Characters and histories from past Ages
Some of the earliest texts in the Manuscripts and Archives Research Library are incised in cuneiform script on clay tablets from Sumeria (modern day Iraq); the tablets are upwards of two thousand years old. There are over 70 Arabic manuscripts including some with Persian, Samaritan, Turkish, Hebrew and Hausa linguistic Read more…
The most significant collection of maps of Irish interest in the Manuscripts and Archives Research Library is that of George Carew, Lord President of Munster at the beginning of the 17th century (MS 1209). This collection contains nearly 70 maps and is one of the largest sets of original Tudor Read more…
Character Name: Viviane Accylon Age: 41 Place of Birth/Raising: Caemlyn, Andor Affiliation: The White Tower, The Blue Ajah Rank: Aes Sedai Power Level: 38 First 1st Age Incarnations: Rowan Finnegan Reborn God: Brigid Warder: Letto Ska’dine Elemental Strengths Air: Average Earth: Mastery Fire: Average Water: Mastery Spirit: Exceptional Physical Description: 5’9″, 125 lbs. Deep auburn hair with a Read more…
Basic Stats Age: 22 D.O.B: ??? Origin: The Gilyard Estates in Andor Current Location: The Black Tower Height: 6’0″ Weight: 170 lbs. Occupation: Asha’man, ex-Noble Reborn God: Lugh Power: 39/39 Elemental Strengths: Fire (Master,) Air (Average,) Water (Average,) Earth (Exceptional,) Spirit (Master) Ability: Expert Talent: Channeling Alignment: Lawful Good Loyalty: Black Tower Read more…
Brigid Aigit Group: CelticAssociations: Fertility, Healing, Poetry, Smithcraft, the Spring, Womanhood, Domesticated Animals, Wisdom, Warfare, Hearth, Hidden KnowledgeOther Incarnations: Rowan Finnegan, Viviane Accylon 5th and 6th Age Stats Parents: Nechtan (Father) and Boann (Mother)Siblings: Cermait, Aengus, Aed, and Bodb DergSpouse: Bres (dead)Children: Gobain, Credne, Luchta, and RuadanResidence: Murias (city of birth), Conand’s Tower (an old Fomorian keep Read more…
Lugh Samildánach Other names: Lugh Mac Ethlenn (matriname) or Lugh Mac Cein (patriname)Group: CelticAssociations: The Sun, Skill, Crafts, Art, Oaths, Truth, Law, Magic, Warriors, Sovereignty, KinshipSignature Weapon: Lugh’s Flaming SpearOther Artifacts Owned: The Crown of MaeveOther Incarnations: Aiden Finnegan, Merdyn Gilyard 5th and 6th Age Stats Parents: Cian Scal Balb Read more…
The Hildebrandslied (lay or song of Hildebrand) is a heroic epic poem written in Old High German alliterative verse. It is one of the earliest literary works in German, and it tells of the tragic encounter in battle between a son and his unrecognized father. It is the only surviving Read more…
Beowulf, an Atharim hero of the Geats, comes to the aid of Hrothgar, the king of the Danes, whose mead hall in Heorot had been under attack by a monster known as Grendel. After Beowulf slayed him, Grendel’s mother attacked the hall and was then also defeated. Victorious, Beowulf returned Read more…
Diarmuid Ua Duibhne was a skilled warrior and a well-liked and valued member of the Fianna who single-handedly killed 3,400 warriors in a battle and saved Fionn and the Fianna. Aengus Óg owned a deadly sword named Móralltach or Nóralltach (“the Great Fury”), given to him by the sea-god Manannán Read more…
The ancient myths tell that Persephone was abducted by Hades and forced to live with him in the Underworld as his Queen. This version of the story is so infamous that it is commonly told as the ‘Rape of Persephone’. According to legend, Persephone, daughter of Demeter, Goddess of the Read more…