- This article is for the novel. For other uses, see Bastion (disambiguation).
This is book five of The Collegium Chronicles series.
Publisher's description[]
Mags returns to the Collegium, but there are mixed feelings--his included--about him actually remaining there. No one doubts that he is and should be a Herald, but he is afraid that his mere presence is going to incite more danger right in the heart of Valdemar. The heads of the Collegia are afraid that coming back to his known haunt is going to give him less protection than if he went into hiding. Everyone decides that going elsewhere is the solution for now. So since he is going elsewhere--why not return to the place he was found in the first place and look for clues? And those who are closest to him, and might provide secondary targets, are going along. With Herald Jakyr, Bard Lita, and his friends Bear, Lena, and Amily, they head for the Bastion, the hidden spot in the hills that had once been the headquarters of a powerful band of raiders that had held him and his parents prisoner. But what they find is not what anyone expected.
Characters[]
Main Character[]
Major Characters[]
- Lena - Mags’ friend and Bear’s wife, Journeyman bard
- Lita - Dean of the Bardic Collegium and Head of the Bardic Circle
- Dallen - Mags’ Companion
- Amily - Mags’ sweetheart and daughter of Herald Nikolas
- Bear - Mags’ friend and Lena’s husband, Healer
- Jakyr - Mags mentor on circuit
- Jermayan - Jakyr’s Companion
- Bey - Mags’ cousin and Sleepgiver
Minor Characters[]
- Dean Caelen - Dean of Heralds' Collegium
- Herald Nikolas - King’s Own and Amily’s father
- Herald Cende - Assists with investigation of Mags’ memories of the Sleepgivers
- Father Soreson - Language expert who identifies the Sleepgivers
Referenced Characters[]
- Meric-an - Mags’ father, former heir of the Shadao Meric Beket Inaken
- Li-Inaken - Mags’ mother
- Meric Beket Inaken - Previous Shadao and Mags’ grandfather
- The Shadao - Bey’s father
- Bey’s mother, Li-Inaken’s identical twin sister
Places[]
Referenced places[]
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