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Lord of the White Hell
Javier Tornesal;
age; 17-18

Cadeleonian born. Hellion. Formerly Duke of Rauma. Wields the white hell (shajdi). Excommunicated for converting. Bahiim [in training]. Adari.

skills; Excellent swordsman, strategist, rider. Speaks Candeleonian and Haldiim. Opens and manipulates the white hell (i.e., regeneration of wounds, fire, light), but at a price now that Yassin's soul has been freed from the ghost locket.

lover; Kiram Kir-Zaki
family; Fedeles Quemanor (cousin & heir to Rauma)

MAP OF CADELEON

characters;

brief Cadeleonian history;

1000: The Sagrada fortress is built to stand against the first waves of Mirogoths.
1090-1105: King Nazario purges Haldiim from all of northern Cadeleon but dies before his forces can break the defenses of Anecleto and other southern cities.
1150: Civil war sends the Sagrada King into hiding in Rauma.
1190: The Restoration of the Sagrada rulership.
1200: Sagrada Academy is founded on the grounds of the old fortress. The school is dedicated to training the brightest nobles. Thirty years later the sons of merchants and scholars are granted admittance.
1226: The Yillar Academy is founded. Admittance is limited to Cadeleonian nobles and members of the high clergy.
1242: Second Mirogoth invasion begins in north.
1250: Calixto Tornesal opens the white hell and defeats the invading Mirogoth forces at the Sagrada Academy.
1253: Bishop Seferino pens his legal rulings on ethics, conduct and conversion.
1350: Kiram Kir-Zaki is the first full-blooded Haldiim to attend the Sagrada Academy.

days & hours;

Primiday: First day of the week.
Dosiday: Second day of the week.
Mediday: Third day of the week.
Levaniday: Fourth day of the week.
Traviday: Fifth day of the week.
Auguiday: Sixth day of the week.
Sacreday: Seventh day of the week.
Bells: A system of time keeping by sounding off loud or softer bells, which divide summer days into fourteen brassy day bells and ten wooden night bells. Winter days consist of only ten day bells and fourteen night bells.

places & people;

Anacleto: Costal trade city, home to the oldest and largest Haldiim district of Cadeleon.
Bahiim: Ancient Haldiim holy order that traces its history back to the original Jhahiim.
Cieloalta: Cadelonian capitol.
Circle of Red Oaks: Holy Grove in Haldiim district of Anacleto.
Circle of the Crooked Pines: Irabiim Holy Grove.
Haldiim: Naturalized minority descended from Jhahiim.
Irabiim: Nomadic tribe descended from Jhahiim.
Jhahiim: Tribe from which both Haldiim and Irabiin descend.
Mirogoths: Cadeleonian name for a vast number of northern tribes, the majority of whom are led by witches and shapeshifters.
White Tree of the Red Oaks: The center of the Red Oaks Holy Grove and a symbol of the Bahiim power; oaths and spells are bound by its light.
Yuan: An exotic kingdom far across the South Sea.