- This article is for the novel. For other uses, see Bastion (disambiguation).
This is book five of The Collegium Chronicles series.
Publisher's description[]
Mags returns to the Collegium, but there are mixed feelings--his included--about him actually remaining there. No one doubts that he is and should be a Herald, but he is afraid that his mere presence is going to incite more danger right in the heart of Valdemar. The heads of the Collegia are afraid that coming back to his known haunt is going to give him less protection than if he went into hiding. Everyone decides that going elsewhere is the solution for now. So since he is going elsewhere--why not return to the place he was found in the first place and look for clues? And those who are closest to him, and might provide secondary targets, are going along. With Herald Jakyr, Bard Lita, and his friends Bear, Lena, and Amily, they head for the Bastion, the hidden spot in the hills that had once been the headquarters of a powerful band of raiders that had held him and his parents prisoner. But what they find is not what anyone expected.
Characters[]
Main Character[]
Major Characters[]
- Lena - Mags’ friend and Bear’s wife, Journeyman bard
- Lita - Dean of the Bardic Collegium and Head of the Bardic Circle
- Dallen - Mags’ Companion
- Amily - Mags’ sweetheart and daughter of Herald Nikolas
- Bear - Mags’ friend and Lena’s husband, Healer
- Herald Jakyr - Mags mentor on circuit
- Jermayan - Jakyr’s Companion
- Bey - Mags’ cousin and Sleepgiver
Minor Characters[]
- Healer Raynard
- Herald Farnten
- Princess Lydia
- Herald-Trainee Gennie
- Jeffers
- Herald-Trainee Pip
- Herald-Trainee Halleck
- Efan Sevanol - Scentmaster
- Dean Caelen - Dean of Heralds' Collegium
- Herald Nikolas - King’s Own and Amily’s father
- Herald Cende - Assists with investigation of Mags’ memories of the Sleepgivers
- Father Seneson - Language expert who identifies the Sleepgivers
- Guardsman Helden
- Weaponsmaster Marion
- Cole Pieters - mine owner
- Endal Pieters
- Jarrik Pieters
- Davey - child miner
- Burd - child miner
- Ard Ardson - Palace Wagonmaster
- Guard Sergeant Milles
- Headman Blakee
- Loran
Referenced Characters[]
- King Kiril
- Companion Rolan
- Master Soren
- Prince Sedric
- Herald-Mage Tylendel
- Herald-Trainee Wolf
- Guardsman Grell
- Herald-Trainee Corwin
- Herald-Trainee Barrett
- Lord Astley
- Bard Kendiss
- Bard Purchell
- Dannel Brewer
- Lord Hallathon
- Meric-an - Mags’ father, former heir of the Shadao Meric Beket Inaken
- Li-Inaken - Mags’ mother
- Meric Beket Inaken - Previous Shadao and Mags’ grandfather
- The Shadao - Bey’s father
- Bey’s mother, Li-Inaken’s identical twin sister
- Herald Tully - Jakyr's former mentor, killed in a Karsite ambush
- Herald-Trainee Kal - Tully's new trainee, killed in the same ambush
- Anhita (unnamed) - Bey’s prospective bride
Places[]
- Haven, Valdemar
- Palace Complex, Haven
- Royal Palace of Valdemar, Palace Complex
- Collegia, Palace Complex
- Companions' Stables, Palace Complex
- Companion's Field, Palace Complex
- Herald's Wing, Royal Palace of Valdemar
- Heraldic Archives, Herald's Wing
- Guard Archives, Palace Complex
- The Bastion, Valdemar
- Shepherd's Crossing, Valdemar
- Therian, Valdemar
Referenced places[]
- Karse
- Thurbrigard
- Menmellith
- Rethwellan
- House of Red Silk, Haven
- Horse Market, Haven
- Carnavon Grove, Valdemar-Karse border
Terminology[]
- Grove-Born
- Haven Harvest Fair
- Kirball
- Master of the Fairs
- Death Bell
- Vanner horses
- "The Parting Glass"
- Hawkbrothers
- Vale
- Heartstone
- Hertasi
- House of the Sleepgivers
- Ancestor Stone
- Sleepgivers
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