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FLIGHT OF THE RAVEN
Cheysuli Book 7
By
Jennifer Roberson
Contents
The Chronicles of the Cheysuli: An Overview
Prologue
PART I
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
PART II
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
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Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
PART III
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
PART IV
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Epilogue
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Appendix: Cheysu/Old Tongue Glossary
CHRONICLES OF THE CHEYSULI:
BOOK SEVEN
FLIGHT OF
THE RAVEN
JENNIFER ROBERSON
DAW BOOKS, INC.
DONALD A. WOLLHEIM, FOUNDER
375 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10014
ELIZABETH R. WOLLHEIM
SHEILA E. GILBERT
PUBLISHERS
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JENNIFER ROBERSON'S monumental
CHRONICLES OF THE CHEYSULI:
SHAPECHANGERS
THE SONG OF HOMANA
LEGACY OF THE SWORD
TRACK OF THE WHITE WOLF
A PRIDE OF PRINCES
DAUGHTER OF THE LION
FLIGHT OF THE RAVEN
A TAPESTRY OF LIONS
and don't miss
SWORD-DANCER
SWORD-SINGER
SWORD-MAKER
SWORD-BREAKER
Copyright © 1990 by Jennifer Roberson O'Green.
All Rights Reserved.
Cover art by Rowena Morrill.
Border design by Julek Heller.
Cheysuli Map by Liz Danforth.
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DAW Book Collectors No. 818.
First Printing, June 1990
DAW TRADEMARK REGISTERED
U S PAT OFF AND FOREIGN COUNTRIES
—MARCA REGISTRADA.
HECHO EN U S A
PRINTED IN THE U S A
This one is for S.J. Hardy, who, loving to read, married a woman exactly the
same.
Eventually they begat four children who, in their turn, had the great good sense to
pass along the reading gene to yet a third generation.
When my turn comes, I'll try my best to do the same.
Thanks, Granddaddy!
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THE PROPHECY OF THE FIRSTBORN:
"One day a man of all blood shall unite, In peace, four
warring realms and two magical races."
Originally a race of shapechangers know n as the Cheysuli, descendants of the
Firstborn, Homana's original race, held the Lion Throne, but increasing unrest on
the part of the Homanans, who lacked magical powers and therefore feared the
Cheysuli, threatened to tear the realm apart. The Cheysuli royal dynasty
voluntarily gave up the Lion Throne so that Homanans could rule Homana,
thereby avoiding fullblown internecine war.
The clans withdrew altogether from Homanan society save for one remaining and
binding tradition: each Homanan king, called a Mujhar, must have a Cheysuli
liege man as bodyguard, councillor, companion, dedicated to serving the throne
and protecting the Mujhar, until such a time as the prophecy is fulfilled and the
Firstborn rule again.
This tradition was adhered to without incident for nearly four centuries, until
Lindir, the only daughter of Shaine the Mujhar, jilted her prospective bridegroom
to elope with Hale, her father's Cheysuli liege man. Because the jilted bridegroom
was the heir of a neighboring king, Bell am of Solinde, and because the marriage
was meant to seal an alliance after years of bloody war, the elopement resulted in
tragic consequences. Shaine concocted a web of lies to salve his obsessive pride,
and in so doing laid the groundwork for the annihilation of a race.
Declared sorcerers and demons dedicated to the downfall of the Homanan throne,
the Cheysuli were summarily outlawed and sentenced to immediate execution if
found within Homanan borders.
Shapechangers begins the "Chronicles of the Cheysuli," telling the tale of Alix,
daughter of Lindir, once Princess of Homana, and Hale, once Cheysuli liege man
to Shaine. Alix is an unknown catalyst bearing the Old Blood of the Firstborn,
which gives her the ability to link with all lir and assume any animal shape at will.
But Alix is raised by a Homanan and has no knowledge of her abilities, until she
is kidnapped by Finn, a Cheysuli warrior who is Hale's son by his Cheysuli wife,
and therefore Alix's half-brother. Kidnapped with her is Carillon, Prince of
Homana. Alix learns the true power in her gifts, the nature of the prophecy which
rules all Cheysuli, and eventually marries a warrior, Duncan, to whom she bears a
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son, Donal, and, much later, a daughter, Bronwyn. But Homana's internal strife
weakens her defenses. Bellam of Solinde, with his sorcerous aide, Tynstar the
Ihlini, conquers Homana and assumes the Lion Throne.
In The Song of Homana, Carillon returns from a five-year exile, faced with the
difficult task of gathering an army capable of overcoming Bellam. He is
accompanied by Finn, who has assumed the traditional role of liege man. Aided
by Cheysuli magic and his own brand of personal power, Carillon is able to win
back his realm and restore the Cheysuli to their homeland by ending the purge
begun by his uncle, Shaine, Alix's grandfather. He marries Bellam's daughter to
seal peace between the lands, but Electra has already cast her lot with Tynstar the
Ihlini, and works against her Homanan husband. Carillon's failure to father a son
forces him to betroth his only daughter, Aislinn, to Donal, Alix's son, whom he
names Prince of Homana. This public approbation of a Cheysuli warrior is the
first step in restoring the Lion Throne to the sovereignty of the Cheysuli, required
by the prophecy, and sows the seeds of civil unrest.
Legacy of the Sword focuses on Donal's slow assumption of power within
Homana, and his personal assumption of his role in the prophecy. Because by clan
custom a warrior is free to take both wife and mistress, Donal has started a
Cheysuli family even though he will one day have to marry Carillon's daughter to
cement his right to the Lion Throne. By his Cheysuli mistress he has two children,
Ian and Isolde; by Aislinn, Carillon's daughter, he eventually sires a son who will
become his heir. But the marriage is rocky immediately; in addition to the
problems caused by a second family, Donal's Homanan wife is also under the
magical influence of her mother, Electra, who is mistress to Tynstar. Problems are
compounded by the son of Tynstar and Electra, Strahan, who has his father's
powers in full measure. On Carillon's death Donal inherits the Lion, naming his
legitimate son, Niall, to succeed him. But to further the prophecy he marries his
sister, Bronwyn, to Alaric of Atvia, lord of an island kingdom. Bronwyn is later
killed by Alaric accidentally while in lir-shape, but lives long enough to give birth
to a daughter, Gisella, who is mad.
In Track of the White Wolf, Donal's son Niall is a young man caught between two
worlds. To the Homanans, fearful of Cheysuli power and intentions, he is worthy
only of distrust, the focus of their discontent. To the Cheysuli he is an "unblessed"
man, because even though far past the age for it, Niall has not linked with his
animal. He is therefore a lirless man, a warrior with no power, and such a man has
no place within the clans. His Cheysuli half-brother is his liege man, fully
"blessed," and Ian's abilities serve to add to Niall's feelings of inferiority.
Niall is meant to marry his half-Atvian cousin, Gisella, but falls in love with the
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princess of a neighboring kingdom, Deirdre of Erinn. Lirless, and with Gisella
under the influence of Tynstar's Ihlini daughter, Lillith, Niall falls prey to sorcery.
Eventually he links with his lir and assumes the full range of Cheysuli powers, but
he pays for it with an eye. His marriage to Gisella is disastrous, but two sets of
twins are born—Brennan and Hart, Corin and Keely—which gives Niall the
opportunity to extend his range of influence via betrothal alliances. He banishes
Gisella to Atvia after he foils an Ihlini plot involving her, and then settles into life
with his mistress, Deirdre of Erinn, who has already borne Maeve, his illegitimate
daughter.
A Pride of Princes tells the story of each of Niall's three sons. Brennan, the eldest,
will inherit Homana and has been betrothed to Aileen, Deirdre's niece, to add a
heretofore unknown bloodline to the prophecy. Brennan's twin, Hart, is Prince of
Solinde, a compulsive gambler whose addiction results in a tragic accident
involving all three of Niall's sons. Hart is banished to Solinde for a year, and the
rebellious youngest son, Corin, to Atvia. Brennan is tricked into siring a child on
an Ihlini-Cheysuli woman; Hart loses a hand and nearly his life in a Solindish
plot; in Erinn, Corin falls in love with Brennan's bride, Aileen, before going to
Atvia. One by one each is captured by Strahan, Tynstar's son, who intends to turn
Niall's sons into puppet-kings so he can rule through them. All three manage to
escape, but not after each has been made to recognize particular strengths and
weaknesses.
For Keely, sister to Niall's sons, things are different. In Daughter of the Lion,
Keely herself is caught up in the machinations of politics, evil sorcery, and her
own volatile emotions. Trained from childhood in masculine pursuits such as
weaponry, Keely prefers the freedom of choice and lifestyle, and as both are
threatened by the imminent arrival of her betrothed, Sean of Erinn, she fights to
maintain her sense of self in a world ruled by men. She is therefore ripe for
rebellion when a strong-minded, powerful Erinnish brigand—and possible
murderer—enters her life.
But Keely's battles are increased tenfold when Strahan chooses her as his next
target. Betrayed, trapped, and imprisoned on the Crystal Isle, Keely is forced
through sorcery into a liaison with the Ihlini that results in pregnancy. But before
the child can be born, Keely escapes with the aid of the Ihlini bard, Taliesin. On
her way home she meets the man believed to be her betrothed, and realizes not
only must she somehow rid herself of the unwanted child, but must also decide
which man she will have—thief or prince—in order to be a true Cheysuli in
service to the prophecy.
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