Start Here: A Grail for Eidothea
All the chapters for Book 1 of The Môrdreigiau Chronicles
Recently, I found this old trunk in my attic. The first find is a diary from 1814. It’s magical. It’s full of hidden journaling and talks about sea dragons, or dreigiau môr.
I might best describe this diary as a Regency-era Arthurian quest to avoid ecological collapse, with sea dragons.
Keep reading for more information about the story along with a complete chapter list and character list.
Book 1: A Grail for Eidothea
It is 1814. History will say the Napoleonic Wars are drawing to a close, but in reality, a new history is just beginning…
A Grail for Eidothea, the first in the Môrdreigiau Chronicles.
“My journal is gone, burned…”
Miss Eidothea Pendyr is content to live on the isolated western Welsh coast until a wounded man washes up on her beach. In tending him, she has a vision of the future: the world’s ecology has completely collapsed. The ocean has died, including all life within it, and life on land is fading quickly. The sea dragons, the dreigiau môr, a magical race almost forgotten by humans, have gone extinct. Humanity’s demise is close behind.
Eidothea is catapulted into taking up her mother’s quest to find the Greal1, last loaned to Arthur Pendragon by the dreigiau môr. Her cause is much larger: she is the longed-for prophet that will help prevent the world’s collapse.
The wounded man, Llyr, is draig môr, a sea dragon, and becomes her guide through dreigiau môr society. Together, they hope to prevent her terrible vision from coming true. He is an adventurer at heart. He is almost always in dragon form, exploring the seas.
But Eidothea is not the only one seeking the Greal. Like Eidothea, Jasper Tregallas is part draig môr. He is considered inferior by his family because of his human mother. His family want the Greal for themselves. Jasper has been searching for it to finally gain his family’s approval.
Can Eidothea trust him despite his vocal support for her cause? Will she succeed in finding the Greal and change the future?
A Note on Notations
Throughout, I have used the colon (:) to mark conversations occurring via thoughts, instead of being spoken aloud, an ability unique to the dreigiau môr. This is the convention used by Eidothea in her diary, presumably because italics wasn’t an option for her, so I have kept it as is.
Chapters
The story continues in A River Trembles…
Start Here: A River Trembles
Today, a new serial begins with book two of The Môrdreigiau Chronicles: A River Trembles. If you’re new here, I might best describe this series as a Regency-era Arthurian quest to avoid ecological collapse, with sea dragons. This is the second book of
Characters (more or less in order of appearance)
Please note that pronunciations of names are guidelines. Welsh speakers feel free to correct me!
Pendyr Family and Staff
Eidothea Pendyr (eye-doh-thee-ah pen-dear), our heroine. She is more magical than she thinks.
Gerald Pendyr, our heroine’s father
Norah Pendyr, our heroine’s aunt
Staff include Cook and Jenni (Eidothea’s maid)
Tregallas Family
Jasper Tregallas (treh-gah-liss), recently returned to the village after many travels, he perhaps too swiftly becomes entangled with Eidothea. The other male lead.
Lord Cornelian Tregallas, Jasper’s father
Ladon Tregallas, Jasper’s half-brother
Lady Tregallas, Jasper’s step-mother
Llyr’s Family
Llyr ap Peredur (lear app pair-eh-derr), a young draig môr that Eidothea found washed up on her beach and one of the male leads.
Ceridwy ferch Heddwch (care-wid-ee firch Head-wich), Llyr’s mother, and a member of the Council
Ondine ap Peredur, Llyr’s sister
Other Key Dreigiau Môr
Elin Grealseeker, Eidothea’s grandmother
Maeve, the ageless Prophet, lives in the Deeps
Return to the Master Index of all the books and stories in The Môrdreigiau Chronicles universe. It also has a map of Caer Morgana!
Start Here: The Môrdreigiau Chronicles
Here’s the Glossary (helpful with the Welsh words!) I found this old trunk in my attic. I started this publication to share all I have found within it. The first find is a diary from 1814. It’s magical. It’s full of hidden journaling and talks about sea dragons, or dreigiau môr.
I always appreciate a context before I launch into a story. It helps me get into the story more quickly, especially when entering fantasy. So thanks for setting this up.
Great introduction! I'm not sure I follow here: "The wounded man, Llyr, is draig môr, a sea dragon, and becomes her guide through dreigiau môr society and her partner in preventing her vision coming true." Is he her guide and does he stop her from achieving something or did I get it wrong? Also love you've got all chapters on one page. How did you do that?