sasenna

A knot of black-clothed sasenna clustered around the steps of Magister Magus 'house, keeping them back.

The Silicon Mage Hambly, Barbara 1988

There were times when Aunt Min reminded Caris of the old weapons riddle among the sasenna -- that hatpins could also draw blood.

The Silicon Mage Hambly, Barbara 1988

He had resumed the loose black fighting garb of the sasenna and seemed glad to have put the distractions and the temptations of passing for a healer behind him with his purplish student's robe.

The Silicon Mage Hambly, Barbara 1988

For the most part, the sasenna looked very young, newly fledged, newly sworn, tough and cold and trained to a hair.

The Silicon Mage Hambly, Barbara 1988

It was shorter than anyone but sasenna and laborers wore it, yet familiar.

The Silicon Mage Hambly, Barbara 1988

In the attic outside, a lamp had been lit, illuminating the table where two sasenna slept over a spread of cards.

The Silicon Mage Hambly, Barbara 1988

White facings stood out on the unfamiliar black uniforms of fifty mounted sasenna, like floating bars of moonlight in the gathering gloom; they were followed by nearly as many household cavalry in emerald green.

The Silicon Mage Hambly, Barbara 1988

Church sasenna, she guessed, coming in from an unsuccessful search with the increasing cold of the night.

The Silicon Mage Hambly, Barbara 1988

They made their way back to the horses without further mishap, Antryg cheerfully directing the one group of sasenna they met on the causeway toward the town.

The Silicon Mage Hambly, Barbara 1988

From the shelter of the trees, Caris squinted against the searing wind to study it for tracks, mindful that the sasenna of the Council and now the Witchfinder's men would be everywhere on the moor.

The Silicon Mage Hambly, Barbara 1988