Salem End, which Thelon uses as a “trophy cottage.”
- Bk 1Known in the books: King Thelon Iceheart, Queen Osalia Iceheart, King Onsthelot Iceheart, Prince Calibor Iceheart, Merador, Silverlamb Iceheart, Hellsbeth Iceheart, King Coronan and Queen Malva.
The Scorpion Rebels
Scorpion Rebels
Also known as Order of the Scorpion Rebels, Scorpion Rebels
- Bk 1A secret order founded by Calibor, Aveenar, Tellimor and Dyla so the Crown would not rule through the history of ice dragons, religion or magic.
- Bk 1Members include kings, servants and Pale Quill insiders.
- Bk 1Sigil: a scorpion.
The Arcane
Arcane
Also known as witches and warlocks
The Tryorians
Tryorians
Also known as Tryorian, the Damaged
- Bk 1Landed about 200 years ago, seemingly in peace, and stole the Heart of Snow, causing the Dark Rebellion.
- Bk 1Defeated after the war; traitors went to the Prison of Elemar and the Thorian was banned.
- Bk 1Their mark: a dragon eating a snake.
- Bk 1The Damaged: Silverstein's pack, which hunted the family on Earth.
- Bk 1Their soldiers wear bone and shadow, cracked skull masks with horns curling back like antlers and long snouts, and fang cords around their throats.
- Bk 1A horn call heralds their arrival, followed by chants and clashing weapons.
- Bk 1Known in the books: Mr. Silverstein, Itheleea, Caspiden, Konniver Tryor.
The Midnight Kings
Earth
Also known as Midnight Kings
- Bk 1Henric's childhood crew of Carmel boys, Peter among them.
- Bk 1Drifted away after elementary school.
Peoples of Winterborne
Peoples
Also known as Verimor, Wild Elves, Higher Elves, settlers
- Bk 1Elves came about 500 years ago; after Hellsbeth's coup they became servants, and after the war gained land, ranks and seats as counsel. Their own name for themselves is Thranmithors.
- Bk 1Every elf's life is bound to the Heart of Snow.
- Bk 1Halfsies (part elf) like Aveenar; Calibor's children by her were a crime under the law.
- Bk 1The law forbids lovebonds between elves and humans; halfsies are seen as proof that a sacred law was broken.
- Bk 1The Wild Elves left for Doomhall after the war.
- Bk 1Settlers fleeing the Single Belief followed the Icehearts, mostly to Gheragol.
- Bk 1Kin marriage is an ancient Eastworld practice.
- Bk 1Elves have pointed ears; many in Winterborne are born with unusual eyes.
- Bk 1Verimors, elves, witches, warlocks and humans live under the Crown.
The Pale Quill
Winterborne
Also known as Pale Quill
- Bk 1Winterborne's press; its editors capture images through spellwork.
- Bk 1Its editors are called the curators of The Pale Quill.
- Bk 1Its headlines about Henric include ‘A Halfsie. A Monster. An Heir.’ and ‘Prince of Winter? Prince of Rebels?’
- Bk 1Some of its insiders belong to the Scorpion Rebels.
- Bk 1Its leaflets show Henric in a full-color, realistic sketch with two horns; the ink smears to the touch.
- Bk 1Posters in Centurion announced THE SHATTERED CLAIM OF THE FALSE HEIR for its issue on the eighty-fifth day of the diamond moon.
- Bk 1Its curators attended the celebration in skull masks, each wearing a silver scorpion necklace.
The Six Voices
Winterborne
Also known as Six Voices
- Bk 1A council of Winterborne.
- Bk 1Its six members represent Winterborne's kingdoms and include elves, humans, witches and warlocks; their faces are never revealed.
- Bk 1They wear cloaks and wooden masks with eye slits, marked with a dove, wolf, raven, serpent-tailed unicorn, rose and seven-pointed star.
- Bk 1Their symbols appear in the throne room; street musicians mock them with masks carved with the same symbols.
- Bk 1Members sit robed in black and masked, hands held together in a triangle.
- Bk 1One member wears a mask carved with a rose; beneath it, a woman with brown skin and eyes.
Morgers
Peoples
Also known as Morger
- Bk 1Creatures named in Winterborne.
- Bk 1Gray shadow-like beings in ragged cloaks with empty eye sockets, no nose and no lips.
- Bk 1They linger by graves, feeding off the remains of the dead.
- Bk 1Appear as gray shadows in tattered cloaks; they must be fed to keep protecting the realm, and condemned rebels are fed to them.
Verimors
Peoples
Also known as Verimor, fauns
- Bk 1Fauns. Vendis, a Centurion barkeep, is a Verimor.
- Bk 1Henric killed a Verimor at Sifti.
- Bk 1Have a human upper body and a goat's lower half.
- Bk 1Known in the books: Vendis.
Halfsies
Peoples
Also known as halfsie, part elf
- Bk 1Halfsies (part elf) like Aveenar; Calibor's children by her were a crime under the law.
- Bk 1The law forbids lovebonds between elves and humans; halfsies are seen as proof that a sacred law was broken.
- Bk 1Known in the books: Aveenar Montoet Iceheart, Henric Iceheart, Audrey Iceheart, Skeely.
Elves
Peoples
Also known as elf, Thranmithors
- Bk 1Elves came about 500 years ago; after Hellsbeth's coup they became servants, and after the war gained land, ranks and seats as counsel. Their own name for themselves is Thranmithors.
- Bk 1Every elf's life is bound to the Heart of Snow.
- Bk 1The Wild Elves left for Doomhall after the war.
- Bk 1Elves have pointed ears; many in Winterborne are born with unusual eyes.
- Bk 1Verimors, elves, witches, warlocks and humans live under the Crown.
- Bk 1Known in the books: Romendan Eltemore, Cebrahim Ventera, Dyla Silvermore, Demhalt Silvermore, Hundarian Silvermore, Kellenen Silvermore, Dorover.
Humans
Peoples
Also known as human
- Bk 1Verimors, elves, witches, warlocks and humans live under the Crown.
- Bk 1Known in the books: Lord Fredween, Princess Petrolla, Cecilia / Valentina.
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