![]() ![]() Orrec and Gry are the heirs to Caspro and Barre. The Caspro gift is the worst and best of all: it is the gift of undoing: an insect, an animal, a place. And Brantor Ogge of Drummant has the gift of slow wasting. The Callems can move heavy things by word and gesture - even buildings, even hills. The Rodds can send a spellknife into a man's heart, or cut his throat, or maim as they please, if he's in sight. The women of Cordemant have the power of blinding, or making deaf, or taking away speech. ![]() The gifts are powers, running from father to son and from mother to daughter. It is only the gifts that keep a fragile peace. The people of the domains are like their land: harsh and fierce and prideful ever at war with each other, raiding cattle, capturing serfs, enlarging their holdings. They have grown up together in neighbouring domains, running half-wild across the Uplands. Orrec is the son of the Brantor of Caspromant Gry the daughter of the Brantors of Barre and Rodd. ![]()
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