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Peter Fane
Jun 6, 20193 min read
A note on Small-skulled sun-chasers . . .
SMALL-SKULLED SUN-CHASER (“Katherine’s Folly;” also “Jester Drake,” “Nutjob,” or “Thespian.”) Despite its rather dubious reputation as a...
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Peter Fane
Mar 21, 20191 min read
A note on the Dark Lord of Kon . . .
OF ALL BELLÁNOS Dallanar's children, Michael is far and away the most brutal, the most ruthless, the most prone to violence and...
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Peter Fane
Jan 7, 20193 min read
A note on Bull-throated fen-singers . . .
BULL-THROATED FEN-SINGER (“Swamp Sprite;” also “Bog Singer,” “Frog Dragon,” or “Croaker.”) The bull-throated fen-singer is found...
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Peter Fane
Sep 3, 20181 min read
A note on the dwarves of Anor . . .
DURING THE GREAT War, the dwarves of Anor served the clashing armies of Bellános and Dorómy Dallanar with equal fervor. Strong and...
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Peter Fane
Jul 28, 20183 min read
A note on Tender-nosed shield-wings . . .
TENDER-NOSED SHIELD-WING (“Nanny Dragon,” “Baby’s Drake;” or “Tender”) The tender-nosed shield-wing inhabits nearly every region of...
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Peter Fane
May 16, 20181 min read
A note on The Bear and His Daughter . . .
I FIRST HEARD about Elizabeth Hone from a friend of her father's, an old herdsman by the name of Otto Jarlund. (And let me tell you, was...
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Peter Fane
Mar 29, 20182 min read
A note on Mottled jungle-droppers . . .
MOTTLED JUNGLE-DROPPER (“Spotted Dropper;” “Dropper,” also “Beetle Wyrm,” or “Balloon Drake”) The mottled jungle-dropper inhabits the...
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Peter Fane
Jan 11, 20181 min read
A note on cover design . . .
THE COVER ART for The Bear and His Daughter is finally done! Like all cover art, this painting sets the stage for the book's energy,...
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Peter Fane
Dec 12, 20173 min read
A note on Long-tailed sky-drakes . . .
LONG-TAILED SKY-DRAKE (“Aaryn’s Faithful;” also “Sky Wyrm,” “Cloud Sparrow,” or “Sun Glider”) Of all Dávanor’s small breeds, there is...
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Peter Fane
Nov 17, 20171 min read
A note on the seers of Anótos . . .
THE SEERS OF Anótos fulfill many roles within the Silver Kingdom. Whether serving the Realm's ruling elite as clairvoyants, historians,...
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Peter Fane
Sep 3, 20173 min read
A note on Bronze-horned root-crawlers . . .
BRONZE-HORNED ROOT-CRAWLER (“Gold Digger;” also “Soil Hunter,” or “Mole Wyrm”) The bronze-horned root-crawler (or “Gold Digger”) is a...
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Peter Fane
Aug 24, 20171 min read
A note on voidlings . . .
SLES AND HIS Kalaban are two of the Silver Kingdom's most engimatic characters. In the twelve images below, you can track the development...
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Peter Fane
Jul 8, 20173 min read
A note on Stone-Skinned Wyverns . . .
STONE-SKINNED WYVERN (“Rat Catcher,” "Catcher," “Town Culler,” “Mousebane,” or “Garden Drake”) Unlike the vast majority of Dávanor’s...
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Peter Fane
Apr 14, 20173 min read
A note on the high pendants . . .
WITHIN THE KINGDOM of Remain, the High Gates provide the primary means by which inter-duchy travel is accomplished. This will be news to...
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Peter Fane
Feb 5, 20174 min read
A note on the war dragons of Dávanor . . .
MY FIRST TRIP to Dávanor took place during my second year with the Legion. (I was serving as attaché to Lord Dorómy's third purser's...
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