2. Characters King Redrought- Thirrins father the king of the
Icemark. Thirrin Freer- Daughter of King Redrought and Princess of
theIcemark. Oskan Witches Son- The son of a witch healer who
befriends Thirrinafter taking care of one of her soldiers wounds.
Scipio Bellorum- Crazy yet brilliant Polypontian general who
hasnever lost a battle. King Grishmak- Werewolf king. King and
Queen Vampires- Selfish vampire rulers. Holly King and Oak King-
The kings of the forest who have forestsoldiers. Tharaman-Thar- One
hundredth Thar of the Leopard kingdom.
3. Beginning The Icemark is a small country in the far north
that borders both the landsof the Werewolves and the Vampires. The
Polypontian Empire is a massive country south of the Icemark. The
Polypontians are lead by a mad man by the name of Scipio
Bellorum.Scipio is one of the most birlliant generals alive. He has
never lost a battleand has conquered most of the known world. Now
he sets his sights onthe tiny kingdom of the Icemark. Thirrin Freer
realizes that they cannot win with out allies. When her fathergoes
out to meet the Polypontians in the field Thirrin sets out to
makealliances with the Vampires and the Werewolfs. In the first
battle of the book King Redrought and his entire army are killedbut
they took out the entire Polypontian Vanguard force.
4. Middle Thirrin succeeds in gaining the alliance of both the
vampires andthe Werewolves. She also made two new unsuspected
allies.Leopards who lived in the extreme north and the Holly and
OakKing of the forests. The ghosts of the capital city of the
Icemark scared or killed all ofthe Polypontian soldiers stationed
there so Thirrin and her army ofhumans and leopards march in
unapposed. They spend the springmonths there training and waiting
for the inevitable attack fromScipio. It will be a long time before
the Werewolves will be able to musterthere army and the Vampires
are an unreliable ally. Scipio finally makes it to the Icemarks
capital city and theWerewolves have still not been able to muster
there army and theVampires have still not arrived.
5. End The men of the Icemark and the Leopards fight
brilliantly andare able to hold off the Polypontians for over a
week yet therenumbers are dwindling and the Polypontians continue
toreceive reinforcements from there provinces. Scipio launches his
major attack on a night of a full moon. Justas everything seems to
be lost the Vampires, Werewolves,and Zombies (The zombies are
controlled by the vampires)come to the rescue and destroy Scipio
Bellorums army. Though Scipio Bellorum himself escapes capture his
entirearmy is defeated and the Icemark is saved for the time
being.
6. Stuart Hill Was born and still lives in Leicester, England.
Inspiration for his character Thirrin Freer washis sister who died
of Leukemia when he wasa teenager. Has written three books total.
Cry of theIcemark, Blade of Fire, and Last Battle of
theIcemark.