Beynor

Deveron insists that he perceived only those windspoken words that I related to you — the name Beynor, and the question” How did the boy do that? “

Conqueror's Moon May, Julian 2003

The Salka would surely have found it in the water, he told himself with facile reasoning, and taken it to Conjure-King Beynor.

Conqueror's Moon May, Julian 2003

Beynor was standing there, a few steps up so he had a good view of whatever was happening almost at his feet.

Conqueror's Moon May, Julian 2003

Beynor, in the dreams, had uttered dire warnings about Beaconfolk sorcery, but Beynor was a despicable liar who used sigils himself and even allowed his assistant to borrow one.

Conqueror's Moon May, Julian 2003

Like the sigils owned by Beynor, four were minor and three were Great Stones capable of formidable sorcery.

Conqueror's Moon May, Julian 2003

He recalled his last tryst with Ullanoth, and her warning that Beynor might attempt to kill him.

Conqueror's Moon May, Julian 2003

Beynor and Ullanoth, like their parents before them, had been taught the Salkan language as part of their thaumaturgical education, so that they would be able to command the Seven Stones, should the need arise.

Conqueror's Moon May, Julian 2003

Beynor clearly intended to leave the platinum case, with the inactive Great Stones, behind in his rooms.

Conqueror's Moon May, Julian 2003

She did not intend to travel invisible all of the time, so she had assumed the aspect of a hunchbacked crone — a role suitable for the drama she had planned for the entertainment of Beynor and the Didionities.

Conqueror's Moon May, Julian 2003

But she lived, and little by little the pain of empowerment abated, until on the third day she was able to rise and steal food, having become invisible, and begin her close surveillance of Beynor.

Conqueror's Moon May, Julian 2003