People of Mystral

Meet a few of the people you’ll find between the pages of my Mystral novels:

Summerlanders Winterfolk Calbernans Havenfolk

Summerlanders

Khamsin Coruscate Known as Storm, this fiery, passionate princess of Summerlea has spent her life as an outcast, feared for the wild violence of her weather gift, the power of storms, and blamed by her father for the death of his beloved queen, Khamsin’s mother, Queen Rosalind. More than anything, Khamsin longs for the love and acceptance she has been denied all her life.
Verdan Coruscate Driven mad by grief, Summerlea’s king blames his youngest daughter and her wild storm magic for the death of his beloved wife. Now, with the conqueror Wynter Atrialan demanding to wed a Summerlea princess as the price of peace, Verdan sees a chance to rid himself of the child he despises once without calling a curse upon his House.
Falcon Coruscate The handsome, roguish Prince of Summerlea cast two kingdoms into war when he stole an ancient Wintercraig treasure and ran away with the Winter King’s beautiful betrothed. But when the stolen Book of Riddles promises to lead him to Blazing, the legendary magical sword of Summerlea’s greatest king, Falcon is determined to win back his conquered kingdom.
Tildavera Greenleaf See Havenfolk
The Seasons Spring, Summer and Autumn, the famed Seasons of Summerlea, are King Verdan’s much-beloved eldest daughters. Unlike Khamsin, the Seasons receive the full love and devotion of their father. Despite Verdan’s attempts to keep his youngest daughter ostracized, however, the Seasons have spent their lives sneaking off to visit their youngest sister in secret, helping her in whatever ways they can.

Winterfolk

Wynter Atrialan Standing close to seven feet tall, Wynter Atrialan, AKA the Winter King, is a giant even amongst his own people. After single-handedly defeating the fearsome Frost Giant who slaughtered his parents, Wynter ascended the Winter Throne at age sixteen. Since then, he has ruled Wintercraig with strength, diplomacy, and equanimity, but the Summer King to the south seems determined to challenge him at every turn.

When the visiting Prince of Summerlea steals an ancient treasure of Wintercraig, runs off with Wynter's affianced bride, and murders Wyn's beloved younger brother Garrick while making his escape, a devastated Wynter embraces the Ice Heart, a dread and dangerous Wintercraig magic, and sets out on a quest for vengeance.

Now Wynter must find a love strong enough to melt the Ice Heart, lest he become the reincarnation of Rorjak, the Ice King, a dread and terrible god who longs to cast the world into endless winter. And though Khamsin, the Summerlander princess Wynter takes as his bride, sets his passions aflame, Wynter has suffered one too many terrible and costly betrayals to easily trust "let alone love" the daughter of his enemy.
Valik Arngildr - Wynter's best friend and second in command, Valik (aka The White Sword) fiercely guards what remains of his best friend's fading humanity. He doesn't trust Summerlanders. He especially doesn't trust Khamsin Coruscate Atrialan, the Summerlander princess and storm mage who deceived his king into wedding her.
Galacia Frey - High Priestess of Wyrn, once ran with the wolves at her clan-mate Wynter's side, until the goddess Wyrn called her into service. Now the cool and remote priestess of the Goddess of Winter safeguards some of Mystral's deadliest powers. If Wynter succumbs to the evil of the Ice Heart, it will fall to Galacia to destroy him before Rorjak the Ice King can return and usher in Carnak, the end of the world.
Reika Villani - Beautiful Reika Villani, a long time friend of Wynter's, watched her sister first win and then betray him. Now, after three long years of war, Wintercraig's king is home once more, but this time he has brought with him a foreign wife. Reika's cousin Valik doesn't trust the new Summerlander queen, and Reika doesn't much like her either.

Calbernans

Dilys Merimydion This brave, fierce, larger-than-life Sealord is a prince of the Calbernan Isles, his mother, Alysaldria I, Calberna's queen. Over six and a half feet of solid muscle, the handsome, audacious Calbernan has earned sufficient gold and glory to claim a wife of his own, and the daughters of Verdan Coruscate have caught his eye.

Havenfolk

Tildavera Greenleaf The gifted Havenfolk healer and nursemaid came to Summerlea when Queen Rosalind wed Verdan Coruscate, and stayed to raise Rosalind's children, in particular, Rose's youngest child, Storm. No matter what it takes, Tildy will protect Khamsin even if she must defy kings to do it.