The Corean Chronicles fictional universe includes the following books:
- Legacies
- Darknesses
- Scepters
- Alector's Choice
- Cadmian's Choice
- Soarer's Choice
- Lord Protector's Daughter
- Lady-Protector
General Information[]
- wikipedia:The Corean Chronicles a pretty good article on the series and the universe
- Excerpt Archive a site with useful excerpts describing things like table colors, history fragments, etc.
Geography (Astronomy?)[]
At least five planets have been identified.
For talented individuals, near-instant travel was possible using using ley lines. A portal simplified such transit. The portals set by Alectors were called tables.
Aciafra[]
Inefra[]
Ifryn[]
- Illustra was the capital.
- Yarat was apparently a city: He was a street poet from Yarat.[1]
Efra[]
- Deconar
- Peshmenat
Can I not miss the soaring spires of Deconar? Or the high domes of Peshmenat?[2]
Acorus or Corus[]
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The world where most of the action takes place, giving the name to the fictional universe.
The distance was measured in vingts. A quarter vingt was equal to 500 yards, making a vingt 2000 yards long (about the length of a nautical mile).
Lustrea[]
Settlements[]
- Alustre
- Catyr
- Coren
- Dulka
- Flyr
- Fordall
- Jukryt
- Lysia
- Norda
- Possera
- Prosp
- Pysbra
- Scien
- Sinjin
- Sudya
- Triajan
- Tylora
- Vysta
Landforms[]
- Cape Allure
- Cape Fiere
- The Spine of Corus
- Southern Cliffs
- Lake Vergen
- Mitt Hills
- Shingle Shores
- Frozen Headland
Iron Valleys[]
- Dekhron
- Sudon on the road to Dekhron, has a training base[3]
- Emal
- Wesrigg
- Iron Stem
- Soulend
- Sandhold
- Fiente a town on the north side of the River Vedra roughly two-thirds of the way to Emal from Dekhron[4]
- Pyret[4]
Dramur[]
- Dramuria
Lanachrona[]
- Tempre
- Soupat
- Indyor
- Borlan on the right side of the high road, set on the higher triangle of land formed by the junction of the River Vedra and the River Vyana[5]
- Salaan
- Krost
- Vyan
- Syan
- Hyalt
- Chronant[5]
- Cersonna on the high road to Indyor, just east of where the road crosses the Vyana[6]
- Southgate
Madrien[]
- Fola[7]
- Dimor
- Zalt
- Hafin
- Hieron
- Northport
- Elcien (destroyed)
- Harmony
- Blackstear
- Faitel (destroyed)
- Klamat
- Eastice
- Arwyn
- Salcer
Deforya[]
- Dereka
Illegea[]
Ongelya[]
The Empty Quint[]
Numerals[]
Non-standard or uncommon words used for counting or quantities.
- Brace: 2 a brace of two-shot pistols
- Quint: 5 two quints of guards
- Score: 20
Chronometry[]
Days of Week[]
The weeks are 10 days long.
- Londi
- Duadi
- Tridi
- Quattri
- Quinti
- Sexdi
- Septi
- Octdi
- Novdi
- Decdi
Months of Year[]
There are seasons. The first week of a season (or perhaps month) is oneweek: paid on Duadi of oneweek.[8]
Month names include:
- Duem
- Triem
- Qauttrem
- Quintem[9]
- Octem
- Novem[10]
- Ten month, as in I was born on the fortieth of ten month[11]
- Possibly the same as Decem[12]
Month evidently had at least 40 days.
A quint is probably a fifth of a year: send our reports every quint. Possibly five months?
Time of Day[]
A glass was a measure of time, about an hour, from an hourglass. A quint was one fifth of a glass. There were probably twenty glasses per day, ten in the morning, and ten after noon: On the polished white oak stand beside the bed was a mechanical glass, the circular face with its single hand. There were five marks between each of the ten triangles.[13]
Chronology[]
See Corean Chronicles Timeline.
Articles in the Corean Chronicles Universe[]
- Alendra
- Alucius
- Blackstear
- Cadmian
- Corean Chronicles Timeline
- Dekhron
- Krost
- Lanachrona
- Prosp
- Salaan
- Table
- Wendra
References[]
- ↑ Soarer's Choice, Chapter 31
- ↑ Scepters, Chapter 42
- ↑ Scepters, Chapter 26
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Scepters, Chapter 107
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Scepters, Chapter 30
- ↑ Scepters, Chapter 45
- ↑ Scepters, Chapter 81
- ↑ Lady-Protector, Chapter 49
- ↑ Alector's Choice, Chapter 2
- ↑ Alector's Choice, Chapter 67
- ↑ Soarer's Choice, Chapter 50
- ↑ Legacies, Chapter 31
- ↑ Alector's Choice, Chapter 72