Kate Davenport

Kate Davenport asked Lois McMaster Bujold:

I just finished reading "Penric and the Shaman." Thank you. I enjoy both Pen and Des very much. I did notice something that interests me though. Nowhere in either Penric story or "Hallowed Hunt" Is Chalion mentioned (that I can find), although some other countries like Ibra and Darthica are. Is this because Chalion was too obscure back then, or did Chalion actually not exist that much earlier than Cazaril's time?

Lois McMaster Bujold Chalion exists; it just didn't come up specifically in Penric. The Ibran language covers Chalion, Brajar, and Ibra all three, after all.

I believe it does come up in HH, as Ijada's Dad was from there. Or those parts. Been a while since I read it myself.

Ta, L.

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