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XXIII And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every
stronghold.
тАФHabakkuk 1:16
XXIV They plundered the sanctuary of God, as though there was no avenger.
тАФPsalms of Solomon 8:10
XXV In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine.
тАФHosea 7:5
XXVI So they set a fair mitre upon his head, and clothed him with garments. And the angel of the Lord stood by.
тАФZechariah 3:5
XXVII As for the illusions of art magick, they were put down, and their vaunting in wisdom was reproved with
disgrace.
тАФWisdom of Solomon 17:7
XXVIII It is the part of a brave combatant to be wounded, yet overcome.
тАФPolycarp 1:14
XXIX But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children and widowhood: they shall
come upon thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, and for the great abundance of thine
enchantments.
тАФIsaiah 47:9
XXX For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branches thereof will not
cease.
тАФJob 14:7.
EPILOGUE
And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places; thou shalt raise up the foundations of many
generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.
тАФIsaiah 58:12
Appendices
Appendix I: Index of Characters
Appendix II: Index of Places
Appendix III: Partial Lineage of the Haldane Kings
Appendix IV: The Festillic Kings of Gwynedd and Their Descendants
Appendix V: Partial Lineage of the MacRories

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prologue
But ye are a chosen generation, a, royal priesthood, an holy nation, a
peculiar people.
тАФI Peter 2:9


The document was written in the tight, crabbed court hand of one of the
castle scribes, and covered an entire large sheet of creamy vellum. The man
reading it had thought it innocent enough at first glanceтАФdull, routine
procedures for the running of yet another royal commissionтАФbut now, as he
scanned it a second time and began to catch the more subtle nuances of phrase
and intent, he looked up at his companions in amazement.
"Murdoch, I don't know what to say. This is brilliantтАФ everything we could
have hoped for. He'll never sign it, though."
"He already has," Murdoch said in his thin, nasal voice, taking the document
and handing it to a third man. "I slipped it in among a stack of other routine