Gene Wolfe: The Wizard

Ben,

I was not going to put in another list of names, but I thought what if he does not get the first part? So here is another. If you got the first half of my letter, you will remember who Disiri is, and Bold Berthold, and a lot of the others. But I have put them in anyway just in case.

Not every name is here. I am sure I missed a few, and some don’t matter.

ABLE

This is what they call me here. It is really the name of Berthold’s brother, whom Disiri switched for me.

AELF

The people Kulili made.

AELFRICE

The world under Mythgarthr, where I am now.

AGR

Marder’s marshal.

ALVIT

The valkyrie who carried me to Skai.

AMABEL

The woman who saved Payn when his mother died.

ANGRBORN

The giants of the ice country (Jotunland).

ARN

One of Garvaon’s archers.

ARNTHOR

The king. His father was a human king, but his mother was a water dragon. Setr was his brother.

BAKI

The Aelfmaid who healed me with her blood.

BEEL

The ambassador Arnthor sent to Jotunland.

BERGELMIR

One of Ymir’s parts that lived. The kings of the giants come from him

BERTHOLD

The man who took me in after I got to Mythgarthr the first time.

BORDA

The captain of Idnn’s bodyguards.

BORGALMIR

The right head of one of Schildstarr’s friends.

BYMIR

A giant I killed with a spit.

CLOUD

The best charger anybody ever had.

COLLE

A baron of Celidon that I freed.

CROL

The herald who helped me when I met Bed’s party.

DANDUN

Another baron of Celidon that I freed.

DISIRI

The woman I love and the girl I love. Both.

EGR

One of Beel’s upper servants. He was in charge of the baggage train.

ELYSION

The world where the Most High God lives. It is above all the rest.

ERAC

One of Arnthor’s own knights.

ESCAN

The Earl Marshal.

ETELA

A slave girl owned by a smith in the town of Utgard.

ETERNE

The Mother of Swords.

FARVAN

My puppy.

FENRIR

He is as bad as the Giants of Winter and Old Night ever get. He bit off the arm of an Overcyn I used to know and liked a lot

FIACH

A warder in the dungeon under Thortower.

FOLKVANGER

The Lady’s house. You would not believe how big it is, or how nice.

FORCETTI

Marder’s town, near Sheerwall Castle.

FRIGG

The Valfather’s queen and Thunor’s mother. She is a beautiful quiet lady everybody loves.

GALENE

A woman I found begging in Kingsdoom.

GARSECG

This is just a name Setr used sometimes when he made himself an Aelf. He was nice to me.

GARVAON

The knight who taught me how to fight with a sword.

GED

A warder in the dungeon under Thortower.

GERDA

The woman Berthold loved.

GILLING

The king of Jotunland.

GRENGARM

The dragon I killed. His picture is on my shield.

GYLF

He was really one of the Valfather’s dogs, but he let me keep him for quite a while.

HAF

One of the boys who tried to rob me.

HALWEARD

The steward Marder sent to Redhall.

HEIMIR

Gerda’s son. He was human but it could be hard to remember.

HELA

Gerda’s daughter. She said she was dumb because she was way too smart to say she was smart.

HERN THE HUNTER

People call the Valfather that sometimes when he hunts with a pack of dogs like Gylf.

HROLFR

A forester who used to work for Escan’s father.

IDNN

Beel’s daughter. Not big or strong, but she had more guts than most men.

IRON MOUTH

One of Smiler’s knights. He was a fine swordsman and the best wrestler I ever saw.

IRRINGSMOUTH

A northern port the Osterlings wrecked.

ISLE OF GLAS

Not really an island, but the top of the tower Setr built in Aelfrice. There were trees and grass on it, and a pool that went to Aelfrice.

JOTUNHOME

The secret country of the Angrborn women. I have never been there.

JOTUNLAND

The Angrborn country, north of the mountains.

KEI

One of Arnthor’s knights. He was a fine jouster.

KINGSDOOM

The capital of Celidon.

KLEOS

Michael’s world, between Elysion and Skai.

KULILI

A person who knit herself out of worms. She could unravel and scatter, which made her hard to catch.

THE LADY

Her father was the Valfather, and it could be hard to believe that somebody so good could know so much and have so many angles.

LAEMPHALT

This was the name Toug gave to the white stallion Beel had given me.

LEORT

The Knight of the Leopards.

LER

An Overcyn. He was the sort of friend you do not have to talk to, and some people thought we were brothers.

LIS

Etella’s grandmother.

LLWCH

One of the toughest knights the Valfather had. They said his sword leaped like fire, and it was true.

LOGI

The smith who owned Etela, Lynnet, and Vil.

LOTHUR

The Valfather’s youngest son. You had to like him, but you always felt you could not trust him.

LOTHURLINGS

The people west of the sea.

LYNNET

Etela’s mamma.

MANASEN

One of Arnthor’s own knights.

MANI

The talking cat who followed Gylf and me from the ruined cottage. He was almost as slick as he thought he was, and a pretty good friend.

MARDER

His dukedom was the northernmost in Celidon after Indign’s was dissolved.

MIMIR

No matter what I say, you will call it a magic spring. Drinking from it brought back certain things you had forgotten.

MOONRISE

Svon’s mount.

MUSPEL

The world the dragons come from.

MYTHGARTHR

The world that belongs to people like us. From highest to lowest: Elysion, Kleos, Skai, Mythgarthr, Aelfrice, Muspei, Niflheim.

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