Light Dragons 03 - Sparks Fly

head of the Magisters’ Guild. He is an archimage, and thus extremely powerful. He is the father of Violet, and the grandfather of Maura Lo. Ysolde de Bouchier was apprenticed to him for several decades before he threw her out of the Magisters’ Guild upon discovering she was a resurrected dragon.
    Konstantin (Kostya) Fekete: Named for Constantine Norka, his godfather, Kostya is the wyvern of the black dragon sept, and brother to Drake Vireo. Kostya stated before the weyr that he was accepting Cyrene Northcott as his mate, an event he later regretted.
    Maura Lo: Half-dragon Summoner, and granddaughter to Dr. Kostich, she is a part of an ouroboros dragon tribe under the leadership of Thala von Endres.
    Magoth: Former demon lord, he bound May to him at her creation, and he used her doppelganger abilities to acquire many precious objects. He was later thrown out of Abaddon (hell) and stripped of almost all of his powers. He did a stint in Hollywood during the early twentieth century, and he is still recognizable by the astute viewer as a famous silent movie heartthrob.
    May Northcott: Doppelganger and wyvern’s mate to Gabriel Tauhou. May is an identical twin to Cyrene, although she does not cast a shadow and has no reflection in a mirror. May was formerly bound to the demon lord Magoth, and later became his consort, but she was happily stripped of her title when Magoth was booted out of Abaddon. A shadow walker, May can slip out of the view of most people when she desires.
    Ouroboros dragons: Dragons who have been kicked out, or have voluntarily left, a dragon sept. Usually outlaws who are up to no good, ouroboros dragons form tribes, and they are not governed by laws of either the weyr or the L’au-dela.
    Ruth Hunt: Wife of Gareth Hunt, and a necromancer. Ruth is sister to Thala, although their relationship is somewhat distant.
    Savian Bartholomew: Thief-taker and tracker extraordinaire. Savian is the only person ever able to catch May Northcott when the L’au-dela put a price on her head. He later became a friend to both May and Gabriel, and occasionally does work for them.
    Thalassa (Thala) von Endres: Necromancer, dirge-singer, and former lieutenant to Baltic, Thala is the daughter of the famed archimage Antonia von Endres. It was Thala who resurrected Baltic almost forty years ago.
    Visions: Ysolde is prone to having visions of events in the past that her inner dragon feels are important for her to know. Since her memory was mostly destroyed by Gareth and Ruth, the visions provide her with a link to the past, and a connection with the present. Her visions can encompass other individuals, and sometimes they include events that happened before she was born.
    Wards: A drawn symbol of magic that has various effects, including binding, protection, clarity, etc. Many individuals can draw wards, but the most powerful are drawn by Guardians.
    Weyr: The collection of dragon septs. The wyvern of each sept can call a sárkány , a meeting of all the wyverns, to discuss weyr business. The weyr laws govern each sept, and the weyr has diplomatic relations with the L’au-dela.
    Wyvern: The leader of a dragon sept, a wyvern has one human parent and one dragon parent.
    Ysolde de Bouchier: Born to the silver dragon sept some five hundred years ago, she was raised as a human and was later claimed as a mate by both Constantine Norka and Baltic. She was subsequently killed during an attack on Dauva by Constantine. Resurrected almost immediately thereafter by the First Dragon, she spent the remaining centuries in a mental fog due to a nefarious plot by her bigamous husband, Gareth. She is subjected to fugues every six months where she transmutes lead into gold. Although she appears to be human, she has a dragon self who is dormant inside her psyche. She has one son, Brom, via Gareth, and she is the long-lost mate to Baltic.

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    Katie MacAlister’s next Dark Ones novel,
    A Tale of Two Vampires
    Coming from Signet in September 2012
    G retl and I moved down the center aisle of the GothFaire. “This place is wild. How did you hear about it, Gretl?” I asked.
    “An old friend of mine works here. I went to see if she was here, but her booth was closed. The Wiccan lady next to her told me that she was off shopping, though, and she should be back any time. What would you like to do while we wait for her?” Gretl stopped and looked around.
    I looked with her. The GothFaire was a traveling fair, with two rows