Adalwulf: The Two Swords (Tales of Germania Book 1)

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OTHER BOOKS BY THE AUTHOR

THE HRABAN CHRONICLES – NOVELS OF ROME AND GERMANIA

THE OATH BREAKER – BOOK 1

RAVEN’S WYRD – BOOK 2

THE WINTER SWORD – BOOK 3

BANE OF GODS – BOOK 4 (COMING 2016)

GOTH CHRONICLES - NOVELS OF THE NORTH

MAROBOODUS - BOOK 1

THE CANTINIÉRE TALES – STORIES OF FRENCH REVOLUTION AND NAPOLEONIC WARS

JEANETTE’S SWORD – BOOK 1

JEANETTE’S LOVE – BOOK 2

JEANETTE’S CHOICE – BOOK 3 (COMING LATE 2016)

TEN TEARS CHRONICLES – STORIES OF THE NINE WORLDS

THE DARK LEVY – BOOK 1

EYE OF HEL – BOOK 2

THRONE OF SCARS – BOOK 3 (COMING 2016)

THIEF OF MIDGARD – STORIES OF THE NINE WORLDS

THE BEAST OF THE NORTH – BOOK 1

QUEEN OF THE DRAUGR – BOOK 2 (COMING 2016)

MAP OF NORTHERN EUROPE B.C. 16

NAMES AND PLACES

Adalwulf
– would-be champion of Hulderic.

Aristovistus
– in the past, a famed leader of a confederacy of Suebi. Tried to conquer Gaul 58 B.C. Defeated by Gaius Julius Caesar. Grandfather of Balderich, the old leader of Marcomanni.

Bait
– servant boy of Balderich

Balderich
– grandson of the famous Aristovistus, grandfather of Hraban, leader of the Marcomanni.

Bark
– brother of Wulf, priest of Freyr, foe of Maroboodus.

Bero
– brother of Hulderic. Followed Hulderic from Gothonia to regain his ring and to have his vengeance. Foe to Maroboodus.

Burbetomagus
– shared capital of the Mediomactri Celts and the Vangiones.

Catualda
– son of Bero, cousin to Maroboodus.

Cerunnos
– son of Teutorigos

Chatti
- a fearsome Germanic tribe living north of the Maine River, south of the Cherusci.

Cherusci
– a mighty Germanic tribe living at Weser and Elbe Rivers.

Danubius River
– Danube River.

Draupnir
– ring of Woden. Every ninth day, this wondrous, dwarven-crafted ring would spill eight others.

Draupnir's Spawn
– spawn of Draupnir, Woden's ring, and the influential ancient ring of Hraban's family.

Ear
– brother of Raganthar, cousin of Leuthard

Ebbe
– Chatti noble, father of Gunda and Adgandestrius, ever ready to oppose Rome.

Elisedd
– Celt woman in Sparrow’s Flight

Ermendrud
– daughter of Fulch the Red

Fulch the Red
– warlord of Bero, father of Ermendrud.

Gaius
– scribe of Tiberius

Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus
– the first man of Rome, seemingly keeping Rome a republic, but in reality, creating an empire where he would hold the power over the military and much of the legislative power. Strove to ensure the continuation of his line in charge of Rome.

Galdr
– magic, spells, rhythmic spell singing.

Gau
– a Germanic county, administrative area.

Gernot
– Hraban's weak-willed brother.

Gothoni
– old Germanic tribe from the Baltic Sea.

Grinrock
– capital of the southern Marcomanni, home of Isfried.

Gunhild
– sister to Sigilind, Hraban's aunt. Daughter of Balderich.

Guthbert
– Batavi rider of Maroboodus, brother of Leuthard.

Hard Hill
– capital of the Marcomanni, oppidum hill next to Rheine.

Harmod the Old
– champion of Hulderic.

Helm
– warrior of Leuthard

Hermanduri
– vast Suebi nation covering much of the Weser River. Roman allies.

Hraban
– the Raven, the Oath Breaker, son of Maroboodus.

Hulderic
– Hulderic the Gothoni, noble of ancient house, father of Maroboodus, grandfather to Hraban, brother of Bero.

Hunfrid
– a Vangione noble, son of Vago, brother of Shayla, Koun, and Vannius.

Ingrid
– slave of Balderich, serves Teutorigos

Iodocus
– Celt, servant of Hulderic

Issa
– Alpsman, servant of Tiberius

Koun
– a Vangione noble, foe to free Germani. Brother of Shayla, Vannius, and Hunfrid, son of Vago.

Leuthard
– a Batavi warrior who served Bero, then Maroboodus. Brother to Guthbert, former lord of the Brethren

Luppia River
– Lippe River in middle Germany. Where much of the Germanic wars took place.

Marcomanni
– the bordermen, Suebi Germanic tribe divided into two gaus, counties. Led by Balderich and Maroboodus
.

Marcus Lollius Paulinus
– governor of Gaul, responsible for losing an eagle to the Sigambri

Maroboodus
– son of Hulderic, father to Hraban and Gernot, husband to Sigilind. A man returning home after a long period, bringing with him war and threat of destruction of the whole world.

Mare Suebicum
– the Baltic Sea.

Mare Germanicum
– the North Sea.

Mattium
– famed capital of the Chatti, home of Ebbe. Oppidum.

Mediomactri
– Gauls living west of Rheine River, opposite to the Marcomanni. Share their land with the Germanic Vangiones

Melheim
– brother of Isfried, brutal and treacherous. Noble of the southern Marcomanni.

Moenus River
– Maine River, where Hraban lives as a youth.

Moganticum
– a major Roman military base started by Agrippa, it kept growing into a naval base and a trade city. Mainz of today, located where Maine River combines with Rheine.

Nero Claudius Drusus
– Stepson of Augustus, son of Livia, brother of Tiberius. The leader of the early wars against the Germani east of Rheine, and the greatest, best liked leader of his time.

Oldaric
– the other Chatti lord, father of Albine. Stubborn and slow to oppose Rome.

Quadi
– a Suebi tribe, allies of the Marcomanni north of Maine River.

Raganthar
– leader of the Brethren, brother of Ear, cousin of Leuthard

Ragnarök
– the final battle of Germanic mythology, the end of most of the living things, the gods included.

Seidr
– magical power of Freya, the war goddess, mistress of seduction. Völvas use it.

Seisyll
– Mediomactri lord and relative of Teutorigos

Shayla
– a half Celt, half Germani druid, opponent of Tear, trying to steer away the prophecy of the end of the world. Sister to Vannius, Koun, and Hunfrid.

Sigambri
– old Germanic tribe living around Lippe River. Always at war with Rome along with the Bructeri, Usipetes, Marsi and Tencteri.

Sigilind
– daughter of Balderich, wife of Maroboodus, mother of Hraban and Gernot.

Suebi
– a vast confederacy of Germanic tribes stretching from Sweden to Danube River.

Tallo
– Quadi noble, brother of Tudrus the Older and Sibratus.

Tencteri
– Germanic tribe from the Lippe River.

The Three Spinners
– norns, the Germanic deities, or spirits, sitting at the foot of the world tree, by the Well of Fate, weaving the past, the present, and the future of each living creature. Also called Urðr, Verðandi, and Skuld.

Tiberius Claudius Nero – brother of Drusus, stepson of Augustus, and a fine general who recovered the Aquila lost by Lollius

Vaettir
– Germanic nature spirits.

Vago
- king of the Vangiones, foe to Marcomanni and the Quadi. Leader of I Vangiorum, a Roman Auxilia unit. Father of Shayla, Koun, Vannius, and Hunfrid.

Vangiones
– a Germani tribe serving Rome.

Vannius
– a Vangione noble, son of Vago, brother to Shayla, Koun, and Hunfrid.

Visurgis
River – Weser River.

Woden
– also known as Odin, the leader of the Aesir gods, one of the creators of men and the world.

Woden's Gift
– spawn of Draupnir, Woden's ring, the influential ancient ring of Hraban's family.

Wyrd
– fate in Germanic mythology.

Yggdrasill
– the world tree, where the nine worlds hang from. Source of all life.