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The Wheel Turns — Draft 1

Part of The Wheel Turns

StateDraft 1Surviving witnesses1TSS catalogue units27
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Characters in this exact text

AmmonAmmon the Amalekite — wandering Amalekite swordsmanOn PageCormorantCormorant — Ragnar's named dragon-shipOn PageEinarEinar — Viking in the surviving untitled early workOn PageErikErik — Viking in the surviving untitled early workOn PageErlingErling — Jutish Viking chieftain in the surviving untitled early workOn PageFenrisFenris — Norse mythic being invoked in the surviving untitled early workMentionedGarulfGarulf — Viking in the surviving untitled early workOn PageGathlaffGathlaff — Angle chieftain in the surviving untitled early workOn PageGuromGurom — Hittite captain in Lakur's episodeOn PageHakonHakon — Norseman incarnation in the surviving untitled early work; distinct from permanent Character #1629On PageHolgarHolgar — Viking in the surviving untitled early workOn PageKrakenKraken — Tostig the Mighty's named dragon-shipOn PageLakurLakur — Hittite archer incarnation in the surviving untitled early workOn PageLodbrogLodbrog — Viking in the surviving untitled early work; distinct from permanent Character #1750On PageMea-lahMea-lah — Pictish woman in Merak's episodeOn PageMenesMenes — historical Egyptian ruler explicitly invokedMentionedMerakMerak — Pictish incarnation in the surviving untitled early workOn PageNerocNeroc — son of the Pictish chief in Merak's episodeOn PageOdinOdin — Norse deity / Gray Man appearing in Swords of the NorthMentionedOslaf of the White-swordOslaf of the White-sword — Angle warrior in the surviving untitled early workOn PageRagnarRagnar — Viking captain in the surviving untitled early workOn PageRaneRane — older Viking in the surviving untitled early work; distinct from permanent Character #1632On PageSeni-AsshurSeni-Asshur — Assyrian general in Lakur's episodeOn PageSigurdSigurd — Viking in the surviving untitled early work; distinct from permanent Character #1660On PageStephen HegenStephen Hegen — present-day narrator of the surviving untitled early workOn PageSwift-Foot the Tree-manSwift-Foot the Tree-man — one embodied earlier incarnation narrated by Stephen HegenOn PageIthe fair-haired Ethiopian ruler — unnamed earlier incarnation narrated by Stephen Hegen, first a slave in Egypt and later ruler of EthiopiaOn PageKaroonThe Karoon — king of Ethiopia opposed to Hegen's unnamed Ethiopian incarnationMentionedThorThor — Norse deity repeatedly invoked by Viking and Saxon charactersMentionedTostig the MightyTostig the Mighty — Viking captain in the surviving untitled early work; distinct from The Dark Man's Tostig and permanent Character #1635On PageWigstanWigstan — Viking in the surviving untitled early workOn Page

Surviving manuscript evidence

The records below describe surviving physical typescripts, carbons, manuscript material and documentary catalogue evidence for this exact textual state. TSS numbers identify physical catalogue units; they are not story or draft IDs.

Draft 1 — surviving Howard typescriptHoward typescript
Extent27 pagesCompletenessComplete

Physical extent: 27 pages / 27 TSS catalogue units

TSS: 65228–65254

Original typescript (OT).

Additional documentary notes

  • Untitled Witness: The spreadsheet records this surviving witness as untitled. (witness level)

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls · Complete List · Wheel Turns, The (d1) · TSS 65228–65254 · spreadsheet rows 19153–19179

Textual witnesses & editorial mediation

These records describe how this textual state is known or represented. A witness may be authorial, editorially mediated, restored, transcribed or otherwise derived without becoming a new Howard-authored textual state.

Bran Mak Morn: The Last King (Del Rey 2005 / Wandering Star 2001)Restored reading editionAuthority basis: Restoration toward authorial text · Treatment: Restored toward authorial wording

Bran Mak Morn: The Last King, pp. 181–197; Del Rey Books 2005, previously Wandering Star Ltd. 2001; textual notes by Rusty Burke and David Gentzel with assistance from Glenn Lord.