To Shape a Dragon's Breath : The First Book of Nampeshiweisit

Contents Cover Title Page Copyright Contents Periodic Table of Skiltas Map Pronunciation Guide First, there was the evening before the morning Then there was the morning after the evening This is the story that Anequs told The egg was brought to Masquapaug On Masquapaug it hatched Niquiat returned with news of the Anglish Kasaqua loosed the shapeless medicine of her breath The strangers came, as they often do Anequs and Kasaqua went away from Masquapaug To a city of soot and sparks To a place of warmth and stories This is the story that Strida told Anequs went to the school And found a cold welcome there Though it was not a place without interest She met some intriguing people And learned about Anglish ways Anequs sowed the seeds of friendship She had an illuminating conversation And was presented to her social betters Anequs made a friend This is the story that Liberty told The other students arrived There was a lot to learn at the academy Though she found her teachers wanting Anequs made the acquaintance of a pleasant classmate And extended an invitation Four acquaintances dined together Anequs was informed of social custom Anequs learned the principles of natural philosophy She learned about the keeping of dragons And about the people who kept them And of an unexpected task Four acquaintances went to Vastergot And wandered far and near She conversed again with Liberty And assisted a friend She visited entirely different parts of Vastergot A social complication arose Anequs and Marta roundly discussed politics Anequs was interviewed Anequs became a subject of public attention Autumn came Anequs visited new places And learned of Anglish customs And the society of ladies and gentlemen This is the story that Lisbet told The dancing began Anequs left it behind The end of the term approached And she had a frank discussion with Liberty Anequs and Theod took luncheon with scholars She received a visitor And made a request And returned to Masquapaug Anequs gathered her family around her And had a revelation And rejoiced with her loved ones Anequs returned to school and conversed with Theod Winter came She learned of other Anglish customs And completed her end-of-term examinations And presented a gift to a friend Anequs and Theod went to Masquapaug They spoke to her father about a painful time Families were reunited Together, they celebrated Nikkomo Anequs had a frank conversation with Theod Anequs and Theod received an invitation And some truly alarming correspondence Battle plans were laid Anequs received a gift, and clarified her intentions She made an interesting observation Liberty welcomed her back The other students returned Anequs took tea at the Jansens’ townhome And learned of springtime customs Niquiat visited, with some exciting news Anequs received a visitor once again Spring came The gravity of the situation was made very clear Anequs and Theod were brought before the Jarl and his council They took luncheon with the Jarl and his family, which did not go as planned The scholarly year came to an end Scholarly skill was measured Deliberation was reached, and plans laid for the future Anequs and Theod went home About the Author Landmarks Cover Cover Title Page Contents Start Copyright Print Page List iii iv v vii ix x xi xii 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 360 361 362 363 364 365 366 367 368 369 370 371 372 373 374 375 376 377 378 379 380 381 382 383 384 385 386 387 388 389 390 391 392 393 394 395 396 397 398 399 400 401 402 403 404 405 406 407 408 409 410 411 412 413 414 415 416 417 418 419 420 421 422 423 424 425 426 427 428 429 430 431 432 433 434 435 436 437 438 439 440 441 442 443 444 445 446 447 448 449 450 451 452 453