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Kerrigor
This is a list of characters from '' The Old Kingdom Series'', a set of novels by Australian author Garth Nix. The series comprises six novels: ''Sabriel'' (1995), ''Lirael'' (2001), ''Abhorsen'' (2003), ''Clariel'' (2014), ''Goldenhand'' (2016) and ''Terciel and Elinor'' (2021). In 2006, '' Across the Wall: A Tale of the Abhorsen and Other Stories'' was released, which contained the novella ''The Creature in the Case'', which was set after ''Abhorsen''. Chlorr of the Mask A powerful necromancer and later one of the Greater Dead. At the beginning of ''Lirael'', she approaches antagonist Hedge at the Red Lake; but falls under his control. She wears a bronze mask over her face, giving her the name. Her story was further developed in ''Clariel: The Lost Abhorsen'', wherein Clariel was the granddaughter of the Abhorsen. She was also a cousin of the royal family. Mogget manipulates Clariel and she becomes corrupted by Free Magic. Her face became horribly scarred in ''Clariel: The Lost ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabriel
''Sabriel'' is a fantasy novel by Garth Nix, first published in 1995. It is the first in his Old Kingdom (book series), Old Kingdom series, followed by ''Lirael'', ''Abhorsen'', ''Clariel'', ''Old Kingdom (book series)#Goldenhand, Goldenhand,'' and ''Terciel and Elinor''. Plot introduction The novel is set in two neighbouring fictional country, fictional countries: To the South lies Ancelstierre, which has a technology level and society similar to that of early-20th century Australia To the North lies the Old Kingdom, where there exists two oppositional forms of magic, Free Magic, which is malevolent, and Charter Magic, which is benevolent. The existence of this is officially denied by the government of Ancelstierre, and disbelieved by most of Ancelstierre's inhabitants. Yet, an ancient wall separates the two countries, on the south side of which the Ancelstierran government maintains, despite its official denial of magic, a military post whose purpose is to monitor and combat ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Kingdom (book Series)
''The Old Kingdom'', or ''Abhorsen'' in North America, is a fantasy series written by Australian author Garth Nix. It originated in 1995 with the novel ''Sabriel'' and has continued in the novels '' Lirael'' (2001), '' Abhorsen'' (2003) and ''Goldenhand'' (2016). The series has continued with the prequel novel ''Clariel'' (2014) and the latest installment of the series, ''Terciel & Elinor'', was released in November 2021. ''The Old Kingdom'' also consists of the novella ''The Creature in the Case'' (2005) and other short fiction. In Australia an omnibus edition comprising three novels and one novella was titled ''The Old Kingdom Chronicles''. Omnibus editions in the U.S. have been titled ''The Abhorsen Trilogy'' (2003) and ''The Abhorsen Chronicles'' (2009). ISFDB catalogues the entire continuing series as "The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen". Books in the series ''Sabriel'' The protagonist, Sabriel, is in her final few days at her school in Ancelstierre (an alternate histor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lirael
''Lirael'' (called ''Lirael: Daughter of the Clayr'' in some regions) is a fantasy novel by Garth Nix, first published in 2001. Named for its central female character, ''Lirael'' is the second in his Old Kingdom trilogy, preceded by ''Sabriel'' and continued in '' Abhorsen''. Plot introduction The book is split into three parts, the first of which is set 14 years after the events in ''Sabriel''; the last two parts are set four-to-five years after part one. Sabriel and Touchstone have married since ''Sabriel'' and assumed a measure of control over the Old Kingdom. Their children Ellimere and Sameth were going to school in Ancelstierre (similarly to Sabriel) before being expected to take up their duties in the Old Kingdom. Plot summary Lirael, the protagonist of the second and third books, is raised as a Clayr, part of a vast family of precognitive women who dwell in a remote glacier within the Old Kingdom. As she lacks the Clayr's precognitive 'Sight', she considers herself ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Interregnum
An interregnum (plural interregna or interregnums) is a period of revolutionary breach of legal continuity, discontinuity or "gap" in a government, organization, or social order. Archetypally, it was the period of time between the reign of one monarch and the next (coming from Latin ''inter-'', "between" and ''rēgnum'', "reign" [from ''rex, rēgis'', "king"]), and the concepts of interregnum and Regent, regency therefore overlap. Historically, longer and heavier interregna have been typically accompanied by widespread unrest, Civil war, civil and War of succession, succession wars between warlords, and power vacuums filled by foreign invasions or the emergence of a new power. The term also refers to the periods between the election of a new parliament and the establishment of a new government from that parliament in parliamentary democracies, usually ones that employ some form of proportional representation that allows small parties to elect significant numbers, requiring time f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Planet
A planet is a large, Hydrostatic equilibrium, rounded Astronomical object, astronomical body that is generally required to be in orbit around a star, stellar remnant, or brown dwarf, and is not one itself. The Solar System has eight planets by the most restrictive definition of the term: the terrestrial planets Mercury (planet), Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars, and the giant planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. The best available theory of planet formation is the nebular hypothesis, which posits that an interstellar cloud collapses out of a nebula to create a young protostar orbited by a protoplanetary disk. Planets grow in this disk by the gradual accumulation of material driven by gravity, a process called accretion (astrophysics), accretion. The word ''planet'' comes from the Greek () . In Classical antiquity, antiquity, this word referred to the Sun, Moon, and five points of light visible to the naked eye that moved across the background of the stars—namely, Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
