"This document, culled from the records of the Great Library of Sasana, has been prepared to give you, dearest Imperial Prince and Princess, a better understanding of the people of Iathrann and the ways of that dangerous and mysterious land in these ever-darkening days..."

-- from the Introduction to "Iathrann: Its Lands and Peoples," by Trebaimos, Imperial Court Sage and Chief Librarian of the Great Library of Sasana.

The Matter of Manred is a cosmology. It is an ancient place of fantastic stories about marvel-filled adventures, and errant heroes of noble quality.

It is a land of dark magick and warfare. A land of danger and of new hope.

At its center is the Kingdom of Droma.

And at the center of Droma is the royal clan of the Donnghaile.

The Matter of Manred is a modern-day Cycle in the medieval romantic tradition, linking together in theme, time, place, and plot all of the myriad stories that will be told in it.