 
# THE COMPLETE DATA FILES

## By Laurel A. Rockefeller

SMASHWORDS EDITON

Copyright © 2015 Laurel A. Rockefeller

Cover art by Laurel A. Rockefeller

Title page heraldry (left to right, top to down): House Cashmarie, Miyoo, Gurun, Ten-Ar, Shem, Ana, Brigid, Balister, Slabi, Xing-li. Lord Knight Elendir, King Kendric, Queen Anyu, Princess Anlei, Queen Constance, Lord Yelu.

The Peers of Beinan series books are works of fiction by Laurel A. Rockefeller set on the planet Beinan. All characters are works of fiction without direct reference to any real person, living or dead. While inspired in part by the real life challenges faced by historical persons, any names or characteristics similar to any person, past, present, or future, is purely coincidental.

### Table of Contents

Introduction

Planetary Conditions; Units of Time, and Distance on Planet Beinan

Houses and Politics on Beinan

Beinarian Astronomy: Names, Objects, and Locations Explained

Beinarians of the Great Succession Crisis

Beinarians of the Ghosts of the Past

Beinarians and Aliens of Princess Anyu Returns

Music, Poetry, and Dance

Laws and Regulations Governing Beinarian Society

Timeline

Glossary

Leap Yen-Ars

Recipe

###  Introduction

What the ___ is a cun? How long is a zhang? Why are the names so hard to pronounce? Why didn't I use Earth standard names for everything? And what is it with the funny planet names?

Welcome to the Peers of Beinan Series, a lavishly built science fiction fantasy universe where nothing is exactly what it seems.

Planet Beinan and Beinarian society was built from the ground up; before a single paragraph was written on the stories themselves, I took the time to work out most of the physical details you find the first data file, "Planetary Conditions; Units of Time, and Distance on Planet Beinan," including the infamous units of time (yen-ar, beinor, shir-or, and xiao-shir) and distance (li, zhang, and cun) that baffle so many readers.

Across the spring of 201l I worked carefully with an engineer who double checked my math, discussed physics with me, and served as a sounding board for many of my ideas regarding the physical environment.

This habit of consulting professionals and experts on specific subjects continued across the writing of the entire series and is one of many hallmarks to my writing. Archers and fencers in the Society for Creative Anachronism offered insights, technical data, and their own experiences to the archery and fighting scenes found in The Ghosts of the Past and Good-bye A672E92 Quintus. When Master Bowman Malvyn of house Balister fires arrows into the ground, he is doing so out of anger and frustration; no archer of his technical ability could misfire so badly otherwise. I, on the other-hand, am often lucky if my arrows hit the target instead of the ground.

The data files that follow are, in their origin, the collection of documents I created in order to build planet Beinan, design Beinarian society, and outline story arcs. Rather than keeping this information to myself I am hereby sharing everything I created with you.

Names of people, places, and things come from several major sources: the Chinese language, Tolkien Elvish, Manchu-Chinese, historical names and professions, Chinese units of length/distance, Medieval German units of weights, Celtic languages (Breton, Irish, Welsh, and Scottish), Latin, and/or my own imagination. And no, I myself cannot pronounce every name in the books!

And so I leave you now to explore the Peers of Beinan Series Universe.

Have questions after reading this guide in full? My office door is always open! Simply send me a tweet (<https://twitter.com/laurelworlds>) and I am certain to respond!

### Planetary Conditions; Units of Time, and Distance on Planet Beinan

Beinan (B345A15 Quartus) is a thickly cloud covered planet five times the size of Earth with a lighter mass than Earth revolving around a white to blue-white (class A) main sequence star approximately twice the size of Earth's yellow sun. From a distance it appears predominately red. It has three moons: Biya Eldengge (largest and brightest), Biya Gealach (about the size of the planet Mars with a luminous blue surface as seen from Beinan), and Biya Xiao-Yue (smallest and most crater-covered).

The planet's upper atmosphere is thick, semi-opaque, swirling clouds that appear red, blue, and white to human eyes. These clouds protect the planet from the harsh heat and radiation coming from its near proximity to its blue-white star.

Underneath this dense upper atmosphere, the sky appears a pale shade of aqua as seen from Beinan's four very large continents. Two continents are in the northern hemisphere and are linked by a narrow land bridge of about 1000 li 里 wide that is surrounded by volcanic islands dotting the surface in the great ocean that otherwise separates the two land masses. Under the clouds, the waters of Beinan appear green foaming to lavender at the crests of waves and especially in waterfalls and springs.

In the south are two island continents. The southern most of these, called Xi-Nan Fang, is especially rocky and full of minerals. It is from Xi-Nan Fang that the most precious Beinarian gems are found--but agriculture has proven to be difficult. This continent is the coldest of the Beinarian land masses. In the other southern continent, laying north and east of Xi-Nan Fang is called "Dong-Nan Fang." Dong-Nan Fang lies about 55% south of the equator and 45% north of the Beinarian equator. Dong-Nan Fang is known for its many animals and for being especially lush in vegetation as the combination of latitude and cloud density over this region makes it ideally suited for growing all manner of life. House Cashmarie and House Miyoo have joint custody over these lands, working hard to conserve and protect the natural wildlife and foliage and limiting the harvesting of natural resources from the region.

In certain regions, special farms encourage the procreation of the most valuable plant and animal species native to the continent while protecting its integrity. This continent often receives monsoons and rather tropical weather conditions. It is not unusual for lower atmosphere hurricanes (most common in the massive Beinarian oceans) to strike landfall on this continent. Dong-Nan Fang is also well known for its exotic birds which House Miyoo carefully conserve and protect against poaching.

The joined northern continents of Xi-Bei and Dong-Bei contain the majority of the Beinarian population with their farms, their cities, their palaces, their temples, their star craft, and other technological and architectural wonders. Special plants from Dong-Nan Fang are planted throughout Beinarian cities to reduce pollution and improve air quality.

The capitol city of Hejing is in Dong-Bei, along the banks of the Amur River.

Older than even Hejing is the coastal city-fortress of Bira Hecen, the planetary seat of House Miyoo with its many ancient temples and centres of religious learning. The High Priestess of House Miyoo presides over planetary religious affairs from the Temple of Abka Biya, a masterpiece of Beinarian engineering carved out of the cliffs that protect the city from the Amba Mederi Ocean.

Beinarians live very much aware of their place in their ecosystem--and work to stay in harmony with all.

65% of Beinan is covered in water. Of that, 50% is accounted for in the massive oceans between the continents and 15% is in fresh water lakes, rivers, streams, springs, and aquifers.

Atmosphere Effect:

Due to the larger mass and higher temperature of a blue-white star, Beinan is considerably further away from its sun (B345A15) than Earth is from its sun. To protect it from B345A15, the upper atmosphere is relatively thick, yet, due to solar intensity, still allows enough light to successfully cultivate successful agriculture, animal husbandry, and aviculture. From the outside, the upper atmosphere reflects back considerable amounts of red and white light, protecting the surface from excess heat. Still, more than enough heat reaches the surface, though the colour red is harder to produce in dyes for clothing on the Beinarian surface than it is elsewhere.

Clothing that appears red on Beinan appears very different on other worlds due to these atmospheric conditions. As a result, the noble houses of Beinan, the ones most likely to afford the costly dye process needed to produce a red on Beinan, have learned not to bring anything "red" off world.

From the surface, the lower atmosphere appears green to the Beinarian penta-chromatic retina and a blue-violet colour to those suffering from brown-eye effect on a clear day.

Completely clear days are rare across most of Beinan except near the north and south poles. The city of Olos-Mir, headquarters for house Xing-li was built at 81.4 degrees north latitude in the Beinarian arctic circle because the thinner polar atmosphere facilitates astronomical and astro-engineering research.

Time:

The main units of time on Beinan are:

Shir-Ors: the Beinarian "hour", a shir-or is a subdivision of one Beinarian rotational period (beinor). There are approximately 12 shir-ors in one beinor. Typically a shir-or is rendered in whole units or to up to three decimal places, though more precise renderings of time may be calculated. Fractions of shir-ors are known as "xiao-shirs."

Xiao-shirs: the Beinarian "minute," a xiao-shir is one one-thousandth of one shir-or or 0.001 shir-ors. One xiao-shir is equal to approximately 36.87 seconds on Earth. Like the shir-or, xiao-shirs are often rendered in both whole and decimal units. 0.1 xiao-shirs are equal to 3.687 Earth seconds. Larger xiao-shir units (such as 850 xiao-shirs) are often rendered in shir-ors (e.g., 0.85 shir-ors).

Beinors (pronounced BANE – ORS or BYE-NORS): the Beinarian "day, a beinor is one rotational period for the planet. Beinors are tracked by their number position since the first beinor of the yen-ar with the new yen-ar beginning on "Beinor 1" and the last Beinor beginning on "Beinor 197" except on 198 yen-Ar yen-ars. With three moons, Beinarians do not break up their beinors into weeks or months like Earthlings do, but merely number simply from 1 to 197 or 198.

Yen-Ars: the Beinarian year, a yen-ar is the amount of time it takes for the planet to revolve one full cycle around its star. A yen-ar is 197 beinors 3 shir-ors long or 197.26 Beinors as Beinarians prefer to say. Every four yen-ars, Beinarians celebrate a leap yen-Ar called "198 Yen-Ar" when there are 198 beinors in that yen-ar and a full extra beinor is added to the calendar at the end of the yen-ar. The day is tacked on as literally "Beinor 198" as all beinors are designated simply by their numerals of "1, 2, 3, 4, 12, 30, 83, etc." rather than by weeks or month designations.

Earth time equivalences:

Here the Earth time and Beinarian unit expanded calculations:

Unit Earth Beinan

1 Earth day 23 hours, 56 minutes 2.337 shir-ors

1 shir-or 10 hours, 14 ½ minutes 1 shir-or

1 xiao-shir 36.87 seconds 0.001 shir-ors

1 beinor 5 days, 3 hours, 13 minutes 12 shir-ors

1 yen-ar 3 years 197.26 beinors

5 yen-ars 15 years 5 yen-ars

10 yen-ars 30 years 10 yen-ars

With a land area of slightly more than five times than that of Earth and mass of slightly less than four times of Earth, the rotational speed of Beinan at its equator is approximately 10375 Earth miles per shir-or or 31,125 Beinarian li 里 per shir-or.

Shir-Ors within Beinors:

Earth time puts 24 (23.56 rounded up) hours in each Earth day and 365.25 Earth days in each Earth year. Each Earth hour is divided into 60 minutes with each minute being comprised of 60 seconds. Minutes and seconds are based on the 360 degrees (arc) travelled in each day's planetary rotation.

On Beinan, each rotation (beinor) is divided into 12 shir-ors which each represent 30 degrees of arc travelled in each beinor. Each shir-or is divided into xiao-shirs (1/1000th of a shir-or).

Midnight is designated shir-or 1.000. The xiao-shir before midnight is designated shir-or 12.999.

Midnight to pre-dawn shir-ors: shir-ors 1.000 to 3.800.

Sunrise shir-ors (depending on season): shir-ors 3.800 to 5.000

Morning shir-ors (depending on season): shir-ors 4.500 to 6.800

Late morning shir-ors: shir-ors 5.800 to 7.000

Early afternoon shir-ors: shir-ors 7.000 to 8.500

Late afternoon shir-ors: shir-ors 8.400 to 10.000

Early evening shir-ors: shir-ors 10.000 to 11.600

Late evening shir-ors: shir-ors 11.500 to 12.999

Units of Distance:

Li 里: A li is a Beinarian "mile" which equals 0.333333 English/US (Earth) miles, 586.66608 English/US yards, or approximately 0.536447 kilometres. The Chinese li 里 unit varies somewhat in length between 0.30 and 0.33 English/US miles or between 528 English/US yards and 586.67 English/US yards, making the Beinarian and Chinese units within difference threshold.

Zhang 张: A zhang is the Beinarian "yard" which is equal to 100 Beinarian cun 寸 or 3.47222 English/US yards (125 English/US inches) or 3.174997 meters. A standard Chinese zhang 张 equals 3.6453 English/US yards. There are 168.959939 Beinarian zhang per Beinarian li 里.

Cun 寸: A cun is a Beinarian "inch" which equals 1.25 (English/US) inches or approximately 3.175 cm. The Beinarian cun 寸 is slightly smaller than the Chinese cun 寸 which equals 1.312 English/US inches or approximately 3.333333 cm.

Beinarian cun to English inches

Beinarian Cun English inches English Feet, inches

52 65 5 feet, 5 inches

57 71.25 5 feet, 11.25 inches

60 75 6 feet, 3 inches

65 81.25 6 feet, 9.25 inches

Xi-Nan Fang Mining and the "Brown Eye Syndrome":

Xi-Nang Fang is rich in Beinarian minerals, including unprocessed argun ore, several hundred forms of precious gems and decorative minerals, and nearly every form of metal or material used in everyday Beinarian life. Mining is extremely profitable for Beinarian corporations involved in mining and processing these materials. However, the mining process releases a red-green argun dust into the air in the mines and throughout the mining towns which has been documented by research healers to shorten the life spans of miners and town's folk who breathe it, particularly over several yen-ars.

Constant exposure to argun and argene for five yen-ars or more creates a mutation known as "brown eye syndrome" that changes the irises of exposed Beinarians from their natural colour to a deep brown.

Early treatment of an individual, before complete destruction of the gene controlling cone development in Beinarian retinas, has been known to mitigate this effect and restore sight to affected individuals.

Argun and argene are also known for triggering numerous aggressive cancers in those exposed to it. With Xi-Nan Fang's abundance of "extreme sports" opportunity, argun and argene-caused cancers are common among the most athletic and thrill-driven of Beinarian youth.

Houses and Politics on Beinan

Beinarian government is dictated by several noble houses, some more dominate than others who all compete for power, prestige, wealth, and dominance over Beinarian society and resources. These houses pre-date the Great Migration and originate back more than 20,000 yen-ars ago on their original home world of A672E92 Quintus around a star in a bar spiral galaxy some 90.8967 million light yen-ars from Beinan.

Noble houses and their heraldry:

House Ana (Servant): House Ana dates back to OW 6000 when it formed out of a union of many of the poorer, inland labourers on A672E92 Quintus. Unlike Cashmarie which formed as a trade guild of mariners and similar coastal professions, House Ana formed mostly inland, away from large bodies of water. Its members tend towards the landless, labouring populaces and therefore the poorest and hardest working. Migrant farm workers, serfs, servants, miners, prostitutes, thieves, and other undesirable professions often found their members banding together under House Ana as time progressed in Beinarian cultural history, preferring the safety of numbers to the vulnerability of independence during times of clan violence and instability. In time, anyone belonging to the underclass became labelled "House Ana" regardless if one's family members formally joined the House or not. It is considered a grievous insult for one noble to refer to another noble as a member.

From time to time, it is considered a humane form of punishment to exile a noble to House Ana rather than execute that person for capital crimes. Of the three penalties of execution, banishment from planet, or banishment to House Ana for capitol offenses, this third choice is considered both the most physically humane, but also the most psychologically torturous for a noble. Hence the Great Council often prefers kings and queens exile criminals to House Ana for their crimes whereas the criminals themselves prefer the death sentence.

The heraldry of House Ana speaks to the humility of its members: a flat hand with open palm towards the viewer to represent the service of many of its members to the rest of society.

House Balister (Clan Balister): House Balister is all that remains of the old Clan Balister that formed in OW 6000 from a network of archers and crossbow women and men from the north-western continent of original world. Originally numbering approximately 200 individuals, their successes in defending their own lands and those of clans and individuals they are hired out to assist swells their numbers to more than ten thousand strong by OW 10,000, turning them into a major house and clan rivalling even House Ten-Ar for many yen-ars.

During the Great Migration, it was House Balister that ruled as the Royal House for the entire 109 yen-ar span of the GM: King Malvyn and King Tristen the Just.

But settling on Beinan itself would prove difficult for a people who found the planetary conditions a bit too different from what they were accustomed to and had spent too many yen-ars in deep space. King Tristen the Just of House Balister found keeping the people together while simultaneously upholding the Beinarian Code of Justice impossible—and he was unwilling to allow his people to fall back into the old clan war habit of only a few thousand yen-Ars before. In BE 50 on the floor of Council chambers he offered an ultimatum: either the people accept his leadership and live by their own laws—or remove him from office! The Council chose to remove him from office—by giving a signal to a hidden crossbow man and piercing his heart with a quarrel.

So ended the Balistrian dynasty. Out of fear, Tristen's wife and children hide in a tiny village and changed their names, keeping their precious genealogical records with them. From BE 51 until BE 6251, no Balister saw the inside of a Beinarian palace again until Lord Knight Bevin, himself a direct descendent of King Malvyn and King Tristen the Just, married Princess Isabelle of House Gurun, becoming her prince consort upon her elevation to the throne in BE 6321.

An ornately carved recurve longbow serves as the heraldry of House Balister.

House (Clan) Brigid: Technically an order within House Miyoo and not an independent house unto itself, House Brigid (as they refer to themselves) or Clan Brigid, as the rest of House Miyoo refers to them as, are an elite and highly specialized group of priestesses and priests within House Miyoo who choose to honour Brigid, a legendary Miyoo high priestess believed to possess special and unusual spiritual powers.

According to legends internally known only within House Brigid, Brigid was largely responsible for her husband, Lord Malvyn's, election as the first king of their unified society, ending the many thousands of yen-ars of clan feuds that plagued their society on Original World. These stories are considered legends and gossip to the few outside of House Brigid aware of them. Their truth remains a carefully guarded secret, as are most details regarding Brigid the woman and her true abilities as high priestess of House Miyoo. To the rest of House Miyoo, Brigid is a well-regarded historical figure who set an important precedent for high priestess royal consorts, proving that one woman could fill both roles, a noteworthy high priestess and role model for others in the House.

However, whereas House (Clan) Brigid chooses to offer special prayers and offerings of incense to Brigid as a form of demi-goddess, the rest of House Miyoo regards her in much more flesh-and-blood terms, saving their spiritual devotions for the Triple goddesses Abka Biya, Banumu Hehe, and Abka Gahun to whom House (Clan) Brigid also pray to and revere as primary goddesses.

Like all Beinarian Houses, House Brigid uses a heraldic emblem to distinguish its members from those of other noble houses. House Brigid uses a trinity knot for non-initiates into their deeper mysteries and a triquetra knot (a trinity knot with a circle on the inside of the knot) for initiates into their mysteries. Since all initiates were, at one time, non-initiates, it is not uncommon for an initiate to sometimes wear the trinity knot which is allowed by the order. However, it is never allowed for a non-initiate to wear the triquetra knot until completing training and full initiation as a priestess or priest of House Brigid.

Although not persecuted by the rest of House Miyoo per se, House Brigid's secrecy regarding what they know of High Priestess and Princess consort Brigid causes many members of House Miyoo—and Beinarian society in general—to treat them with suspicion and concern, worrying about what they are hiding regarding this famous historical and legendary individual and what ELSE they MIGHT be hiding. As a form of "secret society," they are therefore not particularly trusted by the public and have a reputation for doing strange and often outrageous (usually grossly exaggerated) things.

From time to time, House Brigid has received the blame for strange and unexplained events, becoming the easy target for ignorant trash talk, particularly by members of House Ana and House Shem. Though actually a very virtuous and upstanding order that require more of their members in terms of physical, mental, and spiritual disciple than the rest of House Miyoo, their focus on keeping "wisdom away from fools" makes them easy targets from those who do not understand them.

The membership roles for House Brigid are kept secret. Unlike other houses, membership in the house is restricted to those within House Miyoo who have proven their worth by their actions. An n initiate priestess of Brigid may consecrate a member of another house into House Miyoo and into House Brigid when that priestess sees spiritual gifts and virtues of merit in the other. These rituals are rare, but allowed.

House Cashmarie (Guild Cashmarie): House Cashmarie is a lesser noble house dating to OW 5000 and is also known as Guild Cashmarie since its founding members were not biologically related originally, but banded together as a trade guild and, over time, elected to mostly restrict marriages to "within the guild family". Guild Cashmarie came to encompass all dock workers, shipwrights, fishermen, fishmongers, and other civilians whose work dealt with seas, oceans, lakes, and rivers, either directly or indirectly. As with any professional association, membership was somewhat open to those who could prove she or he could do the work effective, even though membership in the house came to become largely biological or through marriage over time.

It is the distinctly civilian nature that sets House Cashmarie separate and apart from House Xing-li. While Xing-li often operates vessels of war and prestige, the vessels of House Cashmarie tend to be small, independent, and lower in profit. House Cashmarie is the house of the working woman or man, the "blue collar", everyday middle –class person. It is far from a rich house, but it is certainly one of the largest in numbers and most representative of the general population.

Heraldically, House Cashmarie is represented by a ship of ancient design such as the house sailed on the oceans of original home world, before Beinarians went to the stars to find their current home of Beinan.

House Gurun (native land): With its heraldry of blue-white faceted gems in front of a red half-circle, House Gurun is the royal house of Beinan since the election of its first king, King Balar, on BE 1301, beinor 43 and one of oldest with its origins dating back to OW 1665. Despite its long and well known history since BE 1100, very little is known about the house prior to that time and its role in shaping history on A672E92 Quintus.

House Ten-Ar: With its heraldry of the Ten-Arian schlager sword that is part of the regalia of its Knights, House Ten-Ar is both a hereditary house like the other noble houses and a meritocracy with open membership for those of strong enough mettle to pass its rigorous entrance process. As such, through House Ten-Ar a person without noble blood may become ennobled, male or female, though not without great sacrifice and difficulty for both its knights and its healers, both branches considered the pinnacle of their crafts on Beinan.

House Ten-Ar demands excellence from all its members in feats of mind, body, heart, and soul that most members of other houses would find difficult. All members from students to squires to knights to healers, and beyond are therefore almost always devoutly religious in order to meet the demands put upon them, often mystically so. The most successful Knights and Healers of Ten-Ar hold bloodline from House Miyoo which gives them an advantage in these

House Miyoo (Temple of the Triple Goddesses): With its heraldry of the three Beinarian moons aligned in a row (from left to right) in waxing crescent, full moon, and waning crescent phases, House Miyoo is the priestly lineage of Beinan. Both a hereditary house and a meritocracy based on spiritual skills, those with sufficient spiritual talents may become ennobled through House Miyoo—if they can pass the many rigorous spiritual tests used by the priestesses and priests!

As the source of spiritual inspiration for Beinan, House Miyoo holds great power collectively as well as within individuals such as High Priestess Wehe whose ambition and desire to help rule Beinan more directly led to her manipulation of King Ejen to her own advantage...and Beinarian advantage through her leadership. High Priestess Wehe's student, priestess Cordelia, used Lord Cariadoc's interest in her to foster a 3.3456 yen-ar love affair that resulted in Lord Corann's siring and birth which ended about 260 beinors after his birth.

Not all members of House Miyoo choose to enter the temple formally to study religion and devote themselves to a life a religious service. Those who study religion progress along a path from student to apprentice to initiate to priestess, and finally, to (if applicable) high priestess. Those who do not hear the religious calling are expected to marry in House directed arranged marriages so as to foster stronger and more powerful future generations. House Miyoo will, from time to time, manipulate pairings and pregnancies for political and/or spiritual purposes. Lord Corann is the perfect example of a child created by this method.

House Miyoo counts its membership matrilineally, one of the few houses to defy the Great Council's rules regarding house membership which applies the patriarchal model. Therefore, in its genealogies, all children of both male and female members are recorded, making Miyoo's records the most detailed of all the houses.

Initiate priestesses in House Miyoo receive, at their consecration, a narrow, open circlet in Beinarian silver with the Miyoo triple moon heraldry measuring 0.5 cun 寸 high. Upon elevation to high priestess, she receives a similar circlet or tiara (the band may be decorated to her preferences or kept plain) with the moons now a full 1.0 cun 寸 high and worn close to her hairline and third eye. In the rare case a high priestess marries a man who ascends to the throne of Beinan (either by election or inheritance), she receives a third Miyoo circlet featuring the "dark" portions of the crescent moons in the Beinarian equivalent to gold and with her triple moons enlarged to 1.5 cun 寸 to indicate her status as royal consort and queen dowager after her child ascends to the throne after her. It is the tradition of House Miyoo that High Priestess Princess Consorts should wear their priestly circlets upon the ascension of their son or daughter to the throne and their personal relegation to the status of Dowager Princess.

House Slabi (Weak, Feeble): A noble house whose name references the former days of warfare between the clans, House Slabi received its name for its number of men who spent more time in university than practicing the arts of war—and therefore were weak in body when called upon to defend their lands. Known for their intellectual and research skills, House Slabi is renowned for problem-solving and fixing the messes created by other houses. They often remain neutral in political squabbles between houses and therefore often arbitrate on behalf of various individuals. The best lawyers on Beinan will always be House Slabi. The heraldry of House Slabi is an open book with a stylized bookmark with its name written vertically in Beinarian characters.

House Shem (Character, Virtue): House Shem is an ancient noble house that dates to before the Great Migration. On the original world where Beinarian culture evolved, Abka Biya was worshipped as the primary goddess. But House Shem dissented with the dominate culture's worship of nature and their reverence for their moon goddess and chose instead to honour a single, male creator deity, "The Shemai," whose followers banded together as one house, House Shem, before the Great Migration. After settlement on Beinan, House Shem loosened its requirements that all members worship The Shemai as warring feudalism gave way to more civilized society. By BE 2401, inter-faith marriage and breeding, particularly for political reasons, became fairly common.

As a more or less outcast house in origin, House Shem is considered a lesser noble house with little political value to the socially ambitious individual. Its heraldry is an open book with light radiating out of it and the Beinarian version of an "S" on the book. Those who convert to belief in The Shemai are allowed the opportunity to join House Shem, regardless of natal house.

House Xing-Li (Star Strength): With its heraldry of a blue-silver first magnitude star shining brightly, House Xing-li is known for its daring explorers and pilots. In the days of warfare before the Great Migration, House Xing-li produced great mariners on original home world's vast oceans with expert military sailors manning vessels of war. After Beinarians went to the stars, Xing-li maintained its expertise with navigation and converted their ocean warfare skills to space warfare. The best run larger space craft include at least one or two Xing-li crew members in key positions.

Non-Noble Houses:

Croften: A guild of farmers. In urban settings, members of house Croften often turn to professions in journalism and law, but typically paid less than their noble counterparts. Advocates of Croften often specialize in small business protection, including and especially family farmers across Beinan.

Plover: A guild of aviculturists, mariculturists, aqua farmers, ranchers, and other animal-centric professions, both for companion and food production purposes. Veterinarians are typically from house Plover. In Dong-Nan Fang, house Plover works carefully with houses Miyoo and Cashmarie to protect wildlife and enforces anti-poaching laws with house Balister.

Skeinera: A guild of hand spinners, weavers, and other textile producers and fiber artisans, typically centred in Beinarian towns and cities.

Beinarian Astronomy: Names, Objects, and Locations Explained

Just as with modern Earth astronomy, stars, galaxies, and planets are named systematically. For example, D425E25 Tertius, LK39, and B105K7. This names are not random, but consist of specific elements used to specify an astronomical object's exact location. Here is exactly how a Beinarian object is named

Region of space:

The first letter in an object's name indicates the region of space where it is located. This name runs from single letters to double letters. A single letter indicates the object is located 5 million light yen-ars away (15 million light Earth years) or closer, while a double letter is used for objects calculated as more distant than 5 million light yen-ars. Objects in the A region are located in Beinan's original lenticular galaxy. Objects in B region are located in Beinan's own galaxy. C represents the remaining galaxies in Beinan's local galactic group while D represents galaxies in the adjacent local group as observed through interstellar travel.

Since Beinarian astronomers observe the universe as "cauliflower shaped," it is understood that the number and location of objects in any given region of space will be highly variable.

Galaxy designation:

The numbers following the first letter(s) in the location name signify the specific galaxy within that region an object belongs. The galaxy designation number may consist of any number of digits, though seven is the greatest number observed for any specific region of space. Examples: LK39 is an elliptical galaxy 12 million light yen-ars on the edge of the known universe first observed during the Great Migration. D425 is a medium sized spiral galaxy located only 846,000 light yen-ars from slightly larger D395 galaxy.

On D425E25 Tertius, D395 is known as the "M31" galaxy.

Star system name:

Star systems are assigned an alphanumeric name based on their exact location within their galaxy. Depending on the galaxy and type of galaxy, star systems may have up to three letters and from two to six numbers in their names. For example, E25, and DLG4821

Object name:

Objects (primarily planets and moons) are named by their position in their star system. Planets are named numerically (Primus, Secundus, Tertius, Quartus, Quintus, Sextus, Septimus, Octivus, Nonus, Decimus, etc.). Moons are designated first by their planet location, then numbered, started with the closest moon to the planet.

For example, D425E25 Quintus has sixteen moons large enough to be classified as moons (dwarf objects such as asteroids are not named). The nearest of these moons is therefore named D425E25 Quintus Primus whereas the most distant of these moons is named D425E25 Quintus Sextus-Decimus.

Dwarf objects, asteroid fields, rings, and other features are designated by the object they rotate around. For example, the asteroid field between D425E25 Tertius and D425E25 Quartus is named simply D425E25 Luanxing (pebble of the star) whereas the ring system around D425E25 Sextus is called D425E25 Sextus daixing (ribbon of the stars).

Bibliography:

"Latin Numerals: Numerals with English Equivalents," <http://wordinfo.info/unit/2356/ip:2/il:L>

"The Andromeda Galaxy," http://www.noao.edu/image_gallery/html/im0424.html

### Beinarians of the Great Succession Crisis

Princess Anlei:

Princess Anlei is the first born child of and daughter to sovereign Queen Isabelle of Beinan. Her maternal grandparents are King Ejen and High Priestess Wehe. Princess Anlei is religiously the polar opposite of her maternal grandmother. She believes that religion is a waste of time and holds little to no respect for the Old Ways. While she avoids the term "atheist," nothing has convinced her that anything in the old legends or religious stories is, in any way, shape, or form, real. Princess Anlei is 52.8 cun 寸 tall with fine, dark brown hair and very fair, porcelain-like skin. She is particularly slender and fine boned, even for a Beinarian, with a delicate grace as she moves. Anlei's name is Chinese for "peaceful tears."

Prince Anwell (Unready):

Prince Anwell is Princess Anlei's younger brother by seven yen-Ars. Dark-haired and grey-eyed like his mother and maternal grandmother, he is strong and athletic like his maternal grandfather and enjoys taking his low altitude shuttle across Beinan to engage in extreme sports, including to Xi-Nan Fang. There is, however, a rational method to Anwell's apparent madness. Born with precognitive abilities from High Priestess Wehe, Anwell's journeys across the planet have allowed him to discover hidden dangers missed by others, thereby avoiding the fate of his younger brother Alastair.

Lord Prince Consort Bevin:

Lord Prince Consort Bevin is husband to Queen Isabelle and a Knight of Ten-Ar. Bevin is a shrewd diplomat whose eye for detail makes him an important advisor to his wife. Unlike his mother-in-law, however, he does not try to co-rule, merely help and advise, preferring his wife feel secure that she is queen and not being undermined by a man in any way. In this, he walks a tight line between working as a trusted servant and living as her life partner, the latter being always his priority. Ever sensitive to the pressure that Isabelle has faced since assuming power, he tries to prioritize fatherhood over every other duty the planet may place upon him, particularly with two adolescent children. "Bevin" means "young soldier" in the Celtic languages.

Lady Healer Cara:

The chief healer at the palace healing center in Hejing, Lady Cara is the younger sister of Lord Culain and trained as a Healer of Ten-Ar. As a great-great-granddaughter of King Llewellyn of House Gurun, however, the Healers of Gurun requested her assignment in the palace in recognition of her Gurun blood and status as a Ten-Arian royal cousin.

Lord Knight Cariadoc:

A famous knight of Ten-Ar who, for three yen-ars, became the lover of priestess Cordelia of House Miyoo before marrying Lady Jabez of House Shem. Cordelia used her powers to hold Cariadoc into a three yen-ar relationship in order to naturally produce Cariadoc's first child and heir of power, the future Lord Corann, a knight of Ten-Ar with all the powers of one of Beinan most gifted high priests. Cordelia sensed, rightly, that inside Cariadoc was a great untrained spiritual potential. Indeed, Cariadoc possesses all the traits that House Miyoo looks for in initiates born outside its own house and for that reason she chose him to sire Corann.

After Corann's birth, Cordelia released Cariadoc more and more from her influences, allowing Cariadoc's own free will to assert itself more. 250 Beinors after his birth, Cariadoc left them, never to see Corann again until after Corann's knighthood and choosing not to attend Corann's elevation ceremony. Lord Cariadoc is grey eyed with medium brown hair that curls into wavy locks. He is 56.8 cun tall and athletic in build.

After leaving Cordelia, Cariadoc returned to the Ten-Arian monastery to retrain himself and strengthen his body and discipline after yen-ars of living, albeit it pleasantly, as mostly protector and lover to the priestess and her rather frequent demands for mating. Somewhat humiliated by the experience, he found himself intrigued by the demur widow Jebez of House Shem who he properly courted beginning on Corann's fifth natal beinor and married on BE 6274, beinor 70. He and Jebez have five surviving children together, three sons and two daughters, all of whom were raised as worshippers of The Shemai.

Lord Corann:

A grey eyed squire, then knight of Ten-Ar, Lord Corann is the "bastard" son of Cariadoc, one of the finest knights of Ten-Ar and priestess Cordelia of House Miyoo. As such, he inherited all of the talents of a priest of the triple goddess along with all the fighting skills of his father, making him an unusually formidable foe in mind, body, heart, and soul and a prodigy by the standards of both houses.

Raised initially by his mother at the Temple of Abka Biya in Bira Hecen, he fell in love with Princess Anlei as a young adolescent during his many visits to the palace studying to control his spiritual talents with reigning queen and high priestess, Wehe, after moving to the Ten-Arian monastery for training to become a knight. As both Corann and Anlei saw more and more of each other during these regular visits, his infatuation and love grew, creating yen-ars of suffering from his unrequited love for the young princess.

When Lord Prince Bevin brings Princess Anlei to the Ten-Arian monastery to learn more about the Knights of Ten-Ar, Lord Squire Corann is put face to face with the princess again, fuelling the flames of his long repressed desires. Upon taking his vows as a knight, Corann is thrust into the Great Succession Crisis of BE 6326 to 6328 by his feelings for Anlei and the strength of House Ten-Ar in the Great Council.

In the Celtic tongue, Corann means "mythical druid".

Lady Priestess Cordelia:

Fair skinned, grey-eyed, and with long, thick brown hair, Lady Cordelia is the priestess mother of Lord Corann from house Miyoo and High Priestess Wehe's first protégé. After the birth of Corann under dubious circumstances, and after Lord Knight Cariadoc's abandonment, she retired with Corann to the Temple of Abka Biya in the coastal city of Bira Hecen where she still resides. A firm supporter of her son's pursuit of Ten-Arian training, Lady Priestess Cordelia maintains regular contact with her son and amiable contact with the Gurun royal family.

Lord Knight Culain:

Knight of Ten-Ar Lord Culain was born into the Knights on BE 6201, beinor 126 and raised by his knight father and Ten-Arian mother, the Lady Firamodor, a great healer known across Beinan for her skills in healing both the gravely sick and injured. Lady Firamodor is also a 4th cousin to King Ejen (descended from King Llewellyn), through the royal Gurun habit of choosing Ten-Arian consorts, making Lord Culain a distant relative to the royal family.

Lord Culain first met Lord, now Lord Prince Bevin, a mere three beinors after Bevin's acceptance for training with the knights of Ten-Ar, when Bevin was still legally house Balister. A wise and powerful knight, Lord Culain is famous for taking on Lord Corann, the first born and illegitimate son of Lord Cariadoc, as his squire, and training him to become a knight. With Lord Eisiq, Lord Culain is one of two father figures for squire, then Lord Corann, replacing the absent Cariadoc. Lord Culain is tall for a Beinarian at 57.6 cun 寸 tall. He has emerald green eyes and medium brown hair. "Culain" is Celtic for "the smith."

Lady Ecter:

Lady Ecter is the third daughter born to Lord Cariadoc and Lady Jebez and the eldest of their two surviving daughters. Blond haired, like her brother, Janus, she was raped by Janus in BE 6325 and impregnated by him using the fertility technologies Janus originally planned to implement on other noble women. That plan changed when Janus discovered Lady Ecter's romance with Princess Consort Wehe's nephew, Adelmar.

After the birth of her daughter Miriam, she was largely ostracized by her family as "unclean" even though her parents and siblings all knew Janus was Miriam's father. With her sacerdos (parish priest of The Shemai) openly condemning her as a whore in temple, Lady Ecter fled to the capitol city of Hejing, hoping to hide from Janus and the rest of her family. On BE 6326, beinor 196, Janus discovered her hiding place, beating her severely before law enforcement discovered him and deported him to Xi-Nan Fang to begin his exile. Desperate, injured, and unable to breast feed Miriam, she crashed the Princess Anlei's wedding reception, begging for mercy from her half-brother Corann which he readily granted.

After taking a few beinors to rest and recover from her injuries, Lady Ecter entered the temple of Abka Biya in Bira Hecen. Healers of Miyoo tended her wounds. In BE 6328, house Miyoo accepted Lady Ecter's request to join house Miyoo. On BE 6345, beinor 12 she was consecrated as a priestess, a life path shared by her daughter Miriam. At her consecration, she found herself reunited with Lord Priest Adelmar. Rekindling their courtship, Lord Adelmar wed Lady Ecter on BE 6352, beinor 145, formally adopting Lady Miriam as his own daughter.

Lord Knight Eisiq:

Dark skinned, dark haired, and green-eyed, Lord Knight Eisiq of house Ten-Ar and Prince Bevin have been friends since Bevin was first accepted for training at house Ten-Ar's monastery. An expert swordsman and teacher of the sword and sword-like weapons to all levels of students and towards squires pursuing knighthood in House Ten-Ar, Lord Eisiq is known for his good heart, his wisdom, and his patient teachings.

Sympathetic to Corann's unique and difficult life circumstances as the rejected and illegitimate son of Lord Cariadoc, Lord Eisiq took it upon himself to personally mentor Corann shortly after Corann moved to the Ten-Arian monastery from the Temple of Abka Biya in Bira Hecen. Ever concerned, with Lord Culain, regarding the impacts of Corann's spiritual abilities upon his beinor to beinor life, it was Lord Eisiq who initially urged Corann to pursue training from High Priestess Wehe regarding his inherited abilities, advice Corann followed to become Wehe's protégé. Eisiq is Hebrew for "he who laughs".

King Ejen:

King Ejen was the sovereign king of Beinan from BE 6160 to BE6321 when he retired as king and allowed his 150 yen-Ar old daughter, Isabelle, to assume the throne as queen. At 300 yen-ars, he is still only middle-aged but with health issues known only to himself, his wife, and Lady Healer Cara, starting to impair his mind, he felt it in the interests of planetary security and well-being to allow his brilliant and very capable daughter to take his place and enjoy an early retirement. It is rumoured that King Ejen is suffering from a form of brain cancer triggered by his frequent expeditions to Xi-Nan Fang as a youth.

King Ejen has, by and large, enjoyed a happy life. He started his youth with great athleticism and little interest in books—something he recognizes in his grandson, Prince Anwell, and in his now deceased daughter, Princess Anyu.

It was only when he saw the beautiful Wehe that he realized the only way to seduce her would be with knowledge and literature. The high priestess of the entire planet would most likely not be impressed with his skills in the many feats of strength he could achieve nor in his prowess in the games. That woman, so sensual and beautiful, would have to be won with poetry and feats of memory.

Lusting after her more for her favour in the bedroom than anything else, he took a sudden interest in his book learning—just to impress her, then came to court with seductive moves, whispering some newly learned obscure piece of trivia at her or perhaps a line of a poem he had discovered through sources that she liked. She would smile at him at those gifts, but like a certain other dark haired seductress from Earth's future, not give in too quickly. Instead, she made him work hard, until he finally behaved more like a proper prince and knew what he needed to know in order to rule.

Finally, when she was convinced he was ready, she allowed him to kiss her properly. Understanding her requirement, he bowed and commissioned the pendant of the Gurun heraldry that he would use to ask for her hand. Presenting it to her, he offered it quietly for her answer, then watched as she put it around her neck and allowed him to pick her up to carry her to finalize the betrothal. He had won his prize and his bride. Ejen, in the language of the Eastern peoples of Earth means "sovereign" or "leader".

Queen Isabelle:

Born in BE 6171, Queen Isabelle is the daughter of sovereign King Ejen and his consort, High Priestess Wehe of House Miyoo. She assumed the throne in BE 6321 when her father, King Ejen, decided to retire at the age of 300 yen-ars. As queen, she is known for her brilliance and particular wisdom. From her mother she inherited strong powers of mind and soul and is strongly psychic, though she underplays her abilities outside of her immediate family for political reasons.

Unlike many politically powerful women on Beinan, Isabelle postponed marriage until the age of 80 yen-ars and motherhood until the age of 110 yen-ars. During the thirty yen-ars of her marriage to Lord Knight Bevin before the birth of Anlei, she spent her time focused on cultivating her marriage, particularly since she was attracted to, but not in love with, Bevin at the time of their wedding.

Parenthood forged the marriage between Isabelle and Bevin, particularly as Bevin focused more and more of his time and energies on fatherhood to enable Princess Isabelle to attend meetings of the Great Council with her father and sit with him during most matters of state. Seven yen-ars after daughter Anlei's birth, on BE 6288, beinor 58, Princess Isabelle gave birth to her first born son, Anwell, taking time off from her royal duties to breast feed and bond closer to her family. She is very quickly pregnant again, giving birth to her son Alastair on BE 6290, beinor 12.

But fortune was not with her. On BE 6291, beinor 5, Prince Alastair died suddenly under mysterious circumstances, plunging the princess into a deep post-partum depression. In BE 6292, her father called her into his office, revealing to her that the Healers of Gurun had found abnormalities in his brain believed to be triggered by exposure to argun ore as a youth. In response, Princess Isabelle re-doubled her studies in preparation to assume the throne with her husband becoming her primary confidant, forging their marriage ever closer.

On BE 6300, beinor 2, during a centennial celebration at the palace, Princess Isabelle and Prince Bevin renewed their marriage vows in a grand ceremony broadcast across Beinan with their young son and "tween-aged" daughter serving as honour attendants.

Following her ascension to the throne in BE 6321, Queen Isabelle has relied more and more on Lord Knight Bevin to raise their adolescent children, along with political droid, RK6, enabling her to focus on her duties as queen.

In the tongue of Earth, "Isabelle" is the French form of the Hebrew meaning "My God is a vow". Before the Great Migration, "Isabelle" was pronounced "esa-bil" or "throned" (is my) "vow".

Lord Janus:

The second son of Lord Cariadoc and Lady Jebez and the less religious of the two, Lord Janus is among Princess Anlei's many suitors. An apparently peaceful man of diplomacy, his personality stands in stark contrast with his older brother's ambition. 55.5 cun tall with bright blue eyes, Lord Janus has short blond hair. Initially House Shem, after the Great Masquerade, Janus moved to Xi-Nan Fang and became a miner. In time he married Ursula of House Ana, a miner's daughter from the small mining town of his residence.

Lord Kaleb:

The first born son of Lord Cariadoc and Lady Jebez, Lord Kaleb is among Princess Anlei's many suitors. An aggressively devout follower of The Shemai, Lord Kaleb is somewhat of a religious fanatic, even though he can be good at concealing it from those he wishes to. 56.0 cun tall with grey eyes, Lord Kaleb has brown hair like his father.

RK6:

RK6 is the political droid of Princess Anlei created on BE 6322, beinor 86. Her designation is short for her manufacturer serial number which has several numerals between the R, the K, and ends in 6 and is a grant total of 45 characters long, so long that even RK6 is hesitant to repeat the whole thing in human speech and only utters it in machine language when a repair is necessary. As a civilian droid serving in the palace and serving as lady in waiting to her princess, RK6 is pale blue in colour.

Programmed in Beinarian law, protocol, history, and politics, RK6 has two very dexterous, three fingered arms that allow her to assist her princess with a wide range of tasks, including waking the princess and dressing the princess.

High Priestess Wehe:

Born BE 6069, beinor 70 at the Temple of Banumu Hehe in the coastal city of Bira Hecen in Dong-Bei, Princess Consort Wehe is the wife of King Ejen and Queen Isabelle's mother. She is also High Priestess of Beinan in her own right, a vowed priestess in the temple of the Beinarian triple goddesses of Banumu Hehe (Goddess of Beinan the Land), Abka Biya (Goddess of the Moon[s]), and Abka Gahun (Goddess of Birds of Prey).

As high priestess, High Priestess Wehe is one of the few people on Beinan who knows this history and these sacred stories. She often clashes with her grand-daughter for her lack of respect for the Old Ways.

Wehe did not marry Ejen out of love, but out of respect for the old traditions. It was her sense of duty to Beinan that drove her out of her temple and into the palace where she used her great beauty as a 100 yen-ar old priestess to win the favour of the then crown prince. Lust drove Ejen to marry her but Wehe married him out of desire to co-rule and guide Beinan more directly than through the temple—and the code did not forbid her from marrying and bearing children. In this, she was largely successful and her reign as Princess Consort was very productive--but at a price. Of High Priestess Wehe's children, only the first born, Isabelle, survived despite the best of Beinarian technology. Her three younger children all died before the age of 20 yen-ars from accident or illness. This makes Wehe very protective of Anlei.

Wehe's youngest daughter, Princess Anyu died on D425E25 Tertius when she insisted on travelling alone, even though she was a mere child of 20 yen-ars. She was a gifted pilot, one of the most talented Beinan had ever seen, thanks to her mother's spiritual inheritance. The droid she took with her reported, before it was destroyed, that she was discovered by a group of aliens where she attempted communication. In the middle of the planet's night, natives stole her cipher from her neck, thinking it was a piece of expensive jewellery. Princess Anyu died of asphyxiation one shir-or later.

High Priestess Wehe, as high priestess, is squire Corann's mentor, just as she was Lady Priestess Cordelia's mentor during Cordelia's formative yen-ars.

For three continuous beinors Lady Cordelia and Cariadoc bedded, conceiving Corann in the process under what is publically thought to be dubious circumstances. Wehe knew well that Corann's conception had been quite deliberate...more experiment by her apprentice to see what would happen if a powerful priestess merged her blood with an equally powerful knight of Ten-Ar. Only Lady Cordelia, Wehe, and Corann himself know the complete story behind his making—a carefully guarded secret.

For this reason, Wehe has felt obligated to watch over the youth and see to his education. BE 6296, beinor 185 she offered him formal adoption as her son—but Corann refused and begged to stay in the monastery. Instead, he offered to accept her tutorage in those parts of his abilities that no knight of Ten-Ar or mentor at the monastery could teach him and to this she agreed.

Wehe's name, in the Earth tongues of the East means "stone"

### Beinarians of the Ghosts of the Past

In order of appearance:

Lord Healer Devon:

Healer of Ten-Ar and husband to Lady Healer Keelia. Father to Elendir and Althea.

Lady Healer Keelia:

Healer of Ten-Ar and wife to Lord Healer Devon. Mother to Elendir and Althea.

Lord Knight Elendir:

Son of Devon and Keelia. Older brother to Lady Healer Althea. Knight of Ten-Ar. Best friend to Crown Prince Kendric. Marries Lady Priestess Aisling. Father to Lord Knight Corann.

Lady Healer Althea:

Elendir's younger sister. A healer of Ten-Ar. Later, abbess of Ten-Ar.

Lady Healer Cara:

Abbess of house Ten-Ar.

Lord Knight Malvyn:

Knight of Ten-Ar and mentor to both Lord Knight Elendir and his son, Lord Knight Corann.

Princess Cathryn:

Prince Kendric's twin sister and daughter to Queen Darla and Prince Consort Torr. Later, the mother to Lord Lixin.

ZC8:

Princess Cathryn's political droid.

Prince Kendric:

Son of Queen Darla and Prince Consort Torr. Twin brother to Princess Cathryn. Best friend to Lord Elendir. Ascends to his mother's throne after her death as King Kendric I.

Mukhtar:

Son of Kaleb of the line of Kaleb.

Lady Durwen:

Mother to Alatar. Wife of Morwin.

Lady Dell:

Daughter of Keleth and sister to Morwin.

Alatar:

Son of Durwen and Morwin.

Lady Investigator Ristlim:

A police detective at precinct 12 in Nan-li City.

High Priestess Aina:

A great-granddaughter of Princess Anlei through her youngest daughter, Princess Elena. High Priestess of Beinan and successor to her mother, High Priestess Anlei the Meek.

Lord Priest Argul:

A priest of house Miyoo. Later, Princess Constance's tutor.

Honourable Lord Sacerdos Marcus:

Head of the Great Council until his death. High priest of house Shem.

Lady Alidir of house Slabi:

A representative of house Slabi on the Great Council. Mother to Princess Lidmila.

Lady Elanda of house Ana:

Leader of house Ana and member of the Great Council.

Queen Darla:

Queen of Beinan. Daughter of King Gareth II. Wife to Lord Healer Torr. Mother to Kendric and Cathryn.

Lady Healer Darah:

Chief healer at the palace healing center. Originally born and raised in Nan-li City in Xi-Nan Fang.

Lady Elita:

Daughter of Sacerdos Antonius of Amba Narel in Xi-Nan Fang.

Lord Narvan:

Older brother of High Priestess Aina. Later, a representative from house Miyoo on the Great Council.

Lady Aurnia:

Kendric's true love from house Cashmarie.

Princess Lidmila:

Kendric's wife and daughter of Lady Alidir. Mother to Prince Ohtaraha.

Lord Eletar:

First born of Durwen and Morwin. Lady Elita's husband. Later, a representative from house Shem on the Great Council.

Lady Priestess Aisling:

A priestess of Miyoo. Later, Lord Elendir's wife.

Prince Ohtaraha:

Kendric's son by Priestess Lidmila.

Lady Mitharnilia:

Golden auburn haired first born daughter of Kendric and Aurnia born out of wedlock.

ZB8:

Prince Kendric's political droid.

Prince Consort Torr:

Queen Darla's husband. A mind-healer of house Xing-li.

KE567:

The legal secretary droid at Amur An-Men Associates.

Lady Advocate Miranda of house Slabi:

A lawyer at Amur An-Men Associates. A follower of The Shemai. A descendent of Lady Priestess Miriam, daughter of Lady Ecter and her brother Janus.

Lady Fëawen:

A mind-healer of Gurun and friend to Lord Knight Elendir.

Princess Constance:

Prince Kendric's surviving daughter by Lady Aurnia.

Lord Knight Corann:

Wavy dark auburn hair bordering on a reddish-black haired and emerald eyed son of Lady Priestess Aisling and Lord Knight Elendir. A knight of Ten-Ar like his father; a master archer.

Lord Círlen:

Captain of the caravel "The Nenel" from house Cashmarie.

Lord Yelu (aka Yelu the Bastard):

56 cun 寸 tall and brown-eyed, Lord Yelu is Lady Elita's son born out of wedlock. Half-brother to Lord Lixin's father, Lord Nasse.

Lord Knight Lytsar:

A knight of Gurun and King Kendric's champion responsible for safeguarding the king.

RM7:

Princess Constance's political droid and "lady" in waiting.

Lord Engineer Kian of house Xing-li:

A scientist, engineer, and star craft designer. Designer of the star craft Liltaél. Auburn haired and green-eyed.

Lord Lixin:

Princess Cathryn's son by Lord Nasse. Nephew to Lord Yelu on his father's side and King Kendric on his mother's side.

Prince Caranden:

Queen Constance and Prince Consort Kian's son and eldest of their children.

Princess Leonora: Queen Constance and Prince Consort Kian's first born daughter.

Honourable Lord Ian:

Head of house Xing-li and a representative of Xing-li on the Great Council.

Princess Anyu:

Queen Constance's younger daughter.

Lord Knight Alexander:

A knight of Gurun.

Lord Morlong:

A mysterious young man with jet black hair and metallic blue eyes often seen wearing black tunics, trousers, and cloaks with silver embroidery.

Lady Knight Aldris:

Knight of Gurun charged with training Queen Constance's children in self-defence.

Lady Engineer Silmira:

The daughter of one of Prince Consort Torr's three sisters and first cousin twice removed from Princess Anyu. Charged with educating Princess Anyu in physics, astronomy, and astro-engineering.

Lady Laela:

An elusive mind healer from house Miyoo serving at the temple of Abka Biya in Bira Hecen. Primary steward of the castle's observatory. Metallic blue-eyed with jet black hair, both are typically concealed under the hood of her black thread embroidered silver cloak.

Lady Narwen:

Lord Yelu's twin sister and daughter of Lord Knight Elendir.

Lord Silas:

A resident of Hejing from house Cashmarie sailing a small boat on the Amur River.

### Beinarians and Aliens of Princess Anyu Returns

In order of appearance:

Princess Anyu:

Daughter of Queen Constance exiled to D425E25 Tertius.

Prince Consort Kian:

Queen Constance's deceased husband and prince consort. An engineer of Xing-li. Designer of the star craft Liltaél.

Lord Knight Corann:

Son of Lord Knight Elendir and Lady Priestess Aisling.

Lord Morlong:

A mysterious figure in Ghosts of the Past, Morlong is one of Anyu's archenemies among the Amur.

Seo-jun:

An Amur bounty hunter seeking to capture first Christopher, then Anyu.

"Christopher Gurun:"

Dark-haired and grey-eyed, Christopher is a mysterious Beinarian from house Gurun who slept for over five hundred yen-ars in stasis before arriving at and settling on D425E25 Tertius.

Lady Laela:

Lord Morlong's wife among the Amur.

Anne Doyle:

Daughter of a medieval history professor, Anne moved to the United States following the murder of her mother by the Irish Republican Army. Co-founder of Broadway Bytes in Manhattan.

Lord Narvan:

Older brother of High Priestess Aina. Later, a representative from house Miyoo on the Great Council.

Lady Abbess Althea:

Lord Knight Elendir's younger sister and abbess of house Ten-Ar.

Lord Healer Elden:

One of two children conceived out of Lady Laela's forced sexual relationship with Christopher Gurun during his youth on Beinan. Half-brother to Anyu's twins Rhisiart and Brigid. Half Amur and half Beinarian.

Elden's name means "light" in Manchu.

Princess Brigid:

Red-haired and grey eyed, Princess Brigid is Anyu's first born and twin sister to her brother Rhisiart. Brigid is named after first princess consort High Priestess Brigid.

Prince Rhisiart:

Anyu's son by Christopher Gurun. Named after Anyu's first love among the ancient Amur who sacrificed himself after Surt murdered her. Red-haired and grey eyed, Rhisiart is the Welsh form of the name Richard meaning "Brave power."

Lord Knight Elendir:

Anyu's paternal grandfather and best friend to her maternal grandfather, King Kendric.

Lady Narwen:

Lord Yelu's twin sister and daughter of Lord Knight Elendir.

Prince James:

Queen Constance's son by Lord Yelu

Queen Constance the Kind:

Princess Anyu's mother.

Princess Leonora:

Princess Anyu's older sister

Lady Abbess Althea:

Abbess of Ten-Ar and Lord Knight Elendir's younger sister.

High Priestess Aina:

High priestess of house Miyoo and the head of Beinan's dominate religion.

Lord Yelu the Bastard:

Lord Knight Elendir's son by the Lady Elita.

### Music, Poetry, and Dance

Music, poetry, and dance are an integral part of all societies. Beinarians are no different. Here is a complete list of the songs appearing across all three "Anlei's Legacy" arc books, along with applicable translations to the English language and presented in order of first appearance:

### Songs from transmission one, "The Great Succession Crisis"

Anlei's Aria (appears in book trailer)

I will always love you, I'll always love you

I will always love you, my dear

Through the yen-ars I am yours, I'll always be yours

I will always love you, my dear

We were always meant to be, our love so pure and free

I will always love you, my dear...

My Lady Fairest Queen

(From chapter three, "Bevin's Royal Challenge")

Lady fair I am yours this morn.

Lady fair I serve you. In your royal grace,

Illuminate my face.

And grace me with your love.

I am yours my liege; serving you to please.

My lady fairest queen.

I am yours my liege; serving you to please.

My lady fairest queen.

### Songs from transmission two, "Ghosts of the Past"

From Chapter Six: Chore Ar Cerridwen

"De hac benedixit matutinus" (On This Blessed Morning)

Laudate domina luna.

Laudate deam terra.

Laudate deam albus falcones.

De hac benedixit matutinus.

Sea, beidh mé ag onóir an bandia anseo.

I fheiceann tú mé a aghaidh naofa.

A bheith beannaithe an lá seo ag teacht.

Lig dúinn teacht ar gach ghrá.

Translation:

Praise Lady Moon.

Praise the goddess of the earth.

Praise the goddess of white falcons.

On this blessed morning.

Yes, I will honour the goddess here.

I see your holy face.

Be blessed this day coming.

Let us all find love.

From Chapter Seven: Ghosts of the Past

"Great Comes the Morning"

Great comes the morning.

Out of quiet jubilation,

Wisdom is yours.

If you can find the way.

Teach the healing arts,

Nurture the wounded.

It is a great hour.

For healing everywhere

"I shall always find you"

Love for the beauty of the soul

I shall love you always

When the flower of life has gone

Ever I shall find you

When all is lost and winter comes

I shall be your spring time

And memory fades and wilts then

I shall always find you

I shall always find you....

From Chapter Eight: Kendric's Lament

"Fortis vela quasi falcon alas" (Strong the sails like falcon wings)

Prona maria adducere validissimo vento aura.

Fortis vela quasi falcon alas.

Robustus clavumque adfixus mihi puppis.

Peritus manus operari semper.

Nos perducere domum

Translation:

Open seas bring strong wind breeze.

Strong the sails like falcon wings.

Stout the tiller at the stern.

Skilled hands work ever

To bring us home.

"Here lays my father and my lord"

He was a strong and noble lord

With piercing eyes of grey.

He sat upon his noble throne

Shining like the dawn.

His sword flashed like the brightest star.

He led our people well.

Yet here and now he lays here

In blood pierced with arrows

He was the friend of many knights.

He loved the warrior games.

His heart was won by a lady fair

For marriage they did wait.

A kindly prince, his duty carried

Him to another's bed.

And on her death true love returned,

Finally they wed

He felt the grief of children lost

To murder and to pain.

I was the youngest of his blood.

I'll never be the same.

Here lays my father and my lord

I know not what to say.

Except my father and my lord

Was slain here on this day.

Here lays my father and my lord

I know not what to say.

Except my father and my lord

Was slain here on this day.

### From Princess Anyu Returns

Great is the time of sacred celebration.

Freedom at last!

Your reign we now endorse.

We are your people!

We are your friends!

Rise up for Beinan now until the end!

### Dancing:

Beinarian dancing tends towards stately dances resembling English country dances. Beinarian bransles are favoured by royal courts and across all classes of Beinarian society. The classic bransle pattern consists of two steps to the left, then two steps to the right with couples standing side by side to one another. Waltzes resembling a cross between the Viennese and the Classical Waltz are also popular on Beinan, though with a faster tempo than the "Modern" waltz popular in 20th/21st Century United States.

On Earth, bransles and English country dances date to the European Renaissance and remain popular among history enthusiasts. Those wishing to learn more about the dancing behind those in this book should consider consulting these favourite websites:

"How to Dance Mr. Beveridge's Maggot" by Laura Boyle at  http://www.janeausten.co.uk/how-to-dance-mr-beveridges-maggot/

"Estienne's Country Dance Book" by Stephen Fischer at  http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/del/sections/english_country_dance.html

"Reconstructing an English Country Dance from Playford" by Master Trahaearn Ap Ieuan at  http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/lod/vol3/reconstructing_playford.html

"SCA Cheat Sheets" by Greg Lindahl at <http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/dance/Top.html>

"Ballroom Basics: the Waltz" by Mark Sterrick at <https://sites.google.com/site/ballroomthebasics/the-waltz>

### Laws and Regulations Governing Beinarian Society

Beinarian Society is ruled by laws and customs that guide everyday life. Here are some of the most important rules governing life on A672E92 Quintus (aka "old home world") and B345A15 Quartus (aka "Beinan").

Childhood, Adolescence, and Legal Adulthood

25-35 Yen-Ars: Beginning of Adolescence

Depending on the individual, puberty strikes between the ages of 25 and 35 yen-ars. During this time, adolescent females ovulate only once per yen-ar until reaching the age of 45, a biological adaptation designed to reduce pregnancy in young women. Sperm counts in adolescent males are likewise low at only one to two million per seminal emission compared to the 10 to 15 million average among adults 50 to 200 yen-ars old.

30 Yen-Ars: Age of Inheritance

No Beinarian under the age of 30 is able to inherit property, titles, or authority of any kind. In the event of the dead of a ruling sovereign before any heirs reach the age of 30 yen-ars, the crown automatically passes to the chosen adult candidate of the Great Council who may represent either the same house of the deceased sovereign or a different house thereby beginning a new dynasty if the Great Council chooses.

35 Yen-Ars: Age of Sexual Consent

35 yen-ars is the youngest age a Beinarian can legally consent to sex. It is considered rape to engage in any form of sexual contact with a young Beinarian prior to the 35th natal beinor, even when the sex is consensual.

45 Yen-Ars: Sexual Maturity

At 45 yen-ars, Beinarian adolescents complete the sexual maturing process and are able to fully procreate as adults. Though pregnancy before the age of 60 is riskier, most Beinarian young women between the ages of 45 and 60 are able to give birth to healthy infants.

50 Yen-Ars: Legal Adulthood.

Young Beinarian is able to marry, bear or sire children without stigma, hold positions of authority within one's own house, and be granted full membership in guilds, professional associations, and so forth within one's house.

60 Yen-Ars: Electability to the Great Council

Although legally an adult at 50, the rules of the Great Council forbids admission as a house delegate before the age of 60 yen-ars. Beinarians between the ages of 40 and 60 are eligible to serve as aides to elected council members as a form of apprenticeship before running for office themselves.

200 Yen-Ars: Middle Age

Beinarians are not considered middle aged until the age of 200, regardless of the age of initial child-bearing.

300 Yen-Ars: Old Age

Beinarians over the age of 300 yen-ars are considered elderly and are expected to resign any offices or authorities in favour of younger Beinarians. This is the gold age of retirement and considered a celebrated age. Beinarian women enter menopause at 300 yen-ars.

House-Specific Sumptuary Laws

Each house distinguishes itself from its allies and rivals through specific regulations on dress and heraldry. While all Beinarian healers use the star ruby as a badge of the healing office, healers from Ten-Ar, Gurun, Miyoo, and Xing-li identify themselves by the exact colour of Beinarian ruby. These are:

Gurun: crimson

Ten-Ar: scarlet

Xing-li: cadmium

Miyoo: rose red

Timeline

Beinarians originally evolved on a slightly smaller planet than Beinan in a lenticular shaped galaxy 90.8967 million light yen-ars from Beinan. They left their original home world, A672E92 Quintus, when A672E92 showed the first signs of dying, changing the climate around it and starting the period in their history known as the Great Migration which spanned approximately 109 yen-ars due to the relatively slow speeds of the available space craft of the era. As a result, Beinarian history is broken up into four eras (with the Great Revolution being considered a fifth era by opponents of the monarchy) and dating notations:

OW: "Old World" (original home world, term not used until BE 95). Yen-ars 1 to 48920

GM: Great Migration (109 yen-ars). Yen-ars 1 to 109.

BE: Beinan Era. Yen-ars 1 to 6968.

GR: Great Revolution (7 yen-ars). Yen-ars 1 to 7 (BE 6961, beinor 157 to BE 6968).

NE: New Era. Yen-ars 1 to 145,892

Each era begins with yen-ar 1 and ends with however many yen-ars that particular era actually lasted.

On GR 1, beinor 5 Lord Yelu commanded all houses to purge their historical records in order to ensure loyalty to his rule. These data purges and public book burnings have created a fragmented history of Beinan. These abridged records survived the Great Purge.

Original Home World Era

OW 1-2000:

The precursors to houses Miyoo, Gurun, Ten-Ar, Xing-li, and Cashmarie emerge on original home world, unifying together from disparate hunter gather groups. Most of them experiment, successfully, with agriculture and/or aquaculture and grow in numbers from improved access to better and more stable food sources. Miyoo forms initially as a network of priestesses and priests across these primitive clans.

OW 2000-4000:

Twelve houses form from competing clans as more and more original world humans discover improved technologies and the value of working together for mutual advantage. House Miyoo begins codifying rituals, theology, and mythologies. Competing clans in the north central continent unify into Houses Gurun and Ten-Ar, enabling them to develop their own ideographic-styled writing systems.

OW 4500

House Xing-li forms formally with its partly ideographic and partly phonetic writing system. On a limited basis, Xing-li, Gurun, Ten-Ar, and Miyoo begin to cooperate – when it suits them.

OW 4600

First temple to moon goddess Abka Biya is built as a cliff-front castle on the south-western-most continent. The temple overlooks original home world's largest ocean.

OW 4800

First temple to Banumu Hehe is built by houses Miyoo and Ten-Ar in a valley in the north central continent.

OW 5000:

Guild Cashmarie (later known as House Cashmarie) forms across several coastal and river towns on original home world, unionizing its encompassing professions and providing better work conditions for many normal citizens. The first such trade association of its kind, Guild Cashmarie becomes the first effort in (Beinarian) society to guarantee fair wages, safe labour conditions, and stable economic conditions for normal people.

OW 5425:

Guild Cashmarie helps House Miyoo build the first temple to Abka Gahun on the island of Ben-Ar, home to original world's largest birds of prey.

OW 6000:

Guild Balister (later known as House Balister) forms as a confederation of archers and crossbow women and men across the north-western continent of original home world. The house begins with a mere 200 individuals in OW 6000 with numbers swelling over the coming yen-ars as their successes in battle mount.

OW 7000: House Ten-Ar formally codifies its rules of conduct into twenty five articles with numerous sections, subsections, and paragraphs. This "Ten-Arian Code" becomes the template for other Beinarian legal constructs, including the statutes passed by the Great Council.

OW 42735 Lady Priestess Cordelia the Kind is elevated to High Priestess.

OW 42745 Lord Priest Elendir the Wise is elevated to High Priest.

OW 45000 the "Great Council of Houses" meets for the first time at a mansion owned by the head of House Ana.

OW 45013, beinor 2 the physical building used for Great Council meetings becomes officially known as the Great Hall of the Assembly.

OW 48298, beinor 125

Lady Archer Kluane weds Lord Archer Brion of house Balister.

OW 48539, beinor 99

Lady Archer Kluane of house Balister gives birth to her son Malvyn in the borough of Richmarche.

OW 48770, beinor 16

Lord Master Bowman Malvyn, Lady Priestess Brigid, Lord Admiral Horatio, Lady Mariner Silmira, and Lady Abbess Sareth gather on the isle of Ben-Ar to discuss ending hostilities between houses Cashmarie and Xing-li.

OW 48775, beinor 56 Lord Malvyn of house Balister marries Lady Brigid, High Priestess and head of House Miyoo.

OW 48780, beinor 12 King Malvyn of house Balister is chosen by the Great Council as King. His coronation comes twenty beinors later.

OW 48781 High Priestess Brigid is crowned Princess Consort Brigid.

Great Migration Era

GM 1, beinor 32

Lead by King Malvyn of house Balister, more than 5000 star craft launch from A672E92 Quintus, beginning the Great Migration.

GM 75, beinor 87

King Tristen the Just of house Balister assumes his father's throne as King, resuming the journey to a new home world for his people.

Beinarian Era

BE 1

The "Great Council of Houses" is renamed by a vote of the council to "Great Council of Beinan" after completion of colonization on the planet Beinan. That same yen-ar, nearly 30% of the population dies from differences in temperature, climate, and micro-biotic conditions present on Beinan compared to their original world conditions, including 12 council members.

BE 50, beinor 145

King Tristen the Just of House Balister is assassinated by crossbow on the floor of the Great Council after issuing an ultimatum that the people both follow the laws of their society and his personal leadership as king. Tristen's consort and widow, Princess Darah, along with his children, flee to a tiny village, changing their names but keeping their genealogical records.

BE 50, beinor 146

The Great Council elects Mordec of house Xing-li as the new king of Beinan.

BE 50, beinor 148

King Mordec ascends the throne as the first king of the Xing-li Dynasty.

BE 51

Princess Darah and her children struggle to survive as poor farmers.

BE 81, beinor 97

The fortress of Bira Hecen is built on the coast of Dong-Bei.

BE 97, beinor 5

House Miyoo completes the Temple of Abka Biya in a castle overlooking the Amba Mederi Ocean.

BE 99, beinor 186

House Miyoo completes the Temple of Abka Gahun on the small island two li from Bira Hecen in the Amba Mederi. In honour of the original temple on original home world, the temple-centric island is named "Ben-Ar."

BE 186, beinor 69

House Miyoo completes the Temple of Banumu Hehe in Bira Hecen.

BE 267, beinor 5

Death of King Mordec of house Xing-li.

BE 500, beinor 28

Construction begins on the first building in the Ten-Arian monastery with its four even-armed wings and central rotunda used as the Ten-Arian temple.

BE 1219, beinor 112

Birth of Lord Balar, son of Lord Odog of house Gurun

BE 1241

Birth of Princess Cirwen to King Caranden of House Xing-li

BE 1253, beinor 83

House Ten-Ar adds a second building to the Ten-Arian monastery, this one focused on teaching the healing arts.

BE 1301, beinor 43

House Xing-li loses to house Gurun as Great Council elects Lord Balar of house Gurun to serve as the Gurun dynasty's first king.

BE 1301, beinor 46

Lord Balar of house Gurun ascends the throne as the first king of the Gurun dynasty.

BE1301, beinor 47

Deposed King Caranden of house Xing-Li forms alliances with houses Shem, Slabi, Cashmarie, and Ana in opposition to the Great Council's ruling. Over 20,000 soldiers march on the capitol of Hejing to overthrow the Great Council.

BE 1301, beinor 92

With large sections of Hejing destroyed or burning in massive fires, the Great Council convenes to find a resolution to the civil war.

BE 1301, beinor 118

The Great Council submits its resolution to the conflict to former King Caranden: in exchange for ending the conflict, King Balar is required to marry Caranden's oldest daughter, Princess Cirwen, or another king will be elected in his stead.

BE 1301, beinor 125

King Balar weds Princess Cirwen. To avoid future conflicts, Balar and Cirwen agree to share power as co-sovereigns. House Xing-li records Cirwen as sovereign queen and Balar as her consort in their genealogies.

BE 1323, beinor 100

House Ten-Ar adds five more buildings to the Ten-Arian monastery campus

BE 1345, beinor 5

Queen Cirwen gives birth to twin sons Lyr and Feir.

BE 1352, beinor 23

A pregnant Queen Cirwen petitions King Balar to step down from power and serve as royal consort so that she may personally raise their children. Now in love with his wife, King Balar appears before the Great Council with her resolution.

BE 1352, beinor 38

The Great Council accepts Queen Cirwen's resignation as co-sovereign, granting her formal leave to raise her children.

BE 1352, beinor 196

Queen Cirwen gives birth to her first daughter, Sareth.

BE 1360, beinor 45

Queen Cirwen gives birth to twin daughters Elenith and Beinaer

BE 1468, beinor 1

King Balar steps down from power in favour of his son, Lyr.

BE 1468, beinor 47

Coronation of King Lyr I.

BE 1470, beinor 12

Dowager Princess Cirwen dies giving birth to royal twins Prince Meraer and Princess Anyu

BE 1485, beinor 76

King Lyr is found dead in his apartment's garden. Balar asks eldest daughter Sareth, heavily pregnant by her husband Lord Ruinar of House Cashmarie, to serve as queen.

BE 1485, beinor 80

Coronation of Queen Sareth and Prince Consort Ruinar.

BE 1485, beinor 156

Queen Sareth gives birth to Princess Elenith (named for her sister) and Prince Kendar.

BE 5300, beinor 2

Opening of strip mining for argene, Beinarian silver, and precious metals two li from the city of Nan-li.

BE 5369, beinor 4, shir-or 6.0

Birth of Princess Lilian to King Dylan and Lady Alexandra

BE 5369, beinor 4, shir-or 8.0

Birth of Prince Gareth to King Dylan and Lady Darah

BE 5434, beinor 3

Birth of Lady Cara of house Ten-Ar

BE 5486, beinor 25

Lady Cara is elevated to healer of Ten-Ar

BE 5493, beinor 26

Lady Healer Cara begins researching strange reports of increased cancer rates in the southern city of Nan-li.

BE 5528, beinor 42

Prince Gareth is crowned King Gareth I.

BE 5532, beinor 145

Lady Cara of the Healers of Ten-Ar is elevated to Abbess of Ten-Ar.

BE 5538, beinor 3

Lady Abbess Cara opens Nan-li Central Healing Center in the city of Nan-li in Xi-Nan Fang.

BE 5543, beinor 42

"Brown Eye Syndrome" is first linked to argun ore and argene by the Healers of Ten-Ar at Nan-li Central Healing Center.

BE 5544, beinor 195

Lady Abbess Cara meets King Gareth I for the first time.

BE 5545, beinor 7

King Gareth I blackmails Lady Abbess Cara, deflowering the virgin healer.

BE 5545, beinor 8

Lady Abbess Cara petitions the Great Council to end argun ore mining in Xi-Nan Fang and pursue power generation alternatives that do not involve the radioactive ore and its synthesized forms. The Great Council, convinced that the radioactivity is not as dangerous as the abbess purports, ignores her request.

BE 5545, beinor 155

King Gareth I declares his intent to wed Lady Abbess Cara while she is in Nan-li City

BE 5545, beinor 175

wedding of King Gareth I to Lady Abbess Cara

BE 5546, beinor 40

House Ten-Ar recalls Lady Abbess Cara to Nan-li to help with the sudden collapse of an apartment building.

BE 5546, beinor 42

Using a messenger, King Gareth I demands Lady Abbess Cara return to the palace.

BE 5546, beinor 43

Princess Cara takes Lord Healer Liam of house Ten-Ar as her secret lover.

BE 5546, beinor 44

Princess Cara miscarries her first child. Lab results indicate primary and secondary dilast exposure killed her child.

BE 5546, beinor 50

Lady Abbess Cara and Lord Healer Liam begin developing preventive treatments for brown eye syndrome.

BE 5547, beinor 124

Princess Cara secretly gives birth to a healthy daughter by Lord Liam named Lady Gwawr.

BE 5547, beinor 194

Princess Cara returns to Hejing to reconcile with King Gareth. Lord Liam brings their daughter to the Ten-Arian monastery to raise among the healers. Cara keeps exclusively to the king's bed to protect Gwawr.

BE 5548, beinor 127

Birth of Prince Llewellyn to Princess Cara and King Gareth.

BE 5548, beinor 196

Princess Cara resumes her love affair with Lord Healer Liam at the Ten-Arian monastery, making him her official lover in the eyes of house Ten-Ar.

BE 5610, beinor 5

King Gareth learns of the affair between Cara and Liam

BE 5578, beinor 18

King Gareth meets lady Gwawr when she comes to court as a lady-in-waiting to her mother

BE 5578, beinor 25

King Gareth commands Gwawr into a sexual relationship with him. Afraid the king will discover who she is, she acquiesces, quickly becoming the king's official lover.

BE 5578, beinor 65

Flaunting his power, King Gareth commands both Gwawr and Cara into a ménage-a-trois with him in his bed. Both mother and daughter rise from the king's bed pregnant by him, much to the king's pride.

BE 5579, beinor 74, shir-or 2

Princess Cara gives birth to the king's second son, Prince Narthan.

BE 5579, beinor 74, shir-or 2.7

Lady Gwawr gives birth to the king's bastard son Kenneth.

BE 5579, beinor 80

Lady Gwawr returns to house Ten-Ar with the king's bastard son Kenneth to be raised by her father and his grandfather, Lord Healer Liam

BE 5600, beinor 2

Prince Llewellyn takes a fancy to Lady Gwawr and begins courting her

BE 5602, beinor 23

Prince Llewellyn marries Lady Gwawr, elevating her to the rank of princess and bedding her for the first time.

BE 5634, beinor 190

A terrible "accident" kills King Gareth I, elevating Prince Llewellyn to king on beinor 191 in a sudden joint coronation ceremony with Princess Gwawr and changing Princess-Consort Cara's title to "Dowager Princess."

It is suspected but never proven the half-brothers Prince Narthan and Lord Knight Kenneth are behind the king's demise out of revenge for Gareth I's mistreatment of their mothers.

BE 5636, beinor 25

Birth of Princess Althena to King Llewellyn of House Gurun and Queen Gwawr of House Ten-Ar.

BE 5640, beinor 1

Birth of Princess Elsha to King Llewellyn of House Gurun and Queen Gwawr of House Ten-Ar.

BE 5789, beinor 2

Beinaer of House Xing-li leaves Beinan on a survey mission for D425E25 Tertius.

BE 5799, beinor 47

Beinaer of House Xing-li sends final transmission from D425E25 Tertius. Her younger brother, Kaja, is the first to receive the transmission.

BE 5816, beinor 3

Birth of Prince Lyr to Princess Althena of House Gurun and Prince Deheune of House Miyoo. Princess Elsha spends a few beinors helping her older sister with the new baby, and then receives permission to leave the palace for House Ten-Ar to learn healing skills. She divides the rest of her yen-ars between the palace as her sister's official court healer and House Ten-Ar as one of its best medical researchers and teachers. Upon her own marriage to a healer of Ten-Ar, her sons and royal nephews and nieces develop close ties, further sealing the bond between Ten-Ar and Gurun.

BE 5838, beinor 5

Death of Dowager Princess Cara.

BE 5891, beinor 78

Birth of Prince Ingram to King Lyr III of House Gurun and Queen Draga of House Slabi.

BE 5896, beinor 198

King Lyr III is found dead in one of the side alcoves in the throne room, his body pierced with crossbow quarrels

BE 5897, beinor 12

Prince Ingram ascends the throne as King Ingram I.

BE 6026, beinor 5

Birth of Prince Ejen to King Ingram of House Gurun and Princess Consort Mildred of House Slabi.

BE 6069, beinor 70

Birth of Wehe of House Miyoo to Lady Priestess Juliana.

BE 6085, beinor 14

Birth of Alicia of House Miyoo to Lady Priestess Juliana.

BE 6156, beinor 32

Birth of Bevin of House Balister.

BE 6146, beinor 2

Lady Priestess Wehe is crowned High Priestess of Beinan. At the reception celebrating her elevation, she meets Prince Ejen for the first time.

BE 6148, beinor 198

Wedding of Prince Ejen to High Priestess Wehe

BE 6160, beinor 49

Death of King Ingram at the age of 269 yen-ars.

BE 6160, beinor 56

Coronation of King Ejen and High Priestess Wehe.

BE 6171, beinor 190

Princess Consort Wehe gives birth to her firstborn daughter, Princess Isabelle.

BE 6186, beinor 110

Bevin of house Balister elevated to Squire and formally adopted by House Ten-Ar. Bevin puts aside his heritage bow in favour of the heraldry of Ten-Ar.

BE 6201 beinor 125

Birth of Lord Culain of House Ten-Ar to Lady Firamodor of the Healers of Ten-Ar.

BE 6221 beinor 152

Birth of Lady Cara of House Ten-Ar to Lady Firamodor of the Healers of Ten-Ar.

BE 6233, beinor 168

Princess Consort Wehe gives birth to her youngest daughter, Anyu.

BE 6236, beinor 24

Squire Bevin is elevated to Knight of Ten-Ar and becomes Lord Bevin of House Ten-Ar.

BE 6242, beinor 4

Princess Alicia of house Miyoo gives birth to her son, Adelmar.

BE 6246, beinor 2

Lady Cara accepted into the Healers of Ten-Ar to begin training, following in her mother's footsteps as her brother followed their father's.

BE 6250, beinor 145

Princess Anyu leaves with her survey droid KR2 for D425E25 Tertius.

BE 6251, beinor 67

Princess Anyu dies on D425E25 Tertius when natives of the planet remove her cipher.

BE 6251, beinor 99

Lord Knight Bevin of House Ten-Ar weds Princess Isabelle of House Gurun.

BE 6265, beinor 185

Priestess Cordelia gives birth to her son, Corann, son of Lord Cariadoc of House Ten-Ar.

BE 6274, beinor 70

Wedding of Lady Jebez and Lord Cariadoc

BE 6275, beinor 51 Lady Jebez gives birth to her first son by Lord Cariadoc, Lord Kaleb

BE 6277, beinor 102

Lady Jebez gives birth to her second son by Lord Cariadoc, Lord Janus

BE 6281, beinor 54

Princess Isabelle gives birth to her first born daughter Anlei

BE 6285, beinor 167

Lady Jebez gives birth to her third daughter, Lady Ecter.

BE 6288, beinor 58

Princess Isabelle gives birth to her first born son, Anwell

BE 6290, beinor 12

Princess Isabelle gives birth to her second born son, Alastair

BE 6291, beinor 5

Prince Alastair dies suddenly. Poison is suspected by the Healers of Gurun.

BE 6296, beinor 1

Lord Culain elevates Corann of House Ten-Ar to Squire, training him personally.

BE 6296, beinor 185

High Priestess Wehe offers Squire Corann a special natal beinor gift: the opportunity to be formally adopted as her son—and become king if he wishes. Deeply honoured, Corann declines.

BE 6298, beinor 72

Prince Anwell meets Morlong and Laela for the first time.

BE 6300, beinor 2

Princess Isabelle and Lord Knight Bevin renew their marriage vows during the grand centennial celebration held at the palace. Princess Anlei and Prince Anwell serve as honour attendants.

BE 6305, beinor 4

High Priestess Wehe brings Corann to the palace for mentoring and training in using his spiritual gifts.

BE 6305, beinor 10

Corann and Anlei meet for the first time during one of Corann's study sessions with High Priestess Wehe.

BE 6318, beinor 85

Lady Laela rapes Anwell for the first time using Amurian technology to advance Anwell's sexual maturity.

BE 6318, beinor 124

Laela's repeated rapes of Prince Anwell results in successful pregnancy.

BE 6319, beinor 192

Lady Laela secretly gives birth to Lady Freya.

BE 6321, beinor 1

Princess Isabelle ascends to her father's throne as Queen Isabelle.

BE 6322, beinor 86

RK6 begins her service as political droid and "lady in waiting" to Princess Anlei.

BE 6326, beinor 51

Lady Ecter gives birth to her daughter Miriam by her brother Janus.

BE 6326, beinor 110

Prince Consort Bevin appears before the Great Council to request amending the existing law concerning the succession.

BE 6326, beinor 111

Queen Isabelle summons Princess Anlei to court.

BE 6326, beinor 118

Prince Bevin and Princess Anlei leave for the Ten-Arian monastery.

BE 6326, beinor 120

Squire Corann is elevated as Knight of Ten-Ar.

BE 6326, beinor 160

Great Masquerade at palace in Hejing.

BE 6327, beinor 1

Wedding of Princess Anlei.

BE 6327, beinor 5

Lady Ecter and her daughter Miriam are given sanctuary by house Miyoo.

BE 6327, beinor 6

Lady Viviane gives birth to Lord Arthur's second and eldest surviving child, Lady Eleanor.

BE 6327, beinor 40

Grand Ball at palace in Hejing.

BE 6328, beinor 56

Princess Anlei gives birth to Prince Lyr.

BE 6328, beinor 129

Queen Isabelle and the royal family meet with the Great Council to resolve the Great Succession Crisis.

BE 6328, beinor 143 King Ejen dies of cancer.

BE 6329, beinor 1

Lady Eleanor of House Xi-li is betrothed to Crown Prince Lyr in an unusual, childhood betrothal. Eleanor is elevated to the rank of "Princess."

BE 6330, beinor 60

Princess Anlei and Prince Corann move to the Temple of Abka Biya in the coastal city of Bira Hecen. Guided by her grandmother, High Priestess Wehe, Anlei begins training to become a priestess of Miyoo.

BE 6331, beinor 56

High Priestess Anlei gives birth to her first born daughter, Princess Abigail.

BE 6334, beinor 48

Birth of Teber, son of Janus and Ursula of House Ana.

BE 6334, beinor 49

Birth of Lancelot, son of Lord Arthur and Lady Viviane.

BE 6340, beinor 7

Princess Anlei gives birth to her second daughter, Princess Elena

BE 6345, beinor 12

Lady Ecter is ordained as a priestess of Miyoo.

BE 6346, beinor 4

High Priestess Anlei gives birth to her second son, Prince Londthol.

BE 6350, beinor 89

Death of High Priestess Wehe.

BE 6350, beinor 91

Ordination of Princess Anlei as Priestess of House Miyoo.

BE 6352, beinor 145

Wedding of Lady Priestess Ecter to Lord Priest Adelmar.

BE 6380, beinor 2

Princess Priestess Anlei is crowned High Priestess of Beinan.

BE 6380, beinor 12

Lord Knight Corann is crowned Beinan's first High Priest since OW 42745.

BE 6389, beinor 1

Wedding of Prince Lyr to Princess Eleanor officiated by High Priestess Anlei and High Priest Corann.

BE 6390, beinor 160

In Olos-Mir, Lady Laela rapes Prince Anwell and impregnates herself by him.

BE 6390, beinor 170

Prince Anwell boards the star craft Badatel from the city of Olos-Mir.

BE 6390, beinor 185

Lord Prince Bevin disappears from the palace in Hejing.

BE 6390, beinor 190

Queen Isabelle dies suddenly of unknown causes. A rumour fills Hejing that the queen was poisoned by Lord Arthur's wife, Lady Viviane of House Xing-li.

BE 6390, beinor 192

Lord Prince Bevin's bloody body is located in the Amur River.

BE 6391, beinor 2

Prince Lyr and Princess Eleanor ascend as King Lyr IV and Queen Eleanor I. In compliance with the Treaty of BE 6329, Lyr and Eleanor share power equally.

BE 6391, beinor 25

High Priest Corann is found dead at the Temple of Abka Biya.

BE 6392, beinor 29

Lady Laela gives birth to Lord Elden.

BE 6428, beinor 1

Prince Londthol begins training as a healer of Gurun.

BE 6456, beinor 107

Birth of Tareen, son of Teber

BE 6458, beinor 33

Birth of Princess Elaine to King Lyr IV and Queen Eleanor I.

BE 6465, beinor 4

Birth of Prince Pellinore to King Lyr IV and Queen Eleanor I.

BE 6470, beinor 49

Birth of Prince Gareth to King Lyr IV and Queen Eleanor I.

BE 6478, beinor 1

Princess Elena begins formal studies to become a priestess of Miyoo.

BE 6489, beinor 51

Princess Abigail weds Lord Advocate Thingorn of House Slabi.

BE 6489, beinor 76

Death of Janus

BE 6496, beinor 11

Princess Elena is ordained as a priestess of Miyoo by her mother Anlei.

BE 6500, beinor 22

King Lyr IV dies from a lethal super-virus.

BE 6500, beinor 30

Prince Gareth ascends the throne as King Gareth II. Upon his ascension, House Xing-li searches for a suitable candidate for marriage to the king.

BE 6500, beinor 94

Birth of Elinal, son of Tareen

BE 6512, beinor 5

Princess Elena weds Lord Priest Elidor of House Miyoo.

BE 6525, beinor 46

Queen Eleanor's niece, Lady Lynessa of House Xing-li, is offered to King Gareth as a condition for keeping his throne, breaking her sealed betrothal to Prince Pellinore.

BE 6525, beinor 147

King Gareth II weds Lady Lynessa on a Xing-li space craft. Dowager Princess Eleanor, aware of her father's role in the match, commissions an investigation on the wine consumed by the couple during the wedding reception. Healers of Gurun report the high table wine was laced with a powerful cocktail of fertility drugs designed to provoke intense sexual arousal and guarantee multiple conceptions while under their influences.

BE 6525, beinor 152

Lord Torr of house Xing-li is born.

BE 6525, beinor 160

Healers of Gurun inform Princess Consort Lynessa is carrying four children.

BE 6525, beinor 195

Princess consort Lynessa miscarries all four children conceived on her wedding night. Conspiracy theories fill House Xing-li that the queen secretly aborted her pregnancy in protest of the arranged marriage forced upon her against her wishes.

BE 6528, beinor 2

Princess consort Lynessa uses her personal apartment to resume her relationship with Prince Pellinore, secretly taking him as her official lover.

BE 6536, beinor 14

Princess Elena gives birth to her son, Lord Elidor the Young

BE 6543, beinor 190

Princess Elena gives birth to her daughter, Anlei the Meek.

BE 6565, beinor 195

Princess Elaine of House Gurun gives birth to her first child, Lady Diana, daughter to Lord Cedric of the Healers of Ten-Ar. Elaine's mother, Dowager Princess Eleanor, attends the birth.

BE 6572, beinor 52

Princess Elaine gives birth to Lady Morgaine, her and Cedric's second child.

BE 6589, beinor 8

Birth of Princess Darla to King Gareth II and Princess Consort Lynessa. Gareth, long aware of his brother's affair with his wife, doubts Darla is his daughter, but says nothing to his brother and his wife and claims Darla as his to the outside world.

BE 6593, beinor 19

Princess Consort Lynessa gives birth to Prince Pellinore's son, Prince Leonir.

BE 6592, beinor 17

Death of Tareen, son of Teber

BE 6600, beinor 1

Anlei the Meek is ordained as a priestess of Miyoo.

BE 6601, beinor 14

Birth of Kaleb of the line of Kaleb.

BE 6618, beinor 5

Death of Teber, son of Janus

BE 6619, beinor 7

Birth of Mordun, brother of Kaleb of the line of Kaleb.

BE 6622, beinor 1

Lady Morgaine elevated as a Healer of Gurun. Attending the ceremony are her uncle, King Gareth, her aunt by marriage, Princess Lynessa, her cousin, Princess Darla, her mother, Princess Elaine, her father, Lord Cedric, and her sister Lady Diana.

BE 6567, beinor 4

Birth of Keleth, son of Elinal

BE 6573, beinor 145

Birth of Antonius, son of Elinal.

BE 6632, beinor 10

High Priestess Anlei and High Priest Corann retire from their duties.

BE 6632, beinor 11

Former High Priestess Anlei elevates her grand-daughter Anlei the Meek to the rank of High Priestess.

BE 6635, beinor 86

Death of Princess Anlei at the age of 354 yen-ars.

BE 6642, beinor 11

High Priestess Anlei the Meek weds Lord Priest Menelestel.

BE 6645, beinor 3

Birth of Lady Keelia to Lord Kevin and Lady Diana, both Healers of Ten-Ar.

BE 6648, beinor 34

Prince Leonir is found murdered by Princess Darla. Lady Healer Morgaine investigates: Princess Darla killed him in self-defence after the prince raped her.

BE 6648, beinor 68

Princess Darla aborts Prince Leonir's child to keep news of her rape and impregnation away from the court.

BE 6648, beinor 70

Lord Healer Torr of House Xing-li learns of Darla's recent ordeal and gains permission from King Gareth II to reside in the palace in hopes of befriending and healing Darla.

BE 6658, beinor 85

Very much in love with the crown princess, Lord Healer Torr asks for Princess Darla's hand in marriage. The couple seals their betrothal shortly after.

BE 6658, beinor 178

Wedding of Lord Healer Torr to Princess Darla.

BE 6660, beinor 152

Princess Elaine encourages her grand-daughter Keelia to pursue her passion for helping others by beginning formal studies with the Healers of Ten-Ar.

BE 6667, beinor 35

Birth of Lord Narvan to Anlei the Meek and Lord Priest Menelestel

BE 6674, beinor 1

Antonius is ordained sacerdos of house Shem.

BE 6676, beinor 3

Sacerdos Antonius is assigned to the Shrine of the Great Shemai in Amba Narel.

BE 6683, beinor 2

Birth of Aina to High Priestess Anlei the Meek and Lord Priest Menelestel.

BE 6687, beinor 28

Birth of Morwin, son of Keleth.

BE 6687, beinor 35

Sacerdos Antonius performs protective ritual over his nephew, Morwin. At the ritual he meets Mirdur, daughter of Mordun of the line of Kaleb.

BE 6690, beinor 9

Birth of Lady Cara, matrilineal descendant of Lady Cara of the Healers of Ten-Ar.

BE 6692, beinor 45

Sacerdos Antonius weds Mirdur, daughter of Mordun.

BE 6694, beinor 13

Birth of Dell, daughter of Keleth and younger sister to Morwin.

BE 6700, beinor 3

Birth of Lady Durwen, daughter of Kaleb of the line of Kaleb.

BE 6723, beinor 42

Birth of Lord Mukhtar, son of Kaleb of the line of Kaleb.

BE 6745, beinor 22

Death of Elinal, son of Tareen

BE 6749, beinor 178

King Gareth II is found murdered by bilast poisoning in his garden.

BE 6749, beinor 180

The Great Council forbids house Gurun from investigating the king's murder.

BE 6749, beinor 185

The heavily pregnant Princess Darla ascends the throne as Queen Darla I. Her husband, Lord Healer Torr is crowned prince consort in the same ceremony.

BE6750, beinor 1

Lady Cara elevated to Abbess of Ten-Ar, the head of the Healers of Ten-Ar and becomes known as "Lady Abbess Cara of Ten-Ar."

BE 6750, beinor 22

Birth of royal twins Prince Kendric and Princess Cathryn to Queen Darla and Prince Consort Torr of House Xing-li. Lady Abbess Cara of house Ten-Ar heads the medical team assisting in the delivery of the twins.

BE 6760, beinor 4 Lord Healer Devon marries his colleague, Lady Healer Keelia, in a simple ceremony in the Ten-Arian monastery.

BE 6767, beinor 50

Lord Elendir is born to Lord Devon and Lady Keelia of the Healers of Ten-Ar.

BE 6767, beinor 48

Morwin, son of Keleth weds Durwen, daughter of Kaleb of the line of Kaleb.

BE 6770, beinor 71

Lady Althea, sister to Elendir, is born to Lady Keelia and Lord Devon

BE 6770, beinor 74

Lord Devon is killed when Nan-li Central Hospital is bombed by an unknown terrorist. Half of the Healers of Ten-Ar assigned to the hospital die in the blasts.

BE 6770, beinor 100

Lady Keelia brings her children to Ten-Arian monastery; Elendir begins training with Knights of Ten-Ar.

BE 6771, beinor 5

Birth of Eletar, first born son of Morwin and Durwen.

BE 6775, beinor 43

Birth of Lady Elita, daughter of Sacerdos Antonius and Mirdur.

BE 6775, beinor 108

Lady Keelia commences her teaching position in advanced healing techniques at the Ten-Arian monastery. She brings her daughter Althea to the monastery and sets up a small apartment in the Healer's compound. Elendir visits her often when he has time from his studies.

BE 6777, beinor 1

Lady Aina is ordained as a priestess of Miyoo.

BE 6777, beinor 56

Lady Keelia leaves the Ten-Arian monastery to work in Our Lady Healing Center in Bira Hecen in Dong-Bei, 10,000.35 li from the capitol of Hejing.

BE 6777, beinor 98

Lady Keelia is killed at Our Lady Healing Center in Bira Hecen while helping a young woman from house Ana deliver her baby.

BE 6777, beinor 99

High Priestess Anlei the Meek is found among the dead at Our Lady Healing Center in Bira Hecen.

BE 6777, beinor 115

Priestess Aina, daughter of Anlei the Meek, is elevated to High Priestess at the tender age of 94 yen-ars.

BE 6780, beinor 2

Elendir begins his formal studies to become a squire of Ten-Ar.

BE 6780, beinor 3

Elendir meets twenty-nine yen-ar old Prince Kendric in a laser épée class where the prince is serving as an assistant instructor.

BE 6791, beinor 11

Death of Keleth, son of Elinal

BE 6800, beinor 2

Lady Althea accepted into Healers of Ten-Ar and begins her training.

BE 6800, beinor 22

Prince Kendric comes of age with his fiftieth natal beinor.

BE 6800, beinor 24

Prince Kendric leaves the Ten-Arian monastery, beginning his formal life as Crown Prince at the court of Queen Darla.

BE 6801, beinor 12

Birth of Alatar, son of Morwin and Lady Durwen.

BE 6818, beinor 63

Lord Eletar weds Lady Elita, her father Sacerdos Antonius presiding over the ceremony.

BE 6819, beinor 100

Lady Elita gives birth to Eletar's first born son, Nasse.

BE 6825, beinor 44

Birth of Lord Engineer Kian of house Xing-li.

BE 6827, beinor 59

Lord Elendir is elevated to knighthood at the age of sixty yen-ars.

BE 6827, beinor 78

Lord Knight Elendir arrives at Nan-li City to investigate his parents' deaths.

BE 6827, beinor 80

Elendir arrives at the island of Ben-Ar to consult with High Priestess Aina.

BE 6827, beinor 85

Elendir of house Ten-Ar and Argul of house Miyoo journey to Bira Hecen to submit Elendir's soil samples for analysis.

BE 6827, beinor 162

High Priestess Aina and Lord Knight Elendir confront the Great Council regarding Elendir's findings.

BE 6827, beinor 167

Lord Knight Elendir reports to Queen Darla regarding his investigation.

BE 6827, beinor 170

Lord Elendir begins working at the mine in Amba Narel.

BE 6828, beinor 1

Lord Elendir meets Lady Elita for the first time.

BE 6830, beinor 196

Prince Kendric weds Lady Lidmila, daughter of Lady Alidir of house Slabi after a command from the Great Council requiring him to pick a high ranking consort from house Slabi.

BE 6832, beinor 5

Prince Kendric takes Lady Aurnia, descendent of the Honourable Lady Kalar, of house Cashmarie as his official mistress.

BE 6832, beinor 68

Princess Lidmila gives birth to Prince Ohtaraha

BE 6835, beinor 12

Lady Aurnia gives birth to Prince Kendric's first born daughter, Mitharnilia.

BE 6837, beinor 50

Lord Elendir celebrates his seventieth natal beinor.

BE 6837, beinor 62

Lord Elendir meets Lady Priestess Aisling, accompanying her to Choire Ar Cerridwen.

BE 6838, beinor 61

Lady Elita gives birth to Elendir's first born son Yelu, and daughter Narwen.

BE 6849, beinor 42

Lord Elendir weds Lady Aisling.

BE 6860, beinor 197

Lady Abbess Cara of Ten-Ar retires as abbess. Lady Healer Althea, sister to Lord Knight Elendir, is elevated as Abbess of Ten-Ar. In an unusual step, Lord Knight Elendir assists in the elevation ceremony.

BE 6863, beinor 97

Princess Lidmila and Prince Ohtaraha are found dead in Lidmila's garden.

BE 6863, beinor 101

Prince Kendric marries Lady Aurnia in a secret ceremony conducted at the temple of Abka Gahun on the island of Ben-Ar.

BE 6863, beinor 115

Lord Knight Elendir meets Lady Fëawen of house Gurun.

BE 6863, beinor 125

The committee investigating Lidmila's and Ohtaraha's murders presents their findings to Queen Darla.

BE 6863, beinor 132

Lady Advocate Miranda is murdered in Honourable Lady Alidir's council chamber.

BE 6865, beinor 148

Princess Constance is born to Prince Kendric and Princess Aurnia.

BE 6865, beinor 150

Prince Lixin is born to Princess Cathryn and Lord Nasse.

BE 6869, beinor 31

Lady Priestess Aisling gives birth to her first born son. In honour of their mutual ancestor, Aisling and Elendir name him Corann.

BE 6882, beinor 175

Lord Engineer Kian's first wife dies after the low altitude shuttle she is testing explodes over the Amba Mederi Ocean.

BE 6882, beinor 196

Queen Darla, Prince Consort Torr, Princess Aurnia, and Princess Cathryn are killed when the caravel Nenel explodes in the port of Cir Calen.

BE 6884, beinor 198

Prince Kendric is crowned king of Beinan.

BE 6904, beinor 198, shir-or 7.0

King Kendric is found pierced with five crossbow quarrels in the alcove honouring King Lyr III.

BE 6904, beinor 198, shir-or 9.0

Princess Constance, at age 39 yen-ars, is crowned queen of Beinan in a minimal ceremony.

BE 6905, beinor 1, shir-or 3.25 Queen Constance presides over her father's funeral.

BE 6908, beinor 12

Lord Engineer Kian secretly betroths Queen Constance.

BE 6910, beinor 1

Death of Morwin, son of Keleth

BE 6915, beinor 148

Queen Constance comes of age at 50 yen-ars.

BE 6915, beinor 150

Queen Constance weds Lord Kian of House Xing-li.

BE 6916, beinor 165

Queen Constance gives birth to her son, Prince Caranden.

BE 6917, beinor 1

Queen Constance introduces her son Caranden to the court at the palace's beinor 1 celebration.

BE 6919, beinor 3

Squire Corann is elevated to knighthood. Queen Constance places Corann under vows of service.

BE 6919, beinor 33

Queen Constance gives birth to her first born daughter, Princess Leonora.

BE 6919, beinor 90

High Priestess Aina conducts the formal blessing of Leonora, elevating her legally to the title of "princess."

BE 6919, beinor 169

Death of Alatar son of Morwin

BE 6927, beinor 12

Lord Eletar, head of house Shem, is elected chairman of the Great Council.

BE 6927, beinor 150

Lord Engineer Kian records his time delay message on board the Liltaél.

BE 6927, beinor 152

Queen Constance gives birth to her daughter, Princess Anyu. Prince Consort Kian is found dead on the floor of the Great Hall of the Assembly.

BE 6921, beinor 6

Death of Adaleb, son of Alatar

BE 6957, beinor 152

Princess Anyu celebrates her 30th natal beinor.

BE 6960, beinor 115

Princess Anyu joins the engineers of Xing-li, becoming known to many as "Lady Engineer Anyu" instead of "princess."

BE 6961, beinor 152

Princess Anyu celebrates her final natal beinor on Beinan in the Beinan Era. Lord Knight Corann records his message for her aboard the Liltaél. Security cameras pick up the approach of Lord Yelu's forces.

BE 6961, beinor 153

Princess Anyu flees Beinan, beginning her exile.

BE 6961, beinor 154

Queen Constance surrenders to Lord Yelu.

Great Migration Era & New Era

GR1, beinor 1; BE 6961, beinor 157

Lord Yelu declares his conquest of Beinan complete. Beginning of the Great Revolution era.

GR 1, beinor 2; BE 6961, beinor 158

The Liltaél reaches the far side of the B345 galaxy and sets coordinates for D425E25 Tertius.

GR 1, beinor 4; BE 6961, beinor 160

The star craft Nimamur arrives at D425E25 Tertius.

GR 1, beinor 5; BE 6961, beinor 161.

Lord Yelu orders the "Great Purge," the burning of historical documents and purging of historical data from all computers on Beinan.

GR 1, beinor 9 BE 6961, beinor 165

"Christopher Gurun" arrives in the northeast region of Zhong Guo 中国 on D425E25 Tertius.

GR 2, beinor 31; BE 6962, beinor 187

The star craft Liltaél lands on D425E25 Tertius

GR 2, beinor 44; BE 6963, beinor 3

Queen Constance gives birth to Lord Yelu's son, Prince James

GR 2, beinor 121; BE 6963, beinor 87

"Christopher" and Anyu move to Brooklyn, New York

GR 2, beinor 143; BE 6963, 109

Christopher and Anyu begin working for Broadway Bytes.

GR 3, beinor 185; BE 6964, beinor 151

Princess Leonora gives birth to her daughter by Lord Yelu, Princess Ecter.

GR 5, beinor 150; BE 6966, beinor 116

Christopher reveals his true identity to Anyu.

GR 5, beinor 163; BE 6966, beinor 123

Christopher and Anyu are captured in Prospect Park.

GR 5, beinor 165; BE 6966, beinor 125

Anyu leaves D425E25 Tertius forever.

GR 6, beinor 78; BE 6967, beinor 38

Princess Anyu gives birth to twins Brigid and Rhisiart only five xiao-shirs apart at the temple of Abka Gahun on the island of Ben-Ar.

GR 6, beinor 98; BE 6967, beinor 58

Lord Elden and Princess Anyu find Lord Elendir in the ruins of the Ten-Arian monastery.

GR 6, beinor 170; BE 6967, beinor 130

Lords Elendir, Corann, and Elden rescue Princess Anyu and her children from the palace along with the four yen-ar old Prince James.

GR 6, beinor 195; BE 6967, beinor 165

Elden, Anwell, Elendir, Anyu, Aina, and Althea meet with the Elders of Amur.

GR 7, beinor 8; BE 6967, beinor 175

The thick upper atmosphere around Beinan turns completely clear and lasts for the next seventy beinors.

GR 7, beinor 10; BE 6967, beinor 177

Defeat of Lord Yelu.

BE 6967, beinor 187

In a landslide victory a planet-wide election of all adult Beinarians elects Anyu as queen.

BE 6967, beinor 188

Queen-Elect Anyu marries Prince Anwell at the Ten-Arian monastery.

BE 6967, beinor 190

Queen-Elect Anyu marries Lord Healer Elden at the Temple of Abka Biya in Bira Hecen.

NE 1, beinor 1; BE 6968, beinor 1

Official beginning of the New Era. Coronation of Queen Anyu.

NE 1, beinor 3

Queen Anyu records and transmits her first message to D425E25 Tertius

NE 1, beinor 7;

Queen Anyu records and transmits her second message to D425E25 Tertius

NE 1, beinor 9

Queen Anyu records and transmits her third and final message to D425E25 Tertius

###  Glossary

In alphabetical order.

Integrated data across all three transmissions

Abbess of Ten-Ar:

Title held by the healer-in-chief of house Ten-Ar, typically by election from her peers. The "surgeon general" of Beinarian society.

Advocate:

A legal representative or attorney, almost exclusively from house Slabi, whose job is to mediate on behalf of disrupting parties, both inside and outside of the court system, though advocates from houses Skeinera and Croften practice across Xi-Nan Fang and Dong-Nan Fang.

Amba Mederi (Ocean):

Literally translated "great sea/ocean" the Amba Mederi is the largest of Beinan's oceans. The Amba Mederi separates the northern continents of Dong-Bei and Xi-Bei from the southern continents of Xi-Nan Fang and Dong-Nan Fang.

Amba Narel:

A small mining town in Xi-Nan Fang located two hundred sixty seven li 里 from the city of Nan-li and just thirty three li 里 from the Amba Mederi Ocean.

An-Men Ten-Ar Healing Center

Located in the An-Men district in the capitol city of Hejing, An-Men Ten-Ar is one of the biggest and most successful healing centres in all of Beinan.

Argene:

The synthesized form of argun ore, argene powers the Beinarian civilization. Highly radioactive and dangerous, argene and argun ore trigger dangerous mutations in Beinarian DNA and cells. The most aggressive forms of cancer on Beinan are contracted from long term exposure to argene and argun ore. In the nomenclature of Earth, argene is better known as thorium 232.

Argun (Ore):

Argun ore, along with its synthesized form, argene, is extremely radioactive and dangerous. In and near mines and mining towns in Xi-Nan Fang, argene pollutes the air, soil, and water as the evitable consequence of extracting it from the ground. Chemically, in the nomenclature of Earth, argun ore consists of titanium 49, thorium 232, silicon 30, sulphur 36, strontium 87, and krypton 84.

Arnile:

Consisting of fifty percent of the Beinarian atmosphere, arnile is a highly reactive gas. On Earth, arnile is known as hydrogen.

B345A15:

The proper name for the Beinarian sun.

B345A15 Quartus:

The proper name under Beinarian astronomical notation for planet Beinan.

Beinan Era (BE):

Abbreviated "BE," Beinan Era designates the yen-ars since completion of the Great Migration and establishment of Beinarian society on Beinan. The yen-ar count begins with yen-ar "1" and excludes "zero" between it and the Great Migration yen-ars.

Beinarian Central Broadcasting Network (BCBN):

The largest of Beinarian media networks. Founded by a grant from the Great Council and run independent of all government agencies, Beinarian Central Broadcasting Network employs Beinan's top journalists to provide superior news broadcasts to every corner of Beinan. Houses Slabi, Ana, Shem, Cashmarie, Croften, and Plover constitute the bulk of the journalists at BCBN.

Beinarian Silver:

Consisting of 70% silver 109, 20% platinum 198, and 10% titanium 50, pure Beinarian silver is stronger and more lustrous than silver and silver alloys on Earth. Strong and durable for both jewellery and industrial uses, this naturally alloyed silver is typically heated and tempered to improve molecular bonds, increasing its natural durability further.

Beinor:

The Beinarian day or one rotation on its axis. A beinor is equal to twelve shir-ors. There are 197 beinors in one yen-ar (Beinarian year). In Earth terms, a beinor is equal to 5 days, 3 hours, 13 minutes.

Belarian waffles:

A famous and popular sweet breakfast waffle from the city of Belarn in Dong-Nan Fang known for its high fiber and high protein content and typically served with simple fruit jams and sometimes a Beinarian version of whipped crème. A properly made Belarian waffle is over one cun thick.

Belarn:

A major agricultural city on the coast of Dong-Nan Fang. House Cashmarie controls this port, shipping foods from Belarn to cities across Xi-Nan Fang. Belarn is famous for its innovative cuisine and exceptional, while modestly priced, restaurants and tourist lodging facilities. Home to the original Belarian-style waffle.

Ben-Ar:

A small island in the Amba Mederi Ocean just off the coast of Bira Hecen in Dong-Bei. Named for a similar island on original home world, it is home to the Temple of Abka Gahun which is located on a high cliff overlooking the Amba Mederi. Most of the island is undeveloped outside of the temple complex and its low attitude shuttle parking and boat launches. Outside of the temple, Ben-Ar is maintained by its priestesses as a wildlife preserve, particularly for birds.

Bilast:

Similar to dilast, bilast is a lethal nerve toxin to Beinarian humans and mammals. Popular for euthanasia, bilast kills most Beinarian mammals and humans within five xiao-shirs. On Earth, bilast is known as oxygen 16.

Bira Hecen:

A coastal city in Dong-Bei located 10,000 li 里 from the capitol city of Hejing. Bira Hecen is well known for its healing centres as well as its house Cashmarie trading districts. Rich and prosperous from trade, it is one of the largest cities on Beinan. Bira Hecen is most famous for its grand temples and is the seat for House Miyoo on Dong-bei. The island of Ben-Ar with its Temple of Abka Gahun is considered part of Bira Hecen, even though it lays two li 里 into the Amba Mederi Ocean.

Biya Eldengge

The largest and brightest of the three Beinarian moons, Biya Eldengge orbits planet Beinan once every seventy beinors.

Biya Gealach

The second largest of Beinan's three moons, Biya Gealach is the closest of Beinan's moons, orbiting the planet once every 50 beinors. Roughly the size of the planet Mars, Biya Gealach has a luminous blue surface as seen from Beinan created by its toxic bilast-nítrigine-kol atmosphere. Approximately 2 million species of kol-based plants and animals inhabit Biya Gealach.

Biya Xiao-Yue

The smallest of Beinan's three moons, Biya Xiao-Yue is tiny, crater-covered world roughly three quarters the size of Earth's moon. With an orbital period of 121 beinors and highly elliptical orbit, Biya Xiao-Yue is best seen at perigee at which time it deceivingly appears only half the size of Biya Eldengge.

Bliaut:

A style of over gown popular during the European middle ages and across Beinan. Bliauts are recognized by their close fit across the under bust of the abdomen, their full, often voluminous skirts, and their long, typically bell-shaped sleeves. Earth style bliauts often feature horizontal bodice pleating. Beinarian bliauts often but not always add decorative pleating across the gown and may or may not wear the gown over a foundational kirtle. When worn alone, strategically placed pleats are used over key portions of the breasts and hips for modesty.

Blosh:

A Beinarian curse word analogous to "bloody hell" expressing anger, surprise, and frustration.

Bow of Balister:

The heritage bow carried by King Malvyn of house Balister, the Bow is considered a legendary weapon and heirloom to the descendants of the Balistrian dynasty.

Brown Eye Syndrome:

The "Brown Eye Syndrome" (abbreviated BES) is the popular Beinarian term used for the eye disorder caused by prolonged exposure to argene, the radioactive and highly toxic argun ore dust generated by mining in Xi-Nan Fang in particular where argun deposits are richest.

Sufferers of the "Brown Eye Syndrome" see better on alien worlds such as D425E25 Tertius than they can on Beinan because of the different colour spectrums involved, an effect of the thick upper atmosphere altering the structure of normal Beinarian eyes. BES Beinarians lose two of their colour preceptors in their eyes, becoming merely tri-chromatic from the normal Beinarian penta-chromatic retinas. This also shifts the colours seen by those affected somewhat, creating a form of "colour blindness."

Cara (Lady – Great Succession Crisis):

Sister to Lord Knight Culain and head of the medical center at the palace in Hejing, Lady Cara is an expert Healer of Ten-Ar charged with the medical needs of the royal family, government staff working at the palace, and all support staff to the royal family.

Cara (Abbess, Princess – the Poisoned Ground):

Born on BE 5434, beinor 3, Lady Abbess Cara is the founder of Nan-li Central Healing Center in Nan-li City. The foremost researcher on the effects of argun ore mining in Xi-Nan Fang, she married King Gareth I on BE 5547, beinor 1, taking Lord Healer Liam as her lover after the king forbad her work at Nan-li Central Healing Center following two miscarriages tied to dilast poisoning.

Cara (Lady, Abbess – Ghosts of the Past):

A matrilineal descendant of the same-named Cara charged with the health of Queen Isabelle, Lord Prince Bevin, their staff, and family, Lady Cara is the head of the Healers of Ten-Ar at the Ten-Arian monastery from BE 6750 to BE 6850.

Central Nan-li Healing Center:

See Nan-li Central Healing Center

Choire Ar Cerridwen:

A secret cave on the outskirts of Amba Narel in Xi-Nan Fang founded by Lady Priestess Ecter and her daughter Lady Priestess Miriam and used by house Miyoo and other followers of Beinan's goddesses as a temple, archive, and sanctuary.

While Beinarians typically prefer digital media, the tradition of keeping certain books in velum, parchment, and paper remains. The Choire Ar Cerridwen maintains many long forgotten government, genealogical, and house specific records. In English "Choire Ar Cerridwen" means "Cerridwen's cauldron."

Chuàngyì (创意): The Amurian creator-goddess.

Cir Calen:

A port city in Xi-Bei primarily run by house Cashmarie, Cir Calen is home to the third largest ship yard on the planet. The caravel Nenel was built and sailed primarily from Cir Calen.

Culain (Lord):

Born BE 6201 beinor 125, Culain is the son of a knight of Ten-Ar and the Lady Firamodor, a great healer known across Beinan for her skills in healing both the gravely sick and injured. A powerful knight of Ten-Ar in his own right, Culain is a close friend of Lord Bevin and mentor to Corann who he took as his own squire, training him until Corann was ready to take his vows as a knight. A descendant of King Llewellyn, Culain is a distant cousin to Queen Isabelle and is fiercely loyal to House Gurun.

Cun 寸:

A cun 寸 is a Beinarian "inch" which equals 1.25 (English/US) inches or approximately 3.175 cm. The Beinarian cun 寸 is slightly smaller than the Chinese cun 寸 which equals 1.312 English/US inches or approximately 3.333333 cm.

De filiis Domini Eques Cariadoc:

"The Descendants of Lord Knight Cariadoc," is a book containing a detailed genealogical record of all of the descendants of Lord Knight Cariadoc of house Ten-Ar (natal house) and house Shem (adopted house) by Lady Priestess Cordelia and Lady Jebez. Copies of this book are kept by elders of house Shem. Five copies were secretly transcribed by priestesses of house Miyoo and hidden in Bira Hecen in Dong-Bei, Belarn in Dong-Nan Fang, Nan-li City in Xi-Nan Fang, and in the Choire Ar Cerridwen in Amba Narel, Xi-Nan Fang. In addition, a copy is kept in the king/queen's personal office in her/his apartment in Hejing as a reference manual.

Dilast:

A highly reactive and toxic gas to Beinarian humans, dilast is known in the nomenclature of Earth humans as oxygen 18 which consists of eight percent of the Beinarian atmosphere. Many plants on Beinan synthesize dilast into nirlar.

Dong-Bei:

The north eastern continent on Beinan. Dong-Bei features several major Beinarian cities, including the capital city of Hejing.

Dong-Nan Fang:

The south eastern continent.

Droids:

A common artificial life form created by Beinarians to perform a wide range of duties to supplement human workers. Droids perform tasks requiring precise memory, dexterity, and sometimes firepower. Civilian droids such as those created to serve nobles and assist with protocol and legal matters, are unarmed in favour of more sensitive personalities and social programming designed to navigate Beinarian politics and law. Protector Droids are built with versatility in mind with mid-power lasers, power ciphers for off-world use, and flexible programming for a wide range of applications. Survey droids are used in space exploration to collect data and, at times, repair damage to space vessels.

Lord Elden:

One of two children conceived out of Lady Laela's forced sexual relationship with Christopher Gurun during his youth on Beinan. Half-brother to Anyu's twins Rhisiart and Brigid. Half Amurian and half Beinarian.

Elden's name means "light" in Manchu.

Executive shuttle:

A specialized Beinarian vessel blending the abilities of low altitude shuttles, mid-range shuttles, and star craft. A quasi-military craft, executive shuttles like the Lasta are armed and protected with the best defensive capabilities known to humankind and are outgunned only by Beinarian star destroyers.

Fabku:

A small Beinarian songbird known for its tight pair bonds and beautiful song. Beinarian gardens often include birdfeeders filled with its favourite seeds and fruits in order to attract them. Fabku tend to be brightly coloured.

Fafiku:

A small Beinarian songbird similar to the fabku also known for its tight pair bonds and lovely songs. Fafiku are duller coloured than the fabku, but possess the ability to learn the songs of other birds and often humans as well, making them popular companion birds. A popular cliché on Beinan is, "what is good for the fabku is good for the fafiku" meaning "what works for one person/group usually works for another."

Falco Albus:

Large white long-winged birds of prey native Dong-Bei and Xi-Bei continents and revered as the face of Abka Gahun by followers of the triple goddess Abka Biya, Banumu Hehe, and Abka Gahun. As sacred birds, they are fiercely protected with sanctuaries on the island of Ben-Ar and across the Dong-Bei in particular.

Biologically very different from Earth birds of prey, they resemble huge white morph gyrfalcons to Earthling eyes. Wingspans on the larger females range from 114.4 cun 寸 to 122.215 cun 寸. Male wingspans range from 76.86 cun 寸 to 81.25 cun 寸. By comparison, the largest eagles on Earth rarely possess wingspans over 100 English inches or 80.0 Beinarian cun 寸.

Fiscere square:

The light rail station stop in Nan-li City right before Central Nan-li Healing Center Old Complex light rail station.

Firamodor (Lady):

A renowned Ten-Arian healer, Firamodor is also a 4th cousin to King Ejen, through the royal Gurun habit of choosing Ten-Arian consorts. She, like her children Culain and Cara, is a descendant of King Llewellyn of House Gurun and maintains close loyalties to the royal house.

Granta:

A town of roughly 180,000 residents located three li 里 from the Ten-Arian monastery in Dong-Bei, Granta is home to numerous Ten-Arians, including married knights and healers, along with residents from other houses who work at the Ten-Arian monastery.

The Granta-Kensington Healing Center on Addenbroke Road is the town's healthcare center, often employing newly minted healers of Ten-Ar to service its residents.

Great Council of Beinan:

Typically referred to as simply "Great Council", the Great Council of Houses changed their official name to "Great Council of Beinan" in BE 1, after completion of the Great Migration and the colonization of the planet Beinan. Twelve of the 98 sitting council members perished in BE 1 during the planetary transition as the Beinarian people adjusted to differences in climate, temperature, and micro-biotic conditions on Beinan compared to those of original world.

Great Council of Houses (Clans):

Original name for the Great Council of Beinan, the Great Council of Houses was founded in OW 45000 to prove a permanent and lasting end to house warfare and house-based feuds. It is also sometimes referred to the Great Council of Clans. The first Council convened at a mansion owed by the head of House Ana.

Great Migration (GM):

Necessitated by the impending death of the star around their original home world, the Great Migration was a period when Beinarians transitioned between their original home world and Beinan, a span of 109 yen-ars.

Led by first King Malvyn of House Balister, more than 5000 space craft launched from A672E92 Quintus, beginning the Great Migration. The Great Migration is considered a separate era in Beinarian history, designated by the abbreviation "GM". There is no gap between yen-ar OW 48920, the last yen-ar Beinarians lived on their original world, and GM 1.

Hejing:

The capitol city of the planet Beinan first built in BE 5 is located on the continent of Dong-Bei. Hejing lies on the banks of the Amur River whose green waters (from the perspective of Beinarians due to the thick upper atmosphere) provide the city with ample drinking water. Since BE 125, the city has maintained a population of no less than 2 million Beinarians and as many as 25 million Beinarians as of BE 6900. The palace in Hejing lies on the banks of the Amur River in the heart of Hejing. Two li to the east of the palace lays a massive freshwater lake known as Zhonghai.

The palace itself is considered the "center" of the city, even though geometrically, the actual center lays 0.27 li 里 east of the palace. Important to the history of the city is its original city walls which were built 3.3789 li 里 from the palace, forming a precise heptagon from its exact center near the palace. In BE 762, settlement began along its western gate (An-Men), a district later known simply as An-Men District. After population growth lead to the tearing down of much of the original city walls, the remaining sections came to be recognized as historical landmarks. An Men District is considered the most famous of these historical districts. House Ten-Ar built one of their biggest teaching hospitals in An-Men district.

Investigator:

The Beinarian version of a police detective.

Istoricar Arhivar:

A renowned archivist and historian from house Slabi who lived from OW 24702 to 25104 responsible for copying into vellum and parchments many of Beinan's oldest books and establishing the tradition of maintaining physical copies of important records.

Kalar (Lady):

Chairperson of the Great Council of Beinan and head of House Cashmarie in BE 6328 who worked with Queen Isabelle to resolve the Great Succession Crisis.

Kara Berries:

Resembling a cross between a blackberry and a blueberry, kara berries are notorious sweet and used extensively in breakfast breads and desserts across Beinan.

Kelan Fruit:

A fruit found in Xi-Nan Fang and Dong-Nan Fang noted for its sweetness and high nutritional value and tasting like a cross between a black berry and a lingonberry. Due to the high levels of argun ore pollution across Xi-Nan Fang, it is often imported from Dong-Nan Fang to reduce argun ore poisoning. To the natives of Xi-Nan Fang, the fruit appears bright red; to other Beinarians, it looks red-black in colour.

Kirtle:

A style of shirt, tunic, or gown that may be worn by itself or under another type of garment such as a doublet or bliaut as the basic foundational garment against the skin. Women's kirtles, especially when worn alone, are typically close fitting around the abdomen with flowing, full, circular skirts that may extend into a sweep train. Beinarian women often add strategically placed pleats over key portions of the breasts and hips on those kirtles designed to be worn alone. Sleeves on kirtles tend towards a narrow fit between the elbow and wrist and may be laced or buttoned close.

By contrast, kirtles worn by Beinarian men tend towards a looser fit with the shirt typically ending between the base of the hips and just above the knee and may have gathering or pleating on the sleeves to create a voluminous effect.

Konyn (plural, konynen):

A Beinarian rodent ranging from 15 to 18.5 cun 寸 long. To Earthling eyes, konynen resemble a long-haired version of European hares, but with a squirrel-like tail averaging 6 to 7 cun 寸 long. Domesticated konynen are often white or a pale grey in colour with fur growing to up to nine cun 寸 long before sheering for wool. Wild konyn, by contrast, tend to be black, brown, or dark grey with fur rarely growing more than six cun 寸 long.

Wool spun from konyn fur is considered the finest and most luxurious among Beinarian fibres, making it a popular status symbol. Konyn wool is the only fabric that dyes into reds that appear red to both regular Beinarians and those afflicted with tri-chromatism. The natural predator of all konynen are falco albus. House Miyoo regards wild konynen as messengers from the goddess Banumu Hehe and therefore a positive omen.

Korn:

A korn is a Beinarian unit of weight equal to 1/10th of one gram. There are 100 korns in a quentchen.

Lan-xing Ulen:

A popular hotel and resort located in a 2000 yen-ar old section of old Nan-Li city in Xi-Nan Fang, Lan-xing Ulen's amenities include a docking port for hotel guests and more than a dozen different hotel room sizes and options.

Laoch Réalta

Literally "star warrior" in Irish, the Laoch Réalta is an Amur star destroyer and home to over one million Amur, including their governing council simply known as the "Elders of Amur."

Lasta:

The Ten-Arian executive shuttle used by the abbess of Ten-Ar and master knights when travelling on official business. The name "Lasta" is Irish for crimson.

Law Enforcers:

A collective term for non-military enforcers of Beinarian laws. The term may be applied to any level of law enforcement – from private security forces to planet-wide investigation units.

Li 里:

A li 里 is a Beinarian "mile" which equals 0.333333 English/US (Earth) miles, 586.66608 English/US yards, or approximately 0.536447 kilometres. The Chinese li 里 unit varies somewhat in length between 0.30 and 0.33 English/US miles or between 528 English/US yards and 586.67 English/US yards, making the Beinarian and Chinese units within difference threshold.

Llewellyn (King):

Born BE 5606, beinor 127, is the great –great grandfather to Lady Firamodor and King Ejen and therefore the great-great-great grandfather to Lord Culain and Queen Isabelle and therefore the common ancestor to both. Llewellyn married Lady Firamodor (Lord Culain's mother is named after her) of house Ten-Ar on BE 5728, beinor 2.

Łosoś:

A type of Beinarian freshwater salmon most abundantly found in Xi-Nan Fang.

Low Altitude Shuttle:

A generic term for planet-centric craft used for intra-planetary transportation. Low altitude shuttles are typically small, energy efficient, and very manoeuvrable. Operating at 0.68 li 里 above the ground, they operate above pedestrian and commuter rail traffic and have the ability to fly over Beinarian oceans when desired.

Lyr (King, IV):

The first born son of Lord Knight Corann and Princess Anlei, Prince Lyr ascended the Beinarian throne on BE 6400, beinor 2. He and his wife, Queen Eleanor, had three children: Elaine, Pellinore, and Gareth (II).

Mid-range shuttle:

A small to medium-size multi-purpose transport designed to operate within the B345A15 solar system. Unlike star craft which are designed for primarily interstellar voyages and low altitude shuttles which are designed to operate within the lower atmosphere only, mid-range shuttles can readily move within and across all Beinarian atmospheric, aquatic, land, and intrasolar environments.

Nanla Fruit:

A dense fruit six cun 寸 long known for its mild tartness. To Earth human eyes, nanla look like a cross between an Earth apple and a kiwi fruit. Grown extensively in Dong Nan Fang, it is a favourite in jams, syrups, and in desserts for its texture and compatibility when cooked with other Beinarian fruits.

Nan-li Central Healing Center:

Also known as "Central Nan-li Healing Center," Nan-li Central Healing Center is a major regional healing center and research hospital located in the city of Nan-li in Xi-Nan Fang. Originally created by Lady Abbess Cara (BE 5434, beinor 3 to BE 5838, beinor 5), the healing center serves the poorest and most disadvantaged of Beinarians on that continent as well as serving as the key research healing center combatting the effects of brown-eye syndrome and radiation-based cancers.

Nan-li City:

Located 300.384 li 里 from the coast of northwest Xi-Nan Fang, Nan-li City is the fourth largest city in Xi-Nan Fang and home to the largest healing centres in northwest Xi-Nan Fan, including Central Nan-li healing center and its successor, New Nan-li Healing Center.

Nara Trees:

A tree famous for its delicious berries and tawny-white wood. Nara trees are the lightest and strongest of Beinarian flora, coveted as much for their lumber as for their fruit. They are widely favoured across cities and towns in Dong-Bei in particular by private citizens, businesses, and municipalities. It is the most popular tree species for lining boulevards, filling parks, and decorating private lawns and gardens. Nara trees convert more toxic dilast into nirlar than any other tree species. A prolific fruiting tree, it is a staple of food forests across all corners of Beinan. Resistant to pests, disease, and argene. Reduces area argene toxicity when planted in groves of at least thirty trees once each tree reaches 100 yen-ars old.

Natal beinor:

The beinor of one's birth or celebration of the celebration of one's birth. The Beinarian equivalent of a "birthday."

Natrium:

Relatively rare on Beinan, natrium is a soft, highly reactive metal that binds readily with other elements.On D425E25 Tertius, natrium is much more common, though explosive in its pure form.

In Earth nomenclature, natrium is known as sodium.

Nenel:

A caravel sailing ship made of nanla wood. Its home port is Cir Calen.

New Nan-li Healing Center:

Built 1.389 li 里 from the ruins of Central Nan-li Healing Center, New Nan-li Healing Center is a thirty-story regional research hospital staffed by many survivors of the original healing center destroyed by terrorists.

Nirlar:

Critical to the sustenance of life on Beinan, nirlar constitutes twenty percent of the Beinarian atmosphere. In Earth nomenclature, nirlar is known as chlorine gas.

Nítrigine:

Found only in compounds on Beinan, nítrigine dominates the atmosphere of D425E25 Tertius. In Earth nomenclature, nítrigine is known as nitrogen.

Old World/Original World (OW):

The original or old home world of the Beinarian civilization properly known as A672E92 Quintus and located in a lenticular shaped galaxy some 90.8967 million light yen-ars from Beinan. Beinarians left A672E92 Quintus when A672E92 showed the signs it was within two hundred yen-ars of expanding into a red giant, necessitating an evacuation of the planet.

Old World/original World as an era is abbreviated "OW" and begins with yen-ar 1, ending in yen-ar 48920. OW 1 is the first yen-ar of recorded history for Beinarians.

Olos-Mir:

An artic city located 14385.92 li 里 northeast of Hejing and 81.4 degrees north latitude. Home to the house Xing-li headquarters called Xing Jishi, the thinness of the Beinarian atmosphere over Olos-Mir makes it the preferred location for scientific and engineering research laboratories.

Penta-Chromatic Retinas:

Retinas with five colour receptors or penta-chromatism. Among Beinarians, all five receptors take the form of retinal cones instead of the rod-cone system endemic to Earth humans. A single, specialized cone in the Beinarian retina responds to neutral hues such as black, white, and brown. The thick atmosphere of Beinan requires that Beinarians adapt to their unusual colour spectrum. Over time, they evolved from their original tetra-chromatic retinas into penta-chromatic retinas that allow them to see better in the filtered light of Beinan and retain full acuity despite the stronger radiation of Beinan's blue-white star from the yellow star of their original home world. Penta-chromatism is responsible for exclusively light-coloured Beinarian eyes. In "Brown Eye Syndrome," the retina loses two of its five colour receptors and shapes the colours seen somewhat.

Perigee:

The closest point a moon reaches to its planet in its orbit.

Precinct 12:

The law enforcement precinct covering the Fiscere Square district of Nan-li City, including the sites of both Central Nan-li Healing Center and New Nan-li Healing Center.

Quentchen:

A quentchen is a Beinarian unit of weight equal to ten grams. There are 100 korns in a quentchen. Ten thousand quentchen equal one zentner.

Rak:

A Beinarian crustacean with twelve legs resembling a cross between a lobster and a crab. Most adult raks average from 10 to 16 cun long, but deep ocean raks can grow as large as 24 cun from head to tail. The raks most commonly noticed on Beinarian beaches reach 12 to 14 cun long as adults. It is against the law to harvest a rak smaller than 11 cun long as the smaller raks are typically immature.

Rhosod:

Beinarian roses

Sacerdos:

A priest of The Shemai religion.

Sacerdos Maximus:

The title of the high priest of The Shemai.

Seng Morgenmad:

The name of a bed and breakfast located one li 里 from the heart of the village of Amba Narel in Xin-Nan Fang.

Shir-or:

The Beinarian "hour", a shir-or is a subdivision of one Beinarian rotational period (day). There are approximately 12 shir-ors in one beinor. In Earth terms, there are 2.337 shir-ors in 1 Earth day, making one shir-or 10 hours 14 ½ minutes long.

Slatkos:

Resembling Italian-American cannoli, slatkos have baked pastry tube shells filled with a fruit filling. As with cannoli on Earth, slatko pastry shells may be iced on the edges, dusted with candies or sprinkles, or made in any number of different flavours. The filling on slatkos may use any number of different fruits and combination of fruits representing the breath of Beinarian agriculture.

Star rubies:

A type of red corundum included with titanium dioxide (rutile) creating a six rayed star across the surface when cut and polished into cabochons.

Subcriptio nativitatis:

A book of birth records and genealogies kept at Choire Ar Cerridwen. The name literally means "registry of birth."

Surt:

The name born in Lord Janus'/Lord Yelu's first incarnation. The name means "black" and originates in Norse mythology.

Tai-or:

The basic monetary unit on Beinan.

Trilar:

Trilar is known in the nomenclature of Earth as sulphur 36.

Xi-Bei:

The north western continent, Xi-Bei is heavily populated with both heavy agriculture and industry. Aquaculture, animal husbandry, falconry, and aviculture all flourish in Xi-Bei with its many inland seas, fields, and woods. As a culture, Xi-Beians are excellent managers of natural resources, second only in agriculture to the stewards of Dong-Nan Fang. Of the four continents on Beinan, Xi-Bei is the largest in land mass, constituting about 39% of the total land area of Beinan. Houses Cashmarie, Balister, Xing-li, Slabi, and Ana constitute 75% of the population, with the remaining 25% of the population belonging to the other houses.

Xi-Nan Fang:

The south western continent and southern-most continent on Beinan, Xi-Nan Fang is especially rocky and full of minerals, the location of much of the mining operations on Beinan. Most of the argene on Beinan is found on Xi-Nan Fang where it exists in its raw form, argun ore, both of which are highly radioactive and toxic.

Xiao-shir:

The Beinarian "minute," a xiao-shir is one one-thousandth of one shir-or or 0.001 shir-ors. One xiao-shir is equal to approximately 36.87 seconds on Earth. Like the shir-or, xiao-shirs are often rendered in both whole and decimal units. 0.1 xiao-shirs are equal to 3.687 Earth seconds. Larger xiao-shir units (such as 850 xiao-shirs) are often rendered in shir-ors (e.g., 0.85 shir-ors).

Xing Jishi:

Headquarters to house Xing-li, Xing Jishi is located in the arctic city of Olos-Mir which its research facilities dominates.

Xylise:

Consisting of twenty-two percent of the Beinarian atmosphere, xylise is very reactive to other elements. In the nomenclature of Earth, xylise is known as fluorine gas.

Yen-ar:

The Beinarian year, a yen-ar is the amount of time it takes for the planet to revolve one full cycle around its star. A yen-ar is 197 beinors 3 shir-ors long or 197.26 beinors as Beinarians prefer to say.

Zentner:

A zentner is a Beinarian unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms. There are 10,000 quentchen in one zentner.

Zhang 张:

A zhang is the Beinarian "yard" which is equal to 100 Beinarian cun 寸 or 3.47222 English/US yards (125 English/US inches) or 3.174997 meters. A standard Chinese zhang 张 equals 3.6453 English/US yards. There are 168.959939 Beinarian zhang per Beinarian li 里.

### Leap Yen-Ars

Every four yen-ars, Beinarians celebrate a leap yen-Ar called "198 Yen-Ar" when there are 198 beinors in that yen-ar and a full extra beinor is added to the calendar at the end of the yen-ar. The day is tacked on as literally "Beinor 198" as all beinors are designated simply by their numerals of "1, 2, 3, 4, 12, 30, 83, etc." rather than by weeks or month designations.

Here is a comprehensive list of yen-ars with 198 beinors

OW Yen-Ars

4

1000

2000

3000

4000

4500

4600

4800

6000

7000

42736

45000

45012

48780

GM Yen-Ars

4

76

108

BE Yen-Ars

3

51

79

99

187

967

1055

1219

1303

2455

3075

4067

5183

5431

5736

5816

6156

6288

6296

6328

6380

6400

6596

6800

6804

6808

6812

6816

6820

6824

6828

6832

6836

6840

6844

6848

6852

6856

6860

6864

6868

6872

6876

6880

6884

6888

6892

6896

6900

6904

6908

6912

6916

6920

6924

6928

6932

6936

6940

6944

6948

6952

6956

6960

6964

6968

6972

### Recipe: Beinarian Slatkos with Kara, Kelan, or Nanla Filling

Created by Laurel A. Rockefeller; Kristeen Shuga and Alayna Hoglund

Beinarian slatkos are buttery baked pastry filled with fruit fillings popular across Beinan at formal events and sometimes for breakfast. Slatkos made be filled with any number of fruits and/or nuts from across the planet. While kara, kelan, nanla, and other Beinarian trees cannot grow here, their flavours can be closely replicated as demonstrated in this easy recipe. It works best when stainless steel cannoli forms are put in the middle while baking; without the forms, each slatko bakes completely flat, greatly reducing the amount of filling and requiring the scooping out of some of the bread in the middle.

Pastry Puff Shells

1 cup all-purpose flour

½ teaspoon salt

½ cup cold butter, divided

¼ cup ice water

1 ½ teaspoons water

2 tablespoons beaten egg

1. In a small bowl, combine flour and salt; cut in ¼ cup butter until crumbly. Gradually add water, tossing with a fork until a ball forms. On a lightly floured surface, roll dough into a 12 inch x 6 inch rectangle.

2. Cut remaining butter into thin slices. Starting at a short side of dough, arrange half of the thin butter slices over two-thirds of rectangle to within ½ inch of edges. Fold unbuttered third of dough over middle third. Fold remaining third over the middle, forming a 6 inch x 4 inch rectangle. Roll dough into a 12 inch x 6 inch rectangle.

3. Repeat steps of butter layering and dough folding until all the butter is incorporated into the dough, ending with a 6 inch x 4 inch rectangle. Wrap in plastic wrap; refrigerate for 15 minutes. Roll dough into a 12 inch x 6 inch rectangle once more. Fold in half lengthwise and then width-wise. Wrap in plastic wrap; refrigerate for 1 hour.

4. In a small bowl, combine egg and water. Roll dough into a 12 inch square; cut into four squares. Brush with half of the egg mixture. Place squares onto cookie sheet and grab the two opposite corners and connect them over a stainless steel cannoli form.

5. Bake at 450° for 10-15 minutes or until golden brown. Cool until warm but not burning hot. Gently slide cannoli form out. Cool completely. Fill as directed below.

Substitution: baked shell dough may be substituted with crescent roll or turnover dough located in your local grocery store. Of the "crescent" dough options available in the supermarket, we prefer the new Pillsbury Crescent Recipe Creations Seamless Dough Sheet which is uncut crescent bread dough. To use pre-purchased dough, simply unroll, separate (or cut to size if using the dough sheet), bring the corners together over each cannoli form, seal, bake, and fill. For the flakiest shells, use turnover dough or Grands biscuit dough rolled/pressed out to size.

Fillings:

1 ½ cups berries or chopped fruit

¼ cup sugar (if the fruit is tart or slightly unripe)

3 tablespoons corn starch diluted in enough COLD water to dissolve it.

1. Puree with blender or mash thoroughly to a smooth to slightly lumpy consistency. Push through a sieve if you want to remove the seeds. Put puree in a pot on medium heat on the stovetop; add sugar and starch liquid; stir constantly. Bring to a boil until well thickened. Cool completely. This will become very thick and tastes very fresh.

2. Once cooled, place some filling into either pastry bag or a sandwich bag. Cut hole into bag and squeeze slightly into pastry to pipe in the filling. Alternatively, a small spoon can be used to carefully fill each slatko shell. It is easier if you fill half on one side and half on the other as well.

Beinarian fillings:

Kara fruit filling

¾ cup blackberries (approximately 1 6 oz. container)

¾ cup blueberries (just under ½ of a standard pint container)

Kelan fruit filling

¾ cup blackberries (approximately 1 6 oz. container)

¾ cup lingonberries (approximately ¼ to ⅓ pound)

Nanla fruit filling

1 medium apple, peeled, cored, and chopped into small but not fine chunks

¾ cup kiwi fruit (about 1 to 2 fruit, depending on size), peeled and chopped

Nanla fruit filling should be coarser than most slatko fillings; do not puree completely smooth.

Toppings:

After baking and filling, the tubes may be doused with powdered sugar, sprinkles, iced at the ends, or just left plain.

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## About the Series

The Peers of Beinan Series began in November 2010 with the first drafts of what would become the Legacy of Princess Anlei Trilogy, the core novels at the heart of the book series. Originally imagined as fan fiction to the 1983 television series "Benji, Zax, and the Alien Prince," the first draft originally told the back story to how and why Prince Yubi left Antars for exile on planet Earth. Some of this story remains in the unpolished draft chapters for "The Great Succession Crisis" and "Ghosts of the Past" that is found in the companion book "The Lost Tales."

But the original idea was not meant to be. As the story outline expanded from one book to three, a universe wholly different from Joe Camp's canon for BZAP emerged. The fan fiction idea was abandoned and the Peers of Beinan came into its own with tales of paranormal romance grounded in the author's extensive background in medieval history along with tales of murder and terror that hallmark "The Ghosts of the Past."

Original music, themes of hope in the darkest of situations, and the particularly vicious quality of Peers of Beinan villains all reflect the author's formative years growing up in Lincoln, Nebraska USA. Those interested in the largely private details of the author's biography should look to the second half of "The Poisoned Ground and the Healer Consort," and the entirety of "The Ghosts of the Past," and "Princess Anyu Returns" where those years are most intensely reflected in the plot and villains.

Through all the darkness, there is always hope and light. All it takes to break free of the most difficult times of your life is the belief that you will do so and the persistence to see it through until all that is sorrow and pain melts away into beauty, joy, and love.

Bright blessings to you and yours today and for all the days to come.

\--Laurel A. Rockefeller
