Start Here: A River Trembles
All the chapters of Book 2 of The Môrdreigiau Chronicles
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 shapeshifting sea dragons. This is the second book of The Môrdreigiau Chronicles and you probably (definitely!) need to go read the first book before starting on this one.
One more note — this post will become a landing page/index for the book, so if you see this in your email, you are getting a unique snapshot in time.
Book 2: A River Trembles
A River Trembles continues the epic romantic adventures of A Grail for Eidothea. In this new book, a dreigiau môr monarch fights to claim their power and form the first Chosen Court in centuries. Find out what really happened at the end of A Grail for Eidothea.
A River Trembles is compiled from a collection of notebooks, letters, and diaries.
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.
As you can see this book is compiled from multiple sources. The 32-minute long video above is a full flip through of the compendium I discovered in an old trunk in my attic. Within it, I found three different primary sources, in addition to some notes on dreigiau môr biology. I also found a parallel story in The Red Book of Rhiannon, and so I wove it into the narrative. To keep things clear, I’ve marked the sources as small subheadings like this one:
Chapters
I’m sharing the first two chapters here first, and then we’ll go chapter by chapter weekly.
And that’s a wrap! The sequel, A Sword for Wellington, is coming out, um, some time in June hopefully?
Characters
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
Rhiannon Grealseeker, Eidothea’s tutor (and probably a cousin)
Maeve, the ageless Prophet, lives in the Deeps
Cychwr (keech-weir, although I often pronounce it sitch-weir), Llyr’s best friend
Emrys ap Cynfelyn (em-ree-s app Kin-fell-in), the ruling Esteemed
Lady Angharad ferch Cynfelyn (ang-’ar-id firch Kin-fell-in), the Esteemed’s sister
Other Dreigiau Môr That Show Up
Edryd ap Amlawdd (ed-rid app am-lawth), son of the chief bard
Chief Bard Amlawdd ap Dewi (am-lawth app devvi), head of all the bards
Chief Healer Derfel (dir-fill), head of all the healers
Return to the Master Index of all the books and stories in The Môrdreigiau Chronicles universe:
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.
Hey, Leanne! You might be interested in the House of Chapters publication (and maybe even more collaboration with me). I'm writing here cause I can't message you. Delete this if it bothers you.
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