THE BOOK OF NAMES: The Houses

   HEREIN are the names of the Watchers and from them, the city of Mithar grew in power.  Each of the great families of Mithar took a bird as the standard of their Houses.

   The Great Houses of Mithar are these: Beridan, Galadir

   THE HOUSE OF BEIRDAN, the golden-haired, whose eyes were grey-blue and the Raven was his standard.  His wife was Holmath, and she bore his three sons: Adoromeir, Finomal, Nathveiren, and a daughter Kielmeth, whose hair was red like that of her mother.

   Adoromeir son of Beirdan, was golden-haired like his father, and Anathray his wife bore five offspring; four daughters: Feairdom wife of Qayin, Mellasdom wife of Som, Corabrin wife of Arnal, Cellabrin wife of Crome, and Felladros husband unto Mareyth.

   Fearidom, daughter of Adoromeir of House Beirdan, bore her husband Qayin two children: Na-uella a son and Baella a daughter; they were twins.

Na-uella married his sister who bore Na-jay who married Ba-debo who bore a son she called Ilvadedo, (meaning: “God has blessed me once”).

   Melleasdom, the daughter of Adoromeir of House Beirdan, bore her husband Som a daughter: Alyalome who became a ship’s Captain and sailed to the west coast of Harad.

   Corabrin, the daughter of Adoromeir of House Beirdan, bore her husband Arnal, son of Dane and Allama his mother; a daughter named Sylquiun who married, Bair her first cousin.

   Cellabrin, the daughter of Adoromeir of House Beirdan, bore her husband Crome, two sons:  Mere, and Sithome, and a daughter, Salla the white-haired.  Salla had two different colored eyes, one blue and the other sea-green.

   Felladros, the youngest and only son of Adoromeir of House Beirdan: The Raven.  Felladros and his wife, Mareyth daughter of Joyal and his wife Mira; had two sons: Bair the brown-haired, and Baor the flat-face. Bair, the first born of Felladros had four children by Sylquin, the daughter of Crabrin; they were Joman, who took Ilvadedo as wife, Naman, Laymon, and Cellama their sister.  Joman and Ilvadedo had one son named Ellabon who became Chief of the Guards.

   THE HOUSE OF GALADIR, the golden-haired, whose eyes were grey-blue and the Crane, his standard.  His wife Valinada had two hand maidens, both she gave unto her husbandman Galadir.

   Valinada the wife of Galadir bore him only one son from her own flesh, and named him Nadan, (meaning: “Most blessed”).  Nadan was the first to take a wife from among the Nasilian people of the tent city of Slavath.  Nadan was born one son named Kyon, by his wife Torlane.  Both Nadan and Kyon were pronounced as Prophets before God.

   Meda, the maidservant of Valinada bore two children for her husbandman Galadir: Korale who became the fourth King of Mithar, and Marya who cared for their father in the depths of loss and sorrow.

  Saeda, the maidservant of Valinada bore three children for her husbandman Galadir: a son Valuca, and two sisters Sashvon, and Lome.  Lome loved her half-brother Nadan and cared for the babe Kyon.