The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos, #1)

by Samantha Shannon

Jannart

Sun in Sp...

It sheltered many lovers who had fled from the laws of the Knight of Fellowship. Some, like Jannart, were locked in marriages they had not chosen. Others were unwed. Others had fallen for people who were far above or below their station....

E...

Bridal F...

fabled Sang...

the calamitous loss of knowledge in the Grief of Ages—the burning of libraries, the destruction of archives, the irrevocable ruin of ancient buildings—and

Oscarde,

the d...

a cave

No name? Lol

It was well known that Draconic beings had found places to sleep all over the world after the Grief of Ages, and that if you looked hard enough in any country, you might be able to find one.

In the Free State of Mentendon, the law declared that, if discovered, these beasts should be left alone on pain of death. There was an ubiquitous fear that waking one could wake others—but these men had thought themselves above the law. Drunk on dreams of knighthood, they had drawn their swords and tried to kill the beast. Not best pleased with the rude awakening, it had eaten its attackers and clawed its way out of the cave in a fury. Too listless from its sleep to breathe ...

“C...

Rumor had it among children that there was a cockatrice in there that had laid a clutch of golden eggs

the golden clutch?”

fifty,

So old!?

the Milk Lagoon,

scions of the family of Nerafriss

Gate of Ungulus.

Dowager Duchess of Zeedeur,

even though they knew each other by heart, the strength of this embrace felt new.

Hate this idea. Unrealistic.

Viceroy of Orisima

“The fragment is many centuries old. I almost fear to handle it in case it falls apart. According to her journal, my aunt received it from a man who told her to carry it far from the East and never bring it back.”

University of Ostendeur

Wilgastr

River Lint.

This had to be the largest ship in existence, which meant he had been snatched by the Fleet of the Tiger Eye: pirates who specialized in the shadow-market trade in parts taken from dragons. They also, like all pirates, indulged in many other crimes.

Hes been stuck on a remote iskand for 10 years and still knows the name of this pirate band? dumb. He wouldnt know that.

felt like months before somebody approached him.

??? Was it?

the dread sovereign of the Sundance Sea, the conqueror of myriad ships, a mistress of chaos with forty thousand pirates under her command. This was the Golden Empress, the enemy of order, who had clawed herself from poverty to construct her own nation on the waves—a nation beyond the dominion of dragons.

Hilarious. Roos would never know that! Or introduce her so reverently

would have asked your name, had you proven the existence of your backbone,” was her answer, “but you shall be called

Literally laughing at this.

Sea-Moon

quarl. A spineless jelly

Boo.

“Be sure to be loyal to me,”

Phrasing. To many be

Flesh King

Quarl Bay.

Quarl again??

Hróth

“The wolfcoats

Si...

Chieftain of Askrdal.

King Raunus

Kate,

Should be shortened to kat, but would be too similar to GoT?

Ambassador Sterbein

Elding

Perchling,

Lord Lemand Fynch,

coz,

Boooo

take the air

Old fashioned american english phrase

There were six historical names for Berethnet monarchs, Sabran and Jillian being the most popular.

9 sabrans is the most popular...thats 300 years x2 for jillian is 600 and 4 other names with 100 each...checks out for 1000 years

Sylvan-by-the-River,”

Glorian Shieldheart,