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Subject: Deryni FAQ
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  Welcome to alt.books.deryni's FAQ list about Katherine Kurtz.
  Contributions, corrections, expansions, and the filling in of missing
.information is welcomed, nay, encouraged.
  Submissions should be sent to felan@netcom.com.

Last changed: Jan 26, 1996
Summary of changes:
  Jan 15, 1996: Added a short story from an anthology edited by Christopher
Stasheff.  A few typos and mistakes were also cleaned up.
  Jan 26, 1996: Two Crowns for America is apparently out (I haven't seen
it as of this date, but others have reported it to me).  Dagger Magic is
out in paperback.  Also, I have a description of using International
Reply Coupons - from the Netherlands, but the principles should be the
same in most countries.

This FAQ contains the following information:

1. Information about projected publishing dates/titles/etc of Kurtz's
.future books.
2. A bibliography.
3. Suggested order of reading the Deryni-world books.
4. A discussion about the genetics involved in the Deryni heritage.
5. Deryni Archives: Book and Magazine
6. A timeline of the cycle
7. A list of the Eleven Kingdoms, with their corresponding 'modern' (Kelson-
.time) counterparts.
8. A depiction of the genealogical relationship between Kelson and the
.Mearans.  Also includes a couple of other charts.
9. Instructions on mailing Katherine Kurtz and her publishers.
10. Credits, thanks, etc.

1. Future Books

King Kelson's Bride (no date known to the maintainer)
.This should be started in January, delivered to the publisher
.in late summer or so.
Planned is the Childe Morgan trilogy (see below for information).
Codex Derynianus (see below)
The Adept, Book V: Death of an Adept: Finished and delivered to the
.publisher (Ace); should be a summer release

1.a Additional Information
========
The Childe Morgan trilogy:

She is planning to write the 'Childe Morgan' trilogy which will cover 
Morgan's youth, and explore the relationship between the Haldanes and
the Corwyns,  especially Lady Alyce de Corwyn and Kelson's grandfather
King Donal Blane Haldane.  The Arilans will also be featured heavily.
========
Codex Derynianus
This is to be an 'A-Z guide to the Deryni world'.  This is something that's
.just now being discussed between Kurtz and Del Rey.  It's mentioned
.in the May Del Rey Internet Newsletter (DRIN) in rec.arts.sf.written.

2. Bibliography of books by Katherine Kurtz

The Deryni series
.Deryni Rising (1970)
.Deryni Checkmate (1972)
.High Deryni (1973)

The Camber series
.Camber of Culdi (1976)
.Saint Camber (1978)
.Camber the Heretic (1981)

The Histories of King Kelson
.The Bishop's Heir (1984)
.King's Justice (1985)
.The Quest for Saint Camber (1986)

The Heirs of Saint Camber
.The Harrowing of Gwynedd (1989)
.King Javan's Year (1992)
.The Bastard Prince (1994) (hardcover) (softcover 1995)

Standalone books
.Deryni Archives (short stories) (1986)
.Deryni Magic (a grimoire) (1991)

Non-Deryni books
   Lammas Night (1983)

   The Legacy of Lehr (1986)

   The Adept (with Deborah Turner Harris)
.Book I: The Adept (1991)
.Book II: The Lodge of the Lynx (1992)
.Book III: The Templar Treasure (1993)
.Book IV: Dagger Magic (1995, hardcover; 1996, paperback)

   Two Crowns for America (early 1996, hardcover)

   Knights of the Blood (lightly edited by Katherine Kurtz, written by
....Scott MacMillan)

   Knights of the Blood: AT SWORD'S POINT (August 1994) 
        (lightly edited by Katherine Kurtz, written by Scott MacMillan) 

   Tales of the Knights Templar (1995)
.Katherine Kurtz, ed. + story
.Story: "Obligations" (follows The Templar Treasure)

Anthology Contributions
    The Crafters, Book I
.Editors: Christopher Stasheff and Bill Fawcett
.Story: The Summoning

    Once Upon a Time: A Treasure of Modern Fairy Tales
.Editors: Lester Del Rey & Risa Kessler
.Story: A Tinkling of Fairybells

    Flashing Swords #4: Barbarians and Black Magicians
.Editor: Lin Carter
.Published by Dell Publishing Co, Inc.  
.Story: Swords Against the Marluk

    (Tale of how King Brion's power was awakened and his battle and duel arcane
     with Charissa's father the Marluk.  Katherine mentioned in the anthology
     Deryni Archives that this story was not reprinted because it will be 
     expanded upon and superceded by the Childe Morgan trilogy.)

    The Fleet #5: Total War
.Editors: David Drake and Bill Fawcett
.Published by Ace Books
.Story: Manstopper (with Scott MacMillan)

    (This story was mostly written by Scott and edited by Katherine, but 
     completists would probably want it.)

    Battlestation #2: Vanguard (March 1993) 
.Editors: David Drake and Bill Fawcett
.Published by Ace Books 
.Story: Battle Offering 

    The Gods of War
.Editor/Creator: Christopher Stasheff
.Published by Baen Books (1992)
.Story: Sir James the Rose

3. Suggested Reading Order of the Deryni Books

  The order above, the publishing order, is also the order of suggested
reading.  Deryni Archives and Deryni Magic should be read after the Camber
series for complete understanding, but otherwise can be fitted in anywhere.

  If you want to read them in internal-chronology order, read them thusly:
  (A * before the name indicates a forthcoming book.)

  Deryni Archives, The Catalyst
  Camber of Culdi
  Saint Camber
  Deryni Archives, Healer's Song
  Camber the Heretic
  The Harrowing of Gwynedd
  King Javan's Year
  The Bastard Prince
  Deryni Archives, Vocation through end

  *  The Childe Morgan trilogy

  Deryni Rising, Deryni Checkmate, High Deryni
  The Bishop's Heir
  The King's Justice
  The Quest for Saint Camber
  *  King Kelson's Bride

4. Genetics/Deryni inheritance

At the end of _High Deryni_, there is a discussion of precisely how
Deryniness is inherited.  And yet, this seems, in essence, to make no sense
when compared to later books.  For instance:

There seems to be a definite difference in power that can, if diluted with
'human' blood, decrease from one generation to the next.  If a single gene
were responsible, this would not happen; you would have either the same
amount of power as your parent with the gene, or none.

Dhugal MacArdry McLain's mother is thought to be human, yet he is Deryni.
According to Kurtz's genetics, this is also impossible.  Some indications
point at Maryse MacArdry being Deryni; this is not yet proven, and will
undoubtedly be revealed in future books.  Similar problems arise in other
families, however.

General tendencies seem to indicate that as she developed the world more,
she began to grow away from the single-gene theory.  Either several genes
are responsible, or there's something even more complex involved.

Katherine Kurtz has, in the past, several times stated that the theory
advanced in High Deryni is in fact only a theory and should not be
considered a definitive look at how things happen; she's indicated that
indeed several genes are likely to be responsible, as suggested above,
or that things are very complex.

5. There are two entities referred to by the name 'Deryni Archives', and
these sometimes produce confusion.  One is the Kurtz-written short story
collection, spanning the chronology from the year 888 to the year 1118.
The other is the magazine 'Deryni Archives, the magazine'.  This contains
fan fiction.  It was originally edited by Kurtz herself, but after 10
issues, she handed it over to someone else to concentrate on her own
writing, coinciding with her move to Ireland.  She still vets all
material published in the magazine.

Information about the magazine can be found by sending a SASE to:

                Caer Deryni Publications
                c/o Yvonne John
                518 Springhill Circle
                Naperville, IL  60563

6. General Timeline
  This is a basic timeline, describing which books cover which years.

888: _Deryni Archives, Catalyst_
903-904: _Camber of Culdi_
905-906: _Saint Camber_
914: _Deryni Archives, Healer's Song_
917-early 918: _Camber the Heretic_
918: _The Harrowing of Gwynedd_
921-922: _King Javan's Year_
928: _The Bastard Prince_
977: _Deryni Archives, Vocation_
1100: _Deryni Archives, Bethane_
1104-1105: _Deryni Archives, The Priesting of Arilan_
1105: _Deryni Archives, Legacy_
1115: _Deryni Archives, The Knighting of Derry_
1118: _Deryni Archives, Trial_
1120: _Deryni Rising_
1121 (March): _Deryni Checkmate_
1121 (May-June): _High Deryni_
1123: _The Bishop's Heir_
1124: _The King's Justice_
1125: _The Quest for Saint Camber_

7. The Eleven Kingdoms

This rhyme is at the front of _Camber of Culdi_, and is attributed to
the Lord Llewellyn.

     Now, these are the Names of the Eleven Kingdoms,
        sung rightly well of old:
     Howicce, and Llannedd, and fierce Connait;
     mountainous Meara, the Land Beyond the River;
     and Kheldour, the windswept;
     and pastoral Eastmarch;
     Tolan, and Torenth, and myth-ridden Mooryn;
     and lost Caeriesse, which sank beneath the sea;
     and far-reaching Gwynedd, seat of the Haldane Kings.
                      
                         --Lay of the Lord Llewellyn
                           Troubadour to the High King of Mooryn

Tolan, Torenth, Caeriesse, Gwynedd, Howicce, Llanedd, Connait, these
are all pretty straightward.  (It should be noted that the Duchy of Haldane
is a part of the Kingdom of Gwynedd.  However, a cursory summary of the
history of Gwynedd's founding would seem to indicate that the Haldane duchy
was, among several other pieces of land, a precursor to Gwynedd rather than
absorbed by it.)

Mooryn is the original land now comprised of Corwyn and Carthmoor.
Meara became Cassan, Kierney, and what's now called Meara.
Kheldour became the Duchy of Claibourne and the Earldom of Rhendall.  The
.Earldom of Rhendall, like the Earldom of Kierney's relationship with
.Cassan, is held by the heir of the Duke of Claibourne.
.Also a product of this splitting was the Kheldish Riding, held
.directly as a Crown territory (I believe).
And Eastmarch became Eastmarch and Marley.

8. A depiction of the genealogical relationship between Kelson and the Mearans.

This section is provided into toto by Covert C Beach: any reference to 'I'
in it refers to him.

Partial Descent from the Ancient Princes of Meara and other minor Realms:

Notes:

* I have broken the Mearan Family Tree into 2 parts to make it fit on a 
  screen the 2 attachment points are indicated by [1] and [2].

* Where first names are not mentioned, just gender, it is noted by either
  a "?" followed by the surname, or just a (sister) or (son) or something 
  similar.

* Where the number of Generations is unclear I have put a "[???]"
  While we don't know for sure about the space between Annalind and
  Catrin, there is some circumstantial evidence that there is one,
  In the _Bishop's Heir_ Kelson ponders their consanguinity in a way 
  that implies that he and Sidana are of the same generation relative
  to Jolyon.

* In general each generation is a collum, however the lines around
  Jared McLain were stretched to make things link up.

* I have shown Kevin McLain and Bronwyn Morgan as having been married, 
  even though the union was not consummated before the tragedy.

* This is almost entirely from memory, and the key relationship in
  Table 1 is an inference from the books and things Katherine has
  said at cons, so mileage may vary on Table 1.  
  Table 2 is entirely supported by Morgan's statements of the relationships 
  in the _Bishop's Heir_, and other statements in the original Deryni 
  Trilogy.  I have assumed that Morgan's statement in Deryni Rising
  that he and Duncan were 'also 5th cousins on my paternal side' has
  been superceeded.

* In the case of multiple marriages, I have put a mumber behind the
  '=' sign.  In Table 2 the '=2' between Alaric and Richenda indicates
  Richenda's second marriage.

* Finally, birth order is often distorted to make things link up. Where
  this has happened, I have put a perenthetical number after the name
  to indicate the birth order.  In the case of Jared McLain's father
  I have assumed he is the eldest, though this is not expicitly stated.

-----Table 1:  Early Quinnels of Meara and Cassan

? Quinnel-+-? Quinnel--[???]------------------------------------[1]-Jolyon
of Meara  | of Meara                                                of Meara
          |
          |
          |
          +-? Quinnel--[???]--Ambert-----Anne----Tambert--[???]-[2]-? McLain
            of Cassan         of Cassan =Fane    FitzArthur         of Cassan
                                       +-FitzArthur
                                       |
                              Tammeron-+-Fulk 
                              FitzArthur  

-----Table 2:  Partial Quinnels, Haldanes, McLains, MacArdrys and Morgans

[1]---Jolyon---+--Rosien-----+--Donal---+--Brion--------Kelson
      Quinnel  | =Malcolm    |          |  =Jehana   
      of Meara |  Haldane    +--Richard |              (mistress)---(son)
               |                        +--Nigel-----+--Conall
               |                          =Meraude de| =Rothana-----(son)
               |                         +-Traherne  |  of Nur Halaj
               |                         |           |
               |                         +-Sair de   +--Rory
               |                           Traherne  |
               |                           of        +--Payne
               |                           Rhendall  |
               |                                     +--(sister)
               |                       
               |                        +--(sister:2)---Judhael            
               |                        |
               +--Annalind------[???]---+--Catrin(1)-+--Ithel
                 =?                       =Sicard(2) |
[2]+--(sister:2)--(son)                 +--MacArdry  +--Llewell
   |                                    |            |
   |                                    |            +--Sidana
   |                                    |
   |                                    +--Caulay(1)----Maryse------Dhugal
   |                                       MacArdry    =Duncan(2)   MacArdry 
   |                                                 +--McLain      McLain
   |                                                 | 
   +--? McLain(1)---------------Jared----------------+--Kevin(1:*)
   |  of Cassan              =2 Vera(2)                =Bronwyn(2)
   |                         +--(de Corwyn)          +--Morgan   +--Briony    
   |                         |                       |           |
   |                         +--Alyce de Corwyn(1)---+--Alaric(1)+--Kelric
   |                           =Kenneth              =2 Morgan
   +--(sister:3)----------------Morgan                  Richenda 
     =? Morgan                                       =1 Bran--------Brendan
                                                        Corus

* Kevin McLain was Jared McLain's son by a marriage prior to 
  Vera (de Corwyn).

-----Table 3:  What we know about the Royal House of Andelon


--Princes of--+--Sofiana--------(children)
  Andelon     |  
              |
              +--(sister)-------Richenda
                             =1 Bran-----------Brendan
                                Corus
                             =2 Alaric------+--Briony
                                Morgan      |
                                            +--Kelric


-----Table 4:  What we know about the Royal House of Nur Halaj


--Emirs of----+--Hakim----------Rothana--------(son) 
  Nur Halaj   |                =Conall Haldane  
              |                 
              +--Azim ('Ludolphus')
                 Precentor of the 
                 Knights of the Anvil


In _The King's Justice_  Richenda (from Table 3) stated that there 
was a tenuous relationship between herself and Azim, but neglected 
to explain it in in sufficint detail to chart. 

9. Mailing Katherine Kurtz

Katherine Kurtz has given permission to mail to her directly:

Katherine Kurtz
Holybrooke Hall
Bray, Co. Wicklow
IRELAND

Remember, Ms. Kurtz lives in Ireland.  If you want a response, it'd be a
nice, encouraging gesture to include a SASE, using International Reply
Coupons - your local post office should be able to help you.

====
From the Netherlands at least it's like this:

- Go to the post office and buy an International Reply Coupon. It 
costs about three times as much as an international letter would. 

- Address an empty envelope to yourself (and leave it open, of 
course, I once made the mistake of closing it and putting the IRC inside, 
and promptly got it sent back to me, IRC and all :-)

- Write your letter.

- Put the empty envelope and the IRC in with your letter before you 
close it.

- Send your letter.

The person who receives the letter takes your IRC to the post office 
and exchanges it for a stamp that will send your letter to your 
country. It's valid for a normal-weight airmail or surface mail letter; if 
you want something heavy sent to you, be sure to include more IRCs.
====

The address for Del Rey Books (the US publisher) is:

Del Rey
Ballantine Books
New York, NY  10022

The British publisher used to be Legend; I hear now that the company
no longer publishes her books.  At least some bookstores are now stocking
the US versions of the books.

Nevertheless, here is Legend's address:

Legend.
Random Century Group.
20 Vauxhall Bridge Road
London
SW1V 2SA
UK

10. Credits and thanks for assistance

Thanks and credits are due to the following people:

A. Adams (aaa@dcs.st-and.ac.uk), for giving me the name and address of
.the British publisher, for our European readers.

Covert C Beach (dragon@access.digex.net), for retrieving the author's list
.for Kurtz (providing publishing dates on the books, now added);
.providing information about the Childe Morgan trilogy.
.Also for adding several pieces to the timeline.  And for correcting
.the poem naming the Eleven Kingdoms, and providing the names of
.the Duchy of Claibourne and Earldom of Rhendall.  And for three
.additions to the bibliography, under the anthology section. And
.reminding me about _At Sword's Point_.  And, especially, the
.genealogy for the Mearans and others.  Even better, Covert's the
.one who contacted Katherine Kurtz for me and sent me her comments
.about the FAQ and her expansion on some things.

Erik Johnson (erik@falcon.kla.com), for also providing the information for
.section 7 (the correct poem, and the names of the Duchy of Claibourne
.and Earldom of Rhendall).  And correcting grammar, and reminding
.me of the Duchy of Haldane.

Elizabeth A. Hlabse (eah4@po.CWRU.Edu), for giving me the anthology entry
.for Once Upon a Time; also for supplying the address of Caer Deryni.
.Also for the anthology entry for Gods of War (Sir James the Rose).

John Hawkinson (jhawk@panix.com), for several typoe corrections.

Kerrie Bradford (nickydee@delphi.com), for correcting my faulty memory on
.the exact rhyme describing the Eleven Kingdoms.

Kendall Bullen (kendall.bullen@his.com), for confirming a 4th Adept book,
.pointing out an embarassing typo, and supplying the address to
.Del Rey books (or a partial one, at least).  Also for confirming
.the writing of a 4th Adept book.

Roger Burton-West (ubte30e@ucl.ac.uj), for confirming that the 4th Adept
.book had been sent to the publisher.

Vito Salvaggio (salvav@rpi.edu), for supplying the Caer Deryni
.address to confirm the one supplied by Elizabeth Hlabse.

Irina Rempt-Drijfhout (irina@rempt.xs4all.nl), for the information about
.using IRC coupons.
