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House of Gryphon

 

House of Ulmsdale

House of Paltendale

Ulm the Horn-Handed

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Lady ?

Lord Fortal of Paltendale

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Lady ?

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Lady Elva1

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Lord Ulric2

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Lady Tephana of Paltendale

Lady Tephana of Paltendale4

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Lord ?

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v

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Joisan of Ithkrypt

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Kerovan

Lisana

Hlymer

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Rogear5

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v

Hyana

Firdun


Footnotes:
1. Ulric's second wife. See the footnote for Ulric.
2. In The Crystal Gryphon it is mentioned that Ulric "…had taken two ladies before my mother and had of them children. But the children had been either born dead or had quitted this world in their early years, sickly creatures one and all. He had sworn, however, to get him a true, heir, and so he set aside his second lady in favor of my mother when it seemed as if he would get no son of her." His first wife died in childbirth and the name of his second wife was Elva, as told in Of the Shaping of Ulm's Heir.
3. In a way, Kerovan has 3 fathers. With her spells, Lady Tephana attempted to have Galkur possess Ulric while they were conceiving Kerovan which gave Kerovan cloven feet however, this awoke Landisl who became Kerovan's spiritual father, giving him amber eyes.
4. In The Crystal Gryphon she is mentioned as widowed (p 25). In Heir Apparent it is mentioned that her first husband was her cousin and was heir to the House of Fortal (even though Fortal is the name of her father in The Crystal Gryphon (p 26).) Her husband, however, has brothers who want to rule instead (p 27). It is mentioned that both of Lady Tephana's parents died in a plague shortly after her birth.
5. Rogear is "cousin-kin" to Kerovan p.16 The Crystal Gryphon. He's from the Lady Tephana's side of the family.

Intersting Companion Articles
 

[Glossary of Witch World] [Races of the Witch World] ~ by the Grand Wizard Michael Martinez

[Bibliography 1980] [Humanity 1982] [Survey 1983] [Andre becomes her Fiction 1994] ~ by the Grand Wizard Roger Schlobin

[Introduction to Witch World 1977] ~ by the Grande Dame Sandra Miesel

[Norton Profile 1966] ~ by the Grande Dame Lin Carter    [Witch World Calander 1980] ~ by the Wizard C.M. Quillan

Back to Contents     [Expanded Reading Order of The Witch Word Saga~ by the Master Sorcerer Metaldragon

 


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