"Nameless
""Nameless one"" Unnamed, deformed fourth child of Kellhus and Esmenet.
"Nameless one"
Unnamed, deformed fourth child of Kellhus and Esmenet.
"The
""The Boy"" Unnamed son of Anasûrimbor Koringhus.
"The Boy"
Unnamed son of Anasûrimbor Koringhus.
(Artifact)
"False Sun (Artifact)" The Day Lantern , also called the Diurnal , Sky Lantern or False Sun , is a sorcerous artifact, a fan of mirrors that reflects the Sun even in the deepest night. It is one of the Sublime Contrivances of the Artisan, Emilidis . Emilidis of Ishoriöl , greatest of the Nonmen sorcerer-artisans, created the Day Lantern during the war between Nihrimsul and Siöl that erupted in the aftermath of the Battle of Pir Pahal . Emilidis gifted the artifact to King Sin’niroiha of Nihrimsul, who used it to win an alliance with Ishoriöl. With the announcement of this alliance, King Cû’jara-Cinmoi sued for peace, declaring that a "King of Three Mansions may be brother to a King of two". The Day Lantern was then deployed as a weapon during the Cûno-Inchoroi Wars , used to pierce the darkest hiding places of the foe and to dismay Sranc , which preferred to fight in darkness. It’s last known carrier was Titirga , who carried it with him to his death in Viri at the hands of Shaeönanra and Aurang . The fate of the Day Lantern after this point is unknown.
(Atrocity
"False Sun (Atrocity Tale)" The False Sun is an Atrocity Tale published by R. Scott Bakker it was released in January 9, 2012 as free in the blog Three Pound Brain . This Atrocity Tale, along with The Four Revelations of Cinial’jin , was included as appendix in The Unholy Consult .
Fan Summary
The sorcerer Shaeönanra meets his rival Titirga on the ruins of the ancient Viri , the arrival of a third guest could change everything. Plot summary
(Information needed) External links
The False Sun
Series: Atrocity Tales
Author: R. Scott Bakker
Released: January 9, 2012
(City)
"Anplei (City)" Anplei is the second-largest city in Conriya after Aöknyssus located in homonymous palatinate Anplei .
(elder)
"Nersei Thaila (elder)" Nersei Thaila was a Queen of Conriya , wife to King Nersei Eukernas II and mother to Nersei Tirummas and Nersei Proyas . While she is mentioned in most books of the series, she is only named in The Unholy Consult . Her granddaughter was presumably named after her.
Story
The Darkness That Comes Before
Achamian remembers falling in love with Proyas' "legendary mother" over the years he spent as Proyas' tutor in Aöknyssus . Later on, he also mentions how Thaila was furious over her son's delight at the answer Achamian had given him after being asked about the God ("I've heard many rumours, but I've never met the man.") and almost dismissed him . The Warrior-Prophet
Achamian thinks about how Proyas still looks much the same as he did as a boy, including his curly black hair, which his mother had "both cursed and adored" . The Thousandfold Thought
Achamian remembers accompanying Proyas and his mother to her dowager estates in Anplei . At Shimeh , Proyas casts his Chorae against one of the Cishaurim , and thinks about how it had been a gift from his mother on his seventh birthday . The White-Luck Warrior
Proyas recalls how, as a child, one of his duties had been to bear his mother's train at public ceremonies . The Great Ordeal
Proyas remembers how his mother would sometimes weep over the dangerous things he used to do as a child, such as climbing trees to the peak . The Unholy Consult
Proyas thinks about how he had inherited the face and eyes of his mother, "just as the poets said" . Nersei Thaila
Title(s): Queen
Lived: ? - ?
Race: Men
Ethnicity: Ketyai
Nationality: Conriyan
Gender: Female
Occupation: Queen of Conriya
Relatives: Eukernas II (husband) Tirummas (son) Proyas (son) Miramis (daughter-in-law) Xinemus (grandson) Thaila (granddaughter)
Books: The Darkness That Comes Before (mentioned) The Warrior-Prophet (mentioned) The Thousandfold Thought (mentioned) The White-Luck Warrior (mentioned) The Great Ordeal (mentioned) The Unholy Consult (mentioned)
(language)
"Kyranean (language)" Lost language of ancient Kyraneas . Derived from Kemkaric . One of the Ketyai languages .
Languages derived from Kyranean
(Series)
"Second Apocalypse (Series)" The Second Apocalypse is an epic fantasy series written by Canadian author R. Scott Bakker and consisting of three sub-series: The Prince of Nothing (three volumes), The Aspect-Emperor (four volumes), and a forthcoming series called The No-God . The series is currently expected to span nine books in total. The first seven volumes of The Second Apocalypse were published between 2003 and 2017. The key feature distinguishing The Second Apocalypse from its contemporaries is the importance of philosophy to the work. The plot, characters, setting, and metaphysics of The Second Apocalypse are intertwined with philosophical positions unique to the series.
Background
R. Scott Bakker began developing The Second Apocalypse while in college in the 1980s. The series was originally planned to be a trilogy with the first two books titled The Prince of Nothing and The Aspect-Emperor . The third book was long referred to as The Book That Shall Not Be Named by Bakker, since its title book was considered to be a spoiler for the preceding volumes. When Bakker began writing the series in the early 2000s, however, he found it necessary to split each of the three novels into its own sub-series to incorporate all of the characters, themes and ideas he wished to explore. Bakker originally conceived of seven books, a trilogy and two duologies. This later shifted to a trilogy, a quartet and a duology, with the acknowledgement that the third series may also expand to a trilogy. Publication history
Bakker has also written several short stories set in the world of The Second Apocalypse which he has called Atrocity Tales . The Prince of Nothing
The Prince of Nothing trilogy was published between 2003 and 2006. It depicts the story of the First Holy War launched by the inrithi kingdoms against the heathen Fanim of the south to recover the holy city of Shimeh for the faithful. During the war, a man named Anasûrimbor Kellhus emerges from obscurity to become an exceptionally powerful and influential figure, and it is discovered that the Consult , an alliance of forces united in their worship of the legendary No-God , a nihilistic force of destruction, are manipulating events to pave the way for the No-God's return. The first book of the trilogy, The Darkness That Comes Before , was first published in 2003. It depicts the beginnings of the Holy War and the various faction's efforts to pervert it. The second book, The Warrior Prophet , published in 2004, depicts Kellhus's rise to the status of prophet, while the third volume, The Thousandfold Thought , published in 2006, depicts the conclusion of the Holy War. The Aspect-Emperor
The second series, The Aspect-Emperor , picks up the story twenty years later with Kellhus leading the New Empire to directly seek out and confront the Consult. The first novel in this new series, The Judging Eye , was published in January 2009, the second, The White-Luck Warrior , was published in 2011. The third novel was split into two volumes due to length: The Great Ordeal was published in July 2016 and The Unholy Consult in 2017.
(skin-spy)
"Serwë (skin-spy)" A Consult skin-spy who takes on the appearance of Serwë.
(Title)
"Aspect-Emperor (Title)" Aspect-Emperor is the title taken by Ceneian Emperor Triamis I in the twenty-third year of his rule (2500 Year-of-the-Tusk ) when the Shriah , Ekyannus III , formally institutionalized the so-called Emperor Cult. The title was adopted by all of Traimis I’s successors. The word ‘Aspect’ in ‘Aspect-Emperor’ comes from Inri Sejenus ’s reinterpretation of the Gods as ‘aspects’ of the God. Anasûrimbor Kellhus was declared Aspect-Emperor of the Three Seas in 4112 (Year-of-the-Tusk), the first in a millennium.
(Tusk)
"Esmenet (Tusk)" Disambiguation: this page is about the historical character named Esmenet. For the contemporary character of the same name, see Esmenet . Esmenet is a historical figure mentioned in The Chronicle of the Tusk . She was the wife of the prophet Angeshraël and mother of his son Oresh .
Esmenet
Lived: ? - ?
Race: Men
Gender: Female
Occupation: Wife of Angeshraël
Relatives: Shamanet (mother) Oresh (son)
Books: mentioned only
(younger)
"Nersei Thaila (younger)" Nersei Thaila is the only daughter and second child of King Nersei Proyas of Conriya and his wife Miramis . She is presumably named after her paternal grandmother .
Story
What Came Before
Her parents were married at some point after the First Holy War . Thaila's brother Xinemus was their first child, and she was born two years later . The White-Luck Warrior
Proyas thinks of his family, including Xinemus and Thaila, whom he saw so rarely they had to be reminded he was their father whenever he returned home . When Fanayal 's army attacks Aöknyssus , Thaila and her mother and brother are removed to Attrempus for their safety . The Unholy Consult
After Proyas is denounced as a traitor and strung up to be slowly left to die, Kellhus brings up Miramis, Xinemus and Thaila as lives that will be saved by his decision to set up Proyas as an agent of the Consult . Nersei Thaila
Title(s): Princess
Lived: 4123 - present
Race: Men
Ethnicity: Half- Ketyai , half- Norsirai
Nationality: Conriyan
Gender: Female
Occupation: Princess of Conriya
Relatives: Eryeat (great-grandfather) Eukernas II (grandfather) Thaila (grandmother) Narnol (grandfather or great-uncle) Saubon (great-uncle) Asilda (grandmother or great-aunt) Proyas (father) Miramis (mother) Tirummas (uncle) Athjeäri (uncle or cousin) Agabon (uncle or cousin) Xinemus (brother)
Books: The White-Luck Warrior (mentioned) The Unholy Consult (mentioned)
111
"111 Aphorisms" 111 Aphorisms is a minor work of Ekyannus VIII , consisting of 111 aphorisms that primarily deal with matters of faith and integrity.
Excerpts
“Some say men continually war against circumstances, but I say they perpetually flee. What are the works of men if not a momentary respite, a hiding place soon to be discovered by catastrophe? Life is endless flight before the hunter we call the world.”
111 Aphorisms
111 Aphorisms is a minor work of Ekyannus VIII , consisting of 111 aphorisms that primarily deal with matters of faith and integrity.
Excerpts
“Some say men continually war against circumstances, but I say they perpetually flee. What are the works of men if not a momentary respite, a hiding place soon to be discovered by catastrophe? Life is endless flight before the hunter we call the world.”
44 Epistles
44 Epistles is the magnum opus of Ekyannus I , consisting of fourty-four “letters” written to the God , including commentary and confession as well as philosophical inquiry and critique.
Excerpts
“Reason, Ajencis writes, is the capacity to overcome unprecedented obstacles in the gratification of desire. What distinguishes man from beasts is man’s capacity to overcome infinite obstacles through reason. But Ajencis has confused the accidental for the essential. Prior to the capacity to overcome infinite obstacles is the capacity to confront them. What defines man is not that he reasons, but that he prays. ” “Duty measures the distance between the animal and the divine.” “If soot stains your tunic, dye it black. This is vengeance.” “Ask the dead and they will tell you. All roads are not equal. Verily, even maps can sin.” “There is morality and there is cowardice. The two are not to be confused, even though in appearance and effect they are so often the same.”
I
"Salaweärn I" The founder of Akksersia.
R. Scott Bakker
R. Scott Bakker (born 2 February 1967 in Simcoe, Ontario) is a Canadian author of fantasy and science fiction. He grew up on a tobacco farm in the Simcoe area. He attended the University of Western Ontario and attained a degree in Literature and later an MA in Theory and Criticism. He currently lives in London, Ontario with his wife and daughter.
Works
R. Scott Bakker’s work is dominated by a sprawling series informally known as The Second Apocalypse which he began developing while in college in the 1980s. The series was originally planned to be a trilogy with the first two books entitled The Prince of Nothing and The Aspect-Emperor . The third book has been referred to as The Book That Shall Not Be Named by Bakker, since the title of this book is considered to be a spoiler for the preceding volumes. When Bakker began writing the series in the early 2000s, however, he found it necessary to split each of the three novels into its own sub-series to incorporate all of the characters, themes and ideas he wished to explore. Bakker originally conceived of seven books, a trilogy and two duologies. This later shifted to two trilogies and one duology, with the acknowledgment that the third series may also expand to a trilogy. His first novel, The Darkness That Comes Before , the first novel in the Prince of Nothing trilogy, was published in 2003. This was followed by The Warrior-Prophet and The Thousandfold Thought in 2004 and 2006 respectively, rounding off the initial trilogy. While working on The Prince of Nothing series, Bakker was given a challenge by his wife to write a thriller. In response he produced a science fiction suspense novel involving a serial killer who can influence and control the human mind. This book is called Neuropath and was published in 2008. Bakker then returned to Eärwa with The Judging Eye , the first book in the Aspect-Emperor trilogy, published in 2009. He followed this up with The White-Luck Warrior in 2011. He hopes to publish the final book in the second trilogy, The Unholy Consult , in 2015. This will be followed by a third and final series (either a trilogy or duology), the title for which has not been revealed yet. Bakker is also working on an unrelated series of detective thrillers, The Disciple Manning Series , the first of which, Disciple of the Dog , was published in 2010. Bibliography
The Second Apocalypse
The Disciple Manning Series
Stand-alone novels
Short fiction
Image Gallery
External links
Richard Scott Bakker
Born: February 2, 1967
Nationality: Canadian
Occupation: Author, Teacher
Genres: Fantasy, Science-fiction, Thriller
Spouse: Sharron