One could say that the world of Elvenbane and Elvenblood is like many other fantasy worlds, that it's just another copy of a basic scheme. Is it then? I can agree, that similar races dwell in it. It's possible to come across an elf, a human being, a halfblood (that is a child of an elf and a human) and even a dragon. That could have accounted for this thesis if it hadn't been for the the fact that nothing is stereotypical in the Halfblood Chronicles. The elves are not those cute pixies or faries, nor are they as today we'd say a "pro-eco" race, connected with the nature. Here, the Elves are those who rule, the humans are those who serve and are considered just a bit more intelligent than animals. As for the dragons, they just want to not be disturbed. Was it not for the birth of Shana the Elvenbane, who knows, perhaps the situation wouldn't have changed at all for the next few centuries?

    It is difficult to create a realistic world, as many factors comprise to it. The most important are details. In the case of these books, it is astounding, how detailed is the vision of the elven and dragon societies presented by Andre Norton and Mercedes Lackey. The reader is just overwhelmed by the amount of information one can get from it. That's why I decided to create the Mini Encyclopaedia of Elvenbane - to be a handy guide to the book. It took a week of a very hard work, morning to evening, for this Encyclopaedia

    I am now happy to announce that the Encyclopaedia has been updated and it now contains a list of all the characters, as well as definitions of some of the most basic terms, that appear in both Elvenbane and Elvenblood.

I really do hope it will help you in your travel through this enchanted land.

Useful links:   The Halfblood Chronicles Encyclopaedia:   Letters  A to F   G to K   L to N   O to T   U to Z

Halfblood Chronicles' Genealogical Trees     Interactive Map of the Halfblood Chronicles World

I would like to express my gratitude to W. Richard Frahm for his immeasurable help.