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A TIME OF EXILE
by Katherine Kerr
Book Five of the Chronicles of Deverry
Scanned by Keleios; proofed by Nadie
CONTENTS
* A Note on the Pronunciation of Deverry Words
* Prologue: The Eldidd Border, 1096
* PART ONE
* DEVERRY AND ELDIDD, 718
* One
* Two
* PART TWO
* THE ELVEN BORDER, 719-915
* One
* PART THREE
* ELDIDD, 918
* One
* Two
* Three
*
* Epilogue: The Elven Border, Summer 1096
* APPENDICES
* CHARACTERS AND THEIR INCARNATIONS
* POLITICAL CHRONOLOGY OF THE KINGDOMS OF DEVERRY AND ELDIDD
* GLOSSARY












A Note on the Pronunciation of Deverry Words
The language spoken in Deverry is a member of the P-Celtic family. Although closely related to Welsh, Cornish, and Breton, it is by no means identical to any of these actual languages and should never be taken as such.
Vowels are divided by Deverry scribes into two classes: noble and common. Nobles have two pronunciations; commons, one.
A as in father when long; a shorter version of the same sound, as in far, when short.
O as in bone when long; as in pot when short.
W as the oo in spook when long; as in roof when short.
Y as the i in machine when long; as the e in butter when short.
E as in pen.
I as in pin.
U as in pun.
Vowels are generally long in stressed syllables; short in unstressed. Y is the primary exception to this rule. When it appears as the last letter of a word, it is always long whether that syllable is stressed or not.
Diphthongs generally have one consistent pronunciation.
AE as the a in mane.