The Index

The World & LoreCreation myth, the Triumvirate, the Veil of Shadow and the present age. The Books — Song of the DreamerThe three published volumes, with blurbs and Amazon links. CharactersThe principal cast of Book One, grouped by region and faction. Maps & IllustrationsRegional maps of the Central Continent, and illustrations of Solumna. Read & Listen: Chapter OneThe full opening chapter, on the page and narrated aloud.

AeronOrphan farm-boy of Raeik-Cove; a power he never asked for begins to wake. TherrosRiverlander veteran; the steadying spine of the group; Aeron's closest ally. RielleExiled Va'al channeller; sworn warden of an ancient relic; takes the road north. CarradonKhor's most respected general and most powerful living channeller. ElahCarradon's daughter; youngest in generations to pass the three Trials in one moon. KelnorAncient scholar-healer of the Citadel of Djedu; mentor, keeper of secrets. SemirCarradon's oldest comrade; reads a battlefield though he cannot channel. NgamiTowering Tru'Kante warrior of the southern Blood Valley, painted for war. PyrhCarradon's trusted secretary and envoy, and an early saga mystery. Syrina"The Promised"; raised in the Hall of the Promised on cunning and fury. Garef CarterBishop who administers the Hall of the Promised; cold servant of the One Church. Father BakerMaster of the Hall of the Promised; architect of Syrina's childhood suffering. WulfrikGeneral of the One Church's 11th Legion, the "Fist of Heaven." PetrAeron's father; village elder and seasoned hunter of Raeik-Cove. BlossomAeron's sister, sheltered in the barn during the Northmen's raid.

AonaitharThe primordial creator who shattered its own infinity to birth the Triumvirate. AyestorThe Weaver of Possibilities; dreamt the Dream of What Could Be. DesorinthThe Lord of Ends; imposed limitation and death from the Void. ElathielThe Divine Steward; arbiter of balance between chaos and order.

SolumnaThe world itself, severed from the multiverse beneath the Veil of Shadow. The Central ContinentHeart of human civilisation, from equatorial tropics to arctic wastes. The RiverlandsWestern league of mercantile city-states, walled by the Dragonspine. VexiaThe theocratic north-east; seat of the One Church. KhorRiver-fed desert empire of the south, ruled from the Citadel of Djedu. VexavonHoly city of Vexia; birthplace of the faith and home of the Hall of the Promised. DjeduCapital-citadel of Khor; seat of the Order of the Eagle. The Dragonspine & the GapThe mountain range walling the Riverlands, crossed by a single northern pass. Raeik-CoveAeron's home fishing village at the edge of the map; raided by Northmen. The Blood ValleySouthern homeland of the Tru'Kante. The Barrens & Great RiftBroken, unclaimed south-east wilderness at the continent's edge. The Barren Sea & Sia DiemWhere the Salt Sea meets the Red Sea, on the Autonomous Kingdoms' shore. The Outer LandsEsteria, Vaalnaaria and Dueg'dar Naar, beyond the continent's extremes. The WildlandsThe northern region where Aeron's journey begins. The Hall of the PromisedWhere the One Church takes and raises child channellers.

The TriumvirateAyestor, Desorinth and Elathiel, born when Aonaithar shattered itself. The Primordial (Old) GodsBanished beings leaking through the Veil as magic, sorcery and madness. The One ChurchTheocratic power ruling Vexia; controls the Hall of the Promised and armies. The Tru'KanteWarrior people of the Blood Valley, bound by an honour older than the Empire. Order of the EagleMilitary-channeller order of Khor; Elah's order. Order of the SnakeMilitary-administrative order of Khor; Semir's. The 11th LegionThe One Church's "Fist of Heaven," under General Wulfrik, turned north. The NorthmenSea-raiders who fall on Raeik-Cove in Chapter One.

The Veil of ShadowThe barrier isolating Solumna from the divine realms and the wider multiverse. ChannellingThe world's magic system; its practitioners are channellers, of varying depth. The WaystoneAn ancient relic, stolen: the stone at the heart of the saga. The TrialsThree tests a channeller must pass to qualify within Khor's Orders. The War in HeavenThe ancient cosmic conflict that Solumna was once part of. The Day of DivisionWhen the Triumvirate formed and the laws of reality were first scribed. The War of MadnessThe brutal prior war that sundered empires and forged the current treaty.

Song of the DreamerThe full Aonaithar saga, told in three movements. Part One: The Rule of ThreeThe opening volume, available now. Part Two: Lies & LegaciesThe second volume, available now. Part Three: ConvergenceThe third volume, as the threads of prophecy draw tight. Available now.