Foreword

Monster Mate Hunt Terms, Characters, General Information

Orc’s Mate (takes place 5 years before Orc’s Craving):

Zephyr Clan: Air. Pendant is a circular disc made up of swirls to represent the air and water

Characters: Odik Brunellon, Eleri. Their children: Zur, Yusta

Birgid: woman who taunts Eleri and murdered Zur, the hunter who raised Eleri

Cassatine: orc midwife

Crikin: Dakur’s father

Drabass: male from Odik’s clan

Madine: elderly orc female; the keeper of clan stories

Trilden: Odik’s friend

Zarran: Odik’s vox

Zur: elderly man who adopted Eleri. They named their son after him

Orc’s Craving, Book 1

Azuris Clan: Water/Sea. Pendant: metal swirls with spikes resembling waves

Characters: Rhoslyn, Jaus Kreedaull, Shirra: their daughter

Arkest: oldest, most revered healer

Eamon: village mayor who wants Rhoslyn for himself

Feyla: Jaus’s female vox

Kael: older guardsman

King Surled: Jaus Madr’s father

Liall: older orc who runs an herb shop in the orc city

Lyneth: Rhoslyn’s sister; married to Sveth

Mastivule: head of the kingdom’s guards

Viskeete: rather crude orc

Orc’s Fate, Book 2

Lumen Clan: sun/mountains. Pendant: shaped like the sun, it represents the mountains and the heavens above

Characters: Madr Thourand, Lyneth

Brakkis: Madr’s vox

Finsteg: Matis Clan male who challenges Madr

Grock: Azuris clan male who guards Lyneth and is murdered

Kael: older village guardsman, friend to Lyneth

Milllamay: shayde Dakur raised

Pulost: Matis Clan male who challenges Madr

Riank: Madr’s cousin who wishes to rule

Sessavia: Matis Clan female, welcomes Lyneth

Taen: shayde Dakur raised

Tenkaril: Madr’s mother, adopted Zickar; wise woman who “sees” when she touches someone

Tescall: Riank’s younger brother and ally

Orc’s Maiden, Book 3

Matis Clan: forest. Pendant: spikes from the sun like sunlight stabbing through the canopy

Characters: Zickar, Alwen, their son: Ferrin

Bredar: Alwen’s brother

Brillie: Flazant female

Creea: Alwen’s sister

Dillu: Flazant male

Loobek: orc male who went looking for Dakur

Mavileen: human woman, leader of the village on the edge of the forest

Nayleen: Alwen’s sister

Noul: shayde Dakur raised

Pirrah: Flazant elder

Roolina: Alwen’s mother

Rusket: older orc male

Trillie: Flazant female

Ulong: orc metal worker

Villadeer: Flazant female

Wambak: Flazant male

Orc’s Captive, Book 4

Matis Clan

Characters: Dakur, Nia

Brunt: Nia’s stepbrother

Kengart: head of Brunt’s guards

Lianire: Brunt’s second in command

Veegar: human male, cook

Woobedon: Nia’s village built in the middle of the vast desert, near an oasis

Orc’s Taming, Book 5

Ember Clan: desert/fire. Pendant: flames shooting toward the sky

Characters: Turren, Kaila

Vox history: Winged creatures fostered in the Ember Clan and bonded with orcs. They form within a seed and when they slip out, they bond with the person closest to them. In earlier days, this was their parent, but now all eligible males and females travel to the Ember Clan to be there for the hatching. The bonded orc remains with the hatchling long enough for the vox to grow for flight, feeding and grooming it so it knows their touch and smell. They nest near their bonded orc but return to the Ember territory every three years when they’re ready to produce young.

General Terms:

Ashenclaw: creature like a wolf

Aspest berries: found on Odik’s island, can be added to tea

Avestilar: large birds who nest high in the canopy

Brugel: meat like bacon

Caedos: leader of a clan

Chall: like a cat; kits are their young

Cheerish: type of bird

Clik: distance; about a mile

Daphoon: a dolphin-like sea creature

Doonet: a light cloth made from a plant

Dresalod: vicious, enormous crab-like sea creatures that attack the orc city

Elkern: timid creature like a deer

Effervast trees: fragrant

Fillawate: drink made from a rare fruit that grows deep beneath the ground. When fermented and drank, makes someone feel happy, though it’s not alcohol

Flazant: stone people born of the boulders around us. Prior allies to the orcs

Hilardep: enormous, venomous spider found in the forest

Liladek flowers: lovely scent, bloom at night

Lindenmint: herb Rhoslyn drinks as tea; has antibacterial properties, slows a cut’s blood flow. Found to be highly toxic to dresalods

Mellabar: a fruit jam

Orcling: orc baby/child

Reskit: creature like a rabbit

Ribber: creature like a rat

Secondist: Tuesday

Shayde: large, vicious, lizard-like creatures who live and hunt in the forest

Sinderfluff: material like silk

Squitt: creature like a squirrel

Succire: a sweet red berry

Tartledge Sea: vast, purple sea beyond the Orc Kingdom

Teegar: plants used to propel orcs to canopy platforms or take them below ground. Serve as elevators. Fed with diluted fillawate.

Teetser: a fly/mosquito

Trulist: trees that grow in thick groves

Wanderer: orc who travels, learning new ways to use their pendants

Weelen leaves: used in tea

Whisp: an insect that, when blown across, lights up. Used in lanterns as a source of light

Willadon: a black root, made into a tea that relieves arthritis pain